Hmmm, I think I have my thesis idea...
Working on something related to this. I just started working on this project as a research assistant; I think it could be a really good thing.
Topic
mfa
A collection of 93 issues
I think I want to be an architect instead....
I’m taking an urban design class this quarter and I really like it. So much so, that I’m toying with the idea of applying to the UW’s M. Arch. program when I’m done with my MFA. Then I can do things like this.
I’m also
Jocelyn Robert: Experimental Sound and Video
One of the coolest parts about my job is that I sit on a committee to pick visiting artists and designers for our lecture series each semester. I get introduced to talented sound and video artists like Jocelyn Robert. I especially love his Ground Station project:
Ground Station produces music
How Steve Jobs got me through grad school.
Will is an engineer. I am a designer. When we first got married, I was a Mac, he was a PC *. My goal was to change that.
In February 2004 while I was finalizing grad school applications, he switched, ditching his ugly Dell for a 17″ aluminum PowerBook. He used
She said form. He said function.
2011 Fiat 500. Photo via blog.al.com
I drive a Toyota RAV4, which is not something I’m very proud of in a design sense. But Will made me do it.
It’s functional, but boring. Toyota isn’t exactly know for cutting edge design. For 12 years of
Nasty Golden Retrievers and the MFA.
I love that I get home before Will sometimes now that I no longer spend three hours a day on the goddamn train. It means I get first look at notes left by our dogwalker, Matt.
Thanks, Guys!
We ran into a nasty golden retriever I’m not fond of
On design labs.
In case you’re wondering, I took a little haitus to migrate my blog from Typepad to WordPress. You’ll note the new design, which I’ll be tinkering with for a while until I get it how I like it: Typekit. Hellooooo! I’m using Khoi Vinh’s Basic
No design is good design.
Last semester, I taught a course on visualizing information at MICA. I used Tufte's first book, The Visual Display of Quantitative information. I love Tufte. I love his simple, Swiss modern approach to design. His strict belief in form following function. His unwavering defense of content and firm
I want new letters.
The fact that graduate design programs bestow upon their students the MFA (Master of Fine Arts) degree is antiquated and irrelevant. Instead, the design discipline should have its own standardized classification of academic distinction, as programs at IIT, Cincinnati, and Carnegie Mellon do: a Master's of Design. And
Deux metros.
originally uploaded by Neylano.
One thing I’m really looking forward to about moving to DC (besides a change from 200+ cloudy days per year) is its proximity to New York. I’m going to make a point to go up there at least once a month. Maybe even more