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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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.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?
DC_52 Elastic People
July 21st, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
DC_51 Jonnie Hallman
June 27th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
DC_50 Nicholas Felton
June 24th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
DC_49 Design Revolution Roadshow
April 25th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
WEEKLY POSTER CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT
April 7th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Announcement. 1 Comment.
GET NOTICED!
Your work on the DesignChat Website? Why not? Create a poster on our weekly topic (watch the video below) and then upload it here for all to see. If you have a website, you can link to it too. All for free. Typography, yes! Photography, why not? Illustrations, you bet. We don’t care if you make it with fingerpaint — just make it visual and bring your best! Once uploaded feel free to vote on the others you see. Exposure is not just something you can get arrested for (or go on ChatRoullete to see) — Weekly winning entries will get their Twitter Handle tweeted, and a permanent blog post here at Designchat.info. So what are you waiting for? Read the rules below and get some design happening. Go! Go! Go!
THIS WEEK’S THEME:
4.14.10 THEME: TRUCKFULL OF MONEY
This week’s contest comes from episode 31 with Mirko Ilic. He told this great story about the first bits of communication with a new client:
ENTERING
• New contest submission opens every Thursday when the theme is announced.
• Contest voting ends every week on Wednesday at 8pm when we start the show.
• Posters can be created with any medium you desire. Just make sure you can upload it!
• Uploaded entry MUST be a 300px x 500px jpg WITH the “DesignChat Logo-Strip” at the bottom.
VOTING + WINNING
• You only get one vote per poster. You can not vote multiple times on one poster. If you clicked 4 stars, and then decide the poster sux and want to give it 1 star, just click on the first star, and your vote will be changed.
• Winners will be announced at the end of the live shows on Wednesday nights. What do you win? SELF PROMOTION! We will give out your name/twitter handle/website and show your winning entry.
TEMPLATES
• DOWNLOAD PAGE
• Photoshop, Illustrator, + InDesign
• If you have a suggestion for another common template, let us know! Tweet us @designchat
LEGAL
By submitting an image to the DesignChat Poster Contest, you agree that the work is original and derived entirely from you. You agree to have your work and information shared with the live audience, and published through DesignChat’s blog, video podcast and through any other affiliates or sponsors who may occasionally pick-up and use our content.
DC_48 Plural
April 5th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
DESIGN REVOLUTION ROAD SHOW
April 5th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Announcement. 4 Comments.
The Design Revolution Road Show is a traveling exhibition and lecture series bringing “product design that empowers” to 35 high schools and university design programs across the nation in the Spring of 2010. A Project H Design initiative, the road show will feature an Airstream trailer exhibition of 40 humanitarian design solutions that have been showcased in the book Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People.
The programming will bring the evidence of and tools for design for social impact to the doorsteps of students, with the ultimate goal of enabling and empowering the next generation of creative problem-solvers to apply their skills to the world’s most pressing problems and improve life on a global scale.
Project H founder Emily Pilloton and project manager Matthew Miller will be traveling and living in the Airstream for the duration of the Design Revolution Road Show. Emily and Matt will give presentations at each stop, host the exhibition, and provide walk-throughs and demonstrations in the exhibition trailer space.
On April 7th, they will stop at SamataMason for DesignChat, and we will do a live broadcast of their presentation!
Project H Design connects the power of design to the people who need it most, and the places where it can make a real and lasting difference.
We are a team of designers, architects, and builders engaging locally through partnerships with social service organizations, communities, and schools to improve the quality of life for the socially overlooked. Our five-tenet design process (There is no design without action; We design WITH, not FOR; We document, share and measure; We start locally and scale globally, We design systems, not stuff) results in simple and effective design solutions for those without access to creative capital.
Our scalable long-term initiatives focus on improving environments, services, products, and experiences for youth and K-12 education institutions in the US through systems-level design thinking and deep community engagements.
WE BELIEVE DESIGN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
Project H is a California-based nonprofit with a second location in Bertie County, North Carolina that focuses on Design For Education initiatives. We are a 501c3 organization; all donations made after January 8, 2008 are tax-deductible. View the Project H website here.
Emily Pilloton is the Founder and Executive Director of Project H Design. Trained in architecture at UC Berkeley and product design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she started Project H to provide a conduit and catalyst for need-based design that empowers individuals, communities, and economies. Former editor of Inhabitat.com, writer, California girl and unwavering optimist, she has written for ID, GOOD, ReadyMade, taught design theory, and lectures worldwide about new social impact imperatives for the product design industry. Her book, “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People,” is a compendium of and call-to-action for design for social impact. When she isn’t traveling or emailing, Emily enjoys trivia games and baking/eating cupcakes.
West Virginia born and bred, Matthew Miller is an accomplished fabricator and metalworker. He has worked for many emerging practices, from Architecture for Humanity and HousingOperative to William Massie. Matthew studied at the Bauhaus, holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Tennessee and a Masters in Architecture from Cranbrook. He has taught at the College of Creative Studies, Lawrence Technological University, RISD, and UC Berkeley. He designed and built the Kutamba School in Uganda, with whom Project H has worked for the Design For Education: Learning Landscape project, and has since manages Project H built initiatives including the Bertie County Schools’ computer labs.