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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Pentagram’s Abbott Miller Designs New Identity/Branding for Barnes Foundation
http://pentagram.com/en/new/2011/09/preview-the-barnes-foundation.php
Our friends at Pentagram have this week posted information on the branding and identity work partner Abbott Miller has created for the new location. The logo is based off of the coloring of Matisse’s Joy of Life, resulting in a muted but strong, modern orange, laid out in a form based related to Albert Barnes‘ sketches for the original gallery. The main font within the logo is Milo, created by Mike Abbink, with Monitor just below, spelling out the full name of the organization. In addition to the identity, Miller and his Pentagram pals are also working on a site redesign (launched this week), as well as “environmental graphics and interpretative displays and materials.” Here’s a bit from their write-up about Miller’s process:
"To develop the identity Miller conducted extensive research of the Barnes estate and the original building at Merion. The identity’s form was suggested by a sketch by Barnes of one of his signature arrangements, a symmetrical row of paintings. Miller recognized the layout as “the DNA of Dr. Barnes’ vision,” a motif that captures the museum’s unique environment and Barnes’ singular view of art. The logo consists of a row of rectangles that recall the centered, axial hanging at the Barnes, each form containing a letter of the museum’s name. The letters play with positive and negative space, referencing the Barnes’ intention to read across works and make connections."
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Theaster Gates Lecture: Tuesday 09.27.11
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LECTURE BY THEASTER GATES Tuesday, September 27, 7 pm
CCA San Francisco campus
Timken Lecture Hall
1111 Eighth Street (at 16th and Wisconsin)
Theaster Gates is an artist, musician, and "cultural planner." His performances, installations, and urban interventions have included assembling gospel choirs, forming temporary unions, and using systems of mass production as a way of underscoring industry's need for the body. He is committed to the restoration of poor black neighborhoods by converting abandoned buildings into cultural spaces that not only allow new cultural moments to happen in unexpected places, but also raise expectations about where "place-making" happens and why.
Currently a Loeb Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gates has received awards from the Joyce Foundation and the Graham Foundation. In 2010 he performed and exhibited at the Whitney Biennial and the Armory Show in New York, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Bruno David Gallery and the Pulitzer Museum of Art in Saint Louis, and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Press Pushes Hard on "Death of the Printed Book" Angle, All Based on Ikea Bookshelf Redesign
Press Pushes Hard on ‘Death of the Printed Book’ Angle, All Based on Ikea Bookshelf Redesign - UnBeige
In case you missed it, over the weekend, the Economist set off something of a firestorm that’s continuing to reverberate this week with their story “Great Digital Expectations,” wherein they wrote that “next month IKEA will introduce a new, deeper version of its ubiquitous ‘BILLY’ bookcase,” followed by their reasoning for the change: “The firm reckons customers will increasingly use them for ornaments, tchotchkes and the odd coffee-table tome — anything, that is, except books that are actually read.”
As you might expect, this provided ample fodder for too many news outlets to list to jump in with headlines about the death of the printed book. Searching for “Ikea” and “bookcase” lands you pieces like theGlobe and Mail‘s “Does a Revamped IKEA Shelf Spell the End for Books?” andTime‘s “Ikea Redesigns Classic Bookshelf, Foreshadows the Demise of Books.” The only rub is that nearly all of these stories relied upon the Economist‘s opinion, not necessarily the truth of the matter. NPR spoke to an Ikea representative, hearing that while the redesign news was accurate, “the change to the bookcase was made simply to allow people to store bigger books.”Curbed got even more info from the company, hearing directly from the Billy the Bookshelf himself (itself?), reiterating that “My shelves are deeper so I can house bigger books. Deeper books.” Our favorite response (and mentioned by Billy) came from Rosie Gray at the Village Voice who wrote in reply to all the frantic waving of hands and “sky is falling” reports, “It looks more like a thing that holds books and less like a thing that is setting out to kill the publishing industry, but maybe that’s just us.” And while all of this was going on, not many outlets seemed to pick up on the bigger story, that only had the company redesigned its 30-year old staple, but had also slashed its prices on the bookcase, a sign for those, like at Bloomberg, who take seriously the “Ikea Index,” in which price changes reflect international financial health.
In case you missed it, over the weekend, the Economist set off something of a firestorm that’s continuing to reverberate this week with their story “Great Digital Expectations,” wherein they wrote that “next month IKEA will introduce a new, deeper version of its ubiquitous ‘BILLY’ bookcase,” followed by their reasoning for the change: “The firm reckons customers will increasingly use them for ornaments, tchotchkes and the odd coffee-table tome — anything, that is, except books that are actually read.” As you might expect, this provided ample fodder for too many news outlets to list to jump in with headlines about the death of the printed book. Searching for “Ikea” and “bookcase” lands you pieces like theGlobe and Mail‘s “Does a Revamped IKEA Shelf Spell the End for Books?” andTime‘s “Ikea Redesigns Classic Bookshelf, Foreshadows the Demise of Books.” The only rub is that nearly all of these stories relied upon the Economist‘s opinion, not necessarily the truth of the matter. NPR spoke to an Ikea representative, hearing that while the redesign news was accurate, “the change to the bookcase was made simply to allow people to store bigger books.”Curbed got even more info from the company, hearing directly from the Billy the Bookshelf himself (itself?), reiterating that “My shelves are deeper so I can house bigger books. Deeper books.” Our favorite response (and mentioned by Billy) came from Rosie Gray at the Village Voice who wrote in reply to all the frantic waving of hands and “sky is falling” reports, “It looks more like a thing that holds books and less like a thing that is setting out to kill the publishing industry, but maybe that’s just us.” And while all of this was going on, not many outlets seemed to pick up on the bigger story, that only had the company redesigned its 30-year old staple, but had also slashed its prices on the bookcase, a sign for those, like at Bloomberg, who take seriously the “Ikea Index,” in which price changes reflect international financial health.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Design School?
As designers, we solve problems. Indeed, pursuing a design education is probably the first great problem we’re tasked with solving. It all starts with uncertainty and learning, moves on into hard work and refinement, and ends (ideally) with a really simple goal: becoming a designer. Staying on course and reaching that goal is no easy task — nor should it be — and a bit of guidance along the way can be a very good thing.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Emigre Fonts PDF Catalogs
SF State celebrates Park(ing) Day this Thursday, 9/15, from 2-4pm, come check out these new pop-up 'parks' and win prizes!
PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spaces into temporary parks for the public good. SF State 'parks' will be located at: The Quad, Tapia Drive, Holloway Ave, Centennial Walk and on 19th Avenue. Zipcar and the campus Transportation Department will be tabling at the Quad as well.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Fwd: carson's talk canceled
david carson is in europe and can't make it back to california in time for the lecture. please inform your students that the event has been canceled.
bah.
bah.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Confessions of a Typomaniac
By SIMON GARFIELD
Essay in WSJ
"Of all the truly calamitous afflictions of the modern world, typomania is one of the most alarming and least understood. It was first diagnosed by the German designer Erik Spiekermann as a condition peculiar to the font-obsessed, and it has one common symptom: an inability to walk past a sign (or pick up a book or a menu) without needing to identify the typeface. Sometimes font freaks find this task easy, and they move on; and sometimes their entire day is wrecked until they nail it."
Volunteer at the AIGA Pivot National Conference
Volunteering at "Pivot" is a great way to participate in the conference, meet new people, network, get inspired and have fun!
We're seeking volunteers to help us with on-site event management in Phoenix. Volunteer positions are available on a first-come, first-served basis, though regional members or student groups accompanied by an educator are preferred.
Application deadline: Thursday, September 15 (the deadline has been extended to overlap with the current student membership drive)
Be part of the team that makes this event a success!
David Carson at SJSU
San Jose State University Department of Design presents David Carson5 PM Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Admission: Free
Location: Tower Hall (Morris Dailey Auditorium), San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA
David Carson is an American graphic designer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. As an art director of Ray Gun (1992-5), Carson came to worldwide attention. In a feature story, NEWSWEEK magazine said he "changed the public face of graphic design". When Graphic Design USA Magazine(NYC) listed the "most influential graphic designers of the era" David was listed as one of the all time 5 most influential designers, with Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Saul Bass and Massimo Vignelli. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era. David Carson's boundary-breaking typography ushered in a new vision of type and page design. He made the point, over and over, that letters on a page are art. Carson claims that his work is "subjective, personal and very self indulgent". Design educator and historian Ellen Lupton said after the release of Davids 4th book Trek. "David Carson continues to be one of the worlds most distinctive typographic voices—much imitated, but never matched" (ID Mag.nyc). AIGA (the American Institute of Graphic Arts) called Carson "our biggest star". The magazine Eye (london) produced a graphic chart showing Carson to be the most 'googled' graphic designer ever. Since 2010, he has lectured, held workshops and exhibitions in Europe and Asia, and United states.
Parking info: http://www.sjsu.edu/parking/
Directions and maps: http://sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/campus_maps/
Thursday, September 1, 2011
DAI 300's Recombinant Furniture exhibition!
Reception:
Rearranging the Syntax of a Design Vocabulary
SFSU Design and Industry students enrolled in Mimi Sheiner’s DAI-300 Design Process class over the past academic year were asked to create lamps and chairs using non-traditional, re-purposed materials. The result is not merely a showcase of technical craftsmanship. Rather, it is a series of startling and often humorous insights into a changing era of design that is shifting its vision to gaze on a greener future while demanding unconventional innovations in order for survival.
Location The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center, SFSU
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Thursday, September 1 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Come enjoy snacks and refreshments
Available for public viewing September 1 - 30
Rearranging the Syntax of a Design Vocabulary
SFSU Design and Industry students enrolled in Mimi Sheiner’s DAI-300 Design Process class over the past academic year were asked to create lamps and chairs using non-traditional, re-purposed materials. The result is not merely a showcase of technical craftsmanship. Rather, it is a series of startling and often humorous insights into a changing era of design that is shifting its vision to gaze on a greener future while demanding unconventional innovations in order for survival.
Location The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center, SFSU
C-134 third floor
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