t-shirt voting

voting for this year's idsa t-shirt is now open!

we've got nine entries to choose from, but there can only be one shirt for 2010.

go to the survey here to vote. the survey is now closed.

there's only one vote per person, and voting ends THIS FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT!

the winning shirt will be revealed monday at the start of studio!

southern district conference display

design this year's virginia tech id display for the idsa southern district conference!

• all designs must be able to showcase a variety of work from students attending conference.
• the design must be able to be fabricated (fairly easily) in our shops, be able to be disassembled and transported by suv to charlotte, and assembled quickly on-site.
• it must not exceed a footprint of 5 ft by 5 ft.
• the display must be free-standing (we can't hang anything on the walls of the hotel)
  
• sketches, models, renderings - whatever you'd like.
  

have them pinned up in the id side room by NOON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19th!

t-shirt competition

hey guys, there's only ONE SCHOOL WEEK left in our 2010 t-shirt competition.
all entries are due THIS FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT!

remember - 3-screen (that means three colors, or two colors front one back, etc) maximum per design, and you can do up to 3 colorways.
just send ashley - brooksa[at]vt[dot]edu - a jpg of your design using the template.
make sure to show your design itself and placement on the shirt.

download the template here!

guest lecturer: tom shiner

A native of Washington, DC, Tom Shiner is an architect who designs furniture. Around 1994 Shiner designed a stacking stool for the educational programs at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg. Eventually his wood stool became THE MUSEUM STOOL®. The success of the stool with museum educators opened the door for other furniture designs for museums and public spaces.

M&LF, Shiner’s furniture company (www.themuseumstool.com), recently provided furniture for exhibits at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, The Birmingham Museum of Art, the US Holocaust Memorial, Monticello, and other cultural institutions.

M&LF has a showroom at Dupont Circle in Washington. Shiner lives and works in DC and Montana. He is working with a Montana manufacturer to build samples of his LC and AB chairs for eventual production. Shiner has designed renovations, additions and new houses. He won an award for preservation from the Bozeman Planning Department for his restoration of a small house in the historic district.