Potential of Web Typography // 4 days ago
A Page by Craid Mod and Ian Lynam showcasing the potential of web typography with @font-face. Made to showcase capabilities of Firefox 3.5 with font licensed from awesome Underware for this demo. Nice.
Spiekermann Refreshed // 7 days ago
I must have been out of the loop lately. Herr. Spiekermann has got a new website, and Spiekermann Partners is now edenspiekermann_
State of Health Care // 16 days ago
“Recission” is a new word in my health insurance vocabulary.
This is when you pay your premiums for years to a healthcare insurer, then get sick, and then have your insurance cancelled.
That is how healthcare CEOs make their money. I wonder what intentional mistakes caused by insurance companies are called? Via df.
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival 2009 (BHFF) // 46 days ago
I wish I had posted this one earlier:
Since its founding in 2003, BHFF has gained a reputation as an important showcase of contemporary Bosnian-Herzegovinian cinematography. The festival provides a platform for the exposure of both emerging and internationally-renowned filmmakers and also features films that focus on the theme of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus contributing to a greater understanding of this country, its diverse culture, complex history and challenges it faces. To date, BHFF has screened more than 60 feature-lenght, short, documentary and animated films viewed by approximately 1,800 people.
Read more at www.bhffnyc.org/
books recently read // 52 days ago
Mythologies by Roland Barthes
It's Barthes' seminal book and one that can actually be read with sanity. It served as my reference (of course) for the paper on semiotics and motion design.
Part of Barthes' motivation with writing the book is that he saw history routinely presented as nature in media and mass communication through myth. Barthes defines a myth as a type of speech (p. 109) that by it's nature eschews the critical. The theory of semiotics postulates that a semiological sign consists of a signifier and the signified. Barthes sees mythology as a language system in which a typical sign becomes the mere signifier, thus building up a semiological chain.
The books actually consists of very brief essays (28 of them) that Barthes' wrote and published in various papers and journals on topics (should I say myths?) of popular culture. Thus they're approachable and surprisingly amusing. Those looking for a theoretical reference won't be disappointed either since the last chapter titled "Myth Today" outlines the theoretical framework for essays prior.
How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, Multimedia: Language, History, Theory by James Monaco
rating: 4 of 5 stars My review
Big qualification: I only read two chapters from this book. My chapter of interest was on semiotics ("The Language of Film: Signs and Syntax") since I used "How to Read a Film" as a reference for a paper I was writing on semiotics and motion design. In fact, Monaco's description of how semiotics can be investigated in film is astute and served as my primary reference. Monaco describes signifiers and signifieds, the trope, indexes, metonymy, and the gap that semiotic inquiry is trying to bridge between literature and film.
There are 6 chapters dealing with various aspects of film such as art, history, media, technical, etc. which is the way I personally prefer a multidisciplinary topic tackled.
Monaco's writing style is descriptive and compelling, and it's no surprise that it's a seminal book in the study of film and film history. Particularly captivating is Monaco's ability to connect different ideas and transition between them in a loose manner.
If you're simply a casual viewer interested in historical or artistic aspect of film, or an art history buff looking to expand your knowledge base onto moving image, this is a book to check out.
There is a freely available pdf somewhere on the web but all images are stripped from it, and is thus of limited use.
Kent State VCD Senior Show 09 (Photos) // 69 days ago
Congratulation to all award winners. Here are a few photos from the show.
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Kent State VCD Senior Show // 86 days ago
The website for Kent State VCD Senior Show is up.
The show will take place from April 21. – April 24. Reception is at 6 P.M. on April 24. See you there.
A List Apart Web Survey 2008 // 87 days ago
The results of A List Apart Web Survey 2008 are available
There is an enormous amount of good information. The presentation is beautiful.
Fluxiom Introduces Free Accounts // 89 days ago
This was back in December but it’s a news to me. Fluxiom is web-based digital assent management tool by Wollzelle.
Uploading only a few images, it works as good as it looks.
1st Edinboro Senior Show // 95 days ago
Over the spring break, I went to see the fist annual Edinboro University Graphic Design senior show. Rick Valicenti of Thirst, who was a “host” of last years AGI conference in Chigago, gave a talk after the opening. Here are a few photos.
Explanatory Videos // 131 days ago
knowledge (subtitled version) from Axel Rudolph on Vimeo.
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Simon Høgsberg // 161 days ago
We’re All Gonna Die, photography by Simon Høgsberg.