“Without aesthetic, design is either the humdrum repetition of familiar clichés or a wild scramble for novelty. Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance. Form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form.” -Paul Rand
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Design
Awesome Bands, Awesome Posters
Thanks to gigposters.com
Concert Posters
Two posters I designed for my sister-in-law’s upcoming concert at Duquesne University.
Salt City Urban Art & Craft Market
The band I play with, Plural Form, is performing at the Salt City Urban Art & Craft Market this weekend in Syracuse, NY. It should be a great time, we’re all really looking forward to it. The Salt City Urban Art & Craft Market provides a marketplace for locally independent artist, designers, and crafters to…
Theme of the Day: Circles!
Some great designs I found on Flickr that use one of my favorite shapes, circles!
It’s Obvious Why Rio Won the Olympic Bid…
they had a better logo. On second thought, I don’t know I can’t make up my mind. From the Rio bid site: “The Sugar Loaf in the shape of a heart represents the Brazilians’ indisputable passion and vibration for sports. The exclamation point replacing the numeral 1 in the writing ‘Rio 20!6’ symbolizes Brazil’s heightened…
Designers You Should Know: Anton Stankowski
“For him, design was a process, and at the beginning of every design process was not invention, but a critical exploration of the real givens” –The Design Theory, Curator: Peter von Kornatzki Maybe it has to do with Europe’s long and rich history and association with art. Or maybe it’s that Europeans just have more…
Plural Form Poster
New poster design I created for the band I’m in: Plural Form.
The Cult of Achievement: Why EQ is Better Than IQ
Another problem with the cult of achievement is that it places so much emphasis on developing a child’s IQ that an equally crucial aspect is totally eclipsed–what psychologist Daniel Goleman, cofounder of the Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning at the Yale University Child study Center, calls “EQ” in his groundbreaking book, Emotional Intelligence: Why…
Metropolis by Rob Carter – Last 3 minutes
Metropolis by Rob Carter – Last 3 minutes from Rob Carter on Vimeo. A great animated film by Rob Carter currently showing at Museum of Art and Design in New York Slash: Paper under the Knife until April 4th. (HT it’s nice that)