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The Mac Lab, located on the top level of the Nicewonder building on the Bristol campus of King University, serves as both a classroom for many DMAD classes as well as a work space for DMAD students. Students in the DMAD program have 24\/7 access to the Mac Lab (unless classes are being taught). The Mac Lab includes the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- 16 airplay-equipped<\/span><\/span> 24-inch M1 chip Apple deskto<\/span>p computers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A large flat screen TV to project work during lectures and critiques<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Each student in the DMAD program has access to the full suite of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite including: Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Two Epson flatbed scanners: Epson Perfection B30 & V700<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Large format Epson Surecolor P-6000 inkjet printer that is capable of printing in both color and black & white ink and accepts sheet and roll paper up to 36 inches wide<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Epson SC-P700 inkjet printer capable of printing in both color and black & white ink and accepts sheet paper and roll paper up to 13 inches wide<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Six Wacom Intuos Pro digital drawing tablets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Photography Studio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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DMAD Students Working in Photography Studio<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The Photography Studio is located on the first floor of Nicewonder Hall on the Bristol campus of King University and serves as both a classroom for several DMAD classes as well as a work space for DMAD students. The large studio can easily be divided into two smaller studio by curtains that are built on tracks in the ceiling. Students in the DMAD program have 24\/7 access to the studio by way of a reservation system. DMAD students have access to the following equipment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- 24-inch M1 Mac desktop computers on rolling stands set up for tethered shooting with your DSLR camera<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Audio recording equipment such as Zoom H6, various microphones, wireless lapel mic, boom pole, etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Lighting equipment such as:\n
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- 3 Godox Q5600 II strobe lights with various power, 3 Godox QT400 III constant lights, and 1 Godox QT1200 III constant light<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Light modifiers such as large, medium, and small-sized soft boxes, snoots, barn doors, beauty dish, reflectors, large diffusers, shoot through umbrellas, flags, and gels<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Wireless light triggers, light meters, calibration tools, and gray cards<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Different color background paper and background stands<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- C-Stands, travel stands, rolling stands, background stands, a boom stand, product shooting table, apple boxes, etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Grip equipment for attaching light modifiers to stands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- In addition to the equipment in the studio, DMAD students also have access to portable lighting kits available for checkout to use for class or personal projects as well as various audio and video recording equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Sign of the George Press<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prof. Strickland and Prof. Jones along with DMAD students in The Sign of the George Press.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The Sign of the George Press, located in bottom of The Fine Art Building on the Bristol campus of King University in the original location of the King’s Den. The Sign of the George Press was started in the mid-1970’s and used by an English professor at King, George “Pat” Winship. It became a staple on the campus of King University until 1994. The Sign of the George became dormant until 2015 when it was revived by students in the DMAD program for a class project and has been used integral for hands-on learning through class projects in collaboration with both on and off campus clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The press has been used to create Valentine’s Day cards, Christmas cards, thank you cards, banners, and bookmarks (which can purchased from the Tornado Alley Shoppe on the Bristol Campus<\/a>), posters for a local film festival, produce invitations as a class project for an arts fundraiser, and as a class project to produce posters for the Paramount Bristol theater to celebrate 93 years of business. Most recently The Sign of the George Press celebrated the opening of an exhibition featuring work created on the press that opened in the spring of 2026 in the E. W. King Library. The The Sign of the George Press has the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- A Chandler & Price <\/span>platen press (seen in the image above)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A table top poster press<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Two large platen presses<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Multiple cases of metal and wood type in multiple sizes and styles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Letterpress blocks with images set as well as carved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
For more information on The Sign of the George Press, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Darkroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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DMAD student developing film in The Darkroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The Photography Darkroom space is located on the second floor of White Hall on the Bristol campus of King University. The space was originally used to develop film for experiments in the science building but now the small, light-tight room is used for an elective course DMAD 3000 – B&W Darkroom. The room includes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
- A Chandler & Price <\/span>platen press (seen in the image above)<\/li>\n\n\n\n