Pixel - The Graphic Design Club

There are many types of people within the design of our society - architects, interior designers, engineers, fashion designers - the list could go on and on. A good portion of design in our society is also visual communications, conveying visible information to the world. Within this realm of visual communications, an important aspect of the people of design are graphic designers.

I recently attended the first general meeting of Pixel, an AIGA student group in UC Davis specifically about graphic design and visual communications. The club consists of students associated with visual communications (and other students of other affiliations - everyone is welcome!), and is a great resource for design students at UC Davis, providing many events and job opportunities for members.

Being a mere first-year student here at UC Davis, I wanted to be involved in many clubs that spark my interest as I did in my years in high-school. Ever since Pixel made an announcement during a lecture in Introduction to Design, I have been forward to their first general meeting. As a design major and an aspiring graphic designer, I was hoping for Pixel to give an outline of the design courses that UC Davis has to offer.

(Photo by Me, Daniel Daquigan)

And that's what Pixel did. President Dayee Leung and vice president Leslie Cheng, along with the rest of Pixel's officers, provided the meeting with a list of various design courses, such as Introduction to Photography and Letterforms & Typography. Showing students a preview of these design classes, Pixel helps students prepare for upcoming quarters while keeping them interested in taking these classes as well.