Portland State Magazine Fall 2014

8 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2014 AUGUST GRADUATE Cindy Sullivan landed a surprise job this summer: designing the artwork for the University’s annual Portland State of Mind celebration. The graphic design major pulled from her knowledge of other places—in this case, Denmark—for her simple, almost modular representation of Portland: bridges, beer, a bicycle wheel and, of course, a Viking helmet. “There’s such a mix of cultures and people here,” says Sullivan, an Alaska native. “There isn’t any one thing that makes Portland.” Her design will be used on T-shirts, totes, coffee mugs, and advertisements promoting the many events that make up Portland State of Mind, Oct. 17-26. See pages 14-16 for a full list.  An artistic state of mind Fanfare Laika’s latest: The Boxtrolls IN A HILARIOUS TWIST on the raised-by-wolves story, Laika’s new stop-motion animated film The Boxtrolls tells the tale of a boy raised by “boxtrolls”—kooky creatures feared by the townspeople, but loved by the boy. Eggs, the boy’s given name, must learn to leave his box for human society in order to save his unusual family. Under the leadership of Travis Knight ’98, president and CEO of Laika, this is the Hillsboro- based animation studio’s third feature film. The first two were Coraline and ParaNorman . The Boxtrolls hits theaters Sept. 26. TM