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It's all about networking - from beginning to end.

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:27 -0400

It's all about networking - from beginning to end.:

Check out Unigo - the new start up that helps reviews colleges and universities based on student’s opinions.

S.H.S. received an honorable mention on I.D. Magazine's Student Design Review 2008!

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:19:51 -0400

S.H.S. received an honorable mention on I.D. Magazine's Student Design Review 2008!

intra-company networking

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:12:33 -0400

intra-company networking

googlegangers!

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:10:00 -0400

googlegangers!

Jason Kottke talks about the emotional impact of a black and...

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:34:16 -0400

Jason Kottke talks about the emotional impact of a black and white line graph. The kinetics of a simple line provokes more than we could ever imagine.

The iconic chart of modernist movements drawn by Alfred Barr in...

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:57:00 -0400

The iconic chart of modernist movements drawn by Alfred Barr in 1936 illuminates the question of oversimplifcation. Barr was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and prepared this diagram for the influential exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art. The diagram distinctly uses causal arrows to link and demonstrate how one art movement formulated and shaped another. As Edward Tufte succinctly summarizes in Beautiful Evidence, “The paths of artistic influence — the verbs of this analysis — are shown [here] by 51 links (49 solid lines, 2 dotted).” Indeed, in 51 lines, this diagram served to organize an otherwise complicated history by showing how one movement develops into the next. The definitive nature of this visual provides an authoritative view of the progression of modern art history, but it also raises a lot of questions. The visual simplicity of Barr’s chart — the black or red single-headed arrows, dotted lines, and type size changes — implies a linear and quantifiable flow to this artistic progression. But creativity, as we know it, is hardly so. Artistic movements are fueled by human relationships, friendship circles, exchanges between mentors and protégés, to just name a few. They are bound by intangible, at times accidental influences that propel one school of thought to the next. Yet, none of this humanity — perhaps the real substance behind movements of any kind — is present. Only an ultra-modern and stoic representation stands.

It's live! With more to come, as usual.

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:03:33 -0400

It's live! With more to come, as usual.:

I guess this is what I have been up to for the last two years…

Envelopes galore!

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:33:00 -0400

Envelopes galore!:

There they are — featuring eight new designs, currently circulating around town. Also check out this growing collection! I love getting more, so feel free to send me an image or two if have some you’d like to share.

Here it is! One of eight newly designed interdepartmental...

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:43:00 -0500

Here it is! One of eight newly designed interdepartmental envelopes that is circulating around RISD’s campus. Formally leading the sender to the receiver, one can trace back the entire network and history of this envelope once it’s used up. Stay tune to see the rest. Used here to deliver something to our esteemed Grad Coordinator. Let me know if you want one.

Are genealogical charts representative of the complicated and...

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:20:00 -0500

Are genealogical charts representative of the complicated and intricate relationships that link generations together? Food for thought.

Just as the inter-departmental envelope is a network formed by...

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:59:00 -0500

Just as the inter-departmental envelope is a network formed by its circulation, the ex-libris (the name plate) in the inside front cover of a school textbook does much the same. This network of users, all owning the book at different times of its circulation, are clearly marked here in this index. (Don’t we all remember having a certain reaction when we found out who used the book before us?)

The inter-departmental delivery envelope is perhaps one of the...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:20:00 -0500

The inter-departmental delivery envelope is perhaps one of the most archaic, analog forms of circulation that is still in practice! It’s in every way a beautiful design and concept masked onto an object that is essentially owned by the people who use it. The formal design of this envelope has varied minimally over the years and presents a unique design problem (see above). The relationships between the individuals who use this envelope and consequently its travel becomes complicated and convoluted — yet how has the design of the form compensated for that? I will let you know when I find out…

{envelope was taken out of circulation by julie, the graduate graphic design program’s assistant}

A sculptural tree diagram, There’s no such thing as a good...

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:57:24 -0500

A sculptural tree diagram, There’s no such thing as a good decision by Beth Campbell. So very well titled.

{Diagram by Charles Eames entitled ‘Friends and...

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:36:29 -0500

{Diagram by Charles Eames entitled ‘Friends and Acquaintances’ for the Bicentennial exhibition ‘The World of Franklin and Jefferson’} via Tufte

Notice the similarity to Facebook’s Friend Wheel...

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:34:00 -0500

Notice the similarity to Facebook’s Friend Wheel application!

{Diagram by Charles Eames showing the connection of the Eames...

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:19:00 -0500

{Diagram by Charles Eames showing the connection of the Eames Office to important clients, patrons and colleagues}

[re]observation, book, 150 pages, fall 2006 / Uniform...

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0500

[re]observation, book, 150 pages, fall 2006 / Uniform Coloration Studies

This is somewhat similar to my own uniform coloration studies...

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:23:00 -0500

This is somewhat similar to my own uniform coloration studies project that I completed during my first semester at RISD. I collected a database of photographs that imply we are connected to each other in ways we do not know. Click here for more on using The Satorialist’s photographs as a cataloging exercise. Thx again, cds for this Christmas linkage.

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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:47:11 -0500

Excerpt from 14 days, 2 weeks, a Fortnight, a graphic design...

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:46:00 -0500

Excerpt from 14 days, 2 weeks, a Fortnight, a graphic design journal by the MFA class of 2008 (more to come!):

Diagrams are objective, unnuanced representations. Is it possible then to represent intangible, subjective relationships in a diagram? Sociograms is an ongoing series of interviews that asks individuals to diagram a relationship of their choice. Constructed with a limited toolset, each sociogram exemplifies the inability to represent human relationships in a straightforward, linear manner. The complexity of the links between two people are more accurately understood here through the fibers of colored string. Each individual was challenged to describe a relationship within an 18 × 24-inch parameter, and featured here—at 80% of their true size—are some of the unique ways these subjects chose to represent personal connections.