The students in my web design class are currently working on a project involving collections. They have been tasked with gathering 10 – 15 objects or ideas that are meaningful in some way, and designing a website that presents the collection to a larger audience. As inspiration for the design … Read More →
Category Archives: Making
On thinking, making, and being present
This week I have been remembering my grandmother, who passed away a year ago on Monday. I began this post shortly afterward, but never quite found the right words to describe the experience. Today, hopefully, I have. My grandmother Mina (one half of the grandparents I called Mom and Pop) … Read More →
Hey, look what I found…
For a variety of reasons, I found myself at the office late Friday night with time on my hands. I exhausted my entire backlog of Google Reader items (!) and switched to my second favorite form of internet time wastage: flickr. In the process I discovered a treasure trove of … Read More →
Life, lately.
I tried out a new web tool this weekend, and I think the results are pretty neat. It takes all of your public photos — in my case its my flickr photostream — and strings it together in a rapidfire video summary of your life in photos. I thought I’d share mine. The tool … Read More →
If we are freed of ___, then ____?
I began sorting through some of my sketchbooks last night in preparation for moving. I don’t know who I was fooling thinking this would be productive — yours truly inevitably ends up sitting on the deck with a glass of wine, reading through old course notes, doodles, book recommendations, and … Read More →
Gearing up!
We installed our work in the convention center yesterday, part of a series of preparations in anticipation of the Graduate Thesis show that will open this Thursday. I set up a camera and tripod and made a couple makeshift videos of the event!
Spring Break!
Well, its finally Spring Break here at RISD. My last spring break for the foreseeable future, unless I become a professor somewhere! Thesis year people are “strongly encouraged” to stay in town for the week, which really means there will be hell to pay if we attempt … Read More →
Desktop Manufacturing
This week I tried out two cool services: Ponoko and Spoonflower. Both are new entries in a little niche called desktop manufacturing, where you can design something at your home computer and have it fabricated in small quantities without sacrificing quality or paying heavy setup fees. Ponoko … Read More →
All class should be held at the beach
You know you’re in grad school when your professors start saying things like, “Let’s hold class an hour later. Class at 8am is uncivilized.” Or, “Next week, we will meet at the beach. But first I would like to take you all out to breakfast.” Its … Read More →
Hey good lookin’
What have I got cooking? I’m so glad you asked. I survived my first semester teaching, in no small part due to the number of evenings spent eating Old Bay fries and making ridiculous doodles with my design peeps: I met a 6-hour old Mollie Danger, the world’s … Read More →