Our classmate Pedro Lavin made this little holiday motion piece for your enjoyment.

Our very own Chris Burnett updates his websites with loads of fresh new work!

Cluster has been this really cool thing going around CalArts recently. Cluster is a group of BFA4 designers that are down with the basic ideas of finding, creating, and sharing. They’ve been setting up shop on Wednesdays outside the cafeteria selling home made goods and distributing little publications that clearly show their recipes. They still have a few more things planned for the rest of the semester so keep an eye out, but for now go take a look at their tumblr!

Love his future flyer (image above).

Alex is currently a student at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) MFA Graphic Design program. In 2008, he graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art where he was a member of the Center for Design Practice. Since then, he’s worked for a design firm, interactive agency, and a non-profit organization. He is a member of design for social change program Project M.

He is interested in using design to enact meaningful change in the world through participation with communities, organizations, and institutions. – alexpines.com

Flyer design by Pierre Nguyen and Armando Martinez-Celis.

Benjamin Critton and designers from Colophon are lecturing tonight at the
California Institute of the Arts in F200 at 7 pm.

“The work of Benjamin Critton seems to capture the essence of typography of “now”. While it may seem entirely modern, his work takes inspiration from the days of the Bauhaus and post-modern stylings of early geometric typography. He brings his simple forms and sans-serif tendencies to life in experimental ways, using books, clothing and posters.” – Grain Edit

Lila Burns is interning at Modern Dog in Seattle and is about to enter her last year in the graphic design program at CalArts. She’s already had three years of awesome stuff that I can’t wait to see what she makes her fourth year. I decided to post the video above because I really enjoy her enthusiasm about making work/stuff. With that said, you have to go look at her portfolio of amazing work. Her work covers a wide range of styles (handmade and vector) and mediums (motion, illustration, screen printed posters, etc).

She also plays ukelele and writes a lot of songs.

Scott Massey is a design student in the MFA program at CalArts and founder of the RRR Project. He is one of the most raw image makers I’ve seen – his collages are beautiful. He just had a ton of work published in Mike Perry’s new book, Pulled, which I would recommend picking up. Go check out his website, there is lots of good stuff to look at – also download a free copy of RRR.003!

What is PR? It’s the alias of the graphic design practice of Pierre Nguyen, a third year in the graphic design program at CalArts. He recently finished putting up his portfolio where he documents all of his student work at CalArts very carefully. He is also the master of patterns, slide show above.

CalArts Art Student Interview: Meet Ania Diakoff.

A great video interview with Ania Diakoff, a graphic design grad student in her last year at CalArts. This video shows the community and atmosphere of the program, it gives you an accurate feel of the type of education we’re getting here. She emphasizes the community between the undergraduate and graduate students, something that is very important to me and at the root of FISK. Below is a quote that I agree strongly with.

It’s not for people with low standards of working, it’s a kind of 24 hour working environment. – Ania Diakoff