Learning from “Learning From Las Vegas”

March 9, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Filed under Designers, Placemaking, Signage, Urban Planning

“From October 29, 2009 to Feb 5, 2010, Yale School of Architecture Gallery held What We Learned, an exhibition that features the teaching, research, and design work of Venturi and Scott Brown. The exhibition was made up of two independently organized shows.” — A.M.

Milton Glaser to be honored

February 26, 2010 at 5:16 pm
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Milton Glaser will receive a 2009 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal, “for a lifetime devoted to improving the way people communicate through innovation in graphic design, and for memorable visual artifacts that challenge contemporary artists and delight all Americans.” — A.M.

Milton Glaser sketches

February 24, 2010 at 4:53 pm
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“What can we say, we have always been inspired by Milton. He is a born teacher who always inspires. In 2006, Chris from C. Coy shot this short video of Milton Glaser sketching a portrait of William Shakespeare and musing about how the act of drawing makes him conscious of what he is looking at and focuses his mind on the world around him. In addition to the thoughtfulness of his comments, it’s impressive to see that he draws confidently without ever pausing or erasing —

or losing his train of thought.” — A.M. (via Ronald Shakespear!)

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

Navigating the Labyrinth: February 3 in NYC

January 26, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Filed under City Happenings, Designers, Symbols, Transportaton, Wayfinding

If two of our fave SEGD Fellows are going, this must be worth attending.

NAVIGATING THE LABYRINTH: UNIMARK INTERNATIONAL AND THE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM
On the 40th Anniversary of the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual join Massimo Vignelli, Tom Geismar, Lance Wyman, Michael Hertz, Doris Halle and Peter Joseph in a conversation about the past, present and future of the New York City subway signage. The evening will be moderated by Paul Shaw and Jan Conradi. — A.M.

We love Ronald

December 14, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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And here’s why.  

When asked by the AIGA to comment on design trends in Argentina, he replied with the following story. “When James Ivory entrusted Anthony Hopkins with the construction of that fantastic character, the servant in ‘The Remains of the Day’, Hopkins at a point had a problem of a conceptual nature and asked for help. Ivory advised him to talk to an old Windsor butler, an expert on the subject. Hopkins invited him to tea. They sat down and chatted for a while, but in fact, when the meeting came to an end, Hopkins had a feeling that this old servant had not told him anything. He walked him to the door and as he was about to leave, determined to extract something from the character, he said: ‘Tell me, finally, WHAT is a servant?’ The old man turned, thought about it for a second and said: ‘A servant is someone who, when he WALKS into a room, makes it look EMPTIER than it was before.’

I have tardily found that this is exactly the role of my work.” — A.M.