Showing posts with label have read. Show all posts
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Friday, October 3, 2008

In my binder...

I have articles photocopied from periodicals. I have read:

Les Yeux Ouverts, Novum November 2006 - A review of the exhibition "Fabrica: Les Yeux Ouverts" at the Centre Pompidou. Includes images of the work in the show.
Fabrica 10 From Chaos to Order and Back, Eye no 56/05 - A review of the book Fabrica 10.

Education by Design, GOOD Magazine Sept/Oct 07 - How school design affects an entire community. Movements toward sustainable schoolhouse design for emproved learning environments.

Real World Studio, GOOD Magazine Sept/Oct 07 - Project M, their Hale County Project. Extensive, images of the participants, studio and the finished product.

The GOOD Guide to R. Buckminster Fuller, GOOD Magazine Sep/Oct 07 - Extensive guide to the life and work of Fuller. Includes images of his work (diagrams and photos of buildings) and direct quotes.

Government Style: Design Consciousness and the Feds, Phillip Meggs, AIGA Journal of GD vol 6 no 1 - Philip Meggs talks about the government's stab at improving their design during Nixon's presidency.

KT Meaney: Greening the Grocery Store, Design Observer Blog - Includes 4 design solutions to raise awareness about recycling as you buy groceries.


Have yet to read:

The Corporation in the Classroom, by Teal Triggs, PRINT March/April 2001 - Talks about Fabrica, its connection with industry and the successfulness of its approach. Includes images of work.

A Computer Will Save You, by Walter Aprile, Domus Oct 2006, - Two guys discussing the plausibility and capability of the one laptop per child machine and plan. Includes awesome big pictures.

Branding Youth in the Totalitarian State, Design Observer blog - How Germany's youth fueled the nazi effort.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Milton Glaser on Darfur


SVA Designer as Author podcast: Milton Glaser on Darfur

Discusses his personal views on design for social benefit and specifically discusses the process behind the Darfur poster series. In particular he notes his choice to circumvent the cliche use of shocking imagery.

http://miltonglaserposters.com/index2.html


Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Have read so far...

Eyes Wide Open, Joyce Rutter Kaye, Print Magazine
Tibor Kalman, Designer and Editor, Steven Heller, Print
OPTIC NERVE: Maintaining Tiborocity, Rick Poyner, Print
Bennetton at 40, Rick Poyner, Creative Review
The Corporation in the Classroom, Teal Triggs, Print
Design Issues (Thinking About Communication), John Bielenberg, Communication Arts
Puff Pieces, Pamela Ivinski, Print
Tibor Kalman: Design and Undesign, Liz Farrelly [Book]
The Road to Hell, Milton Glaser, AIGA Journal of Graphic Design

Looking Closer 2
There is Such a Thing as Society, Andrew Howard
Critical Way Finding, Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller
Countering the Tradition of the Apolitical Designer, Katherine McCoy
Facing up to the Reality of Change, Rob Dewey
Advertising: Mother of Graphic Design, Steven Heller
Norm and Form: The Role of Graphic Design in the Public Domain, Hugues C. Boekraad

Looking Closer 4
First Things First Manifesto 2000, various undersigned
First Things First, A Brief History, Rick Poyner
A New Kind of Dialogue, Andrew Howard
First Things First: Now More Than Ever, Matt Soar

Books I Have and Plan to Read
Looking Closer 5
Design Issues
Information Architects
Colors : Tibor Kalman : issues 1-13
Tibor Kalman, perverse optimist