Engineering vs. Design (Liberal Arts) degree - who gets hired?

Bill or Steve, who's right?

Read this interesting article from TechCrunch for an interesting and surprising perspective from an engineering professor.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/21/engineering-vs-liberal-arts-who’s-right—bill-or-steve/

And visit this New York Times "Room for Debate" section for a variety of other perspectives.

Design Articles for your e-readers

Smashing Magazine has just released a new collection of graphic design articles for e-readers. Check them out HERE.

The Modernism of Mac

Here's nice little essay on the Apple design aesthetic — Is it retro? Is it modern? Is it even there?
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GCOM 490 Studio Class moved for Spring

IMPORTANT NEWS: If you were enrolled in, or planning to sign up for, our capstone real-world design class, there has been a change to how we're offering it.

It had to be cancelled due to low enrollment, but our GCOM students will still be able to take the class by signing up for the PHOTO 490 class. The time is the same and our instructors, Sean Brainerd and Dre Diaz-Vaughn will still be co-teaching. We will also be able to credit the Photo class units toward your GCOM degree or certificate.

This is a great class that will be working with Photo students on some excellent, high-profile design projects. Teamwork, portfolio pieces, and great for the resume... how could you miss out on that?

For more info, contact Sean at volume11creative@gmail.com

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GCOM 490: From Theory to Practice

Looking to expand your portfolio and experience? These former students speak about the amazing benefits they received from GCOM 490 which will be offered this Spring Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-3pm.

ADAC Holiday Mixer

This Art Directors and Artists Club event is a great way to meet and network with creative professionals.

December 13, 2010

6-8 p.m.
AIA Central Valley Building

1400 S Street, Sacramento

Free to members, $5 non members, $3 students.

Featuring a silent auction to benefit the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.
Attendees are welcome to bring donations for the Food Bank to the event.

Spring 2011 Outreach Cover Design Winners Announced!

Congratulations to GCOM students Karen Adams and Rich Palmer, winners of our Outreach Cover Design Contest for the Spring 2011 Semester. We had about 70 entries total, and Karen's composition was chosen for the Davis Center, and Rich's was chosen for the West Sacramento Center.

Rich relocated from Connecticut in the summer of 2008 and is currently a second semester, Music , Audio Production Major at the Sacramento City College Branch. He is an aspiring music engineer with the hopes of one day owning a Post Production and Multi Media Facility. Rich has a wide variety of interests such as graphic design, video editing, photography and music production.

Karen recently launched a small graphic design and communications business from her home in Davis. Her new pursuits build upon a 20-year journalism career that took her from newspapers in Southern California to the Washington Post and finally the Sacramento Bee. In 2006, she began taking classes at SCCʼs Graphic Communications Department, which gave her the skills and confidence to reshape her career. She can be reached through www.coffeebreakdesign.net, a website she created as a class project.