http://designchat.info Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://designchat.info/2010-seek-design-conference/ http://designchat.info/2010-seek-design-conference/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:02:34 +0000 James Gray http://designchat.info/?p=3000 SEEK is a one-day design conference that has been organized by the students of Northern Illinois University for ten years. The event is run by the Visual Communication program at NIU. In the past, SEEK has played host to widely recognized designers including Paula Scher, Kyle Cooper, Chip Kidd, Joshua Davis and in the past year, Jakob Trollbäck and Massimo Vignelli. MORE…]]> http://designchat.info/2010-seek-design-conference/feed/ 0 http://designchat.info/design-matters-with-massimo-vignelli/ http://designchat.info/design-matters-with-massimo-vignelli/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:21:05 +0000 James Gray http://designchat.info/?p=2674 Design Matters, hosted by AIGA National President and recent DesignChat guest, Debbie Millman, will begin it's sixth season... TODAY! This afternoon at 3pm Eastern, Design Matters will welcome design legend, Massimo Vignelli to kick off it's 6th season. Go here to tune in]]> http://designchat.info/design-matters-with-massimo-vignelli/feed/ 0 http://designchat.info/urbanized-film-set-for-2011/ http://designchat.info/urbanized-film-set-for-2011/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:50 +0000 James Gray http://designchat.info/?p=2507   Filmmaker Gary Hustwit, has announced the subject of his third design documentary. Urbanized will focus on the design of cities and the issues of urban planning. The film will complete what Hustwit has referred to as his “design trilogy,” joining 2007’s Helvetica and 2009’s Objectified. The film is said to feature top architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers... MORE…]]> http://designchat.info/urbanized-film-set-for-2011/feed/ 0 http://designchat.info/armin-vit/ http://designchat.info/armin-vit/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:59:47 +0000 Shampton http://designchat.info/?p=2288 Wednesday, September 8th at 9pm CST — This week's conversation is supplemented by the thoughts and opinions of our guest, Armin Vit — one half of the dynamic-duo know to most as UnderConsideration. We have him about a week before his talk at AIGA Chicago's Design Thinking II, and we hope to search his head a bit, figuring out what makes him such an effective proponent for good design. MORE…]]> http://designchat.info/armin-vit/feed/ 1 http://designchat.info/hamilton-wood-type/ http://designchat.info/hamilton-wood-type/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:26:41 +0000 Shampton http://designchat.info/?p=1945 DesignChat visits The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. An amazing design destination in the American Midwest. I first heard about the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in 2005 or 2006 while attending the "Seek" conference at Northern Illinois University. MORE…]]> http://designchat.info/hamilton-wood-type/feed/ 5 http://designchat.info/2010_printers_ball/ http://designchat.info/2010_printers_ball/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:49:47 +0000 Shampton http://designchat.info/?p=1269 When poets and designers collide, it tends to get a bit messy… But it’s a beautiful mess for sure. MORE…]]> http://designchat.info/2010_printers_ball/feed/ 8 http://designchat.info/typography-invades-hollywood/ http://designchat.info/typography-invades-hollywood/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:00:12 +0000 pstonier http://designchat.info/?p=1008 For years, the wine industry has lobbied its way into the entertainment industry. It's about time we saw some type being discussed. Check out this wonderful clip from White Collar]]> http://designchat.info/typography-invades-hollywood/feed/ 7 http://designchat.info/cusp-seeks-student-volunteers/ http://designchat.info/cusp-seeks-student-volunteers/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:10:57 +0000 Andrew Tibbetts http://designchat.info/?p=908
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. MORE...]]> http://designchat.info/cusp-seeks-student-volunteers/feed/ 0