Presentation Schedule

Here is the schedule of presentation this week:

Tuesday February 24	Thursday, February 26
8:10, Rob Huston	8:10, Kyle Rose
8:40, Chris Jones, seminar room	8:40, Whitney Goodell
9:10 – break (10 minutes)	9:10 – break (10 minutes)
9:20, Eric Reou, seminar room	9:20, Gabrielle Merritt
9:50, Michele Leham, seminar room	9:50, Danielle Giza
10:20, Cody Blighton, seminar room	10:20, Julie Brown
11:10, Laura Perron	11:10, Melissa Secco, seminar room
11:40, Abby Anderson	11:40, Chris Fisher
12:10, Natalieann Rich	12:10, Locklin McKinnon
12:40 – break (10 minutes)	12:40 – break (10 minutes)
12:50, Will Thomas	12:50, Jaymeson Tucker
1:20, Max Millermaier	1:20, Michael Yamagata

Title Sequence Archive Website

Here is a new website I found: The Art of the Title Sequence

aim screennames

Hello all, this is Bobinsky.



I was thinking this for now, and for after school. It would be awesome to get a cohesive list of everybody's AIM, or Instant Messaging screen-names.



So, therefore if we wanted to tell someone about their thesis, or senior exhibit ideas, or even new york/ portfolio discussion - we could do it much easier to IM each other than creating a blog-post.



It would nice and quick, since we are all busy anyway this semester. And it would be awesome to help each other out after school with job-searching and advice. Like if I found a studio that would be perfect for one of you guys rather than me, or if they are hiring or etc....



its just an iDear.

Directory Study

This is my new study, a work in progress. I needed to learn some actionscript 3 and do a basic implementation of how to make a directory (in this case based on the sign immediately after the elevator on the third floor of the RCVA) more interactive. Right now you can access Design Center and then About and Directions sections. I plan to further explore the use of more visuals (motion, video, colors) and even sound in the future. Feedback welcome.

Directory Study

Please note, this would ideally be a touchscreen.

Happy Semicolon Day!

Today (Feb. 6th) Sweden celebrates the little known Semicolon Day. The semicolon was invented in 1494 by the Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder. Happy Semicolon Day everyone!

Neat Type Site

The Journal of Urban Typography

My proposal

OBSERVATIONS

Piet Zwart once stated, “The more uninteresting the letter, the more usefel it is to the typographer.” I have researched two opposing point of views of typographic application, and how they relate to the environment. Graphic Designers and Typographers usually take either one of the two point of views on typography. The Modernist point of view is to design with a select group of traditional typefaces that fit the purpose of the design (i.e.Massmio Vignelli). The Postmodernist point of view is more subjective in terms of typographic decision (or creation), pushing the limits of what a Modernist would consider acceptable (Marian Bantjes).

After looking at typography found in public environments: outside, grocery store, and when commuting, I have discovered that it is commonly overlooked because we have become immune to it, and its excessiveness. Typography has become predictable (common shapes, and designs), and is no longer intriguing to the viewer. 

THESIS

I intend to argue that communication/typography is influenced by its environment. 

By doing this, I could make typography more effective by comparison, discover the specific trends in areas of typographic design, break the predictability that is seen by using elimination, or by controlling the environment.