Artist and CE faculty member, Amanda Benton, will be giving an artist’s talk sponsored by the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking program at the University of the Arts.
Amanda will be discussing the Bazaaro World project and gender images in the media, and will answer any questions from the audience to open up the conversation to YOU the viewers.
Please come join us at The University of the Arts, CBS room, Monday, January 30 at 6:30 pm.
In this nine-minute documentary, the making of TIME magazines “The Protester” is chronicled. The Protester, which was included in TIME’s Person of The Year issue, is a series of photographers taken by TIME staff photographer, Peter Hapak, which showcases protesters involved with the Occupy movement across seven countries. You can see the video here.
Hapak briefly touches on techniques he used to capture the portraits, including a humorous account of bribing one particular subject with breakfast sausages. The behind the scenes look is narrated by the photographer himself and shows viewers clips of the photo shoots conducted throughout the course of the project.
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With 2011 done and gone, it is time to break out some reviews of what the year had to offer. To pay homage to the 2012 election process, I thought it would be interesting to see the the difference between popular designs and (albeit subjectively) good designs — because we all know there’s often very little correlation.
To my surprise, the sites which allowed ranking of CSS designs did a good job of pushing solid design to the top. While I had to sift through a lot of generic designs, I came across a number of themes that I believe were somewhat new to 2011.
Four cultural provocateurs challenge us to look with fresh eyes at the possibilities all around in a free public lecture series at the University of the Arts presented by DesignPhiladelphia and the University’s Corzo Center for the Creative Economy.
When we stop seeing and experiencing what we live with and become blind to familiar things, systems and surroundings, design thinking can shift our vision, literally making what is right in front of us visible again. The “Visibly Invisible” speakers encourage us to look at the world from a refreshed angle.
Register For This FREE Event Now-iPhoneography: iPhone Obsessed – Philadelphia 1/19/12
The Photoshop Philadelphia User Group has a treat for you! Join them Thursday, January 19th at 7:15 pm at their headquarters on the campus of Philadelphia University for an amazing presentation. Register Now or Get Directions
Renowned author of iPhone Obsessed and publisher of the iObessed companion iPad application, Dan Marcolina will join the January 19th meeting to deliver a presentation on the book and app combo that Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski say “takes iPhone photography to the next level.”
Students in Rosi Dispensa‘s CE 2708 02, Digital Photography I course, submitted their end-of-semester projects last week, and I thought I would share the results. I think you will agree, the hard work really shows!
Dan: Reading Terminal Market at Christmas time.
Sati: Steve Power’s love letter murals
Jenna: The making of Rudy the reindeer
Martina: New York City subways
Donna: Philadelphia fashion
Mel: Portraits lit by cellphones
Patty: Italian Market, Posted in the class Flickr page
Vertigo Poster by Saul Bass
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’ve often referred to one of my favorite designers Saul Bass for his work creating classic movie titles, film posters, corporate logos and advertisements. I am thrilled that a new book Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design published by Laurence King was recently released in late 2011. Written by Jennifer Bass (his daughter) and Pat Kirkham, with a foreword by Martin Scorsese, this collection is gratifyingly complete. Check out the glowing New York Times Book Review. This is a great read for film lovers and designers alike.
Many University of the Arts Continuing Education students and alums have won prestigious awards or have had their work exhibited in galleries. Other UArts CE students are building careers or have received professional recognition for their work. Whatever CE students accomplish, we love to hear about how they applied what they learned in the classroom to the real world.
In this, our second “Success Stories” posting, we look to congratulate Chris Boetticher, Web Design Dual Certificate student, who recently completed designs for the King Taco Photography website and Penn Jersey Roller Derby website, while a student in Continuing Education, Web I, Summer 2011.
