Multimedia students of The Art Institute of Atlanta assembled in a computer lab in July to compete for a paid internship with Online Information, an Atlanta web development company. Students had to demonstrate their skills given client requirements and the press of a real deadline. Eleven competitors were “hired” by a high-tech real estate company to construct a clean, easily navigable web site conveying security, convenience, comfort, and connectivity. The sites were judged by Online Information President, Richard Palmer. Jared England, a fourth quarter student received top honors and will begin his internship in the fall. Second place went to a team comprised of Paula Panter, a fourth quarter student and Kathryn Ann Hill, a sixth quarter student. Christopher Altman, a third quarter student and Java Mehta, a second quarter student formed the third place team. Each team member received a gift certificate to amazon.com.
Along with Portfolio Center, the Art Institute will present a lecture and reception on November 16 featuring type designer, Matthew Carter. The topic – experimental typography. The lecture will be held at the Portfolio Center with a reception at the Art Institute. Carter’s type designs include ITC Galliard, Snell Roundhand, and Shelly scripts, Helvetica Compressed, Olympian for newspaper text, Bell Centennial for all US telephone directories, ITC Charter and faces for Greek, Hebrew and Devanagari. Carter also has designed typefaces on commission for Apple, Microsoft, Time, Wired, National Geographic, US News & World Report, and The Washington Post. Advertising and design professionals and students are invited to attend these free events.