Monday, October 24, 2011

Design Perspectives Lecture Series online

Over the past year, the Design department at Swinburn University has been holding their Design Perspectives Lectures on a regular basis. They've documented these on audio and video.

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/design-perspectives/

Eight lectures are now available online.

Nigel Cross - Creative Thinking in Design
Nigel Cross - Understanding Design Thinking
Wendy Wong - Chinese Graphic Design History in Greater China SInce 1979
Keith Russell - Chocolate Bread, Sacred Rice: Continental Ways of
Looking at Things
Judith Gregory - Activity Theory as a "Trading Zone" for Design
Research and Practice
Kalevi Ekman - The Story Behind Aalto University's Design Factory
Jacob Buur - User Centred Design
Pi'ikea Clark - Expanding Design Education through Indigenous Design

More lectures will be added as they complete the preparations

Sunday, October 23, 2011

"DESIGN TO LIVE..." Nathan Shapira Design Archive Opening Reception & Design Symposium



Open House Reception, Nathan Shapira Design Archive
5:30 - 6:30 PM, Tuesday, November 1st, 2011,
San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Building,
Graduate Studio Space, FA 151 and FA 151C

Symposium: Design to Live: Inclusive Design in the Majority World,
6:30 – 8:30 PM, in the Fine Arts Building, FA 115

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Rod Cavazos of PSY/OPS Type Foundry will be visiting DAI 425

10/19, 2pm in FA119

It’s open to all students - they can stop by and sit in on the lecture.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

ImagePlot visualization software

ImagePlot visualization software

ImagePlot visualization software: explore patterns in large image collections.

ImagePlot is a free software tool that visualizes collections of images and video of any size. It is implemented as a macro which works with the open source image processing program ImageJ.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Studio Tours: Stamen | AIGA San Francisco

Studio Tours: Stamen | AIGA San Francisco

Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tours sell out early, so get your tickets today!

Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of five influential Bay Area design studios during our Fall / Winter Studio Tours. See projects in progress, learn about different firms’ cultures and methodologies, and rub elbows with design luminaries and up-and-comings in the environment that inspires their best work.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century: Film Screening with director Q&A

Come join us at Typekit's headquarters on Tuesday October 4, 2011 for a more personal look at Richard Keglers' new documentary on metal typefaces. We'll open the doors at 7:00pm for drinks and begin the screening at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A at 8:30pm.

Making Faces' is a fascinating design documentary by Richard Kegler that captures the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist and type designer Jim Rimmer (1931-2010).