Ligature Design Symposium
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The University of Florida Ligature Design Symposium is an annual design symposium.
Ligature is an annual juried
Graphic Design
show run by VOXgraphis. Ligature showcases graphic design at the University of Florida
and is juried by recognized guest designers.
As of 2009 Ligature is in its eighteenth annual iteration. The event focuses on showcasing design works by University of Florida Graphic Design students and is traditionally held alongside UF's Juried Student Arts Show, a show that typically does not accept graphic design works. The highlight of Ligature at the University of Florida is that it is entirely run and organized by upper-division Graphic Design students in UF's graphic design club, VOXgraphis. Each year, members of VOXgraphis are elected into the usual club positions such as President, Vice President, Treasurer etc., and one of Ligature-Chair. The nominee is solely responsible for organizing the Ligature event using university student government funding as well as sponsor funding. Sponsorship varies from year to year and usually consists of companies local to Gainesville, Florida
. Ligature has traditionally been a concept-driven themed event, and the Chairman and volunteer team create a brand
-identity from scratch for the show each year.
of Maryland Institute College of Art
, Ken Barber of House Industries
., Jan Wilker of Karlssonwilker inc., Matt Sung, UF Alumnus
and Karen Horton, UF Alumna and of the Oxford University Press
. Each year the visiting designers prepare and curate workshops for University of Florida Graphic Design Students, hold one to two hour lectures and hold portfolio
reviews with upper division Graphic Design Students and members of VOXgraphis over a stretch of two days.
Ligature is an annual juried
Juried (competition)
A juried competition is a competition in which participants' work is judged by a person or panel of persons convened specifically to judge the participants' efforts, either by the competition's stated rubric or by a subjective set of criteria dependent upon the nature of the competition or the...
Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
show run by VOXgraphis. Ligature showcases graphic design at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
and is juried by recognized guest designers.
As of 2009 Ligature is in its eighteenth annual iteration. The event focuses on showcasing design works by University of Florida Graphic Design students and is traditionally held alongside UF's Juried Student Arts Show, a show that typically does not accept graphic design works. The highlight of Ligature at the University of Florida is that it is entirely run and organized by upper-division Graphic Design students in UF's graphic design club, VOXgraphis. Each year, members of VOXgraphis are elected into the usual club positions such as President, Vice President, Treasurer etc., and one of Ligature-Chair. The nominee is solely responsible for organizing the Ligature event using university student government funding as well as sponsor funding. Sponsorship varies from year to year and usually consists of companies local to Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
. Ligature has traditionally been a concept-driven themed event, and the Chairman and volunteer team create a brand
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
-identity from scratch for the show each year.
2007 Ligature event
The 2007 Ligature event titled "Ligature - twothous&seven" is juried by guest designers Ellen LuptonEllen Lupton
Ellen Lupton was born in 1963, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen Lupton is a graphic designer, writer, curator, and educator. Well known for her fascination and study within "typography", Lupton decided to expand her love for design, and later took on the graphic design world...
of Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...
, Ken Barber of House Industries
House Industries
House Industries is a type foundry and design studio based in Yorklyn, Delaware. The company was created in the 1990s in Wilmington, Delaware by co-founders Andy Cruz and Rich Roat. The company is best known for its typeface creations, which have appeared on television , in film House Industries is...
., Jan Wilker of Karlssonwilker inc., Matt Sung, UF Alumnus
Alumnus
An alumnus , according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university." An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor or inmate as well as a former student. In addition, an alumna is "a female graduate or former student of a school, college,...
and Karen Horton, UF Alumna and of the Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
. Each year the visiting designers prepare and curate workshops for University of Florida Graphic Design Students, hold one to two hour lectures and hold portfolio
Career portfolio
Career portfolios are used to plan, organize and document education, work samples and skills. People use career portfolios to apply to jobs, apply to college or training programs, get a higher salary, show transferable skills, and to track personal development. They are more in-depth than a resume,...
reviews with upper division Graphic Design Students and members of VOXgraphis over a stretch of two days.
Ligature - past guests
- Jessica Walsh
- Michael Hendrix
- Joel Speasmaker
- Debbie MillmanDebbie MillmanDebbie Millman is President of the Design division at Sterling Brands, New York, host of the radio show "Design Matters" on DesignObserver.com, the Chair of the new Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts, a contributing Editor at Print Magazine, and a design blogger for Fast Company...
(Current AIGAAiga‘Aiga is a word in the Samoan language which means 'family.' The aiga is the family unit of Samoan society and differs from the Western sense in that it consists more than just a mother, father and children. The Samoan family, also referred to as an 'extended family' is based on the culture's...
President) (2010) - Emily CM Anderson (2010)
- Nikolay Saveliev (2010)
- Jim Datz (2009)
- Stephanie Chen (2009)
- Joshua Davis (2009)
- Paul Sahre (2009)
- James Victore (2008)
- Christian Helms (2008)
- Mike Perry (2008)
- Sam Kapila (alumni) (2008)
- Ken Barber, House IndustriesHouse IndustriesHouse Industries is a type foundry and design studio based in Yorklyn, Delaware. The company was created in the 1990s in Wilmington, Delaware by co-founders Andy Cruz and Rich Roat. The company is best known for its typeface creations, which have appeared on television , in film House Industries is...
(2007) - Jan Wilker, KarlssonwilkerKarlssonwilkerKarlssonwilker, Inc. is a New York City design firm founded in late 2000 and staffed by young graphic designers Jan Wilker of Germany and Hjalti Karlsson of Iceland. The two met while working for Stefan Sagmeister. The first two years of their firm's history was documented in the book Tellmewhy...
(2007) - Matt Sung (2007)
- Karen Horton (2007)
- Ellen LuptonEllen LuptonEllen Lupton was born in 1963, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen Lupton is a graphic designer, writer, curator, and educator. Well known for her fascination and study within "typography", Lupton decided to expand her love for design, and later took on the graphic design world...
, Maryland Institute College of ArtMaryland Institute College of ArtMaryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...
(judge 2007 / 2006) - Carlos Segura, Segura Inc. (2006)
- Steve Frykholm, Herman Miller Inc. (2006)
- Florencio Zavala, Studio Number One (2006) Studio Number One
- Doug Grimmet, Primal Screen (2006)
- Duane Bray, IDEOIDEOIDEO is an international design and innovation consultancy founded in Palo Alto, California, United States with other locations in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Munich, Shanghai, and Singapore, as well as Mumbai, Seoul, and Tokyo. The company helps design products, services,...
(2005) - David Ritter, VSA PartnersVSA PartnersVSA Partners is an independent branding firm. VSA Partners is headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Minneapolis, MN and New York, NY. The firm was founded in 1982 by Robert Vogele as Communication Design Group...
(2005) - Jeff Matz, Lure Design Inc. (2005)
- Josė Reyes, Metaleap (2005)
- Craig Clark, Tolleson Design (2004)
- Dan Sturges (2004)
- Daniel Carter (2001)
- Cary Murnion (2001)
- Dave Kinsey (2001)
- David Carson (1999)
- Philip B. Meggs (1998)