URBANIZED FILM SET FOR 2011
September 7th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Announcement, Design News. No Comments.
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…
DC GUEST – ARMIN VIT
September 6th, 2010 by Shampton. Published under Announcement, Design News, Inspiration, Upcoming Guests. 1 Comment.
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…
DC56 TERRY MARKS
September 5th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
Terry Marks, founder of TMARKS joins us from Seattle and shares his valuable insight on the business of design. Terry discusses what it’s like starting a business, what keeps him going and why good design is so important. MORE…
DC55 DEBBIE MILLMAN
September 3rd, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
Debbie Millman, AIGA national president, partner at Sterling Brands and creator of Design Matters, takes some time to visit with the DesignChat community. She discusses how she got started in the business, what it’s like being the president of AIGA and her plans for the future of Design Matters. MORE…
DC GUEST – QUITE STRONG
August 30th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Inspiration, Upcoming Guests. No Comments.
This week DesignChat welcomes the design collective Quite Strong to the conversation. They’re made up of 5 strong-minded women in Chicago who have combined forces to rule the design world. I’m not sure how this conversation is going to go between myself and five freaking guests, but its sure to be a little nuts. There was some talk about doing this game-show style, but who knows. The ladies assured me they have ‘visuals’ to present on Wednesday night, so if you’re alive and have an internet connection, you pretty much don’t have any excuse to miss this. MORE…
THERE’S A LITTLE PLACE I KNOW.
August 28th, 2010 by Shampton. Published under Design News, Inspiration, Trends. 5 Comments.
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…
5 HOURS OF POWER
August 25th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Announcement, Chats. No Comments.
Wednesday is shaping up to be a very special day for creatives. 3 of my previous guests, Fabio Sasso of Abduzeedo, Nick Campbell, AKA The Greyscale Gorilla, and James White of Signal Noise are doing live shows of their own now, in addition to myself and Justin Maller. I am super proud of all of these guys for everything that they’re doing in the creative space, and I hope this is a trend that continues. We won’t see this combination every week, but I’m sure we’ll have repeat performances from time to time. MORE…
DC GUEST – ERIN LOECHNER
August 22nd, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. 2 Comments.
This week, Erin Loechner welcomes US to the conversation. Erin is a freelance design writer/blogger whose work has been featured in Glamour, Dwell, Lucky and Nylon magazines. She muses daily on her award-winning website Design For Mankind, founded in 2007 in an attempt to bring light to today’s creative design culture. MORE…
NEW: TYPE DESIGN DEGREE
August 17th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Trends, Typography. No Comments.
Something that is both wonderful and surprising will happen in October. Students at the Cooper Union in New York will attend classes as part of a new masters degree program in typeface design called Type@Cooper. The wonderful part is that its happening at all; the surprising part is that its the first of its kind in the United States. MORE…
DC GUEST – SAMATAMASON -UPDATED
August 16th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Announcement, Events, Inspiration, Upcoming Guests. No Comments.
This week on DesignChat we’re speaking to 2 of the partners from SamataMason, a heavily decorated design firm in West Dundee Illinois. If that name sounds familiar, its because I say it every week on the show. SamataMason is where I broadcast from, and they have been great supporters of DesignChat and what we are trying to accomplish. Dave Mason and Kevin Krueger are going to take us through the history of their shop, and also what motivated them to start one of the most intriguing design conferences today, Cusp. More…