VCD Study Abroad

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Come check out an exhibition of photos, renderings, and posters from our Study Abroad trip, this Friday, November 6 from 5-7pm at the XYZ Gallery in Blacksburg (http://xyzart.wix.com/xyzartgallery).

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Lugano, Switzerland

We took a 15 minute train ride to Lugano. There was a beautiful lake (and we lucked out on the weather). We managed to catch a short boat ride, and walked throughout the city.

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Riva San Vitale, Switzerland

I can’t believe how steep the mountains are here. It’s absolutely beautiful. What a lovely place for Virginia Tech to keep a campus.

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Zurich:

Design Museum, cafés, workshop with Swiss Poster Designer RosMarie Tissi, and the Kunsthaus.

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Zürich

Playing with swans, looking at art, walking by water, and eating expensive (but good) food.

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Basel

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Vitra Tour, Germany.

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Private tour of the Basel Poster Museum.

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Grinding wood into pulp at the Basel Paper Mill. Very noisy. 

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The windows at the Basel Paper Mill.

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Pouring Lead Type at the Basel Paper Mill.

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Basel Papermill.

We made paper, marbled paper, saw lead type being poured... and I spent too much in the gift shop.

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The Vatican and Capitoline Museums (and in between)

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Ostia Antica (Port City near Rome / Beach).

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Our day at the Colosseum and Forum.

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Roma!

Beautiful scenery, Gelato. Repeat.

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Tipoteca, Cornuda, Italy.

Letterpress workshop with Lucio Passerini.