stuff I like

I really respond to handmade stuff like this:

http://www.designobserver.com/

Journal entry 13

"common sense"

This was an ok speech. It was interesting how you didn't know what he was talking about during his story and then he'd come out with something funny like "common sense."

User generated content - expands creativity. People do it for the love of what they're doing, not for money. It's what your kids are doing right now. Anybody can do it. They can remix stuff and make it new and creative. It's not piracy.

(Re)creativity. It rejects copyright, or instead, rewrites it.

Journal entry 12

Paula Scher was really interesting. I love most of her work. I really liked the "Jazz" signage that she talked about. She listened to the owner who knew about jazz and designed it like jazz would look. I also really liked some of her other signage. She made it fit into the city, on poles and in windows.

She says that she begun illustrating her own type, instead of using nice clean helvetica.

She said that a computer doesn't feel or smell like an art supply. She says that it's more like a car.

She also doesn't believe in process ;)

David Carson put typography into scenery and put stuff together that didn't really go together. He says that his lack of training probably help him. He says to pull from what you are as a person.. and put that into your work.

He did Raygun, which nobody approved what he did or anything. He did crazy stuff sometimes and you couldn't even read the articles. Some people said that it was disrespectful to the writing, and some said that it was genius.

Lawrence Weiner has a funny ponytail and he says that an artist lives in the stream of life. They don't live up on a mountain, they live within culture. He says that he prefers sans serifs that are non-authoritative. He says that he hates helvetica, because it's always saying the same thing.

He says to figure out a way to go around it, under it, or above it. Don't just accept it.

All of these designers don't really like computers....

AE Trial

Here is the first version of the first 7 seconds of my speech

Journal entry 11

Debbie Millman - is the president of the Design division at Sterling Brands, New York, host of the radio show "Design Matters" on DesignObserver.com, the Chair of the new Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts, a contributing Editor at Print Magazine, a design blogger for Fast Company and an author on the design blog Brand New. She is the President of AIGA and the author of three books.

Design Matters - "Design Matters" is an opinionated and provocative internet talk radio show. The show combines a stimulating point of view about graphic design, branding and cultural anthropology. In a business world dependent on change, design is one of the few differentiators left.

I listened to the interview with Dee Dee Gordon - She is a youth-culture expert and trend researcher. Her work was featured on PBS' Frontline special "Merchants of Cool."

It had a funny and interesting little story at the beginning about Debbie as a middle-schooler in the 70s. They then go on to talk about Facebook and other social media, and laugh about it.

Someone said that Dee Dee's skill is "understanding." She worked at Converse and has done some really cool things. Interesting fact: when Kurt Cobain committed suicide, he was wearing converse.

She feels that she's found her niche. She created the L-Report. She is interested in graphic arts, social media, trends, mixed media, creative writing... everything. It was called "a pretentious European arts magazine" and that no one would care about it. However, it is very successful now.

Awesome Type videos

Typolution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPfTlpCKaw&feature=related

This is an awesome video that makes rain and trees out of type. Love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbwXnFbCTDA&feature=related

This is almost like our project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBSVhjufFo&feature=related

Super awesome.

Journal entry 10

"State of the Planet"

is a good After Effects video, but I think that there is a disconnect between the tone of the speech and the visuals. The visuals are fun and full of bright, childish colors. But there is good use of typography and the important words are emphasized using size contrast and color.

"Inner City Arts"

videos combines simple animation with video footage and music. The cute, simple animation at the beginning works really well with the rest of the video. The tones match, because it is for a kid's art organization.

"Saturday: Piles of Paper Medical"

is a great infographic. It shows the percentage of medical institutions that use electronic records, by showing these cute folders with faces. The smaller percentage one is accordingly smaller.