Eddie Opara and George Plesko are working on a sound-sensitive word processor that creates and interesting results.
Experimental Typewriter
Heinz Klinkon Award Goes to Garret Voorhees
Every year, RIT presents awards to select students who represent specific, former faculty members who made a significant impact on RIT and it’s community of students and faculty. Last week, I was extremely glad to see that Garret Voorhees was awarded the first Heinz Klinkon award.
Hone Your Skills: Type Identifying Game
I’m sure everyone has played Arial vs Helvetica, which is pretty sweet, but if you want to expand your knowledge of type and abilities in identifying type, check this out.
The Power of a Wii Remote Control
WOW… I can’t wait to see how things like this will be put to use.
Mark Garry in Pittsburgh
As I was in Pittsburgh over the past few days, I went to the Mattress Factory (art museum) (check out their blog) with my fiancé, Tara. Several exhibits were currently being built, so our range of work that we could see what limited. As we went to explore these exhibits, we caught the elevator with one of the artists who was working his own exhibit. The wonderful artist from Ireland, greeted us and offered to give us a peak at his work. Obviously, we graciously took him up on his offer. We got to see him building one of his rainbows of thread and then divulged in a short, but very nice, discussion of the meaning behind the material and how the piece interacts with the viewer. However, since Mr. Garry is concerned with the subjective experience, I’ll leave it up to you to decide what you think.
Here is an example of his work.
Internet People
It’s a strange sense of humor that spreads among people. Luckily corporate America hasn’t figured out how to take advantage of this yet. The closest has to be either Geico with the cavemen or apple with the PC vs Mac ads.
Thanks to If Its Hip Its Here for bringing this to my attention.
Strangely enough, the latest episode of South Park was exactly about this.
Hillman Curtis’ Documentary on Sagmeister’s Exhibit
This film is extremely insightful and revealing towards the thinking behind Stefan Sagmeister’s work along with the perspectives of others. Some of the interviewed include Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, and Debbie Millman. See it here