OCAD U professor awarded first place at the AIC

Glenn McArthur, assistant professor, Faculty of Design, OCAD University, has been awarded first place in the poster competition at The International Colour Association (AIC) conference held in Buenos Aires in October. The poster highlighted the work of OCAD U first-year Colour and Two-Dimensional design students Alacia Karishma Jiwanand (Lisa), Brendan Callan and Carrie Ma.The conference's theme was the Geography of Colour and the poster was derived from a first-year OCAD U project that encouraged students to think about colour and patterns from specific geographic and cultural locations and about how local colour may be used in contemporary design, evoking and celebrating the essence of a place.