Presenting Data and Information: A One-Day Course Taught by Edward Tufte

"the leonardo da vinci of data," edward tufte, is teaching a one-day class on infographics.

dates for NYC are march 18th and march 19th

the fee is pricey ($380), but includes his 4 books:


"the leonardo da vinci of data," edward tufte, is teaching a one-day class on infographics.

dates for NYC are march 18th and march 19th

the fee is pricey ($380), but includes his 4 books:

topics covered in this one-day course:

fundamental strategies of analytical design
evaluating evidence used in presentations
statistical data: tables, graphics, and semi-graphics
business, scientific, research, and financial presentations
complexity and clarity
effective presentations: on paper and in person
interface design
use of PowerPoint, video, overheads, and handouts
multi-media, internet, and websites
credibility of presentations
animation and scientific visualizations
many practical examples

more info here

THIRD ASSIGNMENT

Select one of the following for the third assignment due Monday, 4/5

1) CD Packaging:
*front and back covers
*disc
*booklet

*i will send you templates. there are many on the web also, but NO jewel cases.

2) Book Covers:
*three by the same author, boxed set or three different authors that might be boxed together.

3) PSA Posters:
*mostly typographic
*no big causes - local stuff like ghost bike, bike kill, stoop sale, etc.

4) Set a Short Story:
*in book form with chaper heads
*metamorphosis, edgar allen poe short, flannery o'connor, rilke, letters to a young port, etc.
*more contemporary author fine too.

5) Product Packaging

5-a) Packaging Variation:
*go to a thrift shop.
*pick up three items for under $25.
*package them together as a set with the same branding, tag system, box, bag, wrapping tissue, brand sticker, etc.

Any questions please contact me and/or Genevieve!

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UPDATED TIMELINE

2/8: type specimen due

2/8 - 3/1: second assignment: reading response/self-initiated project

3/1: second assignment due

3/1 - 4/5: third assignment: select from list (see next post)

3/8: spring break, no class

3/29: passover, no class

4/5: third assignment due

4/5 - 4/26: fourth assignment: self-branding:
*website/blog/online portfolio
*business card
*leave-behind

4/26: Final Crit

Pass/Fail

Tyler Thompson has got pretty fed up with the design of boarding passes, or lack of design, so has had a bash himself. You can see more of the designs at his dedicated Boarding Pass/Fail website





If you fancy designing one yourself you can submit your own attempts to his website.

You can already see a range of designs, some of which are ‘ideal world’ designs, some are working with the existing limitations of boarding passes, of which thermal printing is one of them.

-Jeff Knowles

(via http://www.hypefortype.com/blog/)

AIGA Event: The Heads of State

THURSDAY 1 APRIL 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

COLLABORATION: THE HEADS OF STATE

Whether working 3,000 miles apart on a silkscreen for Sonic Youth, or 3-feet away on an illustration for The New York Times, this duo collaborates on nearly every detail.

Please join us for an evening of posters, books, illustrations, broken pencils, heavy metal guitar techniques, marriage counseling, and these crets to everlasting creative collaboration.

DETAILS / REGISTER

looking for freelance design work?

check out new post on from D to C - freelance job available!

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Th 2/25: Design for Humans event

Design for Humans
A conversation on user-centered design with National Design Award Winners and Finalists who have been recognized for their contribution to the field of Product Design. Moderated by Jesse Ashlock, former Editor-in-Chief of I.D. Magazine. Speakers include a pioneer of ergonomic design, Niels Diffrient, driven by the need to improve the way existing products work. Sigi Moeslinger and Masamichi Udagawa of Antenna Design, combining technological complexity with a sense of humanity. Smart Design founder, Dan Formosa, explains their simple goal: social responsibility through design.
http://events.cooperhewitt.org/
When: February 25, 2010, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm
Where: Cooper Hewitt, 2 East 91st Street New York, NY
Price: $10 members and students, $15 general public

Avant-garde's Letterhead

The following are from Elaine Lustig Cohen and Ellen Lupton's book Letters from the Avant Garde: Modern Graphic Design, most of which came from Elaine Lustig Cohen's personal collection. Elaine Lustig Cohen was an excellent artist/designer [more on that in a later post] who was married to the great Alvin Lustig. She and her second husband, author/publisher Arthur Cohen, began collecting letterhead in the 1970s for their Ex Libris gallery, but the letters rarely sold. Although collectors at the time tended to view them as unimportant, they offer an unique and personal perspective into many of the most important artistic movements of the early twentieth century.

Kurt Schwitters, Merz Werbezentrale envelope. Hanover, 1924


Josef Peeters, Het Overzicht postcard. Antwerp, 1923


Joost Schmidt, Das Bauhaus in Dessau postcard. Dessau, 1925-26


Johannes Baader and Raoul Hausmann, Club Dada postcard. Berlin, c. 1919


Herbert Bayer, Ernst Kraus Glasmaler Weimar. Weimar, 1924 (Collection W Michael Sheehe, New York)


FT Martinetti, drawing by Giacomo Ball, Movimento Futurista. Rome, 1939


Fortunato Depero, Depero. Italy (Trentino), c. 1927 (Collection Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica)


El Lissitzky. Moscow, 1924


El Lissitzky, VescObjectGegenstand. Berlin, 1922 (from the collection of Hans Berndt, Germany)


E McKnight Kauffer, Lumium Limited. London, 1935 (Collection Cooper-Hewitt, Nat. Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution)


Bruno Munari, Mazzotti. Italy, 1934


Benjamin Péret. Paris (Collection W Michael Sheehe, New York)


Anonymous, Fernando Cervelli. Rome, 1932 (Collection Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities, Santa Monica)


Anonymous, Cause Le Surréalism (a Surrealist association). Paris, 1940s


Alexander Rodchenko, Dobrolet State Merchant Air Service. Moscow, 1923

see full post here

tshirt design contest - design by humans

design by humans is site like threadless where you can submit (and buy) tshirts - selections for designs are based on an ongoing contest - do you have designs you'd like to submit?

Good Work from Deanne Cheuk

check out more of deanne cheuk's work here!