Program Overview

This program takes advantage of its location in downtown London to provide students with a wealth of experiences leading to an understanding of contemporary British design specifically, and graphic design within the global context in general. These experiences are enhanced through small-group tours of state-of-the-art design studios and museum tours. Field trips will include course-specific sites of both historical and current-day interest to all graphic designers. Participants register for a one-credit independent study entitled, “ARGS260 Visual Arts Workshop: Graphic Design in London 2010” Depending upon enrollment, a limited number of non-graphic design majors and non-MSU students will be able to participate.
Participants will be required to attend a series of orientation meetings prior to departure to discuss and prepare for sites to be visited as well as general preparations for overseas travel. A final meeting of the class will take place after the return to summarize our experiences and evaluate the trip.

London
London is a European center of the arts in general, and graphic design in particular. In addition to visiting some of the finest museums in the world, participants will have an opportunity to meet with the creative forces behind some of Britain’s most successful design companies and gain a unique view and interpretation of British design in particular, and European design and influences in general.

Itinerary Highlights
• Selected British Design Studio Tours – Meet with Studio owners and top graphic designers
• Theatre Performances at West End, Off-West End, and Fringe Theatres
• Selected museums including the famed British Museum, The National Gallery, The Wallace Collection, and many more

Faculty
Professor John Luttropp has worked as a designer, artist, and educator for over twenty-five years. Previous to MSU, he taught at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Mount Mary College, and the University of Wisconsin. His design clients include Coca-Cola, Addison-Wesley Publishing, The American Finger-Style Guitar Festivals, and Great Lakes Film and Video. He has created publication design for ILFORD Photo Instructor, Astronomy Magazine, Builder, and Wisconsin Architect. As a sculptor and fine artist, along with exhibitions of his work, he has designed and constructed two permanent public sculptures for the City of Milwaukee. Professor Luttropp is a founding member of Pioneers of Modern Typography (PMT), an interdisciplinary design collective. The work of PMT has been recognized internationally, and has been featured on PBS television, in Print magazine, and in Korea’s Design Journal.

Martin Greenwald, Ed.D. is a faculty member in the graphic design and printing production areas at MSU. He has participated in a large number of study abroad experiences throughout his tenure at MSU, with expertise in printing production techniques and the graphic arts industry. Joining the Technology Education faculty at Montclair in 1972 after teaching for six years in New York City, Dr. Greenwald focused his teaching in the areas of graphic arts and alternate energy conversion technology. Since 1995, as a member of the Department of Art and Design, he has concentrated in the areas of computer graphics, multimedia and industrial design. He is the author of 8 textbooks, ranging from the design and installation of solar and alternate energy conversion systems, residential heating system technology, three texts in graphic design and communication technology, and an interactive CD on tropical rain forests. His new text, with co-author Professor John Luttropp, Designing for Print Production: Essential Concepts was published the summer of 2008.

• Round-trip airfare and airport transfers
• 2-star hotel with continental breakfast/double or triple occupancy
• London Underground 7-day rail pass
• Museum and design studio entrance fees
• International student I.D. card with short term medical insurance

Please make checks payable to “Montclair State University”
Non-Students: Please add an administrative fee of $300.00 for the travel portion of the course (without course tuition).