Here’s a trailer for a new documentary about the glamourous/sinister world of advertising:
Monthly Archive for November, 2009
Am going to ask the second years to help with this small project, but thought it should probably be open to anyone who wishes to take part: The task is to crop a 780 pixel wide by 200 pixel tall jpeg (at 72dpi) of something you’ve made this term, for use on the banner of this blog (up above here, where there is currently a blue rectangle). Then email them to me (n.mcguire <at> gsa.ac.uk), and there’ll be a random selection of these images when you visit the blog. Things you might need to factor in are that the white text of the blog title hovers over the image, and er… that’s it. If you wish to put a credit on the image suggest 7pt white or black helvetica text in the top right corner with 10 pixel margin, with your name and piece title.
Deadline is end of this term, friday 11th december.
Thanks.
Will be taking part in the annual post-it note art exhibition at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angles. Curated by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson. 125+ artists will send in art on post it notes to sell for a nominal fee of $20. The exhibition will take place between 5th December and 13th January 2010.
Missed David McKendricks talk at GSA (Art Director of Esquire, previously AD of Wallpaper). Wallpaper is part of Winkreative run by Tyler Brülé (FT writer) who also produce one of my favourite magazines Monocle. Definitely worth a look.
Monocle website
A message from Glasgow Wood Recycling, which may be of interest: Glasgow Wood Recycling is a social enterprise and charity dedicated to reclaiming and reusing wood waste.
We have recently established a retail space in Glasgow’s West End, called Dear Green Place, from which we sell a range of products made from reclaimed wood and supply timber. Like any other retailer over the Christmas period we are looking to capture the public’s imagination and draw some folk in by having great window displays. Most of our display space is external, although we have been given permission to use the window of a disused shop space on Dumbarton Road. We are looking for creative, practical and enthusiastic people to volunteer some time over the next few weeks to help develop concepts and install displays by Sat Dec 5th. We are open to groups or individuals who want to form a design team. Equipment and materials can be provided. Budget small but workable. This is a worth while voluntary opportunity that we aim to make useful to developing individual skills and experience. If you are interested. Please contact Hannah Clinch by Monday 16th November. email:hannah@glasgowwoodrecycling.org.uk If you would like to visit the site 7 Dalcross St, G11 5RE (behind Kelvinhall Underground Station) Open 10am-5pm Tue to Sat www.glasgowwoodrecycling.org.uk
...another wobbly interface?
An analogue website created by Mathew Plummer Fernandez. It exists, it can be touched and is ‘built’ in a physical space, but is also translated to the world wide web as pixels via a webcam. Mathew explains the issues in building his site… ‘The website kept crashing (in a physical sense – the train would derail) so work is underway to make it a more stable site.’
Talks this friday (13th) in the second year studio at 4pm – all welcome:
Emma Houlston and Brian Sweeney
Three interesting links from the guardian this weekend – the first a new series of publications showcasing 100 great press photographs (collect ‘em all…), the second an article on the work of women from the Bauhaus, and the gap between the promise of equality and the reality of restricted roles (Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus apparently thought women could only think in two dimensions, or so it’s claimed in this article…), and the third being their coverage of the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Central Station launches on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of November, and as part of this launch there’s a chance to tell everyone else who you are and what you do…in 8 minutes, meeting and making connections with other designers and artists from across Scotland and beyond.
James Greig has kindly sent in a list of links from his talk a couple of weeks ago:
GSA
http://www.3stripe.net/nofrills/worm.htm
http://www.3stripe.net/nofrills/superstition.htm
http://www.3stripe.net/nofrills/noad.htm
http://www.3stripe.net/nofrills/phase.htm
http://www.3stripe.net/nofrills/bandq.htm
Marque Creative
http://www.marquecreative.com
http://www.avdisco.net/design/bailliegifford/
http://www.seamusmcgarvey.com/
http://www.thechicagospire.com/
http://www.marquecreative.com/#/Podium-for-The-Chicago-Spire/
Bureau for Visual Affairs
http://www.bureau-va.com/
http://www.picture-this.org.uk/
Other
http://ijcentral.org/
http://www.avdisco.net/
Inspiration
http://www.experimentaljetset.nl/archive/smcs-logotype.html
http://www.hexaplex.nl/-/projects/
http://butdoesitfloat.com/
http://jblyth.com/blog.html (nsfw)
http://www.lingscars.com/
David Kerr (see vis com people, right) sent in the following as possible upcoming things of interest, over the next few weeks/months/years:
The first is this citizenship Pub Quiz.
the rest are:
Kuti Kuti:
A free Comics anthology published by a comics collective in Finland. Newspaper format full colour.
Comica Festival:
Opening this week in London
Fumetto Comics Competition:
Each year, Fumetto – International Comix-Festival Lucerne holds a competition to give comic creators the opportunity to compare their work, present it to a broader public and to exchange views with others.
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