School of Design

The School of Design is planning a two-part event.

1. Design Alumni “virtual” Portfolio Nite, Speaker/Presentations (Thursday, May 18, 6 – 7:30 p.m.)
2. There will be a follow up “In-Person” Senior Show Alumni Portfolio Review of Student Work & “Mixer” Reception on Friday, May 19, 1 – 3 p.m. in the SF State, DesignSpace, Fine Arts Bldg, FA 115.  

DES Alumni “Virtual” Portfolio Nite AGENDA

Thursday, May 18, 6 – 7:30 p.m. 

[6 – 6:10 p.m.] “Virtual” Welcome/Intro: Portfolio Nite Coordinator; School Director; AIGA and IDSA Student Chapter Officers

[6:10 – 7 p.m]  Design Alumni “PechaKucha” Panelist Presentation: We will have approximately 6-9 Design Alumni presenting together with a “PechaKucha” visual sound bites of their current design position, or interests (approximately 7 minutes each). Moderator, DES Faculty Member 

[7 – 7:30 p.m.] Roundtable Design Alumni Speakers Q&A Discussion and Critique of the techniques and objectives of Portfolio presentations and interviews: We will then open up the Panel to the audience that will be facilitated by a moderator.   

[7:30 – 7:40 p.m.] Wrap-Up Closing Remarks

SPEAKERS: (hyperlinks to LinkedIn)

1. Aïcha Doucouré, Design Leadership Coach; Experience Design for Personal Growth
2. Ani Abgarayan,  Dean + Program Design Lead, BuildUp Bootcamp; and Creative + UX Design Lead, Stealth Startup
3. Janet Alvarado, Executive Director, The Alvarado Project, a non-profit founded in 1998
4. Eva Rodriguez, Emmy Award Winning Digital Brand Designer at PepsiCo
5. Johnathan Tott-Berger, UX UI Designer, Smart Meetings
6. Jon Ruiz, Product Developer Consultant & Technology Strategist
7. Ryan Pugh, Industrial Designer at Pelican International
8. Teresa Chan, Principal at Teresa Chan Graphics

CODA Senior Show Student REVIEW

Friday, May 19, 1 – 3 p.m.

Student Portfolio REVIEWERS: (PENDING Invitees)

1. Janet Alvarado, Executive Director, The Alvarado Project, a non-profit founded in 1998
2. Eva Rodriguez, Emmy Award Winning Digital Brand Designer at PepsiCo
3. Jon Ruiz, Design Manager & Technology Strategist
4. Johnathan Tott-Berger, UX UI Designer, Smart Meetings
5. Jonathan Wan, Fintech, Digital Health | Mobile, Global, API  (pending)
6. Dan Zhou, Executive Communication Designer at Facebook  (pending)

You are invited to the RESET Lunch and Learn Exhibit, an exhibit of work by LCA students, faculty, and staff. The exhibition runs May 1 – 6.



Reception:

May 3, 3:30 – 5 p.m., FA 123, Fine Arts Building



Creative Arts Affinity Group is:

Saskia van Kampen, Tanya Augsberg, Ellen Christensen, Sana Hussaini, Amy Kilgard, Bethany Sparks



Participants:

Jhoany Chong

Maruy Crabbe

Xiomora Gueva

Grace Harper

Jae Hamilton

Jeremy Helstone

Mari Hulick

Madison Ivy

Miia Le

Grace Li

Joseph Lindemann

Silvan Linn

Nadia Love

Bagul Mammedova

Kzhane McGill

Nate Mittan

Ashley Nortman

John Oh

Oscar Perez

Luis Poncio

Thelonious Purnell

Velena Ramos

Lindsay M Rucker Anelle Santana

Joshua Singer

Michelle Sit

Omar Sosa-Tzec

Nick Sousanis

Nicolau Sparer

Zackery Stehr

Vanessa Stevens Brandon Tam

Sarthak Thakur

Aaron Levy Wollins

Justin Wong

Amber Yaxcal

Brandon Zeidan



Organized by the Creative Arts Affinity Group with the support of an LCA Extraordinary Ideas Grant.

Design, Health & Wellness International Exchange: “Circle FUN: Recreation & Fitness Facility” a public fitness equipment designed for use by community elders and children, presented by the Design Students from the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), School of Design & Art, Finalist in the 10^th Stanford Center on Longevity, Student Design Challenge.

Date: Thurs, April 27, Noon - 1 p.m.

Venue: SF State Main Library, LIB 286 Teaching and Learning Commons (2^nd Floor)

This international community Health & Wellness Design Exchange will highlight the results of the “10^th Anniversary Stanford Center on Longevity Student Design Competition, "Optimizing Health Span: Living Well at Every Age”. View more about the event.

Drinks and snacks will be provided for guests and participants. Please RSVP, so we can best accommodate attendees.

During the Fall Semester 2022, the BIT Graduate Students and “Circle FUN” Finalist team participated with collaborated with Graduate Students in the DES 800 Graduate Seminar in Design course in the preparation of their selected finalist project submission to the Stanford Design Competition. This on-going international collaborative academic engagement between the BIT School of Design & Art, and the SFSU School of Design has provided mutually beneficial inclusive applied-learning community health design partnership experiences across the Lifespan.

The Students will be accompanied by their professor, Dr. Qiu Yue,  Head of the BIT Industrial Design Program, and the Dean-elect of the School of Design & Art. Dr. Qiu Yue was a 2014-2015 SF State Visiting Scholar in the School of Design.

Contact Prof. Ricardo Gomes with any questions about this event. 

ricgomes@sfsu.edu

Circle Circle Fun: Fitness & Fun facility for Grandparents-Child. Sponsored by Stanford Center on Longevity. Group members: Shanshan SU, Yanan WEN, Kaige WANG, Qinran WANG, Jianfang GUAN

Calling all LCA students, faculty, staff, creatives, makers, movers and shakers!



This RESET Lunch and Learn will encourage hand lettering in different

script styles and languages. There will be an introduction to parts of letters in typographic terms and a collaborative activity will result in a collaged overlay of alphabets/glyphs in Latin and non-Latin styles. There will be pizza!



Organized by the Creative Arts Affinity Group with the support of an LCA Extraordinary Ideas Grant.