Academy of Art University
The Academy of Art University, in the heart of San Francisco, has over 13,000 students, making it the largest private school of art and design in the country. The school offers accredited AA, BFA, M.Arch and MFA programs in 14 different majors, as well as continuing art education with classes in copywriting, fashion merchandising, interior design, new media, computer animation, sculpture, graphic design, cinematography, industrial design, digital photography and car design. Multimedia Communications is the newest major, offering BA and MA degrees. In addition to on-campus study, students can also enroll in a flexible online degree program in art and design. The institution was established in 1929 by Richard S. Stephens, a fine artist and creative director, to teach advertising art. Early on, the school’s philosophy became clear: hire established professionals to teach future professionals. In 1951, Stephens’ son Dr. Richard A. Stephens stepped to the helm and expanded Academy from a few dozen students to a 5,200. Dr. Elisa Stephens, granddaughter of the founder, took over in 1992. She broadened the Academy’s curriculum in order to reflect new technologies and industry trends.
T 800.544.ARTS
W www.academyart.edu
Action Envelope
Action Envelope, a top-500 internet retailer, is an envelope distributor, retailer and printer. New York-based, this Inc. 5000 company offers business and specialty envelopes in all sizes, styles and colors, with printing capabilities from one to four colors. Action’s customer-friendly website allows for easy uploading and on-line designing of digital files. Each order includes a PDF proof of final artwork, and there’s no charge for standard PMS colors. Quick production times, available rush service and multiple distribution centers have allowed Action to develop a nationwide client base that includes businesses, organizations and individuals.
T 800.653.1705
W www.actionenvelope.com
Admore
Since 1947, Admore has been a major manufacturer of premium presentation folders and related items. Products are sold only through qualified distributors and the production line features hundreds of standard design pocket folders, portfolios, report covers, binders, computer and video packaging, key and gift card holders, totes and boxes. Customization of all products is also available. To assist customers, Admore maintains an extensive industry-specific sample library. Outline templates of standard items are available to help make artwork design easy. A complete sales kit featuring a color retail catalog and confidential net pricing guide with stock, ink and foil sample charts, is made available to assist in selling efforts. In 1991, Admore became a part of Ennis Inc., one of the largest private-label printed business product suppliers in the country and recently named among Forbes’ 200 Best Small Companies. In 1996, Ennis acquired Crest-line Thermogravers, which now operates as a manufacturing division of Admore
T 800.523.6673
W www.admoreonline.com
Adobe
For more than a quarter century, Adobe has been revolutionizing how the world engages with ideas and information. The company’s software and technologies have redefined business, entertainment and personal communications by setting new standards for producing and delivering engaging content. Its portfolio contains many of the most respected and recognizable software brands such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Acrobat. The introduction of Adobe Creative Suite 3 in 2007 was the company’s largest initiative yet and increased revenues a record 21%; Adobe Creative Suite 4 is another technology breakthrough but has reportedly lagged in sales below the company’s expectations. Much of Adobe’s longstanding success centers on its innovative corporate culture: the company ranked number 40 on Fortune Magazine’s 2008 “Best Places to Work For” list, its eighth year running. And just last fall, Adobe announced the formation of the Adobe Foundation, and its flagship community program, Adobe Youth Voices, which gives pre-teen and teenage youths in underserved communities the critical skills they need to become active and engaged members of their communities and the world at large.
T 800.833.6687 ext. 4848
W www.adobe.com
age fotostock
This photographic agency, based in Barcelona, Madrid and New York, manages image reproduction rights for professional use in the corporate, editorial, advertising and design worlds. The company, whose portfolio now exceeds 8.6 million and growing, is among the most technologically advanced. Its digital photography department carries out all kinds of retouching and image equalization. A stellar IT department and a sophisticated image search and index system assure that clients find, in a easy and extremely fast way, the quality image desired. The agency represents more than a hundred rights managed and royalty free image collections, and also produces two high quality collections of its own: the rights managed age fotostock and royalty free pixtal. 2008 saw the introduction of a new model for the company: easyFotoStock, a separate website designed for customers who want “low budget, royalty free images.”
T 877.884.9800
W www.agefotostock.com, www.easyfotostock.com
Agfa Graphics
Agfa has long been a world leader in prepress solutions for the printing and publishing industries, and an important advocate for graphic designers and print buyers. It is especially appropriate, then, that Agfa Graphics is the exclusive sponsor of GDUSA’s four decade old Annual Survey on Print Design and Buying (to be published this year in June). The company provides commercial, newspaper and packaging printers with an extensive range of workflow automation, project management, computer-to-film, computer-to-plate and proofing solutions. The world’s largest plate supplier, Agfa Graphics produces analog plates as well as thermal, visible light and chemistry-free digital plates. An exciting new initiative, the Agfa GreenWorks Environmental Award, acknowledges printers who promote environmental awareness both through inhouse programs and the effective use of “green” prepress and printing technologies. The program is a reflection of the company’s ongoing contribution to environmental efforts. More information on GreenWorks, including a list of GreenWorks printers, can be found at www.gdusa.com/agfa.
T 800.540.2432 ext. 4848
W www.agfa.com, www.gdusa.com/agfa
Alamy Images
Alamy Images holds one of the largest and most comprehensive online collections of commercial photography in the world. Established in 1999, the company pioneered the concept of an unedited collection. Alamy is constantly improving its search technology to bring the best results to its users. While the company has grown fast, it remains a family enterprise, founded by CEO James West with his uncle and business partner Mike Fischer. Alamy provides substantial donations each year to a number of medical research projects and also operates a greenhouse gas reduction policy which includes running a solar lamp lighting project from the offices in India.
T 44 (0)1235 844608
W www.alamy.com
Allied Printing Services
This full service commercial/financial printing company has locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Allied has been family owned and operated for 60 years, and has grown to be one of the largest family owned commercial printers in New England. With an array of prepress, offset web and sheet-fed printing, digital printing, finishing equipment, mailing and fulfillment solutions, Allied services a wide range of companies, many listed in the Fortune 1000. Allied’s GreenEarth Printing policies seek to minimize the footprint on the environ-ment while conserving natural resources and energy. The commitment is evidenced through their EPA Green Power Partnership, FSC certification by SmartWood, and the recent receipt of the GreenWorks Environmental Recognition Award, a special green initiative developed by Agfa Graphics.
T 860-643-1101
W www.alliedprinting.com
Apple
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, the company continues to innovate with its desktop and notebook computers. In addition, it is spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone. Most recently, the company unveiled its new MacBook family, with features geared to woo old and new Mac users alike, including stunning all-metal design, great 3D graphics and LED backlit displays. What’s more, with the environment’s health a high priority, Apple CEO Steve Jobs says the new MacBooks are the “industry’s greenest notebooks.” Just last month, Jobs said he would take a six month leave of absence because of ongoing health problems, raising some questions about the future management of the technology giant.
T 800.MY.APPLE
W www.apple.com
Aquent
For more than two decades, this specialized staffing firm has helped marketing organizations find the people they need and marketing professionals find the assignments they want, on a freelance and direct hire basis. Talent represented comes from a range of marketing disciplines, from brand managers and copywriters to data analysts, and web and graphic designers. In addition, Aquent offers a wide range of services, including consulting, studio solutions, project management and translation/ localization. Overall, there are 72 offices in 17 countries, with over 13,500 professionals working at thousands of companies. Aquent is a major sponsor of the AIGA.
T 877.227.8368
W www.aquent.com
Artisan
Artisan was founded by Bejan Douraghy in 1988 as a creative haven for Chicago’s top talent. The firm’s ability to understand the demands of creative-based businesses while advocating for its talent has attracted a strong base of loyal clients and creative talent. Within five years, the company tripled in size and was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing U.S. companies. Artisan then expanded to New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Today, it serves over 2,000 Fortune 500 companies, ad agencies, design firms and multimedia, web, publishing and entertainment companies. To show appreciation for this success, Artisan has inaugurated a “Match that Gives Back” program, which matches a deserving nonprofit with a talented graphic designer and provides funds for that designer to bring value to the selected organization. The whole story is on the website.
T 800.216.0600
W www.artisantalent.com, www.artisantalent.com/match-that-gives-back/
Art Center College of Design
A pioneer in art and design education for nearly 80 years, this institution offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of disciplines, as well as design education to students of all ages and levels of experience. Highly ranked in all design disciplines, The Graphic Design program recognizes that the world has expanded beyond two-dimensional design to address a broader spectrum of professional activity based in messaging, motion graphics, branding, packaging, and interactive communication. The program provides a comprehensive formal education in fundamental aesthetics and craftsmanship. Students then explore a broader context in advanced transdisciplinary studios combining graphic design with photography, product design, illustration, and advertising. There are many opportunities to participate in corporate funded educational studios and study abroad programs.
T 626.396.2373
W www.artcenter.edu
Art Institute Of Pittsburgh Online
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division is the cyberspace location of The Art Institute’s system of more than 40 schools across North America. It was launched in 2000 and is supported by The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, itself founded in 1921. With 16 academic programs, the Online Division is a national leader in online creative arts education. Programs include Web Design & Interactive Media, Graphic Design, Photography, Advertising, Fashion & Retail Management, Game Art & Design, Hotel & Restaurant Management, Interior Design, Media Arts & Animation and Culinary Management.
T 877.872.8869
W www.aionline.edu
Art Resource
Art Resource, an internationally known archive of fine art, offers a range of material from prehistoric times to the present. Established in 1968 by Dr. Theodore Feder, when he was a graduate student and instructor at Columbia University, the firm now carries the works of most major museums — including, for example, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA, New York — and functions as the official rights and permissions representative for many institutions in the U.S. and abroad. It can access over 3 million transparencies and black-and-white photographs of works of painting, sculpture, architecture and the minor arts. Objects are cross-referenced by subject, title, artist, period, place and medium. An artful and beautiful website, providing access to 250,000 keyword-searchable digital images, is a resource of highly sought-after images.
T 212.505.8700
W www.artres.com
Berthold Types
Celebrating 150 years of distinguished type design, Berthold Types is the successor to the highly regarded and historically significant H. Berthold Type Foundry. Over the past few years, continuing its responsiveness and commitment to the graphic design community, Berthold Types has released hundreds of original Berthold Exklusiv typefaces in OpenType format, including the supremely popular Akzidenz-Grotesk. Note, in particular, Akzidenz-Grotesk OpenType Pro+ (WGL). 2008 saw the release of many additional OpenType Pro families, such as AG Book Stencil, AG Schoolbook, Berthold Baskerville, Berthold Bodoni, Berthold Bodoni Cond, Bodoni Old Face, Caslon Book, Catull, Christiana, Concorde, Concorde Cond, Concorde Nova, Cremona, Imago, LoType, Nofret, Poppl-Pontifex, Poppl-Residenz, Post-Antiqua, Post-Mediaeval and Berthold Walbaum Book. A useful aspect of the website: PDF Berthold Style Probes allow designers to download style specimens from a wide range of faces and styles.
W www.bertholdtypes.com
Blend Images
Blend Images, a leading multiethnic commercial stock agency, was founded by a consortium of talented photographers within stock photography, and is managed by industry veterans. The company has established itself as a destination for ethnically diverse business and lifestyle imagery. Blend Images strives to understand the needs of marketing to diverse communities. Through extensive market research and creative intelligence, they create vibrant, culturally relevant imagery for the marketplace, capturing the real-life essence of a variety of ethnic groups — imagery that has graced magazine covers and other high profile commercial and editorial usages. On its site, Blend offers a premium royalty free collection and a rights ready collection. In addition, it is represented by dozens of channel partners in the U.S. and worldwide.
T 888.721.8810
W www.blendimages.com
Bridgeman Art Library
With images from over 8,000 collections and more than 29,000 artists, the agency represents international museums, galleries and artists by providing a central source of fine art for image users. Founded in 1972, the Bridgeman Art Library works with museums, art galleries and artists to make the best art available for reproduction. The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world, all of which are available for licensing. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design, antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others also feature in the collection. A lively new website brings the company’s positioning to colorful life.
T 212.828.1238
W www.bridgemanart.com
BrightQube
BrightQube brings together more than three million royalty free stock photos for image buyers. Its ever-increasing collection includes more than 40 premium photography brands, along with high quality, low cost microstock and images from individual photographers from around the world. BrightQube’s mission: “to be the most straightforward and inspirational venue to review and compare thousands of stock images all at once, both easily and intuitively.” The patent-pending Dynamic Mosaic interface enables designers to efficiently review stock photographs at an exceptionally fast rate, and ensures that beautiful images will appear on a single page of search results in the online digital equivalent of a light table. The privately held company is based in San Diego CA.
T 760.632.0704
W www.BrightQube.com
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