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Enrichment Scholarship

Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, May 21, 2008


The Enrichment Scholarship was created by AIGA San Francisco to enhance the quality and diversity of design education. The winner will receive a scholarship worth $3,000 which may be used to underwrite the cost of their design education or to pay for a supplemental program, such as attending a design conference or participating in a class or workshop.

The winner will also be asked to design the announcement for the 2009 AIGA SF Enrichment Scholarship.

The Enrichment Scholarship award is based on the overall excellence of the student’s work and his/her strong academic achievement. Applicants will be reviewed and recommended by the 2008 Enrichment Scholarship Judging Committee.

The final award is subject to review and approval by AIGA SF’s Board of Directors.

The applicant must be a current member of AIGA San Francisco (or may join when applying for the scholarship), enrolled in an accredited graphic design program in Northern California and be in their junior, senior or graduate-level year of study.

Applicants with an undergraduate degree in a field other than design are eligible if they have completed at least six design units per semester, for at least three semesters.

Application Details:

2008 Enrichment Scholarship Judging Committee

Joshua Chen – Chen Design

Joshua C. Chen is principal and Creative director of San Francisco-based Chen Design Associates (CDA). For close to 20 years, CDA has been helping clients find a voice to express the genuine and the necessary, the illuminating and the unexpected. Josh and his team have been recognized by, among others, Communication Arts, HOW, PRINT, Graphis, the Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club and the AIGA. Named one of 50 “people to watch” in 2003 by Graphic Design USA, Josh is author of three award-winning design books, the most recent being “Fingerprint; The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design” (HOW Books), CDA clients include The North Face, Stanford Lively Arts, SFMOMA, Public Policy institute of California, Joie de Vivre Hospitality and Yoshi’s Jazz Club.

Jennifer Sonderby – SFMOMA

Jennifer Sonderby is a designer who loves to tell stories. When she is not concepting ideas for exhibition catalogues at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, she is writing, designing and theorizing her own futuristic novels. As creative director at SFMOMA, she is responsible for interpreting and communicating the Museum’s graphic identity and mission through all communications-based projects including exhibition signage, marketing campaigns, catalogues, the website and store products. In addition to teaching at California College of the Arts, she has taught workshops in Harare, Zimbabwe and Nagoya, Japan and presented her work at international conferences on the future of the book in Cairns, Australia and at the University of Technology in Sydney. Most recently, her work was included in “California College of the Arts at 100: Innovation by Design,” an SFMOMA exhibition showcasing alumni and faculty of CCA, “Design for Innovation: The Social Designers,” an inter¬national exhibition organized by the Nagoya Design Center in Japan as well as a. recently released book by Phaidon entitled “Area 2” featuring 100 international designers. Her work has been recognized by the American Association of Museums, AIGA, Graphis, PRINT and the Type Directors Club. Her work is also included in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Architecture and Design Collection. She holds a BFA in Visual Communication and Art History from the University of Kansas and an MFA in Design from California College of the Arts.

Ravinder Basra – Education Chair, AIGA San Francisco

Ravinder Basra has over 12 years of experience in teaching and developing design-related subjects in both undergraduate and graduate programs in the U.S. and in the U.K. Ravinder’s background has involved teaching web design, motion graphics and print design, as well as extensive curriculum development work. Research interests include the integration of technologies and learning processes into design curricula. In addition, she has also worked on a number of design projects for the San Francisco Center for the Book, University of San Francisco, International Executive Rental Agency and participates in judging major design competitions including; BDA (Broadcast Design Association) yearly awards for motion graphics work. Ravinder is currently the Education Chair on the Board of Directors of AIGA San Francisco. She holds a master’s degree in Visual Communication, majoring in Multimedia Design, from the University of Central England in Birmingham, U.K.

Enrichment Scholarship Fund

The Enrichment Scholarship Fund was raised over a four-year period by the AIGA SF Education Committee and the Board of Directors. We thank the following individuals and companies for their generous support.

Corporate Sponsor

  • Adobe Systems

Founders

  • Doug Akagi
  • Primo Angeli
  • John Bricker
  • Chronicle Books
  • Brian Collentine
  • DFS Group LTD.
  • Melanie Doherty
  • Kit Hinrichs
  • Luxon Carra
  • Michael Manwaring
  • Jennifer Morla
  • Yashi Okita
  • Michael Osborne
  • Steve Tolleson
  • Michael Vanderbyl
  • Matthew Youngblood
  • Zimmerman Crowe

Co-Founder

  • David Meckel

Friends of the Enrichment Scholarship

  • Susan Brady
  • Diane Carr
  • Michael Cronan
  • Deepa Textiles
  • Mark Fox
  • Cliff Goldman/Carnegie Fabrics
  • Terry Irwin
  • Steve Reoutt
  • Bill Reuter
  • Lucille Tenazas

Supporters

  • Leslie Becker
  • Patricia Bruning
  • Madeleine Corson
  • Greg Daly
  • Diana Dreyer
  • Rob Hugel
  • Jerry Kuyper
  • Michael Mabry
  • Sandra McHenry
  • Shel Perkins

Special Gifts

  • AIGA San Francisco