Communication Arts | 2010 interactive annual 16

February 27, 2010

Communication Arts Interactive Annual 16 arrived in the mail yesterday, yippee!
CA is my favorite publication. Each time it arrives — I go through a ritual — often taking days to complete the read. I dive in quickly for a scan and save the deeper articles for later.
This interactive edition is more complex. The five categories [...]

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Make, Make, Make | Mike Perry

February 26, 2010

We attended the Mike Perry artist talk at the Yale University Art Gallery last night — thanks to an alert about the event from our friends at the AIGA Connecticut chapter. Their communication succinctly stated:
Mike Perry works in Brooklyn, New York making books, magazines, newspapers, clothing, drawings, paintings, illustrations and teaching whenever possible. His first [...]

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App-itizing | The iTouch World

February 25, 2010

We are now fully engaged — everything to go — see — gather on our mobile devices. iTouch Apps. Posted: February 25th by Roan Adelente gives the lastest insight. Exploring further — development for this booming market is exploding. iPhone SDK 3.1.3 SDK (Software Development Kit) is free.
I find this entire movement fascinating and after [...]

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New York City InDesign User Group

February 24, 2010
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QR | Something Old — Something New

February 23, 2010

Dana Oshiro’s article, 5 Unique Uses for QR Codes “The quick response (QR) bar code was originally created by Japanese company Denso-Wave to keep inventory. However, because QR codes allow for more data than the standard 10-digit bar code, and because scanning requires less effort than typing a URL, the QR has taken a turn [...]

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Turning Anxiety into Art

February 22, 2010

There are many avenues to stress relief and I use as many as I can to temper my uptight “type A” self. The most interesting channel for me is by making art. Art isn’t something I plan for. It extracts itself from me like an independent study by an honor student — or sometimes like [...]

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Eat Your Words @ HMF (HandMadeFont)

February 21, 2010

kHyal™ and I love — delicious chocolate, cheese and toast. Order is not important — flavor, aroma and crunch — absolute!
Now apply the above to type — HMF (HandMadeFont) a collection of untraditional fonts — many flavors and unusual objects to expand your design palate.
To satisfy kHyal’s Appitype — toast and cheese. Not just any [...]

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Fashion Week is Over | Time to DIY!

February 20, 2010

For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Threadbanger is a Brooklyn-based organization focused on the DIY movement. Their website about page reads:
The ThreadBanger network is a landing point for people who want to create and discover their own style through alternative fashion: recycling, up-cycling and re-fashioning anything and everything with simple sewing tools [...]

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Animator vs Animation | Stick Figures and Cheeseburgers

February 19, 2010

First reaction, see a stick figure — delete. My aunt Ginny sent this animation yesterday in an email. I (stick) figured, no pun intended  — give it a shot. Funny and clever — Animator vs Animation. Click the image or link. Just sit back and enjoy!
The game version — Animator vs Animation 2 [...]

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Adventures with the Travel sKwirl™ | A Paint by Number Getaway

February 18, 2010

One of our favorite places to get away is The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA. Their website and writing is as delightful as the place itself, so here is a copy/paste description from their site:
The spectacularly located and formerly overlooked city of North Adams is being revitalized through ART — cutting edge, contemporary art, [...]

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