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The exhibition features work by Charles S. Anderson and Laurie DeMartino in collaboration with French Paper Company.  鈥淎rt for Commerce鈥� portrays graphic design as a viable art form beyond its origins in marketing and communications.

There will also be an 鈥淎rtist鈥檚 Talk鈥� with Charles S. Anderson on Friday, Sept. 6, at 6 pm, in the DeWitt Center main theatre.  Admission to the talk is $15 for the general public, $10 for members of the college鈥檚 faculty and staff, and free to Hope students with ID.

An opening reception for the exhibition will follow the talk, and will take place on Friday, Sept. 6, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the gallery.  The opening reception and exhibit itself are free and open to the public.

In 1989, Charles S. Anderson Design was founded with a single client鈥擳he French Paper Company in Niles, Mich.  While the firm has worked with many clients since, their partnership with French Paper has endured as one of the longest-running, most prolific and internationally recognized client/designer relationships in the history of graphic design.

Coupled with the world-renowned design of Laurie DeMartino, this exhibition pays tribute to this long-standing collaboration between French Paper and the artistry that covers its promotional pieces.

The exhibit is the opening foray into the gallery鈥檚 annual series, 鈥淏reaking Artistic Boundaries,鈥� which during the 2013-14 season is featuring the theme 鈥淒isegno.鈥� Rooted in 16th-century Italian Renaissance theory, the term 鈥渄isegno鈥� (or 鈥渄esign鈥�) refers to the creative idea in the mind of the artist鈥攁n idea often embodied in the preliminary drawing.  The goal of this year鈥檚 theme is to explore the principle of 鈥渄isegno鈥� through a contemporary, 21st-century lens.

Charles S. Anderson Design Company鈥檚 work has been exhibited in museums worldwide, including The Permanent Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Nouveau Salon des Cent鈥擟entre Pompidou, Paris; The Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; The Library of Congress Permanent Collection, Washington, D.C.; The Museum F眉r Gestaltung, Z眉rich; The Museum F眉r Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; The Biblioth猫quenationale de France, Paris; The Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima; and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. The firm鈥檚 work has also been featured in numerous prominent publications including 鈥淭he New York Times,鈥� 鈥淚n Style,鈥� 鈥淒well,鈥� 鈥淔ortune,鈥� 鈥淩olling Stone,鈥� 鈥淓squire,鈥� 鈥淭ime,鈥� 鈥淔orbes,鈥� 鈥淓ntertainment Weekly,鈥� 鈥淣ewsweek,鈥� 鈥淰anity Fair,鈥� 鈥淕Q,鈥� 鈥淭he LA Times鈥� and 鈥淩eadyMade,鈥� among others.

CSA Design has been awarded top honors in every major design competition, including multiple gold pencils from The One Show, and multiple gold and silver awards from the New York Art Directors Club.

Tickets for the artist鈥檚 talk are available at the ticket offices in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse (222 Fairbanks Ave.) and the Events and Conferences Office located downtown in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center (100 E. Eighth St.).  Both offices are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.  No tickets are required for either the opening reception or the exhibition.

The De Pree Art Center and DeWitt center are both located facing Columbia Avenue at the former 12th Street and are handicapped accessible.  Following the opening, the gallery will be open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.