Hello Campus Communicators,

There are two designers jurying the Graphic Design entries in the Student Art competition who will be giving a talk about their own work on Thursday.

 

Who: Jeff Baxter + Paul Schlacter

When: Thursday Feb. 23 / 7:30

Where: A+A room 109

 

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Info/Bios …

Our co-jurors for the design category are Jeff Baxter and Paul Schlacter. Both graduated from UT in 2005 with degrees in graphic design. Jeff & Paul met in Graphic Design 251 at the University of Tennessee. They were probably randomly assigned to a group project, it was their first collaboration. In 2005, after graduation, they both headed to NYC where they’ve been designing, animating, coding, illustrating, directing, and collaborating ever since.

 

After graduating from The University of Tennessee in 2005, Paul Schlacter moved to New York to join Trollbäck+Company as a designer and animator. A weekend collaboration with Jeff Baxter lead him to the Google Creative Lab, where he worked on everything from banner ads to major product launches. Today, Paul works in-house on the Google Design team, focusing on design.google.com and the annual SPAN conference.

 

Jeff has created brands, products, and services, from the ground up, for a wide range of clients. After his graduation from The University of Tennessee in 2005 he designed and launched the original Nike+ Platform at R/GA. He was then the founder of a small design studio where he worked with cultural institutions such as Rhizome and MoMA, and consumer brands like GE, VH1, and Mercedes. Before founding Cord Project in 2014, he was leading design teams at Google’s Creative Lab working across nearly all of Google’s products and brands. Cord Project was acquired by Spotify in 2016 where Jeff is currently a Product Design Manager.

 

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The Student Art Competition will be on view in the Ewing Gallery ( first floor of the A+A)  February 28th- March 19th.

 

Best:: Sarah

 

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Professor / Graphic Design / School of Art

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE

 

AIGA DEC Converge Conference Co-Chair

June 1-3 / USC School of Cinematic Arts

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