Alissa Walker Live from Spring Show 2009

There are still at least 50,000 people milling about the grounds here on 601 Brannan (seriously, lines were around the block!) but post-event libations are calling and your faithful team must depart for more alcoholic pastures (we Twitter-wished for more wine, but only one glass arrived).

Back here in the graphic design nook, winners have been announced by a very hoarse-voiced Mary Scott and Phil Hamlett (compare to his Glengarry Glen Ross speech from this morning). For undergrads, the winners were  Kathryn Kuo and Kathrine Nieh, and for MFAs, Ashley Ciecka (see her project The Soft Spot) and Carl Bender (see his project Anarkon). Each of them got a book from Fabrica and $1000, and in addition, one winner in both undergrad and grad was given the “Chipotle” award, which I can only hope means a lifetime supply of Burrito Bols.

It’s been a long day, and we’ve learned more than we ever thought we’d know about the benefits of sugar cane toilet paper (can you eat it if you get hungry?). And on that note, we are very, very hungry. So we must leave you now. Until we gelato again…