Group Sign-up

Today I attempted to initiate group formations. While there were some people interested in pairing up nothing has been set in stone. If you cannot figure out groups yourself I will assign them. Try to decide… I might just pull them out of a hat.


Here is the class list. Since we have 18 please choose groups of three.



Addie, Chadwick - working on interaction/wayfinding
Beauchesne, Taylor - working on type design/childhood dreams
Belanger, Katherine - working on icon design/deployment for the environment
Brakke, Alyssa - working on type design/braille/tactile 
Carlson, Scott - working on highway/interstate wayfinding
Dolezar, Kyle - working on library wayfinding
Gulczynski, Christopher - working on icons/desktop analog
Gunnlaugsson, Keegan - working on typeface/3rd ward
Hall, Brian - working on ligatures for phonetics
Jung, Thomas - working on typeface design for famous icons (hair)
Keller, Liza - working on re-imagining the Union wayfinding
Korthof, Samantha - working on typeface design/brush script
Nytes, William - working on typeface design with ping-pong 
Peck, Nolan - working on comic wayfinding development
Short, Bryan - working on icons that teach/how to run
Specht, Nicole - working on icons that represent Wisconsin/mapping
Valeri, Angela - working on typeface design juxtaposing the digital and analog
Zimmerman, David - working on typeface design…

Periodic Table of Typefaces

For Tuesday March 29

Presentations this week on final 2D form. I will assign.


Please post a statement of your process and thesis to the blog by this day. Describe your interest/focus, questions you are trying to answer, and steps by which you are creating work. Explain your final form.

We will get started with groups as well on Tuesday.


Cheers!

Chicago Design Archive

For inspiration
http://www.chicagodesignarchive.com/

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experimental type video-awesomeness

I've always thought this video was pretty awesome, from the Typophile Film Festival 5 opening title. Enjoy.

Connect Comic Book

Comic Kinect: for all those who wish life was a comic book from Emily Schwartzman on Vimeo.