The talk from Nick Tweedie that was going to be on the 24th Feb has had to be rescheduled to the 11th May, Term 3, and will also feature illustrator Emily Chappell.
In addition, we’ve a talk on Monday the 5th March. The format for this is slightly different to normal in that it will talk place in the evening in the convivial environment of the Student Union (downstairs), and the point of emphasis will be slightly different, but all that will become apparent on the evening. It’s free but ticketed, and open to anyone who wants to come along, so tell your friends. It features;
—Lizzie Malcolm (Lust/NL) / http://lustlab.net/
—Found Collective / http://foundcollective.com/
—Malcy Duff (Usurper) / http://gianttank.tumblr.com/
Pictured: Brave New Alps, Fortezza Open Archive, from Reading Forms blog
Congratulations to everyone who did such a great job with the Work in Progress exhibition. On a similar topic we were recently alerted to this Reading Forms Blog, ‘Exhibiting Graphic Design Exhibitions‘. It’s interesting to compare a range of different contexts for exhibiting design, and while there is no written narrative, it’s a really useful visual resource to reference, and seems to be fairly regularly updated.
Anja sent in this following link, from the Mobile Museum, calling for submission on the theme of money. If you a) did the currency project, b) did the banking project, or c) are the head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, you might be interested in submitting some work. Thanks to Anja for the link.
The arrow and the frame on Click Opera manages to touch on a whole range of topics relevant to current projects; Banking, currency, wild knowledge, art archive, not to mention an interesting reflection on Google adwords. And not only does it contain some very interesting thoughts in the continued thread of good and useful arguments against ternary or binary thinking, but it is also awash with great hyperlinks.
While on the topic, big thanks to Anja and Chris for their currency workshop earlier in the week. There are some pictures below, and a link to Anja and Chris’s bookmarks on the topic here.
With; Sarah Smith, Lucie Potter, Simon Chadwick, Tony Dunworth, Donald Barr, David Reat, Edward Alexander, Fi Scott, Dress for the Weather, Kate V Robertson and Nathalie De Brie.
Folk might be interested in this forthcoming event: I personally have some questions about the idea of ‘occupy design’ but undoubtedly the event will be a melting pot of ideas and proposals and one which could lead to some interesting outcomes.
‘This Space Is Not For Hire’ will take place at the Bank of Ideas, an occupied former bank near Liverpool Street Station.
Running across the afternoons of Saturday the 28 and Sunday 29 January 2012, will be a range of talks on topics such as: radical forms of communication and design activism; the precariousness of design employment; and exposing and reflecting upon the ways design is used to give a friendly veneer to the worst kinds of Corporate behaviour.
According to the students at NID, Seb is really Bill Gates in disguise. And Ross, obviously, is Tom Cruise. The boys seem to have survived their stomach bug and are back in school, hopeful they will be well enough for the eight hour bus ride to the desert tonight
beth – cheap fags
lydia – her cheese sandwich
callum – photographing EVERYTHING
seb – becoming recognized as the worlds richest man
ross – becoming recognized as a worldwide heart-throb / scientologist
Obama Says So Long to SOPA, the Controversial Internet Piracy Legislation, as reported by Forbes, and here by the BBC. The question still remains though; in what form might this ‘type’ of legislation next re-appear?
“It is clear that copyright is being misdirected from its original intention to that of meeting the needs of corporations desperate to safeguard existing profits and create new markets artificially.” From: Copyleft and copyright / Eye 55
“All the boys are feeling a bit wobbly today, just left Ross hugging a bucket in the hotel room, the intrepid Lydia and Beth are off filming somewhere and me and Callum are just catching up on emails. (Having a good time for the most part, but being a voyeur on slum life can be a bit unsettling). Here is a video of one of our many chauffeurs.”
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