Wednesday, March 31, 2010

notes for Music Identity and Branding

classical and jazz

fun and community

clean and modern (Alvin Lustig) movement and rhythm

visual relationship nautilus and treble clef, bass clef? other composition symbols


musician with instrument having fun

simplicity


steinway = mac, best to work on

for students to see

high school recruiting (banner also)


identity

Logo and feel for multiple uses

(logo for t-shirt)

(banner)


piano

largely vocal school


performances through end of the semester

symphonic band

jazz band

singers concert - April 19th

Thursday night!


classical schools/conservancies:

Juilliard

Eastman

Manhattan school

Cincinatti conservatory

Indiana U

Michigan

UNT (North Texas)

FSU

Northwestern

Berkelee? Berkeley

Oberlin conservatory of music (new music program) (electronic pioneer)


Monday, March 15, 2010

Class for Wed. March 17th

Students in the Digital Senior Projects class will begin presenting their work during the first half of class. Attendance is mandatory. Please be respectful of the presenters - translation: do not be late for class on this day.

GOOD Magazine

Pola found this great site full of infographics:
Look for helpful information as well as examples...

Monday, March 1, 2010

NEXT

Information Visualization poster for the 40th Earth Day.

Based on the examples in class and the reading, aestheticize statistics to communicate the information through design. Your stylistic point of departure should be the style of the symbols you have been developing in class so far.

Monday, March 1

For those of you unsure about where to start your research:

Some places to start looking for information for your Earth Day Posters:


US Energy Information Administration

http://www.eia.doe.gov/


Center for Science in the Public Interest

http://cspinet.org/


EPA

http://www.epa.gov/

Envirofacts Data Warehouse

http://www.epa.gov/enviro/


A difference of opinion:

Pacific Legal Foundation

http://community.pacificlegal.org/Page.aspx?pid=854

Another difference of opinion:

http://www.amlibpub.com/essays/ipcc-global-warming-report.html

Rebuttle to the differences in opinion:

http://www.skepticalscience.com/


Planet Pals

http://www.planetpals.com/fastfacts.html


UNESCO

http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5296&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html


Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse

http://www.nerc.org/documents/tcph_final_report_june_2007.pdf


http://www.nerc.org/tools/index.html