DGTL WTF: An Evening with Corpus NYC

Loyola Alum, Samia Saleem, returns with the Corpus Collective!

Friday, January 30, 2009 from 5-8pm
Multimedia Room 1
Monroe Library, Loyola University
New Orleans, LA

Loyola Students & Members: FREE
Non-Members: $5

* Note: If you’re a Loyola Student, or and AIGA member, please be sure to bring your ID, membership card, or some other form of proof of affiliation. Thanks!

The world is undergoing a dramatic transformation with each generation finding itself increasingly immersed in a hyper-digital society. Media and information abound to the point of oversaturation, and personal electronic devices, webready or not, are becoming the primary way in which people interface with the world around them. Young designers are coming of age in this context – in what is arguably a completely new world – and are faced with its many obstacles.

Corpus, a New York-based design collective, is meeting some of today’s challenges with innovative concepts and designs. Whether it’s creating apps for social-networking sites, widgets for mobile devices, or dynamic interactive websites, Corpus is part of an emerging reality in which fluid structures and self-run organizations are becoming ever more pervasive.

COLLECTIVE MEMBERS

Samia Saleem // samia@corpusnyc.com
Samia Saleem is an interactive designer and the principal of aplural. She has worked for outfits such as Stardust, Digital Kitchen, and Sesame Street, and her work has been featured in Communication Arts, HOW, and Curvy. In 2007 she self-published a postcard anthology of post-Katrina responses entitled Degrees of Separation, which won several design and publishing awards. She primarily focuses on visual design for web, motion, and print, but occasionally dabbles in the other esoteric arts.

Catherine Davenport // cathy@corpusnyc.com
Catherine Davenport is an interactive designer skilled in animation, 3D, and video editing/compositing. In the past, she has worked at well-known design firms such as Razorfish and Big Spaceship. Catherine has experience within the entertainment, products & brands, and publishing and gaming industries. Her clients have included Sheraton Resorts, ‘ALL, Maybelline, HBO, Royal Caribbean, Nestlé, Corona, Warner Brothers, Universal, Sony, Miramax, and Weinstein Brothers.

Krystle Mobayeni // krystle@corpusnyc.com
Krystle Mobayeni is the founder of the interactive design studio komo. The studio focuses on creating digital solutions that place emphasis on the overall experience of the user, distinct functionality and exceptional visual design. Since 2003, Krystle has done conceptual work, visual design, animation and development for clients such as British Airways, Adobe, Mazda and Snickers. Most importantly, she loves cheese and hates white socks.

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