Hi

What's up strangers

HELLLPPPP

I'm not sure if any of you can help me with this but ANYTHING you know may be useful and I really appreciate it if anyone replies to this post. I want to go on an exchange and I was only told today that they had changed the rules for exchanging. So I thought I still had a lot of time to get everything sorted out, now it turns out that I need to have it all sorted out (paperwork and stuff) by April 15. So now I'm giong through all the schools and places I might want to go to. But it is incrediblly hard to decide on something, and I also don't know how the schools are there and the programs and what there all is to learn (As in is it directed at graphic design, is it a good place to learn typography, that kinda stuff) So I was hoping maybe you guys have some insight and can help me out.

Here are some of the places I was considering:

Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece
Universidad de Barcelona, Facultad de Belles Artes, Spain
Universitat Autonma de Barcelona, Ecola Massana, Spain
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Konstfack/University College of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm, Sweden
Kunstuniversitat Linz, Mesiterklasse Experimentelle Visuelle Gestaltung, Linz, Austria

Okay well ANYTHINGGGG you know and wanna share is welcome!

I got it

Ok just to make sure nobody would worry about our colab-piece...it arrived at my parentshouse this week and I got it this weekend as I went over there...I have a busy week but I'll be thinking about what i am going to do with it anyway...hopefully next weekend i will have an idea and the time to work on it...

Have an inspiring week everybody!

A little bit of a promotion....:)

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PHOTOS OF THE SKY!



....and if you want to participate in the next one and if you have a facebook account,
join the group!!!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11571639198

WORK WORTH DOING

So yesterday night I went to see the second design lecture, from Work Worth Doing. I've got to say, I thought their presentation was actually pretty dull in itself, they were just reading off a script kind of, which is never fun. Their work, on the other hand was really, really fascinating to me. They choose to take on controversial issues such as water and energy conservation and address them through a design perspective (although sometimes the graphic design aspect was a little difficult for me to pinpoint).


Anyway, they had really fascinating and innovative ideas on sustainability and things like that, and the most interesting part for me was their Q&A after their lecture which was really inspiring.


If you guys are interested in politically/socially driven work, definitely give their stuff a look, (they worked on Massive Change with Bruce Mau, too!).

Time for a post

Hey there...it's been some time since my last real post here so I thought well...

...o.k. it's just some links I find interesting:
1) Bureau of Inverse Technology
They have all kinds of mediaprojects but the best thing about it is that you can buy "kits" from them...like for exemple a pirate-radio-kit to install your own local radiostation for your neighbouhood or campus or whatever...

the BIT website

2) For all those lucky bastards that live in or close to New York, there seems to be a great exhibition on new media and cartography and other interesting stuff at the MoMA..."Design and the Elastic Mind"...good thing though is that they also made an online expo!!!!!...and yes the site looks a bit spectacular too:)

Get elastic here!

O.k. that's it...now I am going to try and enjoy the rain here...see ya...and Y your picture will be comming to ya soon;)

Chopchopcheerioo

Help needed!

Hey guys,

I am making this book called "connected: different: I am here."(it will change, probably), where I am collecting photos that are taken at exactly the same time everywhere on earth!!! I forgot to mention it in this blog, but it would be great to include some photos taken by you guys.....

The photo will be of the sky above you. If you want to include buildings that's cool, but at least 70% of the composition should probably be the sky.....

The time is at midnight in Europe (11pm in London on March 9th) on March 10...so TODAY! It would be midnight for a lot of countries in Europe....and that would be 7PM in New York (sorry for people in the US but that's the best I can give...I guess you could subtract or add some hours to it!?)

It would be wonderful if you could participate. If I get papers and printing sponsored then I will send out copies but if not, I will make a website with all the photos and the names!

If you could send your photo to sakaney@gmail.com

that would be wonderfullll


cheers,

Yuta

Si Scott

Well everyone seems to be making posts about artists and such, so I figured I would join in the fun. 

I don't know if any of you guys know Si Scott . He is a graphic designer from the UK, originally from Leeds and makes some great work through combining good design with typography and illustrations. He draws everything by hand with a fineliner (the typography as well) and scans these drawings in later. A lot of his work seems to be inspired by music.  I recommend you guys to take a look at him if you haven't already, especially since I've noticed some of you are really into illustrations. He has a good balance in his work, and it's very aesthetic. 

Marian Bantjes Lecture

Last night I got to see Marian Bantjes speak at the Walker as part of their Design Insights series.

Her work is really beautiful, super ornamental but often really structured and gridded although it doesn't always appear that way. It was really interesting to hear her talk because she never really classified herself as a designer. She used to have a design studio that was rather successful, but once she left to do this it seems like she stopped calling herself a designer. So that was intersting because it kind of made me think "well what exactly do you call her work? Is it more illustration, design, typography, what isssss ittttttt?".

Oh, and one part I found especially fascinating was how she goes about creating patterns and parts for her patterns. It's a whole intricate and amazing process that seems to make so much sense once you hear it, and it made me think "ooh, good idea, I'll have to try something like that!". She kind of creates a series of pieces like a puzzle but they're interchangeable and inter-lockable in many different ways so you can create billions of combinations and patterns out of a few key pieces. Really cool stuff.

Anyway, yes so it was a nice little lecture, and soon you'll be able to watch it here along with other past lecturers like Daniel Eatock!

Next week is Work Worth Doing, so hopefully that'll be interesting as well!

fashionzz

Wow I haven't posted on here in ages... Better make this a good one...



Hokai, so. I think fashion illustration is the most beautiful thing. There's so much style and character and beauty to it. None of this crappy clip-art looking bullshit like a lot of current illustration.

Ch-ch-ch-check it out!!

www.fashionillustrationgallery.com

Wasn't sure how much to do, seeing how more are going to be working on this. I was just thinking maps, a sense of information. Haha so I did something with that. tataaa hooray.