These annual screenings have been very inspiring. They are also a chance for you to see what you could participate in as part of this yearly class.
May 1st @ 8pm
Com-Based Media EYEDRUM Benefit/Screening Event
The GSU Department of Communication in collaboration with vibrant Atlanta community voices present...
"Crosswalk Collective," a benefit screening at EYEDRUM on May 1st.
GSU Community Based Media Production students will screen six short documentaries produced in collaboration with Unidos Elementary School, the Boys and Girls Club, Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children, Fourth Ward residents, Katrina survivors and Atlanta graffiti artists.
eyedrum calendar
- Doors open at 7:30 pm and screenings will begin at 8:00 pm.
- Suggested donation: $3 w/ raffle at the door.
**All proceeds go to benefit the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women & Children and the Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta.**
Contact: Niklas Vollmer / niklas@gsu.edu / 404.413.5640
Directions: http://www.eyedrum.org
290 MLK Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Project Descriptions:
- A Place of Hope: The Atlanta Day Shelter serves women and children by helping them renew hope, gain stability, and empower themselves to leave shelter life behind and prosper in the community.
- Displaced in Atlanta: a glimpse into the memories of a family that experienced Katrina together. You will hear their stories of displacement and resettlement, horror and loss. This film gives a voice to one family that is a part of a much larger community. The community of Katrina victims displaced by Katrina into the Atlanta community.
- A peak into the life of Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward. It is a collection of old memories and new hopes for the neighborhood.
- A creative collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta, emphasizing the unique and often powerful voice of our youth through visual and written expression.
- Unidos Elementary students are learning in a very unique way. Taught in both Engish and Spanish, the kids are learning what it means to become truly Unidos.
- An exploration of Atlanta-based graffiti artists and their practice, which ranges from the harrowing fringe to more the mainstream and in-between.
Hope you can make it!
Niklas Vollmer
Associate Professor of Film & Video
Monday, April 27, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Hustwit's OBJECTIFIED May 13th
Wednesday, May 13th, 7pm
The Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) invites you to a special screening of Objectified--Part of the MA "Design is Human" Event and Home Tour.
Plaza Theatre 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. Atlanta GA 30306
Post-screening Q&A with director Gary Hustwit and special guests. Presented by the Museum of Design Atlanta, AIGA Atlanta, and IDSA Atlanta. Tickets $20 general public, $15 for AIGA, IDSA, and Museum of Design members.
MA (Modern Atlanta) 09 Design is Human will feature:
* Modern Home Tours May 16-17
* MA Launch Party, Architect Models and Renderings, and Modern Design Exhibit featuring local designers and student work from GA Tech at White Provision
* MA ology Italian Design Event, Fashion Show & Fundraiser for CARE at White Provision featuring the paintings of Marco Grassi, fashion by Jeffrey and a exhibit of the iconic Sacco Chair by Zanotta
* MA Talks at The High Museum featuring the Metropolitan Home Magazine panel discussion on CRAFTdesign‚ with their Creative Director Linda O’Keeffe, and a presentation by Architect Anthony Ames
* Objectified documentary screening sponsored by MODA, AIGA Atlanta, ASID Atlanta and MA
* MA Film Series at The High Museum featuring Koolhaas/Houselife by Rem Koolhaas and City of Dreams
* An evening and book signing with renown designer Clodagh at DEX Studios
* Modern art show and reception in the modern flat designed by architect Robert Trestch at The Mansion on Peachtree
* Open House at Portfolio Center featuring a talk by Dragon Rouge founder Marcus Hewitt
* New product launches, inspiring talks and receptions at SieMatic, bulthaup and Poggenpohl
* And much more‚ ¨¶
The Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) invites you to a special screening of Objectified--Part of the MA "Design is Human" Event and Home Tour.
Plaza Theatre 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. Atlanta GA 30306
Post-screening Q&A with director Gary Hustwit and special guests. Presented by the Museum of Design Atlanta, AIGA Atlanta, and IDSA Atlanta. Tickets $20 general public, $15 for AIGA, IDSA, and Museum of Design members.
MA (Modern Atlanta) 09 Design is Human will feature:
* Modern Home Tours May 16-17
* MA Launch Party, Architect Models and Renderings, and Modern Design Exhibit featuring local designers and student work from GA Tech at White Provision
* MA ology Italian Design Event, Fashion Show & Fundraiser for CARE at White Provision featuring the paintings of Marco Grassi, fashion by Jeffrey and a exhibit of the iconic Sacco Chair by Zanotta
* MA Talks at The High Museum featuring the Metropolitan Home Magazine panel discussion on CRAFTdesign‚ with their Creative Director Linda O’Keeffe, and a presentation by Architect Anthony Ames
* Objectified documentary screening sponsored by MODA, AIGA Atlanta, ASID Atlanta and MA
* MA Film Series at The High Museum featuring Koolhaas/Houselife by Rem Koolhaas and City of Dreams
* An evening and book signing with renown designer Clodagh at DEX Studios
* Modern art show and reception in the modern flat designed by architect Robert Trestch at The Mansion on Peachtree
* Open House at Portfolio Center featuring a talk by Dragon Rouge founder Marcus Hewitt
* New product launches, inspiring talks and receptions at SieMatic, bulthaup and Poggenpohl
* And much more‚ ¨¶
Sunday, April 19, 2009
The Failure of Comic Sans
A friend shared this article with me about the failure of Comic Sans. I found it very amusing and wanted to share it: Typeface Inspired by Comic Book Has Become a Font of Ill Will
"Vincent Connare designed the ubiquitous, bubbly Comic Sans typeface, but he sympathizes with the world-wide movement to ban it.
Mr. Connare has looked on, alternately amused and mortified, as Comic Sans has spread from a software project at Microsoft Corp. 15 years ago to grade-school fliers and holiday newsletters, Disney ads and Beanie Baby tags, business emails, street signs, Bibles, porn sites, gravestones and hospital posters about bowel cancer."
"Vincent Connare designed the ubiquitous, bubbly Comic Sans typeface, but he sympathizes with the world-wide movement to ban it.
Mr. Connare has looked on, alternately amused and mortified, as Comic Sans has spread from a software project at Microsoft Corp. 15 years ago to grade-school fliers and holiday newsletters, Disney ads and Beanie Baby tags, business emails, street signs, Bibles, porn sites, gravestones and hospital posters about bowel cancer."
Friday, April 17, 2009
Typecon 2009 July 15 through 19 in Atlanta
Website still under construction
Consider getting involved now and let me know if you would like to volunteer
Consider getting involved now and let me know if you would like to volunteer
Monday, April 13, 2009
Ellen Lupton at Portfolio Center Thursday April 30
DETAILS, DETAILS
AIGA Members: $10 adv. / $15 at door
AIGA Student Members: $5
Non-Members: $15 adv. / $20 at door
Doors 6PM, Lecture 7PM
Ellen Lupton's Design Rant! Learn what�??s wrong with dumb quotes, hotel rooms, roller bags, the food pyramid, and more, much more. Ellen Lupton is obsessed with promoting design thinking and design practices to general audiences: writers, artists, kids, working fathers, and radical housewives. The D.I.Y. movement is part of the future of design; it is affecting every intellectual industry, from politics and journalism to music and rocket science. How is it affecting you? Designers are becoming evangelists of their own expertise, as well as breaking into countless new fields themselves that once were protected by barriers of professional knowledge. Today, anyone can be a designer (if they try)�??or a publisher, pundit, rock star, or filmmaker.
AIGA Members: $10 adv. / $15 at door
AIGA Student Members: $5
Non-Members: $15 adv. / $20 at door
Doors 6PM, Lecture 7PM
Ellen Lupton's Design Rant! Learn what�??s wrong with dumb quotes, hotel rooms, roller bags, the food pyramid, and more, much more. Ellen Lupton is obsessed with promoting design thinking and design practices to general audiences: writers, artists, kids, working fathers, and radical housewives. The D.I.Y. movement is part of the future of design; it is affecting every intellectual industry, from politics and journalism to music and rocket science. How is it affecting you? Designers are becoming evangelists of their own expertise, as well as breaking into countless new fields themselves that once were protected by barriers of professional knowledge. Today, anyone can be a designer (if they try)�??or a publisher, pundit, rock star, or filmmaker.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
See Paper, Get Credit
If you go to the opening Thursday evening (described below) and write a one-page description of what you saw there, you may get up to five points extra credit added to your worksheet scores. You have turned in two worksheets for 10 points each. To get five points your paper has to be well written and insightful.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Hello All! Helpful Graphic Designer Apps for iPhone
Hello everyone. I found this link that has some helpful apps for graphic designers who own the iPhone. Well I do, so i thought it was pretty neat.
http://www.designtalkboard.com/design-hardware/iphoneapps.php
http://www.designtalkboard.com/design-hardware/iphoneapps.php
Monday, March 23, 2009
Design for the Other 90% Wednesday, April 8 at CDC
Design for the Other 90%: Health and Wealth Generation for $1-a-Day Consumers
By Dr. Paul Polak
Wednesday, April 8, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Center for Disease Control
Auditorium A, Harkin Center, Building 19
1600 Clifton Road, NE at CDC Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Government-issued photo ID is required for entry.
In conjunction with the Global Health Odyssey Museum’s current exhibit, Design for the Other 90%, Dr. Paul Polak will describe practical solutions for generating both income and health for the world’s $1-a-day people. He will address the challenges in alleviating poverty and achieving health equity.
Dr. Paul Polak isn't your everyday global poverty fighter. He is the founder of International Development Enterprises, a development organization that has moved over 17 million people out of poverty. By talking directly to people earning less than $1/day, he's learned that they are viable entrepreneurs and consumers. The practical solutions to their poverty, outlined in his book, Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, rest upon this revolutionary ideal. Dr. Polak, therefore, is fomenting two revolutions to end poverty; one in design and one in big business. The first, executed by his non-profit organization, D-REV: Design for the Other 90%, aims to reverse the fact that the world's best designers spend 90% of their time serving the interests of the richest 10% of customers. The second, led by his new for-profit venture, Windhorse International, aims to demonstrate how big businesses can profitably design and market their products and services to $1-$2/day customers. He might be 75, but this trouble-making psychiatrist, writer, and entrepreneur won't rest until poverty is a thing of the past.
RSVP required by Thursday, April 2, 2009 to Louise E. Shaw at lshaw@cdc.gov or call (404) 639- 3657. To comply with CDC security requirements, please provide your full legal name and country of citizenship with your reply. Vehicle inspection required, so please allow time to enter the building.
By Dr. Paul Polak
Wednesday, April 8, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Center for Disease Control
Auditorium A, Harkin Center, Building 19
1600 Clifton Road, NE at CDC Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Government-issued photo ID is required for entry.
In conjunction with the Global Health Odyssey Museum’s current exhibit, Design for the Other 90%, Dr. Paul Polak will describe practical solutions for generating both income and health for the world’s $1-a-day people. He will address the challenges in alleviating poverty and achieving health equity.
Dr. Paul Polak isn't your everyday global poverty fighter. He is the founder of International Development Enterprises, a development organization that has moved over 17 million people out of poverty. By talking directly to people earning less than $1/day, he's learned that they are viable entrepreneurs and consumers. The practical solutions to their poverty, outlined in his book, Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, rest upon this revolutionary ideal. Dr. Polak, therefore, is fomenting two revolutions to end poverty; one in design and one in big business. The first, executed by his non-profit organization, D-REV: Design for the Other 90%, aims to reverse the fact that the world's best designers spend 90% of their time serving the interests of the richest 10% of customers. The second, led by his new for-profit venture, Windhorse International, aims to demonstrate how big businesses can profitably design and market their products and services to $1-$2/day customers. He might be 75, but this trouble-making psychiatrist, writer, and entrepreneur won't rest until poverty is a thing of the past.
RSVP required by Thursday, April 2, 2009 to Louise E. Shaw at lshaw@cdc.gov or call (404) 639- 3657. To comply with CDC security requirements, please provide your full legal name and country of citizenship with your reply. Vehicle inspection required, so please allow time to enter the building.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
There's no Escaping GRD...
Since we've been talking about information design in this class, and just finished a project on it in Laura's class, I thought this may be interesting to some.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_design
To me, it's interesting how wikipedia sometimes explains things. If you go to the link above, wikipedia describes information design when dealing with graphic design, history, statistics, technology, etc. I feel like there is a disconnect between them. I understand that information design does have a role in history, statistics, etc., but when it comes down to it, it is always graphic design. And they fail to mention that. Maybe I'm nitpicking, but it is a common theme, I've noticed, that people do not realize graphic design is really everywhere.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I <3 Blogging Design Contest
Hello, everyone. So I recently entered a design contest where I designed a skin for the iPhone or the iPod touch. My concept for the contest is based on the dandelion which can spread its seeds (or information in reference to blogging) very quickly and efficiently. For this design, I turned the seeds into keyboards on the Mac. If anyone would like to see it and vote for my design, please click here. If you voted for me, I really appreciated it. There's 4 more days for my design to be voted on, so vote now before it's too late!
I originally had everything with just a fill and no stroke (no outline), but when I saw it like that nothing was standing out. I then thought about the ukiyo-e prints I saw in class and thought, "Okay, how about some outlines?" I think it look a lot better with outlines. I varied the stroke width to add some dynamics to the lines.
I originally had everything with just a fill and no stroke (no outline), but when I saw it like that nothing was standing out. I then thought about the ukiyo-e prints I saw in class and thought, "Okay, how about some outlines?" I think it look a lot better with outlines. I varied the stroke width to add some dynamics to the lines.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The Trilogy Meter
Design which rates purely on Danmeth.com's enjoyment level on each film.
It reminded me of the informational design discussed in class this morning.
The design is simple and to the point!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Your winning U-STORE-IT ad by April 24th
Create print and Internet Yellow Pages advertising for a Yellow Pages advertiser.
$10K in prizes
Check out the winners from previous years - you can do better! Let me know if you want to participate - I am happy to be Faculty Sponsor, and will donate any prize money to the GSU Graphic Design program. - Liz
$10K in prizes
Check out the winners from previous years - you can do better! Let me know if you want to participate - I am happy to be Faculty Sponsor, and will donate any prize money to the GSU Graphic Design program. - Liz
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
CDC exhibition opens Tuesday February 17th
Design for the Other 90%
February 17 – May 29, 2009
Of the world’s 6.5 billion people, 90 percent have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted. In fact, nearly half do not have reliable access to food, clean water, healthcare, education, affordable transportation, or shelter. The exhibition Design for the Other 90% features more than 30 projects that reflect a growing movement among designers, engineers, and social entrepreneurs to create low-cost solutions for everyday problems. Through local and global partnerships, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world’s poor.
Design for the Other 90% showcases designs that incorporate new and traditional materials, and abandoned and emerging technologies to solve myriad problems—from cleaner-burning sugarcane charcoal to a solar-rechargeable battery for a hearing aid, from a portable water-purification straw to a low-cost laptop. By understanding the available resources and tools as well as the lives and needs of their potential users, these designers create simple, pragmatic objects and ingenious, adaptive systems that can help transform lives and communities.
February 17 – May 29, 2009
Of the world’s 6.5 billion people, 90 percent have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted. In fact, nearly half do not have reliable access to food, clean water, healthcare, education, affordable transportation, or shelter. The exhibition Design for the Other 90% features more than 30 projects that reflect a growing movement among designers, engineers, and social entrepreneurs to create low-cost solutions for everyday problems. Through local and global partnerships, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world’s poor.
Design for the Other 90% showcases designs that incorporate new and traditional materials, and abandoned and emerging technologies to solve myriad problems—from cleaner-burning sugarcane charcoal to a solar-rechargeable battery for a hearing aid, from a portable water-purification straw to a low-cost laptop. By understanding the available resources and tools as well as the lives and needs of their potential users, these designers create simple, pragmatic objects and ingenious, adaptive systems that can help transform lives and communities.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Design students can win …
… or choose to lose and lose VERY BADLY> My office door is available in either case. - Liz
Georgia State University Homecoming 2009 - "The Blue Print: Building the Foundation"
Display your Panther Spirit by participating in Georgia State University Homecoming 2009 Office Decorating Contest. The Door and Office Decorating Contest is designed to demonstrate Panther Spirit through creative endeavor, encourage a team effort, and foster healthy competition. Participants will be judged on use of theme, creativity, school spirit, budget, and collaboration.
Entry Forms are due by Wednesday, January, 28, 2009 by 5:00 p.m.
Get Entry Form and Rules at:
INFO
For more information contact Anitra Patrick at 404-413-1517 or visit the Dean of Students Office, Student Center, Suite 300
Georgia State University Homecoming 2009 - "The Blue Print: Building the Foundation"
Display your Panther Spirit by participating in Georgia State University Homecoming 2009 Office Decorating Contest. The Door and Office Decorating Contest is designed to demonstrate Panther Spirit through creative endeavor, encourage a team effort, and foster healthy competition. Participants will be judged on use of theme, creativity, school spirit, budget, and collaboration.
Entry Forms are due by Wednesday, January, 28, 2009 by 5:00 p.m.
Get Entry Form and Rules at:
INFO
For more information contact Anitra Patrick at 404-413-1517 or visit the Dean of Students Office, Student Center, Suite 300
Monday, January 26, 2009
Themes for Modernism
I know that Barnard described four themes of modernism:
- self-reflexiveness
- montage
- use of paradox, ambiguity, and uncertainty
- loss of an integrated individual subject.
I am wondering, what is the fifth theme. Seeing it was being asked for the five themes of modernism on the worksheet. If anyone is able to help me, please let me know, I would appreciate it.
- Tres Swygert
- self-reflexiveness
- montage
- use of paradox, ambiguity, and uncertainty
- loss of an integrated individual subject.
I am wondering, what is the fifth theme. Seeing it was being asked for the five themes of modernism on the worksheet. If anyone is able to help me, please let me know, I would appreciate it.
- Tres Swygert
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Cross Analysis of Gestalt Design Principles and Barnard's reading
This post is to ad lib on the Modernism reading and how I recently employed one of the five themes in my work.
Barnard discusses the second feature of modernism, montage, as essential cut and paste juxtaposing of unrelated objects to create a cohesive, balanced piece of work. I recently used this technique to explore the Gestalt Design Principles in the context of spatial relationships. Through the use of unrelated elements, I investigated the process of perceived spatial relationships where none existed before. This technique yielding some interesting results and was very enlightening.
Barnard discusses the second feature of modernism, montage, as essential cut and paste juxtaposing of unrelated objects to create a cohesive, balanced piece of work. I recently used this technique to explore the Gestalt Design Principles in the context of spatial relationships. Through the use of unrelated elements, I investigated the process of perceived spatial relationships where none existed before. This technique yielding some interesting results and was very enlightening.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Swastika Story
I think it was last week that the class briefly got into a discussion about the swastika symbol that's found on the Buddha's body. Unfortunately, the symbol (though slightly altered) also represent the Nazis. What a contrast, isn't it?
Well something kinda funny happen to me concerning this symbol. Back in the 5th grade, I wore a necklace with this symbol on it everyday. However, it would always be tuck behind my shirt because the purpose of wearing it isn't to show off but to ward off evil spirits (it's an Asian thing). One day, it somehow crawled above its protective shield and revealed itself without my knowledge. Then all of a sudden, my teacher told me to step outside of the class for a bit. He told me that he's a vet from WWII and asked if I knew what this symbol means? I told him it just represents the Buddha. At the time, I had no idea what is the significance with WWII and this symbol. When I knew, I told my parents that I don't want to wear it anymore.
Symbols...they're more powerful than people think.
Well something kinda funny happen to me concerning this symbol. Back in the 5th grade, I wore a necklace with this symbol on it everyday. However, it would always be tuck behind my shirt because the purpose of wearing it isn't to show off but to ward off evil spirits (it's an Asian thing). One day, it somehow crawled above its protective shield and revealed itself without my knowledge. Then all of a sudden, my teacher told me to step outside of the class for a bit. He told me that he's a vet from WWII and asked if I knew what this symbol means? I told him it just represents the Buddha. At the time, I had no idea what is the significance with WWII and this symbol. When I knew, I told my parents that I don't want to wear it anymore.
Symbols...they're more powerful than people think.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
We briefly spoke about the Book of Kells last week while reviewing CH 4 and I remembered that this blog that I've been frequenting for the past year or so features this celtic book in an upcoming animated movie that the author of the blog worked on called 'Brendan and the secret of Kells'. Much of the artwork of the movie is reflective of the style of the celtic design found in the Book of Kells: http://theblogofkells.blogspot.com/
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Jessica Helfend, Wm. Drentell at PC, Mon Jan 12
FREE
Join us at Portfolio Center with William Drenttel & Jessica Helfand, Winterhouse
Monday evening, January 12th at 6:30pm
@ Portfolio Center
125 Bennett St., Atlanta, GA 30309
Winterhouse Studio focuses on publishing and editorial development; new media; and cultural, educational and literary institutions. Design work for Teach For All, The New Yorker, Yale University Press, The New England Journal of Medicine, Errol Morris, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Poetry Foundation, among others.
Join us at Portfolio Center with William Drenttel & Jessica Helfand, Winterhouse
Monday evening, January 12th at 6:30pm
@ Portfolio Center
125 Bennett St., Atlanta, GA 30309
Winterhouse Studio focuses on publishing and editorial development; new media; and cultural, educational and literary institutions. Design work for Teach For All, The New Yorker, Yale University Press, The New England Journal of Medicine, Errol Morris, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Poetry Foundation, among others.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Museum of Design will host Graphic Imperative show in May
more about the exhibition
May 15 – August 15 (Patron Opening May 14)
The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance, collectively providing a window to an age of great change.
May 15 – August 15 (Patron Opening May 14)
The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance, collectively providing a window to an age of great change.
Stop-motion Animation
at The Center for Puppetry Arts
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 8pm
Ages 18 and up ONLY
Come enjoy the end result of countless hours of painstaking puppet manipulation captured on film one frame at a time as we celebrate an evening of stop-motion puppet animation. The evening includes Adam Elliot’s Academy Award-winning Harvie Krumpet from Australia, Haunted Hogmanay from Ko-Lik Films of Scotland and more.
Center for Puppetry Arts
Cost: $7; $5 Center Members
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 8pm
Ages 18 and up ONLY
Come enjoy the end result of countless hours of painstaking puppet manipulation captured on film one frame at a time as we celebrate an evening of stop-motion puppet animation. The evening includes Adam Elliot’s Academy Award-winning Harvie Krumpet from Australia, Haunted Hogmanay from Ko-Lik Films of Scotland and more.
Center for Puppetry Arts
Cost: $7; $5 Center Members
Saturday, May 31, 2008
After 1968 features Hank Willis Thomas' "Unbranded"
This summer at the High Museum of Art
After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
June 7–October 5, 2008
Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas, born 1976, appropriates images and language from advertising, exploring the intersection of commerce with the cultural ambiguity underlying African American experiences. His 2004 thesis, Swoosh: Looking Black at Nike, Moses, and Jordan in the ’80s, explores the process whereby a myth or image can become attached to a graphic symbol. His soon-to-be-completed Unbranded series is an exploration of racial typing in capitalist culture. Reproducing 80 images printed between 1968 and 2008 in popular magazine ads targeted to black audiences, “Unbranded” presents text-stripped images, meditating on the creation and dissemination of stereotypes.
After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
June 7–October 5, 2008
Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas, born 1976, appropriates images and language from advertising, exploring the intersection of commerce with the cultural ambiguity underlying African American experiences. His 2004 thesis, Swoosh: Looking Black at Nike, Moses, and Jordan in the ’80s, explores the process whereby a myth or image can become attached to a graphic symbol. His soon-to-be-completed Unbranded series is an exploration of racial typing in capitalist culture. Reproducing 80 images printed between 1968 and 2008 in popular magazine ads targeted to black audiences, “Unbranded” presents text-stripped images, meditating on the creation and dissemination of stereotypes.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
George Lois Esquire covers
Here's an article on CNN.com about an Esquire covers exhibit, with an interview with George Lois whom we discussed recently in class.http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/04/25/esquire.coverart.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Roots Rebranding
So in case anyone missed it on BrandNew, Starbucks is revisiting its old logo for an undetermined amount of time.
Huge mistake, or great use of nostalgia? The new/old CEO is trying to focus on a major rebranding effort to bring Starbucks back to its origins. I personally don't like to go to Starbucks unless it's the only thing around...mainly because I don't really like their coffee, it's always kind of burned when I go.
But...I'm going to admit, I'll probably go just to check it out, since this does peak my curiosity as to why a major brand would do this...since it's one of the most recognizable logos in the United States, I'd venture to say.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Milestone Logos
Hey guys,
I made some logos for the Milestone Academy. I was wondering if you could take a look at them and tell me what you think.
They're here at my blog: www.designbylauren.blogspot.com
Thanks,
Lauren
I made some logos for the Milestone Academy. I was wondering if you could take a look at them and tell me what you think.
They're here at my blog: www.designbylauren.blogspot.com
Thanks,
Lauren
Blackletter exhibition catalogue - $10 to students
If you would like to see this booklet let me know - Liz
The exhibition "Blackletter: Type and National Identity", curated by Peter Bain and Paul Shaw in 1998 at Cooper Union, sparked a reassessment of blackletter typefaces. The exhibition was reviewed twice(!) by the New York Times and the accompanying monograph (edited by Bain and Shaw) won design awards from the AIGA, TDC and Communication Arts. Princeton Architectural Press, the publisher of the monograph, has sold the remaining copies to the editors. In an attempt to make"Blackletter: Type and National Identity" more widely known outside of the type world, Mr. Shaw is making his copies available to design educators and students at the special low price of $10 (plus $2 shipping domestically). The price for non-design educators is $15 (plus $2 shipping), the same as that formerly offered on Amazon.com. Those interested should send checks made out to “Paul Shaw†at Paul Shaw / Letter Design, 785 West End Avenue, New York City 10025. Inquiries should be directed to paulshaw@nyc.rr.com.Â
See on Amazon
The exhibition "Blackletter: Type and National Identity", curated by Peter Bain and Paul Shaw in 1998 at Cooper Union, sparked a reassessment of blackletter typefaces. The exhibition was reviewed twice(!) by the New York Times and the accompanying monograph (edited by Bain and Shaw) won design awards from the AIGA, TDC and Communication Arts. Princeton Architectural Press, the publisher of the monograph, has sold the remaining copies to the editors. In an attempt to make"Blackletter: Type and National Identity" more widely known outside of the type world, Mr. Shaw is making his copies available to design educators and students at the special low price of $10 (plus $2 shipping domestically). The price for non-design educators is $15 (plus $2 shipping), the same as that formerly offered on Amazon.com. Those interested should send checks made out to “Paul Shaw†at Paul Shaw / Letter Design, 785 West End Avenue, New York City 10025. Inquiries should be directed to paulshaw@nyc.rr.com.Â
See on Amazon
Friday, February 1, 2008
Claim your cyberspace
Claim your cyberspace
YOUR GSU LOCKERBOX: Each GSU student has 20 mb of storage in a digital locker. Items in that lockerbox can be displayed as your own website. Your web address will be like
www.student.gsu.edu/jdoe8
UPLOADING TO YOUR LOCKERBOX
Use the IE (Internet Explorer) browser on a PC, Firefox on a Mac. To sign in, go to
elocker.student.gsu.edu
You should get a popup window (if popups aren't blocked) that ask for
Username and Password. These are the same as your student email logins. Uploading is similar to uploading an attachment to an email message. Choose the "File" pulldown menu and you can navigate to files on your hard drive. Put items for a webpage in the "Public" file. You can put other items in a file called your name.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR LOCKERBOX
From GSU mainpage, choose "Current Students"
Choose "Student Computing" (lower right)
Choose "Computing" (Center of screen)
Choose bulleted hyperlink "Lockerbox"
or click here
SHORTCUT WHILE ON CAMPUS
You can upload directly to the server while in CMC (AM460) and other campus
locations.
YOUR GSU LOCKERBOX: Each GSU student has 20 mb of storage in a digital locker. Items in that lockerbox can be displayed as your own website. Your web address will be like
www.student.gsu.edu/jdoe8
UPLOADING TO YOUR LOCKERBOX
Use the IE (Internet Explorer) browser on a PC, Firefox on a Mac. To sign in, go to
elocker.student.gsu.edu
You should get a popup window (if popups aren't blocked) that ask for
Username and Password. These are the same as your student email logins. Uploading is similar to uploading an attachment to an email message. Choose the "File" pulldown menu and you can navigate to files on your hard drive. Put items for a webpage in the "Public" file. You can put other items in a file called your name.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR LOCKERBOX
From GSU mainpage, choose "Current Students"
Choose "Student Computing" (lower right)
Choose "Computing" (Center of screen)
Choose bulleted hyperlink "Lockerbox"
or click here
SHORTCUT WHILE ON CAMPUS
You can upload directly to the server while in CMC (AM460) and other campus
locations.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Saarinen @ MODA Thursday Jan 31
You are invited to the Public Opening Reception of The Furniture of Eero Saarinen: Designs for Everyday Living at the Museum of Design Atlanta.
January 31st, 5 pm - 8 pm
This exhibition features the furniture designs of Eero Saarinen, who was one of the foremost prominent architects in the 1950’s. Designs for Everyday Living presents examples of Saarinen’s early furniture designs, sketches, photographs and descriptions of each of Saarinen’s furniture designs and collections. Knoll International has provided archival examples and pieces of Saarinen’s timeless designs from current production.
January 31st, 5 pm - 8 pm
This exhibition features the furniture designs of Eero Saarinen, who was one of the foremost prominent architects in the 1950’s. Designs for Everyday Living presents examples of Saarinen’s early furniture designs, sketches, photographs and descriptions of each of Saarinen’s furniture designs and collections. Knoll International has provided archival examples and pieces of Saarinen’s timeless designs from current production.
The New South needs you!
Submit work for publication in the new NEW SOUTH, formerly named The GSU Review. It is published twice a year and is dedicated to creative work by GSU students. They want submissions of art work for the front and back covers and for portfolios inside.
New South
New South
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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