Updates on the 2020-2021 Academic Year
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BFA Design Blog
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of December 2020
January 19, 2021
This January at SVA: Upcoming Virtual Talks and Exhibitions
January 6, 2021
SVA Students’ ‘Visual Opinion’ Screams ‘Louder’ for Underrepresented Voices
The magazine features art and writing by undergraduates and graduates in the College’s various programs.
December 21, 2020
SVA Subway Poster: 3D Design Chair Kevin O’Callaghan Creates Another Awesome Whiz-Bang Contraption
December 17, 2020
On View at SVA in December and January: Forward-Thinking Art, Design and Storytelling
December 15, 2020
New SVA Products to Gift This Holiday Season
December 8, 2020
SVA’s Murals of Hope Remind Us ‘We’re All in This Together’
December 3, 2020
This December at SVA: Upcoming Virtual Talks and Exhibitions
December 2, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of November 2020
December 1, 2020
‘Visions’ Gives SVA’s Class Of 2020 A Chance To Shine
November 18, 2020
SVA and Deutsch New York Join Forces for New “Fund The Change” Scholarship and Mentorship
November 16, 2020
SVA’s Maro Chermayeff on the Ivan Chermayeff Collection, at the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives
November 13, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of October 2020
November 4, 2020
BFA Design Faculty Members’ “Masks for Unity” Project Counters Racism with Creative Community-Building
October 27, 2020
'Underground Images': SVA's Iconic Subway Posters Focus On Women At Auburn University
October 22, 2020
Faculty Member Peter Ahlberg on the Online Teaching Experience
"I love teaching and getting to know my students.”
September 22, 2020
Pushing the Boundaries of What a Book Can Be
Ben Denzer (BFA Design Faculty) Brings a Cool Perspective to Book Jacket Design
September 14, 2020
What's In Store: SVA Alumni-Made Products
September 11, 2020
‘Art Is ...’: Gail Anderson and Zipeng Zhu on Their New SVA Subway Campaign
September 11, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of August 2020
August 31, 2020
The Calming Ritual of Crafting Small-Batch Soaps
Alumnus En Tsao Maintains Balance with Even Keel, her Botanical-based Skincare Company.
August 26, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of July 2020
August 3, 2020
SVA Community Responses to the Black Lives Matter Movement Pt. 3
July 16, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of June 2020
June 30, 2020
The SVA Community Celebrates Pride Month With Art and Messages of Unity
June 19, 2020
SVA Community Responses to the Black Lives Matter Movement
June 16, 2020
SVA Library’s Antiracism Resource Guide
June 11, 2020
SVA Community Responses to the Coronavirus: Part 5
May 20, 2020
The 2020 Graduation Issue of ‘Visual Opinion’ Is Now Online
SVA’s student-run magazine features art and writing by undergraduates and graduates in the College’s various programs.
May 14, 2020
SVA Alumni Who Graduated During Hardship Offer Their Advice During COVID-19
Words of hope and advice from alumni to the Class of 2020
May 13, 2020
SVA Made You a Mixtape
Students, alumni, faculty and staff recommend some of their favorite songs.
May 8, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of April 2020
April 30, 2020
Introducing the Spring/Summer 2020 ‘Visual Arts Journal’
April 17, 2020
We’re All in This Together: Student Perspectives on COVID-19
SVA students weigh in on how they’re coping with the new normal.
April 16, 2020
Meet Your 2020 – 2021 VASA Leaders
VASA continues to engage the student body remotely and shares plans for next year.
April 15, 2020
SVA Community Responses to the Coronavirus: Part 4
April 14, 2020
The Cosmopolitan and Cool Work of SVA Alumnus Blanda
The L.A.-based artist's work with brands helps her build her own
April 10, 2020
Introducing the Spring 2020 “SVA Style”
April 7, 2020
6 Department Chairs Share the Silver Linings of Online Learning
April 2, 2020
SVA Community Responses to the Coronavirus: Part 3
March 31, 2020
SVA Portfolios: Five Most- Discussed Projects of February 2020
March 2, 2020
SVA Alumnus Rani Cheema on Her Culinary-Focused Travel Agency
February 5, 2020
New Year's Resolutions: The SVA Community Resolves to See Change in 2020
January 2, 2020
New SVA Books to Gift This Holiday Season
December 13, 2019
New SVA Products to Gift This Holiday Season
December 13, 2019
Seeing California: SVA Photographers Take on the Golden State
December 13, 2019
Meet the SVA Alumni Guiding Photography and Design for 'The California Sunday Magazine'
December 5, 2019
Life at SVA: BFA Design Student & Veteran Coalition of Arts President Nikki Woods [Video]
November 7, 2019
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of October 2019
November 1, 2019
Introducing the Fall/Winter 2019 "Visual Arts Journal"
October 11, 2019
Meet House of Collections: A Seoul-Based, SVA Alumni-Run Art Collective
October 4, 2019
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of September 2019
September 30, 2019
SVA and New York Comic-Con: 2019 Preview
September 27, 2019
Cheema’s Travel
September 26, 2019
Introducing the 2019 – 2020 SVA Shuttle
September 18, 2019
SVA Students Hit Madison Avenue with Stylish 3D Designs in 'Hemlines from Skylines'
September 9, 2019
Exhibition Preview: SVA's "Art and Revelry" in Provence
September 6, 2019
SVA Subway Series: Peter Ahlberg Captures An 'Impossible' Moment [Video]
August 23, 2019
SVA Donates Nearly 100 Subway Series Works to Newly Opened Poster House Museum
Donation Includes Continuous Contribution of All New Subway Series Posters
June 19, 2019
SVA Premieres Screens the Best of 2019 in Hollywood
June 7, 2019
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of May 2019
June 3, 2019
SVA Premieres 2019: Emerging Filmmakers, Animators & Artists to Watch in Hollywood
May 24, 2019
SVA’s BFA Design and BFA Interior Design Create 'Chairousel' for NYC X Design
May 14, 2019
SVA Students' Grassroots #WhyIDidntReport Campaign Wins a Webby
May 10, 2019
SVA Alumnus Collier Schorr Photographs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 'Time'
April 29, 2019
Remembering SVA Faculty Carl Titolo (1946-2019)
April 23, 2019
An Everlasting Presence: Richard Wilde’s Legacy Isn’t Going Anywhere
Wilde is retiring, but his influence on the graphic design industry and SVA community is impossible to measure
April 19, 2019
Introducing the Spring 2019 "Visual Arts Journal"
April 11, 2019
SVA Staff Member, Alum & Filmmaker Benita Raphan Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
April 10, 2019
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of March 2019
March 29, 2019
Celebrating 50 Years of Richard Wilde, BFA Advertising and BFA Design Chair
March 20, 2019
"Communication Arts" Spotlights SVA Alumnus' Speculative Nike Campaign
March 15, 2019
GDUSA's 2019 List of Students to Watch Includes Three SVA BFA Design Students
March 5, 2019
The New Creators: SVA Talent Shows 2019
AN ANNUAL SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, OPEN STUDIOS, PORTFOLIO REVIEWS AND SCREENINGS
February 26, 2019
Letter-Perfect: Subway Series Hall of Famer Paula Scher [Video]
February 19, 2019
SVA Faculty Member Wins Big at 2019 Sundance Festival
February 5, 2019
SVA's Eric Corriel Brought 'tiny trump' to 2019's D.C. Women's March
January 22, 2019
Escape from New York: More Upcoming SVA Destinations
Renew your creative spirit by breaking out of the grind
January 16, 2019
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of December 2018
January 2, 2019
Art Is Attire: SVA Students Get in Style this Season
December 6, 2018
Beware the Culture: Inventing Solutions with Bob Gill, SVA Subway Series Hall of Famer
"The fun of being a designer is to invent a solution that is unique."
December 5, 2018
New SVA Books to Gift this Holiday Season 2018
December 4, 2018
SVA Makers Market Holiday Fair Sneak Preview
November 8, 2018
12 SVA Students on Why They Probably Will (Definitely) Vote
November 2, 2018
Four Cities, 140 Alumni, 13 days: SVA in Asia 2018
Connections with companies, schools and alumni were highlights
October 30, 2018
Gail Anderson Joins the Subway Series Hall of Fame
October 29, 2018
‘Obsessorize’: SVA Students’ Stylish 3D Sculptures Hit the Madison Avenue Catwalk Again
October 3, 2018
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of September 2018
October 1, 2018
SVA Students Join the Visual Arts Press to Design the New Shuttle Bus
September 28, 2018
SVA Subway Series: Pablo Delcan Wants You To "Decode" The Message [Video]
September 12, 2018
New 'Joes@Moe's': 3D Design Department Chair Kevin O'Callaghan [Video]
September 10, 2018
Before & After SVA: Elena Woznick is Out in the Working World of Design
September 5, 2018
The SVA Mastermind Behind HQ Trivia
An interview with alumnus and app designer Rus Yusupov
June 19, 2018
SVA Alum Todd Radom Celebrates Bad Baseball Uniform Design with 'Winning Ugly'
June 13, 2018
The SVA Community's Pride Train Subway Campaign: Love Trumps Hate
"We love this city and we all felt like we needed to do something to let everyone know that there are still good people in the world."
June 12, 2018
SVA Returns to Hollywood for the Third Annual SVA Premieres
June 8, 2018
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of May 2018
May 31, 2018
New Filmmakers, Animators & Artists to Watch: 'SVA Premieres' Returns to Hollywood
May 25, 2018
SVA's Gail Anderson Is Honored With The National Design Awards' Lifetime Achievement Accolade
Cooper Hewitt's annual awards bestows our creative director with its highest honor.
May 9, 2018
SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of April 2018
April 27, 2018
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of March 2018
March 30, 2018
New 'Joes@Moe's': SVA VASA Representatives [Video]
March 22, 2018
New 'Joes@Moe's': SVA Library Director Caitlin Kilgallen [Video]
Joes@Moe's
January 11, 2018
SVA Portfolios Year in Review: The Most-Discussed Projects of 2017
December 18, 2017
'Street Smart' Artist and SVA Alumnus Michael De Feo on the Influence of the City
December 11, 2017
SVA Gifts for Everyone on Your 'Nice' List
December 5, 2017
'Design Observer' Tribute to Design Legend Ivan Chermayeff
December 5, 2017
Designer Milton Glaser on Social Engagement and His Newest SVA Subway Posters [Video]
December 4, 2017
SVA on View at Miami Art Week 2017
December 1, 2017
Timothy Goodman on His 'People Love' Mural for the 'Street Smart' Alumni Exhibition [Video]
November 29, 2017
'Street Smart': SVA's Latest Alumni Exhibition Showcases City-Inspired Art and Design
November 17, 2017
3D Design Students Fashion 'One of A Kind' Artworks Along Madison Avenue
October 31, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of October 2017
October 24, 2017
Bookkeeping: The Art of Artists' Journals [Video]
October 23, 2017
SVA's Richard Wilde on the Challenges and Opportunities for Creative Professionals
October 20, 2017
New SVA Web Series Debuts with Award-Winning Designer Timothy Goodman
September 26, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of September 2017
September 25, 2017
‘Enjoy every minute…’: Five Tips for Incoming Art and Design Students from Recent SVA Grads
September 5, 2017
SVA Student Wins Top Prizes at 2017 Type Directors Club Awards
August 11, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of July 2017
July 26, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of June 2017
June 26, 2017
SVA Wins ADC ‘School of the Year’ Again, Breaks Records at One Show Awards
May 24, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of May 2017
May 23, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of April 2017
April 25, 2017
How the Light Phone Might Cure Your Smartphone Addiction
April 17, 2017
SVA Named a Top Graphic Design School by 'Graphic Design USA' Magazine
April 14, 2017
Gail Anderson Named Creative Director of SVA’s Visual Arts Press
April 12, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of March 2017
March 24, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of February 2017
February 24, 2017
How Visual Art Can Motivate Social and Political Change
February 22, 2017
Street Artist Michael De Feo’s Collaboration with J.Crew in Full Bloom
January 30, 2017
Art Rocks: NY1 on SVA's New 'Guitar Heavy' Exhibition
January 26, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of January 2017
January 25, 2017
Louise Fili's Lovely New Stamp for the U.S. Postal Service
January 5, 2017
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of December 2016
December 19, 2016
SVA Faculty and Alumni Design the ‘Best Book Covers of 2016’
December 9, 2016
‘Quartz’ on the 'Masterful' Food Packaging Designs of SVA’s Louise Fili
December 2, 2016
Random Characters: The Past, Present and Future of Generative Typography
November 30, 2016
'Bon Appétit' on the Design Work of SVA's Louise Fili
November 14, 2016
Spotlight on Six Creatives Living and Working in Austin, Texas
November 9, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of October 2016
October 26, 2016
'Fast Company' on 2016 Masters Series Award Honoree Louise Fili
October 12, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of September 2016
September 26, 2016
Designs by SVA Students Hit Madison Avenue for New York Fashion Week 2016
September 7, 2016
Louise Fili’s Newest SVA Subway Poster Will Make Your Mouth Water [Video]
The designer and Masters Series recipient discusses her latest eye catching creation
August 29, 2016
'Question everything…': 10 Tips for Incoming Art and Design Students from Recent SVA Grads
August 26, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of August 2016
August 25, 2016
SVA Semifinalists in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2016
SVA students and recent alumni receive 46 Semifinalist citations
August 19, 2016
Deadbeat Club Finds Success as the Anti-Instagram
August 8, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of July 2016
July 27, 2016
Meet Tomorrow's Design Leaders Today
SVA Alumni in 'Print' Magazine's New Visual Artists 2016
July 25, 2016
Cover Stories: Alex Mar’s ‘Witches of America’
July 13, 2016
Before and After SVA: Enle Li on Working at Google, the Power of Motion Design and More
July 8, 2016
Cover Stories: Andrew Solomon's 'Far from the Tree'
Color Commentary
July 7, 2016
Cover Stories: Rebecca Schiff's 'The Bed Moved'
Color Commentary
June 29, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of June 2016
June 24, 2016
Cover Stories: Jane Mayer's 'Dark Money'
Color Commentary
June 23, 2016
SVA Makes History at the 2016 Art Directors Club Awards
June 23, 2016
Cover Stories: Lauren Beukes' 'Broken Monsters'
Color Commentary
June 15, 2016
Cover Stories: Christian Kracht's 'Imperium'
Color Commentary
June 8, 2016
Cover Stories: Steven Millhauser's 'Voices in the Night'
Color Commentary
June 1, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of May 2016
May 26, 2016
Behind Kurt Rauffer's Epic Homage to 007 and 'The Empire Strikes Back'
Meet the SVA Student Whose Thesis Film went viral
May 11, 2016
SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of April 2016
April 28, 2016