2008 Spring Show
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
show open: 10am-8:30pm
reception: 6:00pm-8:30pm
University Union Ballroom
The Department of Design will be hosting its annual Spring Show on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The event will showcase the labor of graduating seniors as well as undergraduate work in the study of Graphic Design, Interior Design and Photography. Please join us as we celebrate the creative process in the University Union Ballroom.




Graphic Content: Exposing the Process Behind Comic Art Storytelling
April 28 - May 9, 2008
A Lecture by Kazu Kibuishi will take place on April 29th, 6:30pm, in Sequoia Hall 301. Mr. Kibuishi will speak on the process of creating graphic novels. Kazu graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Film Studies. He works as a full-time comic book artist, and lives in Alhambra, California with his wife, and fellow comic book artist, Amy Kim Ganter. Kazu is the editor/contributor of the highly acclaimed Flight comic anthologies. He also is the author/illustrator of two original graphic novels, including Daisy Kutter: The Last Train (Viper Comics), and more recently, Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper (Simon & Schuster).

An Exhibition of The Peck, an original graphic novel concept by Mario Estioko. Mr Estioko is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design in the Department of Design. Posing as a design educator by day, Mario's clandestine comic work has appeared in magazines and college newspapers nationally. This is his first foray into the graphic novel genre. The comic exhibition runs from April 28th-May 9th in the 4th Floor Design Gallery, Mariposa Hall.

2007 Spring Show
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
6:30 - 8:30 PM
University Union Ballroom
Join us in celebrating the 2007 Department of Design Spring Show which showcases student work from Graphic Design, Interior Design, and Photogaphy. We look forward to seeing you at our festive event for awards, refreshments, and fun. Special thank you to CSUS Foundation, ASI, DOD, and California State University, Sacramento for their generous support

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Lecture and exhibit by Malcom Grear
Lecture on
April 12 at 6:30pm, Mariposa Hall 1000
Reception in the Design Gallery after the lecture

Exhibition of Design Work
April 1-17, 2007
Mariposa Hall, Design Gallery



An acclaimed artist and design legend, Malcolm Grear has permanently shaped the design world with his work, lecturing, writing, and teaching. Malcolm Grear Designers was founded in 1960 and has had more than 28 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries. Malcolm Grear taught at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1960 to 1998 where he received the Honorary Alumnus Award for “...professional achievements as an internationally acclaimed graphic designer [that] brought overwhelming recognition to Rhode Island School of Design’s Department of Graphic Design and its graduates.”

Grear has been awarded numerous national and international awards including five honorary doctorate degrees. He was selected by the National Associations of Schools of Art and Design, comprising 190 institutions, to receive the Citation for Distinguished Service in the Visual Arts. Grear continues to design, lecture and conduct design workshops throughout the country and will occasionally teach a graduate design course. Malcolm Grear has recently published the 2nd edition of his book, Inside|Outside: From the Basics to the Practice of Design.


2006 Spring Show
Wednesday, May 7, 2006
6:00 - 8:30 PM
University Union Ballroom
Graphic Design Awards
Best Portfoliol: Michael Mezzanotte
Best Print: Christopher Lee
Best New Media: Kyle Marks

Hank Richardson
Date: November 28tt, 2005
Room: Kadema 166
Time: 10:00-11:45
He wil speak and share the Portfolio Center's entrance procedure and to answer any questions and look at students work - senior portfolio's etc.

Alumni Show
September 26 - October 3
Mariposa Hall Gallery, Room 4000

2005 Spring Show
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
6:00 - 8:30 PM
University Union Ballroom
Graphic Design Awards
Best Portfolio: Michael Aurelio
Best New Media: Matthew Stuart

Lecture and exhibit by Katherine Macoy
March 10, 2005 Lecture at CSUS
Please join us Thursday night at Sac State for a lecture and exhibit by Katherine McCoy of the Chicago Institute of Design. Her reception begins at 5:30pm at the University Union Hinde Auditorium and the lecture starts at 7:00pm. Her accompanying exhibition runs from March 7th-18th in the Annex Gallery of the University Library Gallery. This Festival of the Arts event is sponsored by the Sac State Department of Design (916)278-3962.

Katherine McCoy is one of America's best-known design educators. She spent 24 years as co-chair of the design department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, which came to be recognized as one of the most innovative programs in graphic design education. McCoy has created two- and three-dimensional designs for such well-known brands as Xerox and Chrysler Corporation, and along with her husband Mike, she received the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design. McCoy is a past president of the Industrial Designer's Society of America and an elected member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale. Her work has been displayed at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York and the Pompidou Centre de Creation Industriale in Paris.

Leap 2005
March 4, 2005, Friday, 9:30 am - 2:00 pm at the University Union Ballroom
Come to the 5th Annual Leap Conference and see what your future could be in the Art & Design field. Have your work reviewed by Art & Design professionals. See and listen to exciting artists and designer's present their work. View recent students' projects. Ask questions and make that leap with confidence.
For more information, visit http://www.csus.edu/design/leap

Fall 2004 Graphic Design Senior Show
December 9-11 2004 at the Library Gallery
Graphic Design Awards
Best Portfolio: Tanicia Baynes
Best Digital Portfolio: Jason Burns
Best Corporate Identity: Euphoria with Veronica Gonzalez, Tanicia Baynes, Jesus Chavez, Carly Rennefeld, Ken Rost, Jennifer Thompson

April Greiman
Lecture/ April 1, 2004, 7:00pm, at the Hinde Auditorium, University Union
Exhibition/ March 15-April 2, Mariposa Hall 4000E
Think About What You Think About is the lecture topic of internationally renowned designer, April Greiman, at this year's CSUS Festival of the Arts.

2004 Spring Show
May 12, 2004, 6:00-8:30 pm at the Union Ballroom
Graphic Design Awards
Best overall award: Jeff Toll
Best new Media awards: Dat Nguyen, Daniel Nordaas
Best system award: "Ouija." — Genaro Espinoza,
Derick Nakayama, Duy Nguyen, Joelle Massaad, and Bradley O'Hanrahan

Jeff Toll		Daniel Nordaas