Permission to Fail: Sketchbooks of Graphic Designers, Illustrators, and Photographers

School of Design Gallery at Mount Ida College - Opening reception - Tuesday October 20 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm
 
NEWTON, Mass. - Sept. 18, 2015 - PRLog -- It’s not the phrase artists expect to hear but Permission to Fail may be just what they need to spark the creative process.

That will be illuminated in a wide-ranging show of the sketchbooks of more than 30 premier graphic designers, illustrators and photographers at the show ”Permission to Fail”  in the School of Design Gallery at Mount Ida College, from October 19 to January 26.

On hand to talk about their personal experiences at the Opening Reception on October 20 will be John McHugh, Design Director of Arnold Worldwide and Bob Domenz, founder and CEO of Avenue in Chicago.

“Great graphic design, illustration, or photography doesn’t spring fully formed from the mind of the artist. Most artists begin by creating a multitude of small thumbnail sketches usually in notebooks, sketchbooks, or journals,” says Jim Fitts, co-curator of the show and professor of graphic design.  “Today’s artists want to log on, design and save.  They need to take the time to fail - to discover -  to create.”

More than 200 prints of rough sketches, thumbnail drawings, and production notes as well as the resulting finished pieces will be on display.

Participating artists include: Gary Baseman, Donovan Beery, Pep Carrió, John Cuneo, Chaz Maviyane Davies, Marc English, Ed Fella, Jim Fitts, Nathan Fox, Milton Glaser, Rodney Greenblat, Brad Holland, Eric Hunn, Mirko Ilić, Jeff Johnson, Lou Jones, John Langdon, Ross MacDonald, Jeffrey Marshall, Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Bill Mayer, John McHugh, Debbie Millman, Shogo Ota, Alison Poor-Donahue, Jeff Scher, Ross Storey, Scott Thomas, Rick Valicenti, and Cary Wolinski.

Guest Speakers:

John McHugh, Design Director of Arnold Worldwide.
McHugh specializes in strategic design and branding and has more than 13 years of design and corporate identity experience.  He has worked with such companies as AT&T, Boeing, Cars.com, CVS, Fidelity, Jack Daniel’s, Kyocera, New Balance, Ocean Spray, Progressive and Santander.  His work has been recognized by the American Advertising Federation, the AIGA, the Brand New Awards, the One Show, HOW Magazine, the Telly Awards and the Society of Typographic Arts.

Bob Domenz is the founder of Avenue in Chicago where he focuses on helping executives launch new products and rethink new directions for their businesses and brands.  He works with a range of leading companies including Interface, Clarke, SCA Tissue, Boeing, Weber Grill, IBM, Harley-Davidson, General Electric and Coca-Cola, among others. He graduated from Harvard Business School’s Executive Management program on Brand and Marketing Strategy, is a member of the TED conference and on the organizing committee for the TEDx Midwest conference.

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Co-Curators: Jim Fitts Visiting Professor, Graphic Design, Alison Poor-Donahue
Associate Professor and Department Chair Design & Digital Media

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