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.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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."
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
EXPERIENCES 1.0
first read pages 1 through 28 in keri smith's book.
take some time and look over your book, identify the experience you want to do first.
next week engage in your first experience.
document it with one of the methods indicated in the book.
look through the book like you are looking at the items at the second hand store... which ones talk to you? those are the ones you want to do.
tell me what it is. post which you will do on your blog, indicate where and when you will do this. what means will you use to document the experience?
WORDS + IMAGES ON CARDS (brain assistant box)
translate your experience into 3 x 5 sized cards. this can be any paper stock or method of image reproduction you would like. make as many cards as you would like to make. (at least 10) read from any of the readings listed, or maybe there is a reading from the past that you thought was important. look at it again and pull the content you responded to. extract meaningful words, phrases, paragraphs and add these to the cards—as many as you would like. (at least 10). make sure to note your sources for future reference on all image collection and readings that come from books.
at the end of the week, review the weeks collection / experiences. look for curiosities, the unusual, then connections. note these connections. keep these connections. from the connections you make (make as many as you can) post the most successful ones on your blog and write a brief summary. a summary can be a word, statement, paragraph— a found thought or quote-everything is of value. if you don’t have a connection post something anyway as a question (which are more interesting than answers anyway). ask a question—what the heck is a connection and how do I make them in my everyday life? But write a summary of your experience. go deep. brevity + levity rules the day. what is valuable?
READINGS
an incomplete manifesto
brian eno’s oblique strategies
things i have learned so far in my life stephan sagmeister
michael bierut:
why designer’s can’t think
on falling off a treadmill
some of these original texts can be found on design observer.com
thedailyscrapbook.com
a scrapbook page is presented each day from her recent book
titled “scrapbooks”.
take some time and look over your book, identify the experience you want to do first.
next week engage in your first experience.
document it with one of the methods indicated in the book.
look through the book like you are looking at the items at the second hand store... which ones talk to you? those are the ones you want to do.
tell me what it is. post which you will do on your blog, indicate where and when you will do this. what means will you use to document the experience?
WORDS + IMAGES ON CARDS (brain assistant box)
translate your experience into 3 x 5 sized cards. this can be any paper stock or method of image reproduction you would like. make as many cards as you would like to make. (at least 10) read from any of the readings listed, or maybe there is a reading from the past that you thought was important. look at it again and pull the content you responded to. extract meaningful words, phrases, paragraphs and add these to the cards—as many as you would like. (at least 10). make sure to note your sources for future reference on all image collection and readings that come from books.
at the end of the week, review the weeks collection / experiences. look for curiosities, the unusual, then connections. note these connections. keep these connections. from the connections you make (make as many as you can) post the most successful ones on your blog and write a brief summary. a summary can be a word, statement, paragraph— a found thought or quote-everything is of value. if you don’t have a connection post something anyway as a question (which are more interesting than answers anyway). ask a question—what the heck is a connection and how do I make them in my everyday life? But write a summary of your experience. go deep. brevity + levity rules the day. what is valuable?
READINGS
an incomplete manifesto
brian eno’s oblique strategies
things i have learned so far in my life stephan sagmeister
michael bierut:
why designer’s can’t think
on falling off a treadmill
some of these original texts can be found on design observer.com
thedailyscrapbook.com
a scrapbook page is presented each day from her recent book
titled “scrapbooks”.
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