AIGA (VT Student Group)

The Rather Difficult Font Game


I got 31/34 first time around.

BEAT THAT. Post your first time scores.

Posted by jessica ftw at 10:50 PM 2 comments  

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The Fred Frelantz Scholarship was established in 1986 by the Advertising Federation of the Roanoke Valley along with corporations, local citizens and fans of Fred Mugler. Fred, alias, Freddie Frelantz, was a well-known radio broadcaster and advertising executive who is best remembered for his unfailing enthusiasm for our industry and tireless support of many charitable organizations. This award was established to reward interest,enthusiasm and excellence in students who plan a career in advertising and related fields.


THE AWARD
The student who is awarded the scholarship will receive:
- $1500 toward a paid internship in the local advertising field.
- The opportunity to gain professional experience working with a successful and exciting advertising or marketing company.
- Academic credit for the internship experience may be applicable.
- References and career guidance from the internship provider.


DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008.


The winner will be announced on Monday, April 28, 2008.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Download Application here: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jmburch/AIGA/Frelantz_2008.pdf

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Taryn Anderson | President | Ad 2 Roanoke
540.983.0717 work | 540.309.7717 cell | taryn@ad2roanoke.org | www.ad2roanoke.org

Posted by jessica ftw at 12:41 PM 0 comments  

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>http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/helvetica/

Take this quiz and post your results!
It's pretty hard but it makes you learn pretty quickly.


Don't forget to come watch Helvetica with us on Wednesday night at 7!

Posted by jessica ftw at 7:52 AM 1 comments  

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I was going through my bookmarks and found these. They are pretty helpful so I thought I'd share.

The Learn List

gotoandLearn

The Design Encyclopedia

Not Cot
This one really isnt a learning tool so much as it has cool crazy stuff and is fun to read and look at!

enjoy.

p.s. if you are interested in working on a logo for the AIGA student group at virginia tech and want to see AIGA's guidelines on logo useage email me and i'll send you the PDF!

Posted by jenn! (knits a lot) at 12:39 AM 1 comments  

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Setting up a Google Account:
1. Go to http://www.blogger.com
2. If you have a Google account (G-mail, whatever), sign in and you can use that.
3. If you don't have a Google account, create one! It just requires you to provide an email address, password, and a name that you sign in with/the URL for your blog.
4. You don't have to go through and create a blog for yourself and do all of the template and stuff (unless you want to). Just make sure that you have a log in.
5. Email me (jharllee@vt.edu) with the e-mail address that you use to log in to your blog. I will then edit your posting rights on the AIGA blog.

To post to the AIGA blog:
1. Log in at http://www.blogger.com. Your username is your email address.
2. After you log in you are brought to the Dashboard. This is the main hub where you can edit or post to blogs of which you are a part.
3. Choose AIGA VT and click on "New Post"
4. Choose an appropriate, related title for your post, then type out the post in the large text field. Images are allowed to be posted, as well as basic HTML.
5. To add a label to the post, click on the "show all" link at the bottom of the screen. Click on all of the labels that apply to your post and they will appear in the labels text field. You must label your post! If none of the labels apply, type a new one out in the text field.
6. Click "publish post" to post to the blog. Click "save now" to save the post and finish it later but not publish it.

Appropriate things to post about:
1. Screenshots of class assignments to be critiqued
2. Information regarding anything going on in Blacksburg, the Art Department, any design competitions, or other relative events.
3. Useful links that you found, any local printers that are good, or any resources that would help us as designers.
4. Anything related to AIGA Richmond or our student group.


This blog can become anything we want or need it to be, so start posting and commenting!

Posted by jessica ftw at 5:31 PM 0 comments  

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