10/24/2018
Registration open for Seek 2018!
Seek 2018 A one day design conference, Monday Nov. 12 at Morningstar Auditorium, Chicago Illinois, featuring presentations by eleven designers.
Visual Communication Program, Northern Illinois University
The Visual Communication program at Northern Illinois University provides an intellectually based, professional education that focuses on graphic form and communication, cultural factors, problem solving and design process. Students graduate with the problem solving, aesthetic, theoretical, and interpersonal skills necessary to enter the graphic design profession and sustain a career in design.
10/24/2018
Registration open for Seek 2018!
Seek 2018 A one day design conference, Monday Nov. 12 at Morningstar Auditorium, Chicago Illinois, featuring presentations by eleven designers.
04/02/2018
Visual Communication Senior Show 2018.
NIU Visual Communication Senior Show 2018 Northern Illinois University Visual Communication Senior Show. April 25 at Space 1858, 1858 W Grand Avenue, Chicago IL, between 5:30 and 8:30pm.
04/02/2018
NIU Visual Communication Senior Show.
NIU Visual Communication Senior Show 2018 Northern Illinois University Visual Communication Senior Show. April 25 at Space 1858, 1858 W Grand Avenue, Chicago IL, between 5:30 and 8:30pm.
05/02/2017
Vis Com alum Brian Rau will be competing with 5 other Chicago designers at Pixels of Fury, this Thursday! Go to this and vote for Brian! http://rsvp.pixelsoffury.com/2017chicago
Pixels of Fury Chicago Watch six of Chicago’s best designers compete live on stage at Revel Fulton Market on Thursday, May 4th at 7:00PM. There will be tears. And beers. Just fill in your details to get your free ticket.
04/30/2017
04/03/2017
The Vis Com class of 2017! Check it out!
NIU Visual Communication Senior Show 2017 Northern Illinois University Visual Communication Senior Show. April 26 at Space 1858, 1858 W Grand Avenue, Chicago IL, between 5:30 and 8:30pm.
10/05/2016
Register for Seek 2016! Featuring the noted designer April Greiman and so many other cool people, with various workshops and experiences, that will inspire, inform and engage. http://seekconference.org/
Seek 2016 A one day design conference, Wednesday, Nov. 2 at Morningstar and Chicago Design Museum, Chicago Illinois.
09/01/2016
NIU Vis Com Alum Jen Marquez (class of 2011) is Print Magazines Designer of the Week! Cool!
05/05/2016
Vis Com Senior Show 2016.
Viscom Senior Show 2016 April 28 2016 1858 West Grand Avenue Chicago IL 60622 http://niuvis.com/2016/
04/05/2016
Check out the class of 2016.
Hi Everyone,
This week we will be hosting Dr. Kaska Gawrych-Olender from the Fine Arts Academy in Katowice/Poland. In my 11am class tomorrow she will present a lecture "Planning and presentation of design projects". Please feel free to join us – this is an interesting topic that can help you plan and brainstorm any future project. You will also see a lot of interesting examples of student work.
In ARTD 312 class (2pm) Dr. Kaska Gawrych-Olender will be presenting another lecture: Visual identity – case study, and for ARTD 406 class (6pm), she prepared presentation titled: Living poster.
Just come hang with us anytime during the day!
03/03/2016
Vis Com Alum and Founder of IA Collaborative, Dan Kraemer, speaks well about the power of design led branding. Check it out! Go Dan!
The New Power of Design Branding | Roundtable 19 As part of our Branding Roundtable, we sit down with Dan Kraemer, Chief Design Officer and Founder of IA Collaborative, and talk about the designer's role in...