January 2012
38 posts
Flying People in New York City →
A Flock of (Digital) Swans →
A spot of drink with your pub read calls for a few...
A spot of drink with your pub read calls for a few rules, now…
yfrog.com/obp2tndj (via The drinking rules @CENTERSTAGE_MD pub readings
The Conversation After The Show
The Conversation After The Show
2AMt
When a theater is only open to the public for 15 minutes before and after a performance—and is otherwise closed and locked, with the public let in and, if necessary, kicked out—the question arises of how to make the performing arts a conversation, a participatory activity more articulated than active listening. Here’s a simple story of how that engagement...
Getting to the ‘What’ of it | HowlRound →
Much of the conference was spent discussing who Broadway should be attracting (in terms of both audience and industry), how Broadway could be courting said targeted audiences (largely capitalizing on social networking), and why theater. The why was most succinctly and quotably summed up by Gregory Mosher: “You can’t Google a broken heart. That’s what we need Shakespeare for.” A conversation about...
6,072-Page Book Is a Scale Model of the Solar... →
A Panorama View of New York City →
Ghostly Images with Light Stencils →
NPR.org » 'Hamlet' On An Elevator? The Bard Gets A... →
The UX Research Plan That Stakeholders Love →
Walter Benjamin →
The dynamic lobby
2012 LMDA Conference →
I feel like I have to go to this conference this summer.
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Dramaturgy as part of a festival at the Kennedy... →
from Ghost light: an introductory handbook for dramaturgy
By Michael M. Chemers
In some theaters, dramaturges have the responsibility of curating lobby displays. Such displays can take virtually any form, but many theaters have display cases or other hardware especially designed for this kind of presentation. It is an opportunity for the designers to showcase their work by displaying rendering...
Lessing’s Birthday →
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
How to begin to describe such a person?
Produced playwright at the age of 16. Critic. Polyglot. Scholar. Historian. Philosopher. Theologian. Translator. Interpreter. Social Critic. Activist. Trickster. Moral atheist. Not Jewish, he is a hero to Jews, but was also a hero to Nazis (after a bizarre fashion). Not Muslim, he remains one of the most sensitive interpreters...
Some free writin' in the neighborhood of a thesis...
This topic has been in my head for a while — for sure. It’s obvious that theatre is a passion, next to design, and I love the opportunity to bring them together. I guess there’s also a connection to education that I gravitate toward — is it just education or is it pedagogy. Teaching young performers for so long (it’s been 10+ years at this point) I’ve been...
Gorgeous work by Jude Landry →
cool poster for Drive →
My Favorite Font Sources: A Shortlist of Trusted... →
Fresh Kills Landfill →
Tweaking the New Year
Tweaking the New Year
DesignNotes by Michael Surtees
A couple years ago after reading a post from someone that visited the Empire State Building once a year on New Years Day I decided to follow the same tradition. Just like last year and the year before that it gave me a focused opportunity to reflect on the past year and decide what I will do for the remainder of the new year.
Looking back...
How to Write a Ph.D. Dissertation
How to Write a Ph.D. Dissertation
Neatorama
E. Robert Schulman and C. Virginia Cox
Charlottesville, Virginia
Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate that writing a Ph.D. dissertation can have many benefits. Not only do you obtain extensive typesetting experience, but afterwards you can have your frequent-flyer literature addressed to “Dr. Your Name.”
Chapter I: Introduction
Ph.D....
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Tom, Dick & Harry Business Card #GraphicDesign...
Tom, Dick & Harry Business Card
Inspiring Ethan
Tom, Dick & Harry Business Card
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London Underground map by Kyle BEAN made from...
London Underground map by Kyle BEAN made from drinking straws….
inspire me now
London Underground map by Kyle BEAN made from drinking straws. Photos: Jean-luc Brouard
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My Favorite Font Sources: A Shortlist of Trusted...
My Favorite Font Sources: A Shortlist of Trusted Foundries and Retailers
Typographica
Most fonts are licensed when needed, selected specifically for the job at hand. But when my (less font-addicted) friends are seeking versatile, workhorse typefaces for future use, I send them this list.
Commercial Type
FontFont
Font Bureau
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Typotheque
House Industries
Village...
The Myth Of The Sophisticated User
The Myth Of The Sophisticated User
Smashing Magazine Feed
As I sat in my local co-working space, shoulder-deep in a design problem on my MacBook Air, I could hear him. He was on the phone, offering screen-by-screen design recommendations to his client for the project they were working on. When this acquaintance of mine arrived at the subject of a particularly hairy task flow, he...
US Interstates as Subway Map
US Interstates as Subway Map
CMYBacon
Many of you may know that I’m a big fan of subway maps (I’m a geek, I know). So I couldn’t help but share this great subway-inspired map of U.S. interstates by designer Cameron Booth.
(Thank you, Derek, for the tip!)
US Interstates as Subway Map by Cameron Booth
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One of the Greatest Ads of All Time
One of the Greatest Ads of All Time
CMYBacon
This vintage LEGO advertisement has been making the rounds lately but I couldn’t resist sharing it here too. It’s refreshing to see an ad that’s aimed at young girls in this way (no pink, glitter or princess paraphernalia) , but unfortunate that we haven’t seen this sort of thing in decades. The smile on this little girl’s face just makes me so...
verahs: Cool bookshelves from Stella Blue Designs....
verahs: Cool bookshelves from Stella Blue Designs. Designed by…
Bookshelf Porn
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Cool bookshelves from Stella Blue Designs. Designed by Katie Katzenmeyer.
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