Archive for the year 2010
DC53 GRIP DESIGN
July 26th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
Kevin McConkey, principal of Grip Design in Chicago fakes getting a call from Debbie Millman, tries to get me to belive he designed comic sans, admits one of his clients is a brewery and he drinks his profits, and then claims he did the whole chat with his pants off. Check out their site and follow Grip Design on Twitter
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.Value Your Work
July 26th, 2010 by ohnho. Published under Inspiration. No Comments.
Crystal from Graphic Hug shares with us a piece by Ben Crick that reminds us that as we try to make a name for ourselves as designers, we sometimes fall for the siren song of great exposure but at the cost of doing the work for free. She points us to an article reminding us that doing work for exposure can adversely affect the business of design.
I love the quote from David Ogilvy from commenter grez, “If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.”
See Crystal’s article HERE.
DC GUEST — KATE BINGAMAN-BURT
July 24th, 2010 by Shampton. Published under Announcement, Inspiration, Upcoming Guests. 1 Comment.
This Wednesday, July 28th, DesignChat welcomes Illustrator & Graphic Design Professional Kate Bingaman-Burt — Author of “Obsessive Consumption” and Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University.
Bingaman-Burt’s career continues to light-up the DIY, twee-style, & craftism movements with sometimes colorful, but always beautifully-simple, illustrations — illustrations that really capture the feelings behind each image, whether that be guilt, envy, greed or sometimes lust. Think school notebooks full of lovingly-drawn spontaneous sketches. It’s a movement captured by her pen and embodied by current cultural touchstones like “etsy.com“, “Renegade Craft fair” and “ReadyMade” magazine; a magazine for whom she’s created several headers and titles in her recognizable style.
Her other works include illustrating the book “Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design” as well as promotional materials for the documentary of the same title.
She continues to teach Graphic Design as an Assistant Professor at Portland State University as she shows her work with artist representation. Her illustration and much of her Obsessive Consumption works are available through 20×200.com an endeavor that’s “making art available for everyone” — worth a look for affordable contemporary artwork you CAN afford.
Most importantly, Kate Bingaman-Burt seems to be living and documenting her life as a statement about consumerism. Not really preaching about it, but instead just observing her own consumerism and taking us along for the ride. Screen printing, education efforts, illustrations, zine workshops, and soon-to-be museum exhibits, all seem to hold a mirror up to society. Bingaman-Burt truly embodies the quote “An unexamined life is not worth living.”
Join us, and Kate Bingaman-Burt, this Wednesday at 7pm CST here at
http://designchat.info/chat, for a live video and text chat.
We’re already “obsessing” over what to talk about first.
Other places to learn about Kate Bingaman-Burt:
http://katebingamanburt.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateconsumption/
http://twitter.com/kateconsumption
http://www.20×200.com/artists/kate-bingamanburt.html
http://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/03/obsessive-consumption.html
Limited editions of “Obsessive Consumption” that include an
original drawing are available via PayPal from her website for $35 here.
TRANSFORMERS 3 CHICAGO HD VIDEO
July 23rd, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Inspiration. No Comments.
Steven Bogda caught some amazing video of the Transformers movie being filmed in Chicago. Shot on a Canon EOS 7D, his moving pictures look like candy. You can see all of his videos here.
It makes me wonder if movie studios are warming up to the idea of the public being able to cover the production of films. Sort of leaning on them for publicity of a highly anticipated film such as Transformers. In August of 2008 we saw a surge in sharing after a behind-the-scenes image of a bulked-up Jake Gyllenahal surfaced from the production of The Prince of Persia.
Steve writes about his experience:
Synopsis::::Transformers 3 was in the making outside of my work on Michigan Ave over the weekend. I spent 5 hours there with my camera looking down on it. I missed the explosion, but got Shia’s reaction to it at the end which is funny to watch.
Music::::Nine In Nails – La Mer
Transformers 3: Michigan Ave, Chicago (7D) from Steven Bogda on Vimeo.
POLL: BLOGS, BAD FOR PRODUCTIVITY?
July 22nd, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Poll. No Comments.
What do you think? Should blog content be allowed inside the walls of any agency? Tell us your opinion in this poll. And share a comment below with your thoughts. What are the pros and cons?
Typography Invades Hollywood
July 21st, 2010 by pstonier. Published under Design News, Funny, Typography. 7 Comments.
For years, the wine industry has lobbied its way into mainstream entertainment. It’s about time we saw some type being discussed! Check out this wonderful clip from White Collar, where detectives identify a suspect by the typography he leaves behind.
DC_52 Elastic People
July 21st, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
DC GUEST — ROBERT KIRAZ — VOKLE CEO
July 20th, 2010 by Shampton. Published under Announcement, Upcoming Guests. No Comments.
This Wednesday, July 21st, we welcome Robert Kiraz, head of VOKLE, entrepreneur and CEO. Join us as we learn about the experiences of “an entrepreneur launching during the worst recession in known history” and his VOKLE video & text chat platform — The one we use on our show!
Kiraz leads a team that “…wants to give everyone a custom video conference,” according to this article on a site called The Next Web Apps. If the platform DesignChat’s been testing out is any indication of things to come, it will be, and already is a great new tool for bloggers, journalists and social media discussion leaders.
The VOKLE team, that includes Robert’s brother Shant (reachable via their active twitter handle @vokle ), have included a few distinguishing features for those who wish to create their own live broadcasts. These include the ability to take questions from the audience via video or text message, as well as the ability to include a support staff of screeners and editors, making for a professional and seamless experience.
The video above is from Kiraz’s VATOR.TV entry.
Where VOKLE was a finalist in their “Vator Splash Competition”
It’s speculation on our part, but we think Robert’s education from the University of Southern California focusing on the Cinematic Arts has really helped him and his team craft a system that feels… well… cinematic. We also think this background in cinema helps him easily grasp the video aspect of social media that’s only just begun to blossom.
Kiraz understands that it’s the audience interaction that makes content greater.
“…the Internet is nothing but a giant pastrami sandwich. If content is the deli meat, our voices and opinions are the delicious french bread that blankets it. Communication —word-of-mouth, takes said content to a higher level..” (as stated on his personal tumblr page).
It’s that thought combined with “why doesn’t someone create a proper video communication platform already, so we don’t need to sit here and read pages of punchlines and actually speak to one another?” that really got VOKLE going.
On Wednesday July 21, we hope to talk to him about all this and more. We’ll do our best to explore the work he’s done in the past, his collaboration with creative minds like Illustrator Erick Oh (see this video created for VOKLE called either “communicate” or “hello”) and where Kiraz sees this “…pastrami sandwich…” going in the near and distant future.
So much to hear about Wednesday evening. So please join us at http://designchat.info/chat at 8PM CST.
Learn more about VOKLE and Robert Kiraz here:
http://vokle.com/
http://blog.vokle.com/
http://vimeo.com/user877121/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokle/
http://www.robertkiraz.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/robertkiraz/
http://twitter.com/vokle/
CUSP SEEKS STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
July 19th, 2010 by Andrew Tibbetts. Published under Design News, Events. No Comments.
This year will bring the 3rd iteration of Cusp Conference, the mind-melting, thought gorging, two-day event on ‘The Design Of Everything’. As with years previous, Cusp is looking for students to assist in all areas of the production. This is a cherry way to get into the conference for free so if you are currently a student and want to volunteer your time and energy, get in touch. Here are a few ways:
→ cuspconference.com
→ twitter.com/cuspconference
→ info@cuspconference.com
DC_51 Jonnie Hallman
June 27th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.