O+M Schedule: Fall 2006
11 September
TronicStudio
4:30P
Grace Street Theatre
930 West Grace Street
Studio member Brian Bowman presents the work of Tronic. Founded in 2001 by Columbia University Architecture graduates Jesse Seppi and Vivian Rosenthal, this New York multi-media studio’s work shifts between the fields of film, animation, event and experiential design. Through new uses of technology these visual futurists have boldly combined architecture, graphic design, film and animation to create a striking and conceptually based body of work. They've delivered unique digital visions for RES and Creative Review, as well as directed and animated spots for Nike, Fuse, MTV, HBO and NEC. They have also conceived and executed in store projects for Diesel, GE, Sharp and Wired, and online for Nike and Visionaire.
2 October
Ronald Shakespear
4:30P
Grace Street Theatre
930 West Grace Street
Ronald Shakespear is the founder of Diseño Shakespear, a design firm in Buenos Aires co-directed with his children Lorenzo, Juan and Barbara. Previously a professor at the University of Buenos Aires FADU UBA (1985/1990) and past president of ADG, Asociacion de Disenadores Graficos de Buenos Aires (1984/1986), he is best known for his poster design and substantial projects in urban signage, including signage systems for the City of Buenos Aires, the City Hospital, the Buenos Aires Subway and Temaiken Zoo.
His work has been exhibited widely in Europe and South America and featured in design publications around the world including Graphis and Print (USA), Domus, Interni, Abitare, Top Symbols (Italy), Idea and Graphic Design Magazine (Japan), Novum (Germany), Graphis and Who's Who (Switzerland), Information Graphics and Icographic (Great Britain), Experimenta (Spain), Nuevo Diseño (Chile), 90+10 Magazine (Argentina), Sign Graphics (USA) and Package & Design (China). He has also published several books, including Señal de Diseño, Memory of a Practice, published by Ediciones Infinito in 2003.
23 October
Jim Gregory
3:30P
Grace Street Theatre
930 West Grace Street
VCU Alumnus, Founder and CEO of CoreBrand, a global brand strategy and communications firm based in Stamford, Connecticut with offices in New York, New York Minneapolis, Minnesota and Tokyo, Japan. A leading expert on brand management, he is credited with developing innovative tools for measuring the power of brands and their impact on a corporation's financial performance. In addition to being a frequent speaker on the financial benefits of advertising and brand management for The Wall Street Journal as well as BusinessWeek he has authored several books on creating value with brands. Gregory graduated from the VCU Communication Arts and Design program in 1971.
13 November
VCU Alumni Charles Watlington and Bobby Martin
3:30P
Grace Street Theatre
930 West Grace Street
Charles L. Watlington is a designer for Ogilvy & Mather’s Brand Integration Group (BIG) in New York City. His clients include Miller Brewing Company, Coca-Cola, Hershey's, CNN, NYC 2012, DuPont, and Avon. He graduated from the VCU Communication Arts and Design program in 2002.
Bobby C. Martin Jr. is design director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City, where he focuses on communicating artistic director Wynton Marsalis' vision of vitality, integrity and soul. Selected by Print Magazine last year as one of their New Visual Artists in the annual “20 Under 30�? issue, Martin’s work has also appeared in Step Inside Design and Graphis. In 2003, he was awarded a Sappi Ideas that Matter grant to mount a regional public service campaign for the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. Prior to Jazz at Lincoln Center, Bobby worked at Ogilvy & Mather's Brand Integration Group. He graduated from the VCU Communication Arts and Design program in 1999.
4 December
Carrie McLaren
4:30P
Grace Street Theatre
930 West Grace Street
Carrie McLaren is the editor and publisher of Stay Free!, a Brooklyn-based magazine and blog focused on American media and consumer culture. She is also the curator of the Illegal Art Exhibit, a multimedia art show and website devoted to copyright reform. A former advertising columnist for the Village Voice, her writing has also appeared in such magazines as Newsday, Mother Jones, Time Out NY, and SPIN.