since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things, (that) will never wholly kiss you... ee cummings
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
abstract city
I LEGO N.Y.
abstract city is a roll model for us. check out more creative impulses here @ abstract city. these are the types of results that inspire an audience. so much economy, and fun!
Poster Boy Is Caught Zorro with a razor blade...
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good and modest expectations.
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think is still the secret of great creative people.
What else is this like?
How would you explain this to your parents?
Back up a few steps. What else could you have done?
Take away as much mystery as possible. What is left?
abstract city is a roll model for us. check out more creative impulses here @ abstract city. these are the types of results that inspire an audience. so much economy, and fun!
Poster Boy Is Caught Zorro with a razor blade...
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good and modest expectations.
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think is still the secret of great creative people.
What else is this like?
How would you explain this to your parents?
Back up a few steps. What else could you have done?
Take away as much mystery as possible. What is left?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
(brain assistant box) on to 4x 5 cards for monday feb 2
per our class discussion- connections can be made by combining individual image cards and word clipping cards (thoughts expressed as words). make sure to shift and try different arrangements that create new ideas. the ideas happen by these random connections might not be going in the same direction as your original plan. let things happen, look for new connections that take you into new territory. “the oblique strategies" can help you find a new point of view...
connections are all around us
connections can lead to new connections
connections generate authenticity
authenticity is persuasive
generate your cards and post on your blog for Monday. Make Connections!
be sure to check out the other class blog.
Realizations about design process: (thank you polly)... in her words
Robert Wilson is a designer of space, time—theatrical events. He begins thinking about new performances by creating a series of abstract charcoal drawings, arranging them into sequences, then studying the drawings, looking for stories and structures for the stage.
I one time had the opportunity to talk to Nancy Skolos of Skolos Wedell. She told me how she would cut little compositions out of paper and arrange them while talking on the phone, catalogue the compositions, and pull them out for poster designs at a later date.
Both processes ( I am so relieved to know ) fly in the face of what I had always believed to be true—a concept must be created first, then form is determined to support that concept. There is no right or wrong way to approach design. The only way to approach design, is to be true to the way you see the world. But, first make sure you are looking (and seeing).
a little bit of synchronicity: The current show in the Selby Gallery titled Thomas Woodruff's Freak Parade is on exhibit in the Selby Gallery. He was only in his 20's when he collaborated with Robert Wilson on set decor for a theatrical performance titled Edison.
connections are all around us
connections can lead to new connections
connections generate authenticity
authenticity is persuasive
generate your cards and post on your blog for Monday. Make Connections!
be sure to check out the other class blog.
Realizations about design process: (thank you polly)... in her words
Robert Wilson is a designer of space, time—theatrical events. He begins thinking about new performances by creating a series of abstract charcoal drawings, arranging them into sequences, then studying the drawings, looking for stories and structures for the stage.
I one time had the opportunity to talk to Nancy Skolos of Skolos Wedell. She told me how she would cut little compositions out of paper and arrange them while talking on the phone, catalogue the compositions, and pull them out for poster designs at a later date.
Both processes ( I am so relieved to know ) fly in the face of what I had always believed to be true—a concept must be created first, then form is determined to support that concept. There is no right or wrong way to approach design. The only way to approach design, is to be true to the way you see the world. But, first make sure you are looking (and seeing).
a little bit of synchronicity: The current show in the Selby Gallery titled Thomas Woodruff's Freak Parade is on exhibit in the Selby Gallery. He was only in his 20's when he collaborated with Robert Wilson on set decor for a theatrical performance titled Edison.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Presentation 2: Experiences + Connections
Presentation 2: Experiences + Connections
Questions for the next presentation:
1)What are some different kinds of connections that can be made between image+image, words+images?
2)How do you know when you have and have not made connections?
“The Oblique Strategies" can help you find connections...
Dan Pink would say... ”Like drawing, Symphony is largely about relationships. People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must understand the connections between diverse, and seemingly separate,disciplines. They must know how to link apparently unconnected elements to create something new. And they must become adept at analogy—at seeing one thing in terms of another. “ -from A Whole New Mind.
A STORY IS A FACT, WRAPPED IN AN EMOTION THAT COMPELS US TO TAKE ACTION THAT TRANSFORMS OUR WORLD.
five basic components:
a passion- in which the story is told
hero- or narrator- to see through his or her eyes
antagonist or obstacle-
awareness- allows the hero to prevail
transformation- the results in the hero and the world
(from the book The Elements of Persuasion)
Questions for the next presentation:
1)What are some different kinds of connections that can be made between image+image, words+images?
2)How do you know when you have and have not made connections?
“The Oblique Strategies" can help you find connections...
Dan Pink would say... ”Like drawing, Symphony is largely about relationships. People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must understand the connections between diverse, and seemingly separate,disciplines. They must know how to link apparently unconnected elements to create something new. And they must become adept at analogy—at seeing one thing in terms of another. “ -from A Whole New Mind.
A STORY IS A FACT, WRAPPED IN AN EMOTION THAT COMPELS US TO TAKE ACTION THAT TRANSFORMS OUR WORLD.
five basic components:
a passion- in which the story is told
hero- or narrator- to see through his or her eyes
antagonist or obstacle-
awareness- allows the hero to prevail
transformation- the results in the hero and the world
(from the book The Elements of Persuasion)
Saturday, January 24, 2009
the idiosyncratic Gerhard Richter...
...an idiosyncratic combination of artistic instinct, technical dexterity and pure chance, Richter creates paintings of stunning beauty. As he has himself explained, "I want to end up with a picture that I haven't planned. This method of arbitrary choice, chance, inspiration and destruction may produce a specific type of picture, but it never produces a predetermined picture...I just want to get something more interesting out of it than those things I can think out for myself."
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