Season 2: Episodes 9, 10, 11 Episode 9 I must’ve messed up last week and watched/summarized Episode 9 too early, so here is that summary, re-copied for convenience. New content for Episodes 10 and 11 follows. Stringer’s lecture to Bodie about “you gotta show some flex” for the give and …
After reading The Vignelli Canon, Tim Owen’s “We Are All Artists” statement and links, and listening to the Groom/Owens interview + talk, I felt well-armed to tackle Design Week. Tim Owens’ statement “The Mozarts are over here and the factory workers are over here” really resonated with me. I’ve never …
I appreciated his insight into re-designing logos and branding for companies. His approach was to do a “light re-touch” or freshening up rather than throwing the baby out with the bath water. Logos that have been in the public awareness for decades, if they’ve made a positive impression, should continue …
Massimo Vignelli’s The Vignelli Canon was a cool study. I really like the idea of semantics out into the context of art. I always thought of it in terms of language, but Vignelli is right in saying that art must have some sort of meaning; it cannot be arbitrary. Art …
Upon reading and looking at The Vignelli Canon, I see that a lot of his ideas and principles are still relevant today despite modern technology’s influence on the ease of design. He seems to put a lot of emphasis on thought and planning the creation. It’s not just about how …
I really enjoyed the discussion with Tim Owens for “We Are All Artists.” It’s really nice to someone take a major that has such a stereotype for failure in this era and not only make a career out of it, but also inspire others to do the same. I am …
I’ve been slowly working on a set of bead/charms for a bracelet and so far I’ve got the beads, but not the actual bracelet. I’ve played with the order of things, and ran across a website called “North America Great Story Beads” where they use beads to create a timeline …
Thoughts on the Jen Ralston Interview with Jim Groom and Paul Bond How lucky we were to have instructors able to land such a great interview! I really like the honesty of Jen Ralston’s comments regarding how sound editing is under-appreciated and she saw a niche forming there when she …
I think some of the very best quotes of Season 2 come out of Episodes 3, 4, and 5. Lester’s clothing being characterized as “tweedy impertinence” by Landsman is worthy of a chuckle. Stringer saying “I’m an XL” is the essence of his ego. My all-time favorites are Beadie Russel …
I thought long and hard about a discussion topic for the radio show project that is soon upon us. I wanted to wait until I had finished all of the episodes for this week to come up with my idea and I am glad I did, as I got a …
