Design Alliance meeting tomorrow

Okay, folks,

I’ve decided to make up for last week’s short notice in announcing tomorrow’s Design Alliance meeting—

June 12, 2007
12–1:30 p.m.
Residential and Student Services Programs
2610 Channing Way (just up from Bowditch)
4th Floor Berkeley Room

—by making constant reminders of said upcoming meeting.

In case you didn’t get Friday’s reminder/update, here’s some of what the meeting will include:

• A presentation from the 2006 CASE Design Institute, “Visual Branding: Centralized and Decentralized Models”
• A revisit of a question from last year’s Design Alliance general meeting, “How can the Design Alliance serve you?”
• A discussion on Design Alliance forays into electronic communication

Okay, just eight or ten more reminders to go before tomorrow’s meeting. ;-)

"think with the senses, feel with the mind"

The Venice Biennale just opened!!

Romanian artist, Dan Perjovschi, who makes drawings with markers on Museum walls, is included in the Biennale and can be seen here drawing at the MOMA in NYC.

If you scroll across the bottom of the Part II video of him, there's a nice video of Barry McGee working as well.

Not sure of the relevance of this all but Calixto is not in today so I'm going art wild!

500 years of white girl portraits

This kinda blew my mind...

Adobe Reader Prints to FedEx Kinko’s

via Macworld

As a former member of the Amalgamated Coworkers Kinko’s Federation United* (ACKFU) my nose hairs stand on end whenever there’s a whiff of FedEx Kinko’s in the air. Today my olfactory danger sense is piqued by the scent of “Adobe, FedEx Kinko’s pair up to ease doc printing.”

So how have these two (three?) companies eased up document printing?

With a button—[Send to FedEx Kinkos].

It actually sounds like it might work.

*ACKFU is not a real federated union. Acronym is not based on any organization, living or dead.

Next Design Alliance meeting: June 12th

Greetings, all,

Sorry for the short notice, but the date has been finalized for the next
Design Alliance meeting!

Set your calendars for:

June 12, 2007
12–1:30 p.m.

And your maps for:

Residential and Student Services Programs
2610 Channing Way (just up from Bowditch)
4th Floor Berkeley Room

Yes, folks, that’s next Tuesday. An agenda for the meeting is coming soon.

Logo Drama Unfolding

The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. What will it be? And more to the point, What the heck is that thing?

At least it's a design drama that's hitting the mainstream press (BBC News) and the underground (and dangerously risque) design blogs (like London's b3ta) alike. In fact, someone is already compiling the press response.

Most impressive, in terms of the power of design, is that medical experts are theorizing that the logo may induce epileptic fits.

Google Maps sees all…

…in even greater detail.

This one’s probably old news by now, but in case you haven’t been checking the Interwebs lately, the latest cool/privacy-shatteringly-frightening tool to come from Google is Street View.

Street View is part of Google Maps, and before you can say “Oh yeah, I saw the satellite photo thing, like, a year ago” let me point out that Street View was just launched this week. And, before you can ask “Okay, smart guy, if Street View isn’t the satellite photo thing, then what is it?” let me provide you with two links:

• Goofy Google Tour of Street View
• Street View of Where I’m Blogging from

Reactions in the office have ranged from mildly amused to completely horrified to consumed with chafing and rage (though that may have nothing to do with Street View).