Design Blogs...Lead to Jobs and NYTimes Coverage

Some of you saw the article in the NYTimes this past week on design bloggers. In case you missed click here. I'll use this as an opportunity to [finally] post my design blog list although I didn't take time to update it.

Highlights from NY Times Article
Design Sponge
Apartment Therapy
Cool Hunting
Unbeige

Design Blog List
Design Observer
Speak Up
Personism
Design Boom
Core 77 blog
Bloesem- http://bloesem.blogs.com/
design*sponge- http://designsponge.blogspot.com/
New Jewellery- http://newjewellery.blogspot.com/
Extreme Craft-http://www.extremecraft.com/
Redefining Craft- http://www.redefiningcraft.com/
Craft Research- http://craftresearch.blogspot.com/

Recommended by Others
oh joy!-http://ohjoy.blogs.com/
decor8-http://www.decor8.blogspot.com/
spray glue- http://sprayglue.blogspot.com/
Karin’s Style blog-http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/

Artist’s Blogs
Abigail Percy- http://www.abigailpercy.blogspot.com/
Karen Gelardi- http://www.karengelardi.com/
Juliet Ames (Towson alum) - http://craftherapy.blogspot.com/
Annie Chau (Towson alum) - http://www.imogene.org/blog/?logged_in=0&has_items=0
Diana Fayt-http://oneblackbird.blogspot.com/index.html
Megan Auman- http://meganauman.blogspot.com/index.html

Follow blog links- the blogs listed on other's sites.

Towson Alum Named "Best Local Jeweler"

Annie Chau, Towson alumni was cited as Best Local Jewelry Designer by Citypaper.
Check it out.

Movable Feast-Thursday, September 18th

Movable Feast- if you didn't know.

NY Times, "Time Talk"- September 15th

First NY "Times Talk" Lunch of the Semester

Monday, September 15th

Join students, faculty and staff as “Don’t Hate, Debate 2008” continues with monthly lunch discussions of current issues relevant to the upcoming Presidential Elections. Each month a guest host leads a discussion of a recent New York Times article.

New York Times Talk Lunch

Monday, September 15,

Just Bring Your Brain!

Topic: Immigration in the United States

Hosts: Dr. Santiago Solis, Center for Student Diversity & Dr. Elizabeth Clifford, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

Monday, September 15, 2008

12:00 - 1:00 PM, University Union, Room 314 - 315

Watch the Daily Digest for more information on the articles that will be discussed.

All articles can be found at www.nytimes.com

There will also be hard copies of the articles at the lunch.

Don't miss the FREE pizza and give aways!

Open to ALL students, faculty and staff.

Sponsored by The New York Times, the American Democracy Project, and Student Affairs

Questions? Email eruete1@towson.edu

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ACMETL Listserv Assist

This is a link to the ACMETL Listerv. On this page there is an option to Join or Leave The List. The image included in this post is a screen capture from that page. It seems pretty self explanatory. Participation is required for all of my students starting with an intro followed by posting 1x a week and introducing a new topic 1x a month.

Someone post about Arthur Hash's visit! Or your current design problems- what are you thinking about, working on, reading about?

Nothing happens in a vacuum. These are your peers- other members of the field you are training for. Start a conversation.

Surf the archives.
Broaden those horizons.
Enjoy!

Hash Take Aways, Arthur Hash

I really enjoyed the lecture and after party with Arthur Hash last night.
Here are my take aways and some favs.
Everything is fodder for his work. His eye is constantly looking. His work seems simple and I don't mean this in a pejorative way.
He returns to the basics design principles as a way of developing work.
[Why do students resist the very basics of design? And practicing strong design skills? Students cannot usually name the principles and elements of design yet these are the very foundation of their creative profession. Seems silly. Or foolish. Is this different in a design school?]
His work is strong in terms of visual design.
One things leads to another; not fuss, no muss. Well, I suspect there is "muss" Arthur just doesn't interpret the muss as "muss".
He is curious. Calm and curious. "Hey, what if I dripped this left over material on a surface and see what happens?"
Self-judgment and censorship seem to be held at bay.
He has fun and enjoys his work And doesn't take things too seriously.
He is resourceful again not allowing potential obstacles to become obstacles. The necklace made of hot glue was gorgeous. Which materials are available, affordable to make work from. If IU had supplied metal for students, how would Hash's future have been effected?
His visual eye is strong. He can see ideas in things. The Pig's Ear Bracelet.
He seems to just go through his life, having or creating his life. Pick up pig;'s ears for his dog and, "oh, hey, art material." It is his trained eye [and calm mind] that allows for this.
Frequently asks and acts on, "What can this material do?"
Jewelry, installation, sculpture, wallpaper, prints.....Which limits do we self-impose?
How do we set our selves up or limit ourselves?

Bookmark Arthur.
Here's his blog, The Art Escape Plan.