Design Thinking // Posted on June 22, 2010
The past month has been a time of reflection for me as I look back at my education and rationalize with my choices. It’s a coming to peace journey. One of my biggest regrets coming out of my undergraduate is that I didn’t do more (and a result as I review my student loans!). I [...]
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Performance Art // Posted on June 20, 2010
It was a cool summer night filled with good music and good wine. The topic of conversation: performance art. A good friend had shared her distaste for this peculiar art form, which is relatively new. It was difficult to not agree with her as this method of exploring the world through encounter rarely rises above [...]
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Sam Jinks // Posted on June 16, 2010
I have immense respect for sculptors, due in part to a few bad experiences I have had in sculpture class. Sam Jinks is one of those sculptors. For a final paper in a sculpture class I critiqued the works of Sam Jinks, a macabre photorealist sculptor that focuses on the human form. Drawing from his experience [...]
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James Victore: Sensation Design // Posted on June 11, 2010
I remember watching a short youtube film in a graphics class that chronicled the careers of some noteworthy American designers. One of the designers popped out at me instantly: James Victore. He jumped out at me for a few very different reasons. My contemporaries would classify me as a heavily Swiss influenced designer. That is [...]
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The Typography of “Where the Wild Things Are” // Posted on May 22, 2010
I might be the last designer to hop on this train, but I think it is worth mentioning especially as this blog is a chronicling of what is brewing in my brain. When the movie posters and trailers began to emerge for Where the Wild Things Are, I remember being taken aback by the type. [...]
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