GD Seniors exhibit at Yale Odds & Ends Art Book Fair

  • November 21, 2018
Fri 7 Dec 2018 — Professor Emily Larned's senior GD Studio V will exhibit their course projects, books about color, at the annual Yale University Art Book Fair. Students have been composing, designing, organizing, printing and binding their books all semester and the results will be on view and for sale to fair-goers. An annual event, the Art Book Fair…
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PR & Advertising and SASD GD present new logo campaign

  • November 21, 2018
1:30–2:30 Thu 6 Dec 2018 — Professor Susan Katz and students in her Advertising & Publicity Methods Campaign class will present their new campaign to foster UB and China academic relations. The campaign features a new logo to celebrate close ties that have formed and are forming between UB and many universities in China. SASD graphic design students participate in…
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SASD Interior Design students win residential competition

  • October 22, 2018
Sat 20 Oct 2018 — Students from the University of Bridgeport’s Shintaro Akatsu School of Design recently won three out of four awards at the Visitability Home Design Contest, a statewide competition, which challenges sophomore-level teams to create residences that can best serve people with disabilities. For Marsha Matto, chairwoman of the university’s interior design program, the challenge of creating…
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HCC and SASD Faculty Exhibition 2018

  • September 17, 2018
5:30-7:30pm Thu 18 Oct — Opening reception for the HCC and SASD Faculty Exhibition 2018 in the University of Bridgeport’s Schelfhaudt Gallery in the Arnold Bernhard Center at 84 Iranistan Ave, Bridgeport CT 06604. Exhibition through Thu 18 Oct – Sat 3 Nov 2019 Faculty Exhibition 2018 The Housatonic Community College & Shintaro Akatsu School of Design Faculty Exhibition 2018…
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Peter Konsterlie — A Retrospective

  • September 17, 2018
3:00–6:00pm Sat 10 Nov 2018 — Opening reception to celebrate the life and work of Peter Konsterlie in the University of Bridgeport’s Schelfhaudt Gallery in the Arnold Bernhard Center at 84 Iranistan Ave, Bridgeport CT 06604. 4:30pm–5:30pm 
Thu 8 Nov 2018
 — Panel Art Discussion – Johnas Ruta (curator), Joe Provey, and Cynthia Anderson. University of Bridgeport’s Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport,…
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Larned’s “Our Daily Lives” 1 of 50 AIGA best books

  • September 14, 2018
Sept 2018 — Professor Larned's book, "Our Daily Lives have to be a satisfaction in themselves" was named one of fifty best books by the AIGA for 2017. Printed in risograph in a limited first edition, "our Daily Lives" is now in its second printing. See more on the book, which also won awards at the TDC and CADC competitions…
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Top Cats of Design – TDC Communication Design

  • August 16, 2018
Top Cats of Design — Typography 63 — Communication & Type Design International graphic design at its best from the Type Directors Club Wednesday 5 September 2018 — Opening reception for Typography 63, the annual international competition exhibition of the Type Directors Club (TDC, New York), 5:30-8:30pm, in the Schelfhaudt Gallery, Arnold Bernhard Center (ABC), University of Bridgeport, 84 Iranistan…
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GD Senior Craig Leachman wins at CADC

  • July 15, 2018
2018 Summer — Graphic Design senior (now grad) Craig Leachman won several prizes in the Connecticut Art Directors Club (CADC) annual design competition. He received a Silver Award for his photograph, ABC Man: "ABC Man is a rapper from Bridgeport, CT. He educates the youth by rapping about various subjects such as empowerment and justice for people within the community."…
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Professor Larned wins in CADC & TDC!

  • July 13, 2018
2018 Summer — Professor Emily Larned, Chair of SASD Graphic Design, was awarded by two distinguished organizations for her book, Our daily lives have to be a satisfaction in themselves. The jury of the Connecticut Art Directors Club (CADC) annual competition awarded Larned a Gold Award for excellence, and the Richard Hess Spirit of Creativity Award. The Hess award was…
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Design Alumni Return to SASD

Sat 28 Apr 2018 — Dozens of UB's design alumni returned to campus for an afternoon of talk, catching up, hors d'oeuvres, and beverages. The afternoon began with a viewing of the 2018 senior design exhibition, Hello World, in the Schelfhaudt Gallery, 123 ABC. Older alumni met the newer as graduating seniors were near their thesis displays, ready to expand…
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