Many of you are getting on a role. Keep it up. So that we can push this to the limit, I’ve squeezed a bit more time out for design. This is cutting it close, but lets shoot for 11AM Friday. Send me optimized PDFs for print use.
New work is being posted as it comes in—review the threads for the latest. Jessica has some new type treatments to #5 and #11. Carolin has several updates to #6—any comments for the hand anyone. Send updates as soon as you get them to an agreeable point. Give yourself some time to get a little feedback. KERMIT is on the board and looking good—thanks Kermit!
Do you like studio this way? Reply to this thread with your thoughts about the virtual studio as played-out over the last 72 hours.
I personally enjoy studio this way. It is less distracting for me to work at home rather then in studio. I really like that I can pick the pace in which I work at. Also I can send work in when I'm ready to hear feed back.
The negatives are that I don't have any physical or oral communication regarding my work. Sometimes peoples comments and statements are misunderstood. In person you can go more in depth with one another work.
Posted by Quentin on May 5, 2005 09:29 PM
i've always enjoyed the conversation we can have online, especially after last spring. i'm a bit disappointed this semester was slow on the discussion. it seems that when you're posting online, you have much more time for consideration / wording / etc. which might aid some people in presenting their ideas. it seems that many of our discussions online are much more in depth and thoughtful. oh, and some days i just don't want to talk in studio. i'm not in the mood. but if the discussion is online, you can take a break and come back to the conversation.
however, on the downside, you lose the opportunity to practive presentation skills and have a f2f conversation, which can be rare today with AIM, email, etc.
yay for message boards.
Posted by mia on May 5, 2005 09:32 PM
This is interesting, because there are no awkward silences, people looking around and Tony staring at us, incredulous that a bunch of people over the age of 15 have nothing to say. At the same time you have less chance for rebuttal and more opportunity to marinate on vituperative responses.
Posted by Caroline on May 5, 2005 10:34 PM
vit-u-per-ative
vi-tuper-ative
vituper-a-tive
; )
Posted by : ) on May 5, 2005 11:40 PM
I'm liking this space in here. I like typing in here. It feels good.
And at 12:29 A.M. I am discussing design concepts and commenting on the awkwardness of a stroke width. Beautiful.
I agree, I wish we had all woken up this semester and had taken advantage of this space. Good breathing room and discussions are generally kept relevant. Keep this thought going into the next year. Well heck, why can't we keep this going over the summer?
Tony?
P.S. Can you say heck in this space?
Posted by al. f. on May 6, 2005 12:35 AM
Kudos (okay, not really a kermit word) to you guys for all that you made and had to say. I enjoyed your exchanges - (or maybe just getting my two cents in- semi-addictive)- definitely a practice to continue, summer, next year, etc.
As some type of summary, from me - your energy and facility to make is good. In the midst of all of that, please do not forget to factor in cultural factors, All these these symbols (irrespective to line weights, font choices, other "graphic design stuff", etc) reside within cultural and social settings - i.e. what does it mean to have a man and woman, etc. in the symbolic frame. What suspicions do people have of the food industry (educated via blogs, etc). Whats going on in popular culture which impacts the contemporary understanding of the message/form reception?
If you choose not to (test the form against cultural readings)- your symbol may become late-night comic fodder -- great if intended.
thanks for sharing your POSiTions
KB
Posted by kermit on May 6, 2005 08:53 AM
I personally enjoy studio this way. It is less distracting for me to work at home rather then in studio. I really like that I can pick the pace in which I work at. Also I can send work in when I'm ready to hear feed back.
The negatives are that I don't have any physical or oral communication regarding my work. Sometimes peoples comments and statements are misunderstood. In person you can go more in depth with one another work.
Posted by Quentin on May 5, 2005 09:28 PM