ABOUT VCD :: Facilities
THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN FACILITIES PROVIDE DEDICATED STUDIOS AND LABORATORIES DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL MEDIA AND STUDY.
Resource Center
VCD Students have access to the 2,535-square-foot Visual Communication Design Resource Center, with a computer lab and a full-service output facility including an 11"x17" color laser printer/copier, a 36" color plotter, color scanners, black-and-white laser printer and photocopier. A computer lab with 12 stations, featuring current Macintosh computers and Adobe Creative Suite software. The Center also includes a design library with subscriptions to graphic, industrial, interior, and architectural design periodicals, and there are several thousand design books in the library system.
The Art Building has eighteen Cisco wireless access points strategically placed around the building. This allows seamless wireless roaming of the building, that is, the ability to start at one end of the building and travel to another with a wifi enabled device like laptop or iPhone and not lose connectivity.
Glyphix Studio
This 1250-square-foot facility within the Schoool of VCD has a conference room and a studio with ten digital workstations. Created in 1973, Glyphix was one of the first such programs in the U.S. and the prototype for many student work-study design groups now existing on university campuses. The studio provides a truly professional atmosphere, both in philosophy and in physical space. Graduate and undergraduate students form the studio staff. They work in teams to experience real-world assignments while enjoying office-style comforts including large desk spaces and a kitchen. Visit the Glyphix web site to view some of the work designed by Glyphix staff.
The School of Visual Communication Design houses a 1000 square-foot letterpress lab with a sizable collection of metal and wood type, four flat-bed presses, two platen presses and a polymer plate maker.
This unique lab is one of only a few in the country available for student experimentation with this traditional form of hands-on printing. It offers an opportunity for creative integration of various media in the printing process. Students in upper-level classes are able to explore materials and production processes which cannot be achieved through digital printing alone.
Grad Studio/Gallery 105
Graduate students are each assigned personal space in the 2,800-square-foot graduate studio which houses twelve, 50-square-foot workstations accessible 24 hours a day. Each station is equipped with a Macintosh computer linked to the main Resource Center. The graduate studio also provides a kitchen and lounge area.
