I first saw Michael Bierut onstage during the design “reality show” Command-X at the AIGA Make/Think conference in Memphis. If Sean Adams was the cool and collected advice-givning Tim Gunn character, Michael was the bubbly host Heidi Klum (hey, that’s a compliment if I ever heard one). During the student portfolio review later that evening, [...]
Gx | Thursday 24 February 2011 | 7-9pm
Hillside Campus | Los Angeles Time Media Center
3×3: Transmedia Design: Communication Design Across Space, Time, and Behavior
Featuring Brad Bartlett, Dan Goods, and Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin, http://www.aaronkoblin.com
Dan Goods, http://directedplay.com/
Brad Bartlett, www.bradbartlettdesign.com
Event Description
Each term Art Center’s graphic design department brings together three design professionals to discuss [...]
Jeri Heiden still works with many of the friends she met back in her Art Center student days, “Photographers like George Holz, Just Loomis, and Victoria Pearson.” As for remembering her instructors… well, not so much. She also mentions the school’s “terrific mentoring program.”
Read my full interview with Jeri, and see more of her music [...]
A very interesting article written by Steve McCallion from Ziba Design. For those who have not been following the debate, this will inspire you to really think about design and the context it plays in todays and future communications design thinking that is taking place.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662542/the-real-lesson-of-the-gap-debacle-logos-arent-key-anymore
I suggest if you have time, read this article from IDEO. Who knows, it just may help you in the future—or now. It is a quick read that will give you insight:
IDEO: Good Stories Make Good Brands.
Here’s 4 Tips and 7 Examples
People trade experiences and ideals through narrative; brands can (and should) be part of [...]
In case you missed this in fast company and business week, this is a good article to read regarding Dave Butlers’s work for Coke. Must Read. Enjoy! http://www.fastcompany.com/design/2009/featured-story-david-butler and http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/aug2008/id20080825_105720.htm
As the air care market is estimated to grow to an annual $7.2 billion by 2010, brands like Glade have revamped their appearance to present a new face to the ever-growing industry.
Glade’s “stylish new expression” includes a new, more liberated, script logotype and a cleaned up version of their old package design. The new packaging uses [...]