----------------------------Original message---------------------------- You are invited to attend the College Art Association / Visual Resources Association Open House at The Cooper Union to view the The Cooper Union Graphic Design Database on: Thursday, February 13th Sessions at 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15 and to see the exhibition currently on display entitled "Technoseduction." Please see details for the database, exhibition, and directions below: Looking for a hand-lettered logotype, an anthropomorphic typeface or large-scale diacritical signs? Searching for these and other topics is the inspiration for the creation of The Cooper Union Graphic Design Database, an on-line image database currently under development at The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography in the School of Art. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the database is intended to preserve and disseminate material related to the history of graphic design. The project is a component of the National Graphic Design Archive (NGDA), a pilot program developed to facilitate the organization of graphic design collections nationwide. The Design Collection at the Study Center consists of editorial design produced by Herb Lubalin in the 1960s, promotional items designed by Lou Dorfsman for the Columbia Broadcasting System and a cross-section of European and American graphic design produced from the 1950s to the present. Of the 1700 images scanned from the Design Collection, 600 have been cataloged. A detailed description of the collection is available on the Study Center's web site: http://www.cooper.edu/art/lubalin/LBfront.html. Exhibition: TechnoSeduction, January 17 - February 15 1997 TechnoSeduction, an exhibition produced jointly by The Cooper Union and The College Art Association (CAA), celebrates the work of over 40 artists examining identity, sensuality, sexuality, gender and seduction through new media and technologies. The exhibit includes two and three dimensional work and site-specific installations. The projects are displayed through a wide array of media including print, photography, xerography, animation, video and interactive software. Accompanying the exhibition is a 106-page, full-color catalogue. A reception for the exhibition will begin at 5:00 immediately following the open house; a web site of the exhibition is located at http://www.cooper.edu/art/techno/index.html. Location The exhibition will be on display in Cooper Union's main Foundation Building located at 7 East 7th Street on the Southwest corner of 3rd Avenue and 7th Street.The Database demonstration will be on view in the Cooper Union Albert Nerken School of Engineering located at 51 Astor Place, directly North of the Foundation Building in The Driscoll Multimedia Center, Rm. 136. Visitors may take the #6 train to Astor Place or the N or R train to 8th Street. For further information please contact Lawrence Mirsky, Assistant Director at the Herb Lubalin Study Center, 212-353-4214 or send e-mail to: [log in to unmask]