as an aside, for Dig 2, please read the article linked to this. Thanks to Zarine for der link.

things most remarkable No. 12 ( for an extra mark )

who uses this font in a lot of their work ? and has for years

Extended Evening Lab Hours

until the end of the semester, the lab will be open

an extra 2 hours

Monday ( 2 hrs commencing after last class )
Wednesday ( 2 hrs commencing after last class )
Friday ( 2 hrs commencing after last class )

groovy

Irving Penn (June 16 1917 - Oct. 7 2009) 

Last week, aged 92 years, an artist of rare genius, passed away. Irving Penn, was an iconic American photographer. Renowned for his uniquely elegant sense of line and form, virtuoso command of natural, classical lighting, and perhaps most notably - his wonderful ability to express the commonplace in the most remarkable of ways.
Irving Penn worked succesfully for decades for all the shiniest magazines in New York and Paris as a studio illustrator, but he was perhaps - as revered artistically for his personal - more private work, than for the brilliance of his commercial fashion and product photography.

Instantly identifiable, Penn's images, more than any other photographer of his generation defined studio photography, and he has had an indelible influence on each succeeding generation of photographers that were fortunate enough to know his work. Irving Penn is irreplaceable, a true visionary, rest in peace. his name is linked, please read

A particularly gifted former student who has since gone on to far away fame and fortune as an animator and 3D imaging software developer, sent me this interesting site.

Digital two please have a visit; a site about informatics, the emerging if reluctant marriage of information and imaging - now enjoying a great leap forward far removed from the land of bar graphs and pie charts.

Word to the wise my little monkeys, while the author of the site genuinely enthuses that beauty is possible in the world of quantization, his work itself, regrettably, is not that remarkable.

In Our Library (an antique colloquialism if there ever was one, they store these things called books, perhaps you've heard of them ?) are a number of really beautiful texts by Edward Tufte, if you're at all interested in the subject or plan to pass our class, (and it is an interesting and vigorously evolving field of work) have a look at his books. the word informatics is linked ...

digital one, consider for a moment how this

cupboard/sideboard by Ettore Sottsass Jr.,

differs from that of the furniture we recently

studied by Carlo Bugatti. Be prepared to

discuss it. both names are linked

In 1980, Ettore Sottsass, Jr., one of the senior

Italian designers of the time, founded the Milan

design cooperative Memphis with two colleagues,

Andrea Branzi and Allesandro Mendini. Memphis

pieces, such as the "Casablanca" cabinet displayed

here, were self-consciously flamboyant riffs on the

postmodern design then in vogue. Although the

cooperative lasted only for five years, its risky

exuberance expanded the boundaries of modern

furniture and continues to influence designers today.

The Plain Beauty of Well-Made Things

digital two, please read the linked article

Arising from our class discussions. Digital 1 ( both sections ) , carefully read and generally commit to memory for next weeks class, not the class immediately threatening, but the next.

The following ....

Try to identify the defining or central characteristics of the individuals, the works, or movements linked to the names below.

I vigorously suggest that you follow the links or connections along their natural progression, perhaps from person to person, or work to work, or even movement to movement, as one might also follow a country path wandering along. Just look about. Try to both appreciate the works themselves, and try also to begin to perceive the enduring connections between them, and recognize that they are as art works or moments in Art History, inextricably bound to each other by context. Each person or work having an effect, an influence upon the other.

It is some of the finest of modern art and represents some of the pivotal

redefinitions of style and ideas, in Modern Art History.

no.1 Vincent

Try not to be obsessive with the minutiae, endeavour to comprehend the work or movements in rather broad strokes (sorry about the pun) so to as better understand the general historical context and the progression of styles, philosophies and ways of working. If you find this all a trifle overwhelming, just think of it as gossip, because some of it frankly, is. Cool

no.2 Davide

no.3 Paul Gaughin

no.4 Cubism

no.5 Henri

no.6 Impressionism

digital too, visit this site.

design two - do work hard on your layout project, as it does tend to show when you don't ...



.... search, investigate, explore - try new things. Go back the way you came and look again, keep moving, collect, experimento, eat ice cream

www.lapp-pro.de/ check this out.

The name light graffiti struggles to do these displays justice.

The fantastic spectacles of colour - which are the latest trend in street art - are as impressive as fireworks.

A host of light sources, from flash lights and bike lights to blinking LED lights, are used to 'paint' a picture straight onto the camera lens. Also known as light drawing or light painting, these arresting images are created with long exposure cameras in the dark. Sometimes the exposures run on for longer than an hour.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1210538/Pictured-The-incredible-light-graffiti-created-host-light-sources-shine-straight-camera-lens.html#ixzz0QA1wXtTJ

my dear hipsters, here's my fall

schedule click to resize image,

and here's the url http://myclass

outlines.blogspot.com/ for the

course descriptions, should you

need. see you soon. aaaaaaarrrr

hhhh !!@^*@3 sputter cheers tf

hope your summers going swimmingly, I'm wearing flippers, and imagining I'm a porpoise on purpose

Dieter Rams, designer - Cold War Modern from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

I'd like to wish everyone a perfect holiday with lots of surprises, brilliant discoveries and extra ice cream. For those of you leaving us, best luck and always remember to always wear clean elephants. Cheers TF

visit the remarkable Jessica Hische, so cool she's peppermint

my new favorite poster, from Steven Soderbergh's
latest film, I've yet to find out the designer's name,
any ideas ?

DON'T FORGET EVERYBODY,
THAT YOUR PORTFOLIO IS
DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE LAST CLASS. EITHER
ON A CD/DVD OR ON A USB KEY.
IF YOU PUT IT ON A CD/DVD, IT
WILL NOT BE RETURNED - IF
YOU SAVE IT TO YOUR USB
KEY, IT WILL BE RETURNED
NEXT SEMESTER ONLY. THERE
ARE NO EXCEPTIONS ON
THIS FINAL PART OF YOUR
CLASS, SO MAKE SURE IT'S
READY.

cliques moi

here are the quotes for the text assignment, as requested

careful what you wish for - more wit and whimsy from the Studio DDB

things you should see from a sight full of great ideas, and great solutions ! cliquez moi , site courtesy of the brilliant designer Mohammed Thiam

PEN Canada, for Freedom of Expression - freedom of expression, is something that most of us tend to take for granted (at least until we lose it), yet it's a central, and critically defining aspect of any functioning democracy, and certainly an elemental part of an individual's personal freedoms.

Pen Canada, is a remarkable resource, and one which both eloquently and sadly reminds us, of how precarious freedom of expression is, and how constantly under threat it remains worldwide. Remember Thoreau's dictum that "civil disobedience is civil defence" .. visit the site

Extended Evening Lab Hours

starting next week, until the end of the semester, the lab will be open

Monday 6-8
Wednesday 5-7
Thursday 4:30-6:30
Friday 4:30-6:30

groovy

the great web page debate of 2009 - recently, our
design students have commented on how poorly our web
site design compares with other, comparable colleges'
web sites. (especially Dawson's site above)

I'd like to know what you think .. , visit the sites linked
below, and consider the design and compare the sites.

Does each site design articulate the personality and values of the
representative institution in a creative, interesting and efficient
way ? If so how, and if not why ?

Consider the often "complicated" relationship between data
and design, between functionality and aesthetics.

It can be very difficult to find a balance between the two,
wherein both needs are met. Informatics, traditionally the
design and presentation of information, is an evolving practise,
which has become more and more commonly a part in a designers
sphere of activity.

Are some sites better than others ? If so, how ? What has the
designer done to ensure that the school is seen in its best
and most irresistible light ?

What needs to be done to improve the design ? Remember,
the designer, presumably, doesn't have a lot of time for upkeep,
or a big budget. It's probably a one person job, hampered by
the slow grinding glacial nature of committees.

That's the challenge, how do you work within those constraints ?
What advice or criticism would you give ? Hold your comments
until class please.

























http://www.cvm.qc.ca/Pages/index.aspx

http://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/

http://www.marianopolis.edu/

http://www.johnabbott.qc.ca/

http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/

have a good, safe holiday or I'll smack you.