Patricia Cue, Chair
Department Faculty List
Portfolio Review 2008 - Wednesday May 7, 2008 / Siegfred 405 / 9 - 10 am.
View work by Graphic Design students
View work by OU Graphic Design students posted on Christopher Palocios' site. Christopher is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Graphic Design.
Mission Statement
The graphic design program at Ohio University places emphasis on providing an understanding of the designer’s personal and social
responsibility,
developing the student's capacity for critical thinking, and
stimulating imagination and innovation.
Understanding graphic design within a cultural context is an essential
component of a designer's education.
At Ohio University, design education finds its home within
the College of Fine Arts, where new thinking edges of performance,
video, film, music, theater and dance are around us. The design program
is within one of the schools of the college, the School of Art. Design
students can visually research in printmaking, sculpture, ceramics,
painting and photography at the same time they are studying in their
design studio classes.
We develop fundamental skills of perception, interpretation, and inventiveness, as well as understanding the nature and meaning of visual form in context. Our graduating designers secure positions within top design firms nationally and internationally. They design within a broad spectrum of applications: solving complex problems, planning, and executing solutions.
Their ultimate strength is visually translating ideas into form, or in other words sending an intended message to a targeted audience. The aesthetic ordering of type and image in order to interest and inform has been highly acknowledged by the design industry.
Plus we can play as hard as we work!
Studio classes, inside and outside the graphic design program, as well
as liberal arts courses, prepare students for an immediate goal, the
design practice; and a long term goal, continuing intellectual,
personal, and creative growth.
Data list for application to Graphic Design
Graphic Design Advising Aid for determining graduation requirements
Facilities
The fourth floor of Seigfred Hall has studio spaces for each senior.
Our classrooms are on the north side providing optimum lighting for
color and studio activities. Technology labs dedicated to graphic
design
maintain the ratio of one computer to every two majors in the area.
Each computer station is upgraded to the industry standards regularly
and we maintain a comprehensive font library. We feel it is important
not to put the burden of purchasing a computer during our student’s
undergraduate research when the upgrade curve is so severe. We suggest
students wait until their senior year to invest in personal computers.
Waiting for this purchase until this time will help with their
transition into the design practice.
Our Vandercook letterpress room has an extensive and rare collection of metal and wood type for designing and printing fine books. The graphic design program is dedicated to maintaining its traditional and contemporary facilities.
Senior Class websites/resume sites:
2007 senior class website
2007
2006
2002
2001