Archive for September, 2007
Toward Artisanal Design
In: Design
19 Sep 2007I was talking with Bryan Leister this past weekend about what design is and the challenges of design in the future. He described it as selling artisanal tomatoes. The challenge for designers in our time is to convince the general public that heirloom tomatoes are better than hothouse tomatoes. This, he said, is a design [...]
Neo Rauch
In: Art and Culture| Denver
19 Sep 2007I’m looking forward to tomorrow evening; Neo Rauch will be speaking at the Denver Art Museum. Some of the most engaging and provocative work of the last generation. More of his work at David Zwirner Gallery.
Artists on Art: Neo Rauch
Thursday, September 20, 6:30 pm
Artists on Art: From Any Angle Logan Lectures 2007 features lectures [...]
The Middle Path to (Design) Wisdom
In: Design
13 Sep 2007“Everything is shit. The word art must be redefined. This is the age where everyone creates.”
–Patti Smith
“The blogosphere is itself a commodification of authenticity”
–Andrew Keen
Clay Shirky posted some thoughts about humility and arrogance in design on A Brief Message this morning. I’ve been considering some similar ideas over the past few months, as have many [...]
Mile High Stories: The Italians of Denver
In: Denver| storytelling
11 Sep 2007Mile High Stories is a project I’ve been working on with Daniel Weinshenker and Tim Roessler for a few years now. I just updated the Mile High Stories site, with a new wordpress format and youtube videos.
The new site includes ten new stories that were created for the “Italians of Denver” exhibit at the [...]
One of the most compelling exhibits of the year will be taking place this fall at the Center for Visual Art in Denver. Curated by Lisa Abendroth of Metropolitan State College of Denver, the show brings together a broad range of innovative designs focused on improving the quality of everyday life.
Lisa has put the [...]
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Hugh Graham Creative provides design strategy, research, and storytelling for corporations, non-profits, and community organizations.
- Jim Davenport: Just a slight correction to the comment by Glen Moultrie. The Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Co [...]
- Glen Moultrie: In looking through old cemetaries in Alabama I find many Woodman of the World upright tombstones. Th [...]
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- thomas: sebastien foucan is one of the original second generation founders of parkour! i know that sound stu [...]
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