CURRICULUM VITAE CAN BIRAND ADDRESS: 9004 COUNTRYWOOD DR. KNOXVILLE, TN USA 37923 EMAIL: CANBiRAND@GMAIL.COM PHONE: +90 312 290 1740 DATE OF BIRTH: DECEMBER 4, 1981 PLACE OF BIRTH: ISTANBUL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Department of Graphic Design Full time Lecturer, 2009 2013 Visage Design Agency, Ankara, Turkey Graphic Designer, 2004 2005 Professional Brand Factory, Ankara, Turkey Graphic Designer, 2003 2004 Tasarimhane Design Studio, Ankara, Turkey Intern, Summer 2002 Form Printing Press, Ankara, Turkey Intern, Summer 2001 EDUCATION Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. (#1 ranked Public Arts School according to Newsweek rankings). MFA in Graphic Design, August 2008. Dissertation: Self reference Through White Space in Graphic Design, 2008 Thesis Committee: Sandra Wheeler, Steve Hoskins, Roy McKelvey, Jamie Mahoney Been awarded merit based scholarship + teaching assistantship. Assisted the faculty with academic research and designed promotional materials for the program. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey BFA in Graphic Design, June 2003 Undergraduate Graduation Project: GRA 402: A Typographic Design Fanzine
CURRICULUM VITAE 2/6 TEACHING EXPERIENCE (GRADUATE COURSE) Graduate Seminar/Workshop: Designing Methods and Processes, UT Graphic Design Department, Fall 2010 This hybrid course focuses on the idea of designing methods and processes to form/inform the outcomes. Course material & assignments TEACHING EXPERIENCE (UNDERGRADUATE COURSES) Advanced Graphic Design, (senior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Fall 2009, Fall 2012 This course explores the concept of graphic identity on an intellectual level that goes deeper than just the surface level, corporate branding sense. Course material & assignments Graphic Design Thesis (senior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Spring 2010, Spring 2011 Students have the opportunity to focus on an area of interest and investigate it for the entire semester. Course material & assignments Special Topics: Designing Methods and Processes (junior senior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Spring 2011 Studio elective that focuses on the idea of designing methods and processes to form/inform the outcomes. Course material & assignments Special Topics: Experiments in Systems (junior senior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Fall 2009 This studio elective investigates the notion of applying systematic methods to create new ways of building forms, concepts and narratives. Course material & assignments
CURRICULUM VITAE 3/6 Special Topics: Experiments in Sequence (junior senior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Spring 2013 This studio elective develops the understanding of what constitutes a sequence and how it can be expanded upon in a time based medium. Course material & assignments Intermediate Graphic Design (junior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Spring 2013 The goal is to expand students understanding of how graphic design can be used for organizing and presenting complex data and information. Course material & assignments Interaction/Web Design (sophomore junior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Spring 2010, Spring 2013 This class help students understand the conceptual and technical skills to develop a successful user experience. Course material & assignments Design Production (sophomore junior level), UT Graphic Design Department, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012 This course is designed to expand students technical understanding of the processes needed to realize design concepts. Course material & assignments are developed from scratch. Beginning Graphic Design (sophomore level), UT Graphic Design Department, Fall 2012 This studio class teaches how to break down the creative chain into: thought into ideas, ideas into concepts, concepts into message.
CURRICULUM VITAE 4/6 PUBLICATIONS Birand, C. Tendency Towards Spontaneous Order. Blurb Publishing, 2011 Birand, C. Teaching_philosophy.hds. Blurb Publishing, 2010 Birand, C. Visual Studies on White Space. In White Space in Graphic Design, written by Sandra Wheeler and Rob Carter. Richmond: Angela Patchell Books, 2010, in prep. Birand, C. Design.Birand. Lulu Publishing, 2008. Birand, C. Self reference Through White Space in Graphic Design, Masters Thesis. Richmond: Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008. Virginia Commonwealth University. Department of Graphic Design. Library. Visual Communication Workshop, in Cabell Library of Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA: Cabell Library, 2007. Turkish Graphic Designers. Logo. Istanbul: Alternatif Yayincilik, 2006 (page 85). EXHIBITIONS (CURATED) Thirteen (Senior Graduation Exhibition), University of Tennessee, The Emporium Gallery, Knoxville, TN. May 2011. Oh Ten Senior Design Show (Senior Graduation Exhibition), University of Tennessee, The Emporium Gallery, Knoxville, TN. May 2010. EXHIBITIONS (PARTICIPATED) Being There, Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN. June 2011. MFA Graphic Design Graduation Exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. May 2008
CURRICULUM VITAE 5/6 I dream of Films That Haven't Been Made Yet, The Hall, Istanbul, Turkey. January 2008. Juried Student Design Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. May 2007. Juried Senior Graphic Design Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. May 2002. ZAN, Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. April 2002. Energy, British Council Exhibition Hall, Ankara, Turkey. 2001 INVITED CLASS LECTURES On Softwares, Grad. Seminar, Uni. of Tennessee. Fall 2010. Here and Now, Grad. Seminar, Uni. of Tennessee. Fall 2009. After Effects Tutorial, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Fall 2007. SERVICE Committee Member at Sophomore Portfolio Review, University of Tennessee, Graphic Design Department, Spring 2010, Fall 2010 and Fall 2012. Invited Critic at Graduate School Review, University of Tennessee School of Arts. Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011 Collaborated on major curriculum revision at University of Tennessee: developed several new courses. Coordinated 10+ internships at University of Tennessee.
CURRICULUM VITAE 6/6 REFERENCES Dottie Habel Professor+Director, School of the Arts, University of Tennessee 1715 Volunteer Boulevard, A+A 213 Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-2410 (865) 974-3407 dhabel@utk.edu Sandra Wheeler Associate Professor, Department of Graphic Design School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University 325 North Harrison Street, Room 332 / Box 843085 Richmond, Virginia 23284 3085 (804) 828-1709 sawheele@vcu.edu Sarah Lowe Associate Professor, Department of Graphic Design School of the Arts, University of Tennessee 1715 Volunteer Boulevard, A+A 332 Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-2410 (865) 974-3208 slowe@utk.edu Steven Hoskins Associate Professor, Department of Graphic Design School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University 325 North Harrison Street / Box 842519 Richmond, Virginia 23284 3085 (804) 828-7087 shoskins@vcu.edu