tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930804547109798568.post2789048594764713050..comments2023-11-29T06:20:15.009-06:00Comments on DC AIGA: Have Portfolio Will TravelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930804547109798568.post-32336142225891974362009-09-06T14:40:43.665-05:002009-09-06T14:40:43.665-05:00...and the rest of it...
Ellen Lupton, in general......and the rest of it...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.papress.com/other/thinkingwithtype/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Ellen Lupton, in general, and <i>Thinking With Type</i> in specific.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Type-Image-Language-Graphic-Design/dp/0471284920" rel="nofollow">Phillip Meggs, in general, but especially his work in <i>Type & Image: The Language of Graphic Design</i></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.printmag.com/dailyheller/" rel="nofollow">Steven Heller, in general, and almost all of the couple hundred books he's published (or helped to publish).</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lesliecabarga.com/" rel="nofollow">Leslie Cabarga, especially when he's writing about type production new and old.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.typography.com/" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones - their combined work as typographers and type lovers.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.alvinlustig.com/" rel="nofollow">Alvin Lustig</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.alexsteinweiss.com/" rel="nofollow">Alex Steinweiss</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jimflora.com/" rel="nofollow">Jim Flora</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ross-macdonald.com" rel="nofollow">Ross MacDonald</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jamesvictore.com" rel="nofollow">James Victore</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.devicq.com" rel="nofollow">Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hillmanncurtis.com/" rel="nofollow">Hillmann Curtis</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.1972municholympics.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Otl Aicher</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gunterrambow.de" rel="nofollow">Gunter Rambow</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.poster.com.pl/tomaszewski.htm" rel="nofollow">Henryk Tomaszewski</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.poster.com.pl/cieslewicz.htm" rel="nofollow">Roman Cieslewicz</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.morrissociety.org/" rel="nofollow">William Morris</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.towson.edu/heartfield/" rel="nofollow">John Heartfield</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/" rel="nofollow">Gerhard Richter (primarily the fact that he's such a voracious creative chameleon)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/index.php?id=35578&langld=en" rel="nofollow">Piet Zwart</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jansvankmajer.com/" rel="nofollow">Jan Svankmajer</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.samuel-beckett.net/" rel="nofollow">Samuel Beckett</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/" rel="nofollow">David Carson (remixed through about a dozen of the folks that I've listed above him here)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.designmusuem.org/design/matthew-carter" rel="nofollow">Matthew Carter - period.</a><br /><br />...as a decent starting point. :^)<br /><br />They've been a variety of starting points for me throughout my career and bleed out of me and my work regularly. We are who we eat, after all ;^)<br /><br />Live well, create constantly and make sure you keep none of it entirely to yourself.<br /><br />"When one (person), for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, (they have) no right to keep it to (themselves)."<br /><br />- a slight variation on a Jacques Yves Cousteau quotation.<br /><br />Have a great week everyone.<br /><br />+ Paulp.berkbiglerhttp://www.aigadesignjobs.org/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=236414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930804547109798568.post-59959392389029052972009-09-06T14:39:27.836-05:002009-09-06T14:39:27.836-05:00Howdy y'all :^)
Greetings from Lincoln and th...<b>Howdy y'all :^)</b><br /><br />Greetings from Lincoln and the regular resting spot of that well-traveled Samsonite case shown up above at P.Berkbigler Design & Illustration headquarters in Lincoln.<br /><br />Really, really great to make the trip and spend an evening meeting all of you, plus to have an opportunity to share passion for design & Illustration, the design community and how AIGA is a part of both those loves with everybody who gathered in Room 1223.<br /><br />Here's one among many of the times when I love what communication technology offers: the chance, as an invited speaker, to have another connecting point after the tangbile talk and the visit are over. <br /><br />Sort of like my little gimmicky promo for making shoes of our own (which is a bigger plug for the idea that the means of mass production are so incredibly close to our own fingertips now, we've nothing stopping us from utilizing them besides our own willingness to jump in that pool!), it's great to be given the option of continuing to connect / write via the means of current technology. As designers, we simply need to always think about how these communicative means pose equivalent possibility and opportunity, so long as we know an outstanding reason to engage them as such.<br /><br />Per David's question about Charles Spencer Anderson's influence on my life and work, the answer is a resonate: Yah, you betcha' :^)<br /><br />CSA was a major influence that hovered over my first employer and was well channeled through my early working experiences in St. Louis.<br /><br />Here's a quick run-down of other pivotal squares in my personal creative crazy quilt:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aestheticapparatus.com" rel="nofollow">Aesthetic Apparatus</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theheadsofstate.com" rel="nofollow">The Heads of State</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Dave McKean (particularly his work with Neil Gaiman)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.typebooks.org/i-r_bringhurst.htm" rel="nofollow">Robert Bringhurst, in general, but particularly in <i>The Elements of Typographic Style</i></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.christophniemann.com/" rel="nofollow">Christoph Niemann</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/experience-hatch-today.aspx" rel="nofollow">Jim Sherraden and the work of Hatch Show Print</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yeehawindustries.com" rel="nofollow">Yee-Haw Industries</a><br /><br />...stay tuned for part two...p.berkbiglerhttp://www.aigadesignjobs.org/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=236414noreply@blogger.com