Dec 21, 2009
Monday Class
In case you didn't get Gen's email and are checking the blog, here is a message about Monday's class:
folks,
only 9 of you want to show up for the last classes...
tomorrow.
so, i'm gonna come in late (what else is new), but later than usual and leave earlier.
for nine folks i think 3 hours is plenty, no?
so, let's make it 5-8pm.
that gives us daytime hours and evening hours for both type class and intermediate design.
i'll start grading right after.
look forward to your good work.
see you tomorrow.
g.
btw. there's been no snow plow here and it's going to snow here again tomorrow.
so, please check your emails in case there's an emergency and i cannot get out.
thanks.
folks,
only 9 of you want to show up for the last classes...
tomorrow.
so, i'm gonna come in late (what else is new), but later than usual and leave earlier.
for nine folks i think 3 hours is plenty, no?
so, let's make it 5-8pm.
that gives us daytime hours and evening hours for both type class and intermediate design.
i'll start grading right after.
look forward to your good work.
see you tomorrow.
g.
btw. there's been no snow plow here and it's going to snow here again tomorrow.
so, please check your emails in case there's an emergency and i cannot get out.
thanks.
Dec 19, 2009
FINAL CRIT
Hi folks,
REMINDER:
GEN IS GRADING FROM THE BLOGS MONDAY NIGHT right after class.
gen cannot remember everything you have showed in class, so if it's not posted, it doesn't exist.
please POST ALL WORK you want considered toward a grade on your blog by 9pm, monday the 21st.
please do not send work via email for gen to look at to grade.
did i mention post?
POST!
[side note: i'm home in cali so won't be present for the last class but i'll look at all your blogs!! feel free to email me if you have any questions]
-e
REMINDER:
GEN IS GRADING FROM THE BLOGS MONDAY NIGHT right after class.
gen cannot remember everything you have showed in class, so if it's not posted, it doesn't exist.
please POST ALL WORK you want considered toward a grade on your blog by 9pm, monday the 21st.
please do not send work via email for gen to look at to grade.
did i mention post?
POST!
[side note: i'm home in cali so won't be present for the last class but i'll look at all your blogs!! feel free to email me if you have any questions]
-e
Dec 10, 2009
Debbie Millman / Design Matters
Design Matters, the long running design radio show by Debbie Millman, is making the jump to the small screen. SVA is producing a TV version of the show and will be taping the pilot episode this Friday. The first two guests are Milton Glaser and Stefan Sagmeister. To top it all off, the show will be directed by the wonderful Hillman Curtis.
The taping is open to the public!
The INVITE:
Debbie Millman, Hillman Curtis and Richard Wilde
invite you to the taping of the Design Matters Television Pilot
December 11, 2009
9:00am-6:00pm
Debbie will be interviewing
legendary designers Milton Glaser and Stefan Sagmeister
in front of a live, studio audience
School of Visual Arts Theater
333 West 23rd Street
New York City
Taping Schedule:
9-1: Debbie's monologues
2-6: Interviews with Milton and Stefan (separately)
Facebook event site.
http://debbiemillman.blogspot.com/
via http://blog.iso50.com/2009/12/07/debbie-millman-design-matters/
All Things Typographic 12/09
From Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio
Holiday greetings! Here's the latest scoop: -- TypeTalk: You ask, we answer -- Typeface as decoration: Thinking outside the alphabetical box -- Typembrya -- Homage to Velvet Touch Lettering -- Upcoming Typography Workshops -- Gourmet Typography Discount LAST MONTH -- The Type Studio now on Twitter
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| TypeTalk: You ask, we answer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Q. Most design software lets me stretch and squeeze characters, but I'm not sure how far is too far. Are there acceptable parameters for distorting type? Check it out...Q. I'm bored with the look of digital fonts, even the ones that try to look grungy. Do I have other options? Check it out...
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| Typeface as decoration: Thinking outside the alphabetical box ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Type is usually meant to be read. But not always! With a little imagination, you can use many typefaces to create engaging decorative elements. You can apply your original ornamentation to just about anything, from greeting cards and announcements to posters, book covers and editorial spreads. You can also use decorative type elements effectively on the Web and other dynamic applications. Read on...
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| Typembrya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  This short film shows a typographic mutation of an ampersand, inspired by current biotechnology methods. Created by Oded Ezer, Typembrya is a personal homage to the Mother & Child logo, designed by the legendary Herb Lubalin in 1967. Take a look...
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| Homage to Velvet Touch Lettering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Steve Heller's wonderfully nostalgic homage to the transfer type of the pre-computer (B.C.) era..."It was the wee hours of Monday morning some months back when my computer died while I was designing a brochure that had to be finished later that day. Without a computer what could I do? Dependency is a horrible thing. But rather than self-indulgently wallow in misfortune, I walked over to a flat file where I stored dozens of old press type sheets." Check it out...
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| Upcoming Typography Workshops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Every creative professional, including the most seasoned designer, can benefit from learning to communicate more effectively with type. This workshop will give you the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to visibly improve your type. It will sharpen your eye and reignite your passion for typography.Typography for Print: The Finer Points Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) Boston, MA Friday, January 8 If you'd like to see Gourmet Typography come to Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or any other city, let me know! Ilene
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| Gourmet Typography Discount LAST MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  In today's competitive market, you need all the edge you can get. Whether you are a student or a professional, having strong typographic skills should be at the top of your list.Bring Gourmet Typography Training right to your company, school or organization! Workshops are customized for groups of any size and designed to fit your specific needs. Sessions are scheduled for your convenience - daytime, evenings or weekends. We will design a program customized for your particular requirements. ONSITE TRAINING: $300 off workshops booked through December. "I found your class to be the missing link in the field of graphic design. I have had type classes before and the content is mostly about the structure of fonts, word usage style and then how to see type as a design element. Very important classes, but not all inclusive. Having been in the field for over 16 years, I was surprised how much I learned and some of the practical information about what to do with fonts. Thanks again!" For more info, click here or call 203.227.5929.
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| The Type Studio now on Twitter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Yes, I gave in to Twitter pressure. It's no longer your teenager's social networking tool, but a valuable source of education and information for students, educators and professionals of all kinds.Follow me at Twitter for the best of typographic rants, raves, reviews, and releases.
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Dec 9, 2009
Good Advice From Dr. Seuss
I couldn't get this to show up bigger but transcripts are below and here's the link. Enjoy!
Transcripts:
First Letter
Second Letter
Third Letter
Dear Howard......
It sure made me feel GOOD, reading your letter and seeing what you've been accomplishing during the past 25 years! It makes me especially happy to have played a small part in it.
May your first book, WENDEL, sell a billion copies. And may your next 25 years be even better than the 25 you've just conquered!
All the best
Dr. Seuss
Transcripts:
First Letter
Dr. Seuss
THE TOWER
La Jolla, California
May 12, 1957
Dear Howard:
I am very sorry to have been so long in answering your very friendly letter of April 13th. But I've been East. And the letter's been waiting me here in the West.
Your theatre productions sound wonderful. And I am very proud that you dedicated it to me.. and performed so many of my stories in it.
....
About giving you advice...pointers on how to properly write and illustrate a picture book...all I can say is this:
This is a field in which no one can give you pointers but yourself.
The big successes in this field all succeeded because they wrote and they wrote and they drew and they drew. They studied what they'd drawn and they studied what they'd written each time asking themselves one question: How can I do it better, next time?
To develop an individual style of writing and drawing, always go to yourself for criticsm. If you ask advice from too many other people, then you no longer are yourself.
The thing to do, and I am sure you will do it, is to keep up your enthusiasm! Every job is a lot of fun, no matter how much work it takes. If you'll plug away and do exactly what you are doing, making it better and better every month and every year...that you CAN be successful.
The very best of luck to you!
Your friend,
(Signed, 'Dr. Seuss')
Second Letter
January 3, 1985
Theodore Geisel/Dr. Seuss
The Tower
La Jolla, CA
Dear Mr. Geisel/Dr. Seuss,
If you peer at the two Xerox copies which are attached to this letter, you'll recognize them as your gracious responses to a thirteen/fifteen-year-old Alabama boy who wrote to you in 1957 and 1959. I told you about the puppet-show adaptations of Bartholomew and the Oobleck, and McElligot's Pool which I wrote and performed for neighborhood kids in my basement, and I confided that I hoped to grow up and write and illustrate children's books myself. As you can see, you gave me a valuable gift: you took me seriously.
It's been twenty-five years since the second of your two letters to me was written. During that time, I've often thought that I should write and thank you for the encouraging words which you offered me. On my fortieth birthday last May, I was given (at my request) The Butter Battle Book. I enjoyed seeing the world through your eyes again as much as I did when I was very young, and I appreciate your willingness to engage a truly serious and important subject within the children's book format.
I have not illustrated any children's books yet, but I have grown-up to be a cartoonist and humorous illustrator. My principal interest is in comic strips for adults, and I fill out my extra time doing spot drawings for magazines. My first book--a trade paperback collection of my comic strip Wendel--will be published at the end of 1985.
Although I couldn't claim to enjoy a hundredth of your own stature as an artist, I occasionally receive letters from youngsters not unlike the letters I wrote to you. And remembering the strength of the childhood dreams which are represented by such letters, I try very hard to do as you did and treat the young artist as a person with dignity. Thanks for showing me, in your work all through the years as well as in the particular letters you wrote to me, both how to be a wonderful artist and how to be a kind and supportive human being.
Yours sincerely,
Howard Cruse
Third Letter
Dear Howard......
It sure made me feel GOOD, reading your letter and seeing what you've been accomplishing during the past 25 years! It makes me especially happy to have played a small part in it.
May your first book, WENDEL, sell a billion copies. And may your next 25 years be even better than the 25 you've just conquered!
All the best
Dr. Seuss
Dec 3, 2009
AIGANY Sloppy Office Party!
TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2009 6:30-9:30PM
SLOPPY OFFICE PARTY
´Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the chapter,
There was loud music playing--
And, oy vey--the laughter!
It was coming, of course
From the Holiday Party
It´s remarkably hip--
and (hello people!) it's arty!
details / come!
Dec 2, 2009
Dec 1, 2009
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