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Workshops

All workshops are free and open to the public but registration is required.

two 3D printed heads from 3D scans in blue and orange
Kat Wilson, Assistant Director of the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center.
Mini Me Magnet with 3D Scanning + Printing

Design Week

Ever have someone say they miss your face? Well with the power of 3D Scanning and Printing you can leave a mini version of yourself with them! Participants will learn to scan one another, fix up the scan, and send it to be print in the HVAMC. Prints will be ready for pick up by the end of Design Week. Makes a great gift!

Date
Time
Location

Monday, March 27, 2023

3-5pm

Digital Fabrication Lab / Smiley 100

colorful graphic with the word Portfolio repeated three times
Shauna Keating
Everything You Wanted to Know About Portfolios But Were Too Afraid to Ask

NP Design Week

Need a portfolio to apply for an internship? Curious about what goes into a UX-focused portfolio? Wondering how to choose your best work? This workshop will cover all your burning questions about portfolios and is geared towards all levels of students. Come and ask questions, bring your existing portfolio (if you have one), or just listen and learn.

This workshop is led by Shauna Keating (BFA 16), Senior User Experience Designer at Truss, chapter president of AIGA Upstate NY, and adjunct instructor at SUNY New Paltz.

Date
Time
Location

Monday, March 27

7 to 9 p.m.

Old Library 103A

people gathered outside in small groups discussing solar cookers
Alan Bigelow
Cooking differently

What we eat is embedded in our daily realities including food access, cultural traditions, social roles, personal tastes, local and global economies, climate and weather, etc. In this user-centered workshop you’ll explore some of the realities of encouraging people to adopt solar-thermal cooking through a brainstorming and ideation process. This is less about a final product, and more about exploring ways of thinking.

Students from Design, DDF, Anthropology, Business, and Women’s Studies are particularly encouraged to attend and lend their expertise.

This workshop is led by Alan Bigelow, Ph.D., a physicist, educator and solar cook.

Date
Time
Location

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

1:30-3:30pm

Honors Center

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Design Society
Undesign Workshop

NP Design Week

As students, we are taught the basic rules of Graphic Design. But what happens when we bend or even break these rules? This workshop is a chance to go beyond that we are taught to follow, while still trying to make something intriguing. We will experiment with different rules while we learn to trust our own instinct in what makes "good design". All levels of experience are welcome so if you've ever been interested in testing the boundaries of design beyond what we're allowed in class, this workshop is for you. Open to everyone, regardless of major.

This workshop is hosted by Design Society, the Graphic Design Student Club.

Date
Time
Location

Tuesday, March 28, 2025

7 to 9 p.m.

Old Library 103B

a grid design manifesto texts in small colorful circles
Joshua Korenblat, Associate Professor of Graphic Design
Make Your Design Manifesto

A manifesto is a published verbal declaration of the issuer's intentions, motives, or views. A manifesto usually accepts a previously published opinion or public consensus or promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for making changes the author believes should be made. It is often political or artistic but may present an individual’s life stance. — Wikipedia

In this workshop, we will explore different design manifestos, both historical and present day, and reinterpret them through collage and other hands-on techniques to craft our own design manifestos. No experience necessary!

This workshop is led by Associate Professor Joshua Korenblat.

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Cover image credit: Bruce Mau: Massive Change 24

Date
Time
Location

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

10am to 12pm

OLB 103A

handmade books with sewn bindings displayed
Etsuko Rosenblum
Build your first handmade sketch book with Japanese 4-hole bookbinding

NP Design Week

Build a “Yotsume Toji” sketch book—Japanese four-hole book binding with a silk cloth hardcover.

There are several Japanese book bindings, they come in many types of bindings, such as “Kansubon” (Handscrolls), “Orihon” (folding books or Accordion books), “Detchôsô” (Glued Books or Butterfly Binding), and “Fukuro Toji” (Pouch Binding), “Wasôbon” Japanese-style bound books, “Yotsume Toji” (Japanese Four-Hole Book Binding), to name a few.

For this workshop, you will build a popular “Yotsume Toji” sketch book—Japanese four-hole book binding with a silk cloth hardcover.

Supplies will be provided. No experience necessary!

Workshop lead by Etsuko Rosenblum, alumni and adjunct instructor at SUNY New Paltz

Date
Time
Location

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

12 to 4 p.m.

Old Library Bookbinding Room

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Brianna Rascoe '15, Nicolette Seeback Ruggiero '15, Andrea Carrillo ’13
Portfolio Reviews with GD Alumni
NP Design Week

Register for this workshop and you'll receive a 20 minute time slot between 1-2:30pm to meet with an alumni. You may bring a digital or physical portfolio or if you'd like to get feedback on current work, feel free to bring a few samples of what you are working! These portfolio reviews are intended for all student levels!

Participating Alumni:

Brianna Rascoe '15, Associate Director of Design, Kinesso

Brianna Rascoe has almost a decade of experience in marketing-centric design, creating strategic visual solutions across web, mobile, and print. Her skillset in front-end web development, content creation, creative direction, and illustration enables her to lead a design team at Kinesso, as well as consult independently for nonprofit organizations.

Nicolette Seeback Ruggiero '15, Art Director. Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers

Nicolette Seeback Ruggiero is a graphic designer, avid reader, nature walker, leaf collector, and ceramicist. She is currently the art director at Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, where she designs book covers, while also hiring and art directing designers on book cover projects. Ruggiero has previously worked for HarperCollins Publishers.

Andrea Carrillo ’13, Associate Director, Brand Design, Drift

Andrea Carrillo has ten years of experience working with brand creative and marketing teams for B2B SaaS tech companies. Andrea has built her career on creating alignment between creative and marketing, with an emphasis on collaboration and brand strategy. Currently, she leads the brand creative team at Drift, responsible for brand, design, and copywriting. 

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Once you register you'll receive a 20 minute time slot between 1-2:30pm. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before your time slot.

Date
Time
Location

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

OLB Seminar Room 103A

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Pascal Gervasio, BFA GD 23
Creative Machines: Understanding the potential of AI and Design

New Paltz Design Week

In this workshop, you will learn how to use MidJourney to generate your own images based on textual descriptions. Whether you are familiar with the system or a curious beginner, this event will provide you with the introductory knowledge to understand the potential of AI as tool in design as well as its current limitations.

After generating images, there will be time to discuss the images that were generated and how AI plays a role in the future of our careers as designers. No experience is necessary for this workshop. In preparation for the workshop, sign up for MidJourney on Discord

This workshop is led by BFA graphic design senior, Pascal Gervasio. The workshop graphic was created using MidJourney.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 30, 2023

12:30-2:30pm

OLB 103B

needlework of old mac computer sad face icon
Anne Galperin
MAC ICON MANIA!

Transform legacy Mac desktop icons to 3" x 3" needlepoint patches. No experience needed! All supplies provided.

This workshop is led by Anne Galperin, Associate Professor of Graphic Design at SUNY New Paltz.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 30, 2023

5 to 7pm 

OLB 103A

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Kristoff Lalicki
Show Your Work: Build and Deploy a Web-Based Portfolio For Free!

Design Week

In this workshop, you will learn about static-site generators, a popular system for creating a website quickly. No web development experience necessary: we’ll be writing content for the website with Markdown, a simple text formatting language.

Leave this class with a fully-functioning live portfolio website that costs you nothing to host!

This workshop is led by Kristoff Lalicki, designer & developer and adjunct instructor at SUNY New Paltz.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 30, 2023

7-9pm

Old Library 103B

New Paltz Zine Collective
Let's Make Zines!

NP Design Week

Zines are self-published and printed booklets made with the intention of sharing ideas, rather than making a profit. Join the Zine Collective in Sojourner Truth Library and have some fun creating your very own zine. No experience required! Materials will be provided as well!

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 30, 2023

7-9 p.m.

Sojourner Truth Library (room TBD)

a cobblestone street with the word
Beatriz Lozano
Intro to AR Type

NP Design Week

We will learn about the history of AR, learn about the latest AR technology, and reimagine how our work can be expanded to exist in all dimensions. In this workshop I will demonstrate the process of creating an image recognition AR piece, and by the end of the workshop all of the students will create one original piece of their own.

The ideal participant are designer with little to no prior experience with augmented reality, but who has a strong interest in typography and technology.

 

About Beatriz Lozano

Beatriz is a designer, typographer, and educator exploring how technology can push typography to exist at the intersection of the physical and digital world. She teaches interaction design at Parsons and was formerly a design director at Sunday Afternoon.

Originally on the path to becoming a mechanical engineer, Beatriz shifted to graphic design as her involvement in immigrant rights activism exposed her to the power of visual communication. Her work has been recognized by the ADC, TDC, Communication arts, and PRINT. Earlier this year she was awarded the Art Directors Club Young Gun Award, which recognizes the world’s best creatives under the age of 30. Some of her clients include ESPN, Target, and NPR.

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Material Requirements

A computer with a reliable internet connection (Lab computers are available or bring your latop)

Phone that supports AR

Phone to computer cable

Spark AR

Software Requirements

Before enrolling in this class please make sure your phone is AR-compatible. If you are an iPhone user this means having an iPhone model that is no earlier than the 7. All of the software we will be using is free and available for download online. Before enrolling please make sure that your laptop is compatible with Spark Studio.

Date
Time
Location

Friday, March 31, 2023

11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Old Library 103A

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