Design Connection

02/03/2017

Tomorrow's meeting: passing on the joy of fake screen printing in photoshop! so design trends!

Got an idea for a workshop? Let us know! send us a message or, better yet, come to a meeting at 4:30 on Thursdays in Steinberg 213

09/22/2015

WashUCity was approved this week for recognition by theStudent Union! This means we receive a set amount of money to spend on fun things like, food, cool supplies, field trips, and maybe even T-shirts. Thanks for all the hard work everyone has put in so far this semester!

We are having another official visit this Friday! Look forward for more pictures sometime next week!

04/28/2015

Pictures from WashUCity's last official visit of the semester last Friday! Lots of model-painting, photographing, and messing around on Photoshop. Plus doughnuts to celebrate the end of a great semester.

04/17/2015

WashUCity is on the news!!

During our last visit, a camera crew from KMOV filmed us while we and the UCHS students worked on bringing their sketches into the third dimension with sculpey clay.

Professional graphic designers and Washington University Students are working with University City high school students who have dreams of becoming designers.

04/06/2015

Friday was our fifth visit of the semester to UCHS! After a quick look at the spring musical posters that the students finished, we got started with a new project that Amanda from PGAV Destinations (http://www.pgavdestinations.com/) is leading with us.

PGAV Destinations is a St. Louis based architecture firm specializing in destination spaces, like theme parks, exhibits, and resorts. We're excited to lead a project with them!

On this visit, the students started sketching designs for zoo exhibit signs; next visit, they'll be modeling them with sculpey clay! Finally, they'll photograph the models and edit those photos to create a final image of their zoo sign.

Photo credits to Jessica Sun!

02/17/2015

Last Friday was our third visit this semester. We helped the students finalize their design logos, and we gave them the assignment for their first project with us this semester--they're going to create a poster for the high school's spring musical, Beauty and the Beast!

For our next visit, we've asked them to make nine thumbnail sketches to get them started on the poster.

02/03/2015

Second visit of the semester today! We continued helping the students design logos for a fitness company, and we met to discuss what their next project with us will be.

01/24/2015

We kicked off the semester with our first visit yesterday morning, helping the kids with their logo design projects.

Our next visit is Monday, February 2! If you're interested in early morning design tutoring, check out our application below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gz2WQUuA9ud_AA2DNCVl3CFT12gA4WHHnxLEOtDZzMo/viewform

WashUCity is a joint program of Washington University and University City High School, a public high school in the surrounding community. WashUCity brings WashU design students to UCHS, where they support a graphic design class by assisting the design teacher, Todd Yancy. WashUCity volunteers will a…

01/20/2015

These album covers are the product of our last four visits with the UCHS students! As you can see, the students cover a wide range of interests and skills. With these fearless imaginations, we're excited for what this semester has in store for us...

11/21/2014

The students are working on creating an album cover for a favorite artist using photographs, text, and hand-drawn images. Today we talked to them about composition.

11/21/2014

Some pictures from our very first visit to UCHS, back in October; we spent most of our time playing Pictionary with the students and getting to know them.