Mephistopheles Probably Wished He Was More Like Sisyphus or Whatever, You Know What I’m Sayin’? (Part 2)
“Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.” - Jonathan Letham, via Ned Rorem. It seems only a natural progression and appropriate response to the Postmodern condition of creativity, to briefly touch upon the various manifestations and re-contexualisations of Mephistopheles, and to gaze into the horizon of creative linearity in...
Mephistopheles Recurring. (Part 1)
“Ah, he serves you well, indeed! He scorns earth’s fare and drinks celestial mead. Poor fool, his fervent drives him far! He half knows his own madness, I’ll be bound. He’d pillage heaven for its brightest star, And earth for every last delight that’s to be found; Not all that’s near nor far...
D2PC: Death To Pie Charts Exhibiton Opens Tues Feb 7th
D2PC Invitation The Death to Pie Charts Exhibition Opening is Tuesday Feb. 7th through Feb. 11th at the Museum at FIT, 227 West 27th Street, NYC. This group show, featuring some of the top design students of FIT’s MDC produces noteworthy multimedia design that visually examines the recent trend of conceptualizing information in the design...
Part 1: Can Techies be Creative?
At a Digital Arts in Education conference, not so long ago a few questions were posed. The first question was: “How should we prepare ourselves for the rapidly increasing demand for software creativity?” This question captured my attention mainly because of the way it was phrased. I understood that the questioner deliberately placed the word “software” before...
Virtual Desktop
As a designer it’s important to have an online presence available for people who need to see your work and learn more about you as a creative. This is extremely helpful for those, whom you cannot meet personally to be able to get sense of your process, character and talent. Having a portfolio site is...
Jenny Odell – Satellite Collections
Satellite Collections incorporates a brilliant use of readily available tools and resources to create thought provoking statements on what is important in our physical and digital landscape. Jenny Odell has used Google Satellite view, available to anyone with an internet connection, and turned a tool made for navigation into a design program. Jenny cuts and...
The Creators Project | DUMBO, BK | Oct. 15
I went to the Creators Project on Saturday and took some videos and pictures, here is a small recap of what was observed. Sorry for the lack of pictures and quality of the video. I was really in awe of everything and totally forgot to breakout my real camera to document what I saw. Here is a...
Observations
The explosive development of digital technology has had major impact upon graphic design as a profession. To take this observation about digital technology one step further, it can be said that digital technology has transformed more than applied arts. It has actually transformed, and continues to transform,
