Sub/Conscious Meanderings

Type Thurdsays 6

Arlo — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:50:56 +0000

I can’t remember where I found these, but would love to have a few in my future studio space—whenever that actually happens.

pillowy type

19 People, 5 Words

Arlo — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:54:50 +0000

This weekend I spent two long—but not boring or dreadful—days up at Snowbird with the board for AIGA Salt Lake. With new members making up half the board, it was great to share ideas, make friends, and develop our collective vision for the chapter this year. Over the two days, 17 board members (two were only there part time, with one unable to attend) selected 5 words to describe our vision, developed specific goals for the year generated many great ideas for programs, initiatives, partnerships and events. Any retreat wouldn’t be worth it wihtout some antics, which included wiping out on the alpine slide, riding a mechanical bull, and playing Gwen Stefani’s Yummy way too loud while playing pool (rather unsuccessfully). Overall it was a fantastic weekend filled with productivity and fun.

The Fab Five: Accessible, Adaptive, Connective, Engaging, Fun

The 2010–2011 Board:

Kevin Perry — President
Thy Doan — Vice President
Andrea Barlow — Chapter Administrator
Shannon Markham — Treasurer
Shaun Steele — Membership Director
Brooks Shelton — Volunteer Director
Carolyn Crowley — Community Director
Rachel Broadbent — Sustainability Director
Holly Johnson — Education Director
Jayne Swallow — Education Director
Arlo Vance — Programming Director
Tim Lee — Programming Director
Jason Bangerter — Interactive Programming Director
Dan Kimball — Development Director
Marlow Hoffman — Development Director
Katri Haycock — Communications Director
Jim Killian — Digital Communications Director
Katie Eldridge — Public Relations Director
Spencer Charles — Historian

Swipe Saturday 5

Arlo — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:55:03 +0000

Jeff Nishinaka uses paper in the most incredible way to make finely detailed bas relief type sculptures. Simple amazing. As a graduate from Art Center College of Design, he studied illustration and developed a deeply personal relationship with paper as a medium.

I wanted to manipulate paper in the least invasive way, to keep the integrity and feel of it. Paper to me is a living, breathing thing that has a life of its own. I just try to redirect that energy into something that feels animated and alive

Remarkable detail and lighting gives this paper sculpture life

Type Thursdays 5

Arlo — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:18:36 +0000

Here’s an excellent pairing of type and texture by Seattle-based Urban Influence for the New Sheridan Hotel in Telluride, CO.

color, type and texture combine perfectly to create a modern old west feeling

Swipe Saturday 4

Arlo — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:15:50 +0000

Recently I’ve been attracted to furniture and furniture design. Perhaps it’s the homeowners fever I’ve been getting, or just a desire to learn about something new. Regardless, I’m working on a project intersecting typography and furniture, and I can’t stop looking at beautiful shapes and materials. Here are a few pieces of furniture by Saba Italia I particularly love because of their simplicity paired with a little customizability.

saba italia’s beautifully simple furniture

Meaningful Connections

Arlo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:22:26 +0000

I have long thought that meaningful connections are the fabric of a quality life, whether between people, ideas or things. I found this lovely quote attributed to Steve Jobs regarding connections we make in the ‘creative’ realm.

Creativity is just connecting things.

When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.

Unfortunately, that’s a rare commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem.

The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better the design we will have.

— steve jobs

Type Thursdays 4

Arlo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:31:28 +0000

So karaoke went a little longer than I expected last night—hence the slight delay in this week’s Type Thursday. But these information graphics are too awesome to let slip by. Intelligence in Lifestyle, an Italian men’s magazine isn’t available in the U.S., but there’s an amazing flickr stream of high quality images (that’s where I got these, via iso50)

Intelligence in Lifestyle covers

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information graphics from interior spreads

Swipe Saturday 3

Arlo — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:04:53 +0000

In Iron Man 2 the 3D interface used by Tony Stark for his research was stunning and extremely complex. Here are a few of the visualizations Prologue developed for the film.

visualizations of the ‘new element’ and other elements from the film

Type Thursdays 3

Arlo — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:52:03 +0000

Designed by Beth Shirrell, a recent grad from Tyler School of Art, designed Kalakari as part of her MFA. It also won first place in the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design Competition. This ornamental display face takes inspiration from Hindi architecture and the art of henna.