SVA Alumnus David Bellona on Leading Twitter’s Redesign
When Twitter wanted to create a better user experience, they asked in-house designer David Bellona (MFA 2012 Interaction Design) to lead the charge. The resulting new interface has been a matter of...
View ArticleCarin Goldberg, Dave McKenzie, Sarah Sze and More Award Winners from SVA
SVA faculty and alumni continue to rack up an impressive number of awards in the world of art, photography and film. Art History and BFA Design faculty member Carin Goldberg and MFA Fine Arts faculty...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Ellen Su on Her Trip to the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
Spacebound, a short film Ellen Su (BFA 2013 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) made in collaboration with Kyle Moy (BFA 2013 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects), was...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Anne Quito on “Branding” Switzerland and South Sudan
How do you brand a country from scratch? That question was the basis of Anne Quito’s (MFA 2014 Design Criticism) final thesis project (watch her presentation below). To find her answers, she traveled...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Jeff Bryson on His Trip to the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
Jeff Bryson’s (BFA 2013 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) short film The Wild Wild Test was accepted into the American Pavillion at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The American...
View ArticleMFA Illustration as Visual Essay Presents ‘We Tell Stories’
SVA presents “We Tell Stories,” an exhibition of work by more than 250 artists who graduated with an MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay in the 30 years since the degree was first offered. Curated by...
View ArticleSVA Students and Alumni Win Top Prizes at 2014 ANDY Awards
SVA students and alumni took home two Gold, three Silver and four Bronze honors in The Advertising Club of New York’s 2014 ANDY Awards for projects created in BFA Advertising faculty member Frank...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of June 2014
The June roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios features some familiars names from last month, an eclectic mix of advertising and design projects, and a “surreal” concept in the top spot....
View ArticleMeet the Class of 2014: Alvaro Keding
Degree: BFA in Photography Hometown: Bogota, Columbia Reason for coming to SVA: “I always wanted to study film, but film is a very hard industry to break into to just do it on your own, so I started...
View ArticleSVA’s Jesse Averna Wins Fourth Consecutive Emmy Award
SVA faculty member Jesse Averna (BFA 2008 Film and Video) recently won his fourth consecutive Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing. Averna received the honor along with...
View ArticleRecap: SVA’s Angie Wojak at the 2014 Cannes Lions
Angie Wojak, director of Career Development at SVA, recently attended the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France where she was invited to speak on a panel entitled “Navigating...
View ArticleSVA Students and Alumni Awarded in PDN Photo Annual 2014
The SVA community is well represented in the latest issue of Photo District News’ (PDN) Photo Annual 2014 with winners in several categories. Alumnus Sarah Silver (MFA 2001 Photography, Video and...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of July 2014
The July roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios features a familiar name from last month; a wide range of design, illustration and motion graphics projects; and a successful rebranding job...
View ArticleBetween Angels and Demons: Marshall Arisman’s New SVA Subway Posters
The latest chapter of the SVA Subway Poster series comes from master storyteller Marshall Arisman. His shamanistic beasts and winged beings, lurking below the city’s surface through September 28, ask...
View ArticleSVA Faculty and Alumni Exhibitions: Sarah Sze, Amy Sillman, Ei Arkawa,...
Current exhibitions in and around New York City feature SVA faculty and alumni exploring everything from constant streams of information and the value of objects to the line between figuration and...
View ArticleSVA Publications Win HOW and Print Magazine Awards
The Visual Arts Press, the in-house design studio at SVA, recently won top awards from both HOW and Print magazines for publications that were produced under the guidance of SVA Executive Vice...
View ArticleIcebergs: SVA Thesis Project Acquired by Pinterest
A creative endeavor that originated in the MFA Design department at SVA has just hit the big time: Albert Pereta’s (MFA Design 2012) thesis project Icebergs, a web application that makes it easy for...
View ArticleSVA Alumni Advance to Finals in 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
The 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) finalists have been announced and out of nearly 4,500 submissions and just 25 finalists selected from around the globe, three of them are recent SVA...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of August 2014
The August roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios features a few familiar names from last month, a wide range of advertising and design projects by four current students, and exquisite...
View ArticleIssue 17 of ‘Dear Dave,’ Magazine
The BFA Photography Department recently published Issue 17 of its award-winning tri-annual magazine, Dear Dave,. With direction from editor-in-chief Stephen Frailey (chair of BFA Photography and...
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