Darren Sanefski is an Associate Professor of Multiple Platform Journalism and lead professor for sections of JOUR 273 Creative Visual Thinking.
Biography
Darren began his career at The Syracuse Newspapers as a graphic artist/designer, then as assistant art director and finally as sports design director. He then moved to academia, teaching at Syracuse University at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Darren runs a freelance business providing consultation and graphic design for a variety of projects with local and national companies, and has also judged many regional, national and international design competitions. Most recently he branded, created motion graphics and designed the website for a news organization in Upstate NY, and is the designer for a bi-monthly adult literacy national newspaper.
He received many regional and national awards for his magazine designs and information graphics, and art-directed many award-winning scholastic magazines as well. Darren has won numerous regional, national and international awards for his illustrations, info-graphics and designs.
Publications
Working from an application-oriented approach, Effective Graphic Design introduces projects first and covers design concepts and tools as they're needed. The authors draw direct comparisons between a "before" and an "after" version of each project, presenting the weak design along with the first designer's markups. The designer then discusses the flaws and solutions in a brief narrative and offers his or her revised version. Every page includes highlighted key terms that direct students to the book's extended glossary. By highlighting specific flaws, contrasting them alongside their corrections, and focusing on solutions, this unique text helps students readily understand design principles and grasp their applications.
Courses Taught
- JOUR 273 Creative Visual Thinking
- IMC 305 Visual Communication
- IMC 349 3-D Modeling
- IMC 521 Design and Visual Thinking
- IMC 524 Designing Interactivity
- IMC 526 Motion Graphics
Education
M.A. Art, University of the State of New York (2010)