I can't figure out how to load a SWF file and a stand alone HTML file into this blogger account. Personally I think it can't be done.
We went big for our midterm and this is what we were thinking...
When was the last time you cracked an encyclopedia? When was the last time that you professor DID NOT use interactive media in the classroom? Why be limited by a static informational graphic when you can do so much more with flash.
We choose a hard topic - harder than I thought it would have been - but I think we did OK. Once i stopped being a bitch we all really worked well together. Can I say that here? I think I just did. I actually learned a lot along the way ***SHOCK***.
Check it out - enjoy it - have fun. If you have feedback post it!
Drop Bombs HERE!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
So SUE ME!
No really. Sue me. I use Helvetica all the time. Helvetica Neue, Helvetica TT, Helvetica T1, Helvetica Light, Bold, Condensed Bold, Extended Black and so on.
Some people hate it - some people love it. All I know is that I try to be super clever and brilliant with other fonts but Helvetica works. It just does and this is why you see it everywhere. What is really crazy is when you're driving down the road, you can look at the Lamar Billboards and say, "Oh, that is 'Hawaii Lover' and a font not to be used for commercial purposes but there it is on that huge billboard. Hum. I wonder how they got away with that and did they pay the guy for it?" Or, "Wow! That is great use of 'Bleeding Cowboys', I'll have to remember that."
Yup - for now you will see Helvetica in places you never thought you would. You will see it everywhere. But it is only the beginning.
I haven't watched the Helvetica movie yet - no headphones and I'm in the library - but I like Helvetica. Nay. I love Helvetica. Some of the most effective ads I have ever created have been with the font Helvetica. For a current example go to www.floridacyclingmagazine.com - you will notice the use of Helvetica in the headers and the body text in all articles (except for the letter from the editor, which is Century Gothic (also a brilliant font. For another good one check out Whitney)) it is Helvetica regular 13pt.
If anyone wants extra practice or if there is a Senior looking for internship work - I'm looking for an intern. Call me... maybe.
I'll post about the movie after I watch it...
Some people hate it - some people love it. All I know is that I try to be super clever and brilliant with other fonts but Helvetica works. It just does and this is why you see it everywhere. What is really crazy is when you're driving down the road, you can look at the Lamar Billboards and say, "Oh, that is 'Hawaii Lover' and a font not to be used for commercial purposes but there it is on that huge billboard. Hum. I wonder how they got away with that and did they pay the guy for it?" Or, "Wow! That is great use of 'Bleeding Cowboys', I'll have to remember that."
Yup - for now you will see Helvetica in places you never thought you would. You will see it everywhere. But it is only the beginning.
I haven't watched the Helvetica movie yet - no headphones and I'm in the library - but I like Helvetica. Nay. I love Helvetica. Some of the most effective ads I have ever created have been with the font Helvetica. For a current example go to www.floridacyclingmagazine.com - you will notice the use of Helvetica in the headers and the body text in all articles (except for the letter from the editor, which is Century Gothic (also a brilliant font. For another good one check out Whitney)) it is Helvetica regular 13pt.
If anyone wants extra practice or if there is a Senior looking for internship work - I'm looking for an intern. Call me... maybe.
I'll post about the movie after I watch it...
How to Invent "Modern".
Take one full glass of Walter Gropius, mix with a few years of war and shake until discharged. Whala! The Bauhaus is founded with a lot of brilliance, tons of talent and copious amounts of public funding. Maybe copious is not the correct word here.
The Bauhaus was straight from the brain of Mr. Gropius and founded on the ideals of avante-garde design, simple, elegant and aesthetically pleasing. The thing that I think is really the coolest about the Bauhaus is that the modern day art studios, and the way we are taught art now came straight from the Bauhaus. Before 1913 art was predominantly a self-taught, solitary thing to do. I also equated the things that happened at the Bauhaus as Germany's version of an "Art's & Crafts Movement". Theirs was way cooler, way hippier and we use way more from it. Thus defining them as "cooler".
In the early days of the Bauhaus we see the use of studios and lessons taught by a Master Craftsman in common use work shops. The focus on a Foundation Course where students studied emotions and feelings that went into their art. An emphasis on understanding the machine so as to be able to manipulate it to do and to make the things that you wanted to make. Nothing was impossible at the Bauhaus and there were no limitations (Until the Nazi guy took over. Then he had some limitations, but they eventually kicked him out.) - nothing was taboo. Well, except maybe the students behavior.
It was exactly that that got them run out of the town of Weimar - they plumb wore out their welcome with their long hair and girls wearing trousers **Oh the HORROR!**. They then moved to Dessau and because of the war eventually the school closed again for a short period of time. The Crystalline palace was built in Berlin and was a remarkable building. Built just like it sounds was based on all of the simple aesthetically pleasing ideals that came out of the Bauhaus.
The idea of art wasn't clearly defined at the Bauhaus. The worked to erase the lines definitively defining art as painting, sculptural, textile and so on. Theater was also a huge part of life at the Bauhaus. Very strange, I mean modern theater productions. Hey! You thought it, I just said it. I appreciate it but it was very different.
1933 the Bauhaus was closed for good with some of its students being hauled away for their ideals. Closed for good because in Germany it was not a good thing to be a free thinker. It is really interesting that the history of the Bauhaus really does parallel the political turmoil the country was in at the time. It is actually really sad. The Buhaus lead art into the 20th century and I can only imagine where we'd be now if it was still in existence.
The Bauhaus was straight from the brain of Mr. Gropius and founded on the ideals of avante-garde design, simple, elegant and aesthetically pleasing. The thing that I think is really the coolest about the Bauhaus is that the modern day art studios, and the way we are taught art now came straight from the Bauhaus. Before 1913 art was predominantly a self-taught, solitary thing to do. I also equated the things that happened at the Bauhaus as Germany's version of an "Art's & Crafts Movement". Theirs was way cooler, way hippier and we use way more from it. Thus defining them as "cooler".
In the early days of the Bauhaus we see the use of studios and lessons taught by a Master Craftsman in common use work shops. The focus on a Foundation Course where students studied emotions and feelings that went into their art. An emphasis on understanding the machine so as to be able to manipulate it to do and to make the things that you wanted to make. Nothing was impossible at the Bauhaus and there were no limitations (Until the Nazi guy took over. Then he had some limitations, but they eventually kicked him out.) - nothing was taboo. Well, except maybe the students behavior.
It was exactly that that got them run out of the town of Weimar - they plumb wore out their welcome with their long hair and girls wearing trousers **Oh the HORROR!**. They then moved to Dessau and because of the war eventually the school closed again for a short period of time. The Crystalline palace was built in Berlin and was a remarkable building. Built just like it sounds was based on all of the simple aesthetically pleasing ideals that came out of the Bauhaus.
The idea of art wasn't clearly defined at the Bauhaus. The worked to erase the lines definitively defining art as painting, sculptural, textile and so on. Theater was also a huge part of life at the Bauhaus. Very strange, I mean modern theater productions. Hey! You thought it, I just said it. I appreciate it but it was very different.
1933 the Bauhaus was closed for good with some of its students being hauled away for their ideals. Closed for good because in Germany it was not a good thing to be a free thinker. It is really interesting that the history of the Bauhaus really does parallel the political turmoil the country was in at the time. It is actually really sad. The Buhaus lead art into the 20th century and I can only imagine where we'd be now if it was still in existence.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Our Mid-Term / Cuban Revolutionary Poster Art
We kick ass! We've finally had two meetings and we've all been on our Geritol at each meeting. We did a lot of talking (naturally) as we found that we all got really wrapped up in the history (which is pretty cool) and we are all very strongly opinionated.
However, we are all seeing eye-to-eye at this point and are all really excited about getting this project together. The designer, who has a pretty good understanding of flash, is going to take a crash course in advanced flash to hopefully make this project really sparkle... as much as you can make blood and revolution sparkle. There is the chance that I could be in over my head which is typically what happens. We will see if I can pull off the design aspect of it.
VIVA baby!
However, we are all seeing eye-to-eye at this point and are all really excited about getting this project together. The designer, who has a pretty good understanding of flash, is going to take a crash course in advanced flash to hopefully make this project really sparkle... as much as you can make blood and revolution sparkle. There is the chance that I could be in over my head which is typically what happens. We will see if I can pull off the design aspect of it.
VIVA baby!
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| "The Chucks", UWF Library 2012 |
Thursday, October 11, 2012
On the subject of information graphics...
I found this little ditty today and thought it was really (really) very cool! I hope everyone is doing well on their projects.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
"...Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir..."
I think this video perfectly demonstrates the chaos I sometimes (OK, most of the time) see/feel in my head. You have to watch the whole thing to truly get the chaos.
If you've seen the movie then you know that the final scenes are about living the Bohemian lifestyle. On another interesting note Nichole Kidman took vocal lessons for this film and it is her voice throughout the entire movie. I digress...
As cruel as this may sound - thank goodness that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the product of inbreeding and broke a leg as a child. If none of this ever happened he may have grown up a normal boy riding horses and doing manly traditional things. Thank goodness he was able to see his real talent for art. He was an aristocrat drawn to the Bohemian lifestyle found in the Montmartre district of Paris. A rebel with a cause and my kinda guy. I had no idea exactly what Le Chat Noir was until this movie. I thought it was another brilliant French Art Nouveau poster found in my Aunts house (she has lots of them). For this district of Paris it was a nightclub where patrons sat at tables and drank while being entertained by a variety show on stage. It was a place where artists could 'be among their own'. Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso to name well, two, used to visit. Lautrec's posters were also displayed. While studying under Cormon and roaming the streets looking for subjects to sketch/paint Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (purportedly courtesy of his friends) and sketched her. He was also commissioned to produce a series of posters for the Moulin Rouge. To compare Mr. Bing and Monsieur Lautrec... Mr. Bing is commercialism and Lautrec fine art. Big business and bohemia bohemia. Oh to have lived in that era, partied at the Moulin Rouge. The works capture the vibrance of the era immaculately.
As cruel as this may sound - thank goodness that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the product of inbreeding and broke a leg as a child. If none of this ever happened he may have grown up a normal boy riding horses and doing manly traditional things. Thank goodness he was able to see his real talent for art. He was an aristocrat drawn to the Bohemian lifestyle found in the Montmartre district of Paris. A rebel with a cause and my kinda guy. I had no idea exactly what Le Chat Noir was until this movie. I thought it was another brilliant French Art Nouveau poster found in my Aunts house (she has lots of them). For this district of Paris it was a nightclub where patrons sat at tables and drank while being entertained by a variety show on stage. It was a place where artists could 'be among their own'. Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso to name well, two, used to visit. Lautrec's posters were also displayed. While studying under Cormon and roaming the streets looking for subjects to sketch/paint Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (purportedly courtesy of his friends) and sketched her. He was also commissioned to produce a series of posters for the Moulin Rouge. To compare Mr. Bing and Monsieur Lautrec... Mr. Bing is commercialism and Lautrec fine art. Big business and bohemia bohemia. Oh to have lived in that era, partied at the Moulin Rouge. The works capture the vibrance of the era immaculately.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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| Lautrec's Prostitute, a woman rumored to be called Marie-Charlotte. |
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| A sketch of you know who at Chat Noir |
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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in “Chilpéric,” 1895 - 1896 |
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Nude Woman Seated on a Divan (1882)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec   |
Monday, October 1, 2012
The "Grand Poobah" of the Art Nouveau movement
Yes ladies and gentlemen, this is really how I view the elusive 'we don't know much about S. Bing' and what he did for the Art Nouveau movement. I thought it very interesting in the movie that they made the point to mention not much was known about him. Even more interesting is that tthere weren't very many photos of him. Funny, for a man who spent much time in the spotlight innovating and developing an art movement.
Mr. S. Bing developed a fascination for Japanese (Asian) art in the 1870's when Asia opened its borders to the West. Not only was he fascinated by the artwork, but he embraced the entire Japanese way of life and in turn, Japanese art had a very large impact on the Art Nouveau movement.
Artists like Gustav Klimt were inspired by the monthly journal published by Mr. Bing called Le Japon Artistique. In addition, a man by the name Van Gogh (you may have heard of him before, maybe?) would borrow some of the Japanese art in Bing's collection and that art lives on today in Van Gogh's works. I was really fascinated to see Van Gogh's interpretation of Bing's original works.
What I also find very interesting is that Mr. Bing himself wasn't really an artist, per say. Mr. Bing was in the business of imports and exports, mostly imports. He was a business man with an incredible vision and the ability to influence, foster and shape artists to also see his vision. A prime example of this is the collaboration of his gallery with Louis Comfort Tiffany (yes, this is where your 'Tiffany & Co. jewelry comes from ladies) and an architect named William Morris. Mr. Bing was able to mold the following artists at the beginning of their careers - Louis Bonnier, Frank Brangwyn, and Edouard Vuillard, the designers Eugène Gaillard, Edward Colonna, William Benson, and Georges de Feure, and the sculptor Constantin Meunier.
I found this website very intersting... http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/index.php/summer05/212-lost-and-found-s-bings-merchandising-of-japonisme-and-art-nouveau-
Mr. S. Bing developed a fascination for Japanese (Asian) art in the 1870's when Asia opened its borders to the West. Not only was he fascinated by the artwork, but he embraced the entire Japanese way of life and in turn, Japanese art had a very large impact on the Art Nouveau movement.
Artists like Gustav Klimt were inspired by the monthly journal published by Mr. Bing called Le Japon Artistique. In addition, a man by the name Van Gogh (you may have heard of him before, maybe?) would borrow some of the Japanese art in Bing's collection and that art lives on today in Van Gogh's works. I was really fascinated to see Van Gogh's interpretation of Bing's original works.
What I also find very interesting is that Mr. Bing himself wasn't really an artist, per say. Mr. Bing was in the business of imports and exports, mostly imports. He was a business man with an incredible vision and the ability to influence, foster and shape artists to also see his vision. A prime example of this is the collaboration of his gallery with Louis Comfort Tiffany (yes, this is where your 'Tiffany & Co. jewelry comes from ladies) and an architect named William Morris. Mr. Bing was able to mold the following artists at the beginning of their careers - Louis Bonnier, Frank Brangwyn, and Edouard Vuillard, the designers Eugène Gaillard, Edward Colonna, William Benson, and Georges de Feure, and the sculptor Constantin Meunier.
I found this website very intersting... http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/index.php/summer05/212-lost-and-found-s-bings-merchandising-of-japonisme-and-art-nouveau-
And Now...
Examples of art created by other artists he brought together to create the Art Nouveau movement
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| Cover of S. Bing's Paris Illustre Japon from the late 1880's |
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| Comparison of Japonisme and how it influenced Degas |
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| The entry way to S. Bing's gallery L'Art Nouveau opened in Dec. 1895 |
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| The image on the left was owned by Mr. Bing and Mr. Van Gogh borrowed it to create the painting on the right |
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| View of L'Art Nouveau circa late 1800's |
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| A bedroom in L'Art Nouveau showcasing the works of Tiffany, Morris fabrics, Tiffany glassware, Rookwood Pottery |
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