Toronto Design Firm to Exhibit Work In UB Art Gallery

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An exhibit featuring the innovative, multidisciplinary graphic designs of the Toronto firm Dinnick & Howells will open with a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Art Department Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.

The exhibit, "Dinnick & Howells: Pictures, Words, Meaning, Effect," will be on display until Dec. 12 and will include a wide range of creative visual work, including packaging designs and posters, as well as book and CD covers.

The reception will follow a free public lecture by the firm partners Sarah Dinnick and Jonathan Howells, accompanied by a slide show of their work, beginning at 2 p.m. in Center for the Arts Screening Room.

Dinnick & Howells is a graphic design studio. Which produces a good deal of work in the cultural realm for art galleries and publishers, as well as for social and arts organizations.

Their clients include the Art Gallery of Toronto, Alfred A. Knopf Publishing, Esprit Orchestra, Levis Strauss & Co., the Museum for Textiles, Neil's Soup Kitchen, McGregor Socks and Random House Canada.

Howells says their work is unique in the sense that it incorporates the element of visual art in creating commercial art, while other firms take a more corporate approach to design.

The firm has earned a number of national and international awards at competitions such as the Communication Arts Annual in the United States and Applied Arts Annual in Canada, as well as the European Graphis competition.

Dinnick and Howells both worked for various large design companies before forming the partnership. Both are graduates of the Ontario College of Art and Design. Dinnick also studies at the Pratt Art Institute in New York City.

The UB Art Gallery hours are Teusday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday - Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturady 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Cary Fund.