typ-o-graphy

I always enjoy Luz's links that she shares on Google Reader. Here's a great one on type.

WPA Posters

Highlights from the Library of Congress's WPA Posters.

Inspiring Designer Links

this afternoon I wrote...

Dear Luz, Can you send me some links to some inspiring designers for me AP students?

And this is what I got...incredible stuff here.

Christopher Ryan (graphic designer. his daily postings are really amazing.): http://cdryan.com/
Julien Valleé (paper artist): http://www.jvallee.com/
Theo Jansen (kinetic sculptures): http://www.strandbeest.com/
Erik Spiekermann (typographer) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Spiekermann (some good links at bottom)
Mattias Adolfsson (illustrator): http://mattiasa.blogspot.com/
Jason Santa Maria (designer): http://jasonsantamaria.com/portfolio/
Keri Smith (illustrator): http://www.kerismith.com/
Camilla Engman (illustrator and artist): http://www.camillaengman.com/misc/index.htm
Alvin Lustig (mid-century modern graphic designer): http://www.alvinlustig.org/index.asp
Jonathan Ive (industrial designer for Apple): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive
Steven Heller (art director and author of many books on design): http://www.hellerbooks.com/
Chip Kidd (book cover designer): http://goodisdead.com/
Charles + Ray Eames (architects, industrial designers, cinematographers): http://www.eamesgallery.com/
Scott Hansen (graphic designer): http://blog.iso50.com/
Jim Denevan (large-scale environmental artist): http://www.jimdenevan.com/images.htm
Nick Veasey (x-ray photographer): http://www.nickveasey.com/x-ray.html
James White (graphic designer): http://www.signalnoise.com/
Marian Bantjes (typographer and graphic designer): http://www.bantjes.com/
Veerle Pieters (web designer): http://veerle.duoh.com/
Carlos Lascano (stop motion animator): http://ideas.veer.com/skinny/post/2595
Jennifer Maestre (pencil sculptor): http://www.jennifermaestre.com/portfolio.php
Alejandro Paul (typographer): http://www.estudiopaul.com.ar/

Some recommendations from Tina Roth Eisenberg: http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/designers_i_like/

These are the big-guns of graphic design: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/medalists

Thanks again, my friend!

anybody heard of Hugh Locke?

This image is incredible. Would love to find more of his work: Hugh Locke

Praise effort

Here's an excellent article about the merits of praising effort over praising talent. Its nice to see data back up what I've seen this SO clearly in the classroom. Gifting is helpful, but umimpressive. Effort and character that is teachable - now that is impressive.

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids. Scientific America

TED...a new resourse

I just discovered TED.com. Here' a few I want to bookmark for reference.

• Photography Storytelling
• David Kelley from IDEO talks about human centered design
• Designing objects that tell stories
• Design solving small problems
• David Macauley on Rome
• Stephen Sagmeister on happiness and design
• Why design? by Philippe Starck
• animation of a cell
• "great cars are art"

Let me know if you know of any other good talks from here re: design.

online resources for 2D design & art students

Resources for teaching from McGraw Hill:

Websites for art & artists, art history, etc.
Student Resources for Launching the Imagination

Links for Art Periods and Movements

link love

heres some great self portraits by an artist named Mithi.

Hat Tip: Portrait Party.

fresh illo.

New (to me) fresh illustration. Jen Corace. i like the dense patterned ones under fine art.

Career Investigation

Graphic Design

• Collegeboard: Graphic Design Career
• Collegeboard: Graphic Design Major
  

• What is graphic design? - short video/article
• Who becomes a designer?
  
• What goes on in design school?
• What designers need to know
• Examples of Graphic Design. Choose some of the categories and it narrows it down for you.
• Check out the design "label" on the side here for more design goods. look for career stuff especially.

Illustration

• College board: Illustration Career
• choose the label on the right called illustration and click through some of the sites linked. these are mostly portfolio websites. be sure to look into the bio sections to learns about the education and background of the artists, so that you can learn about their careers a bit.
  

Collage examples

hey AP artists,

here are some links to artists who work with collage.

• Silja Goetz - her collage looks simple but shows off beautiful drawing skills
• See the Portfolio section of this painterly illustrator: Jenny Kroik
• Sara Fanelli - seemingly simple
• lots of layers of images...Tim Marrs
• Anthony Freda

I tried to give a variety of styles: some complex with lots of intricate drawing and some very simple. be inspired to try something new!

-miss J.

Celebrating Colour

First there was the Sony Bravia bouncy ball ad, then the paint ad.

here's the making of.

i love the performance-art nature of these. and of course that they celebrate color.

painter out in CA

ever heard of the L.A. River School painters?
check out these landscapes. nice color.

(HT: Drawn)

NYC subway map designer

interesting article on the NYC subway map design. especially the history - how the public reacted to maps in the 70s causing them to change them. the complexity of the NYC subway would make this a hard problem to solve. i like his point that a map can't do everything - it is limited and needs to interact with signage etc.

photographer

you can learn a lot by perusing photographer Jeremy Cowart's portfolio online.

Its a great lesson in composition. puzzle over why these are so strong. a few hints: look for negative space, point of view, and balance.

I'm sure theres lots to learn about photography here too. but i'm too busy trying to learn those myself to divulge them here. maybe somebody can enlighten me.

tasty design

• have i posted Design*Sponge before? its hip, fresh design.

• check out these custom, make your own hand bags: freddy&ma. very fun.

• and i found this wallpaper designer, dan funderburgh. wow! LOVE the drawing here.

on Target

Bringing hip design to the masses, here's a good article re: Target. i esp. appreciate the convo about creative risk.

design thinking

Nice design article about the pervasiveness of design.

i found this at richard florida's blog, which i now frequent, called the Creativity Exchange. Florida wrote the book The Rise of the Creative Class. which i like. he writes about how creative folks choose where to live and how to live.

i also am interetsed in Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind why Right Brainers will Rule the Future, who has some similar ideas but is more about creativity in the person...thats not a good explanation. i skimmed through the book from the library but should invest in my own copy. i like it that he spoke at the big recent art education conference in NYC. about the importance of art education.

Thomas Friedman who thinks the World is Flat also overlaps with these guys. he speaks of globalization and it makes me think of the the implications for design education.

ya some great brain candy...

Portrait Party

i love it that Rama Hughes has made a blog called the Portrait Party.

in college we called them drawing parties. "because drawing is always a party" was the often mentioned tag line. in art II this year we've called them drawing deuls. at the martins house i would often do this on art night.

whatever you wanna call it, sitting around drawing my friends drawing is one of my favorites things to do in life.

illustrator Irina Troitskaya

An illustrator named Irina Troitskaya. i love finding new and fresh compositions. like this diver. her flickr is super too. check out this marker usage. sweet. check out this pink sketchbook...