June 10th, 2010: AIGA: Lanny Sommese to be presented with Fellow Award
Posted: April 29th, 2010
Event Info:June 10, 2010
7:00pm
World Café Live
$55.00
URL: http://aigaphilly.org/events.html#fellow
Internationally Renowned Designer to be Presented Philadelphia's Highest Award in Graphic Design
Lanny Sommese will be presented the AIGA Philadelphia Fellow Award with a ceremony and silent auction featuring Mr. Sommese's work at World Cafe Live.
Lanny Sommese has been an AIGA member for over 15 years. He is an internationally recognized designer, educator and has been a staple in the Philadelphia Design community and beyond.
Sommese is best known for his award-winning poster designs. He has exhibited and lectured world-wide and has been published in hundreds of magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, Graphis, Print, How and Communication Arts. Sommese has also been featured in numerous books and his work can be found in collections across the globe including: The Library of Congress National Poster Collection; Musee D'Histoire Contemporaine, Paris; The Central Institute of Fine Art, Beijing.
Visit the AIGA Design Archives to view some of Lanny's work: http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/lanny%20sommese/_/grid/relevance/asc/0/45/90
Since 1970 Sommese has served as a distinguished Faculty member at Penn State Unversity where he is responsible for the creation of the University's Graphic Design program and is currently the Head of Graphic Design. Sommese is a graduate of the University of Florida where he received a BFA in painting and a Bachelor of Design Degree. He later went on to earn an MFA in Graphic Design at the University of Illinois. He is a fellow of Penn State's Institute for Arts and Humanities, an honorary member of The University and College Designers Association and a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
Outside of teaching, Sommese and his wife, Kristin, have their own firm, Sommese Design, specializing in corporate, print and packaging as well as poster design.
The Fellow award program is a means of recognizing mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community as well as in their local AIGA chapter.
About AIGA Philadelphia
In 1981, a group of Philadelphia designers formed AIGA Philadelphia, the first local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Presently the chapter is comprised of over 700 members. AIGA Philadelphia's purpose is both integral and complementary to the national organization: to provide the highest standards within the profession and the business community and to stimulate interest and understanding of graphic design and visual communication through lectures, exhibitions, periodicals and other activities.
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