Mark Sylvester delivered a design history lecture on legendary American graphic designer Paul Rand. The lecture covered Rand's formative influences, his contemporaries, his early work in magazine design, his groundbreaking corporate identity work for ABC, IBM, Cummins Engine Co. and his influence as a Professor of Graphic Design at Yale University.
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) offers a two-year course of study that centers on the creation and dissemination of comics, graphic novels and other manifestations of the visual narrative. Experienced and internationally recognized cartoonists, writers, and designers teach classes.