GRAPHIC DESIGN & PACKAGING

Reza Bassiri GRPH ’00, Euro RSCG C&O received the Mention Spéciale at the annual Grand Prix du Design Stratégies 2007 in the International Productions. Reza Bassiri aka The Orangeman created the brand identity for ING Private Banking new IPCM division (International Private Capital Management). After integrating Euro RSCG C&O in December 2006 as senior art director, Reza Bassiri is now design manager of the design department at the Paris Office.
In parallel, Reza Bassiri creates (for Euro RSCG C&O / Havas Sports) the identity of all print, broadcast and on sight communication for the French Pro Soccer League (Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 Orange). Work includes TV Opening sequence for every game, and graphic interface during game. Games are viewable on Eurosport (monday nights) and Numéricable (Friday nights).
Reza Bassiri GRPH ’00 is now Design Creative Director at Euro RSCG C&O in Paris France, after entering the agency in late 2006 as Senior Art Director. He has worked for clients including: LVMH, Pro Football League 1 & 2, ING Private Banking, EDF (Franch national energy supplier), RATP (Parisian public transportation), the Gustave Eiffel brand, INA (French National archive Institute) Air Mauritius and many more... Reza Bassiri has created the new Pro Soccer Leagues Corporate and Brand Identities in print, web and on site design and branding used by the 40 clubs of the championship. The first League's new identity will be revealed and used starting in August 9th 2008.

Christine Chastain GRPH ’93 session proposal, Innovative Design Research for the New Senior, has been selected for presentation at the IDSA National Conference, "Polar Opposites: Mediating the Space Between Positions in Design," September 10-13 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, AZ.

Earl Gee, GRPH ’83 Partner and Creative Director of Gee + Chung Design, San Francisco, was a named as a judge of the 38th Annual Creativity Awards taking place August 14th through 16th, 2008 in Louisville, KY. The Creativity Awards is in its 38th year of celebrating the best in global design and advertising, attracting over 3,000 entries from around the world. Winning entries will be featured in the Creativity 38 Annual, published in spring 2009 by HarperCollins.
Earl Gee GRPH ’83 recently had a project selected for the 2007 International Design Awards; The inaugural international design awards for architecture, interiors, products, fashion and graphics. For more information please visit Earl’s site geechungdesign.com or idesignawards.com

Earl Gee, GRPH ’83, Creative Director of Gee + Chung Design, San Francisco, was awarded First Prize in the Annual Report Category in the inaugural International Design Awards for Architecture and Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design for his firm s DCM IV Offering Memorandum. The IDA07 Exhibition will premiere at the Museum of Design Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, March 8-14, 2008. Earl was also People s Choice Award nominee and Honorable Mention award winner in the AIGA San Francisco cause/affect competition honoring design which positively impacts our society and community for his firm s Give Something Back International stationery. The Awards Ceremony and Exhibition was held at the AIGA SF Office in San Francisco on December 4, 2007.

Bryan Gray GRPH ’86 launched profilestock.com on July 1. ProFile Stock is a stock image resource for art directors with an innovative, artist-friendly approach to image licensing that has earned the support of renowned illustrators including Matt Mahurin, Kinuko Craft, Brad Holland, Bart Forbes, Dugald Stermer, and C. F. Payne. An article about ProFile Stock appeared in the July 2008 issue of Communication Arts. For more info visit www.profilestock.com.

Michelle Koza GRPH ’95 For the past two years Michelle has been an advocate for socially responsible design development at Sony Design Center, Los Angeles. Her recent project odo will be on display at MoMA, NY.
Design and the Elastic Mind February 24,2008- May12,2008

Franz Schnaas GRPH ’92 recently interviewed Alex Zecca, a young San Francisco painter: ozcillator.com for more information.

Victor Zaud GRPH ’91 The International Museum of Women approached us in late 2005 to do a project with them—for about half the budget that we all knew it should take to produce. When we heard the general concept, we couldn t pass the project up. It s been a really exciting time and the project is nearing it’s "end of life"—and I don’t think it’s had the attention in the major media that I’d hoped, yet I also know that it has affected women’s lives all over the world in a profound way—which makes it all worthwhile. Still, I thought through the ArtCenter network, it might get even more airplay. You can visit the website imaginingourselves.imow.org for more details.