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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Hello World – 2018 Senior Design Exhibition

  • April 26, 2018
5:30–8:30 Thu 26 Apr 2018 — Public opening of the 2018 SASD Senior Show in the Schelfhaudt Gallery, 123 ABC Arnold Bernhard Center, 84 Iranistan Avenue, University of Bridgeport, CT 06604. The Shintaro Akatsu School of Design and the University of Bridgeport invite you to the 2018 Senior Design Show. Join us for a professional night as our 2018 Senior…
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2018 Design Alumni Event

  • April 26, 2018
Sat 28 Apr 2018 — Design Alumni? You are cordially invited to the 12th Annual SASD Design Alumni Event Saturday, April 28, 2018 Arnold Bernhard Center at the University of Bridgeport 84 lranistan Avenue, Bridgeport, CT Honoring SASD Professional Achievement Award Winner Patrick Nolan '90 ID, President: DesignThink Hosted by Art Landi '74 ID & UB Trustee Join us for…
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SASD Makes Maker Faire

  • April 21, 2018
Sat 21 Apr 2018 — Maker Faire Westport is a wrap, and SASD's participation was a huge success! Shintaro Akatsu School of Design (SASD) at the University of Bridgeport sponsored the “Nerdy Derby” at the Seventh Annual Maker Faire Westport. SASD held a (student design and constructed) ‘makers booth’ where students were demonstrating drawing/rendering and helping visitors make style/color boards.…
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SASD Hosts Hearts of Hope Helpers

  • April 15, 2018
Apr 2018 — Hearts of Hope is a nonprofit charity based outside of Philadelphia, Connecticut, Virginia, and Washington State and was created in response to the national tragedy of September 11, 2001. Hearts of Hope expresses a movement of hope by taking clay, rolling it out, cutting out shapes into hearts and then firing them in the kiln to fire…
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Design students’ safety inventions win big at NY International Auto Show

  • April 15, 2018
Fri 6 April 2018 — Three University of Bridgeport (UB) students have won awards, including Grand Prize, at the New York International Auto Show for devices they invented to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe from vehicle mishaps. The students, all of whom are majoring in industrial design at UB’s Shintaro Akatsu School of Design, were awarded a total of…
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GD Senior Leachman finals in Photo Contest

  • April 15, 2018
Thu 12 Apr 2018 — Graphic Design senior Craig Leachman has placed in the finals of the Photographer's Forum 38th Annual College & High School Photography Contest. His color photograph, ABC Man, is in the finalist group. Over 12,000 photographs were entered by student photographers in the U.S and Canada, and around the world. His artwork will be published in…
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North, East, Space, Time

  • April 3, 2018
5:30–7:30 Thu 5 Apr 2018 Public Opening — The Schelfhaudt Gallery is pleased to exhibit a group of artists working in a wide variety of media that are from the N.E.S.T. Arts Factory. The Nest building has been a great facility for working artists suppling studios and exhibition spaces for twenty years. These unique perspectives are diverse and positive. The…
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Design for Business – AIGA meets for panel discussion and snacks

  • March 21, 2018
6-8pm Thu 5 Apr 2018 — Join a panel of experts in business and design to discuss the intersection and union of the two domains. Panel discussion with refreshments at 6:00–8:00pm at SASD's home in the Arnold Bernhard Center (ABC) in the Littlefield Recital Hall, 117 ABC. The evening is a collaboration AIGA BrandCentral, AIGA Connecticut, and SASD, the Shintaro…
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