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PSU Alumni Rory Phillips has some amazing papercraft for you!

above: image from Rory's Flickr.

PSU-GD Alumni, Rory Phillips, has been working away over at Curiosity Group crafting up some papercraft goodness for you all to enjoy. He is promising us a new papercraft calendar every month. Please, enjoy January's Yeti. Thanks Rory! Awesome work!

Poster Talk! Thursday Eve 12/9. 6pm. Shattuck Hall.

Thursday evening, December 9th in Shattuck Hall at 6pm. Joint talk with Architecture Department.

Editor Edward Morris will speak about his book, Green Patriot Posters, the book includes work by: Shepard Fairey, Michael Bierut, DJ Spooky, James Victore and Geoff McFetridge.

 

Type Guru/Genius Matthew Carter Wins MacArthur Fellowship ($500,000 Whoa!)

"My job is to make type readable," says 2010 MacArthur Fellow, Matthew Carter. Carter was awared the extremely prestegious MacArther Fellowship which awards him $500,000 over the next five years. The grant is a no strings attached funding which will help the 72 year old continue his typographic research.

Read more over at Unbeige. Learn more about Matthew Carter HERE and HERE!

What's Your Type?

Pentagram wants to know "What Type Are You?"

simply enter your first and last name and the password (CHARACTER) and then answer four questions. I (kate) am Architype Van Doesburg. I don't quite know what that means since I would never use that typeface for anything. sigh.

Shine a Light: a night of interventions at the Portland Art Museum with the PSU MFA Art & Social Practice Concentration

Saturday, September 19   //  6:00 P - 12:00 AM

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Stay up late and watch the galleries come alive with participatory art created for the evening by Portland State University’s MFA Art and Social Practice Concentration, led by artist Harrell Fletcher and Jen Delos Reyes. Outdoors in the Museum's sculpture court, visitors can listen to performances by local bands, watch as expert “dowsers” uncover the colors and sounds of works of art, see a printmaking demonstration at a mobile print factory, and sample art-inspired beer brewed by Laurelwood, Lompoc, and the Lucky Lab. Indoor activities include games, musicians serenading select works of art, "Learn to Count in Mon," a project to save endangered languages, and video installations from the Northwest Film Center in surprising locations. Come have a drink in the outdoor sculpture mall, dance to live music, interact with artists, and celebrate the summer with your friends!

The Northwest Film Center presents: ART & COPY // September 18 & 20

ART & COPY |  US 2009 | DIRECTOR: DOUG PRAY

SEPT 18 FRI 7 PM, 

SEPT 20 SUN 4:30 & 7 PM 

ART & COPY is about advertising and creativity: the profound effects of advertising on modern culture and the innovative minds that have shaped the industry. Beginning with the "Creative Revolution" of the mid-1960s, ART & COPY features writers and artists such as Lee Clow, who introduced the Macintosh computer in the commercial "1984"; Dan Wieden, who coined "Just Do It" and forever changed how we connect personal achievement and sports; Hal Riney, whose emotional “It’s morning in America” ads iced Ronald Reagan’s reelection; Phyllis K. Robinson, who helped invent the "me generation" with a Clairol tagline; George Lois, whose “I want my MTV” animated the channel; Tommy Hilfiger, whose campaign turned his name into an instant fashion success story; Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein—"Got Milk?"; and Mary Wells Lawrence, who repackaged the city of New York via her "I love NY" campaign. By defying the conventions of traditional advertising and focusing more on ideas and images than overt sales, each of these creative pioneers brought a revolutionary spirit to their work. Along with entertaining interviews, Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH) interweaves captivating historical footage and some of the great ads of all time to fashion an inspiring tribute to the synthesis of art, commerce and human emotion. Here’s the beef. (86 mins.) 

Friday evening, Wieden+Kennedy co-founder David Kennedy will introduce the film.

Sponsored by Portland Advertising Federation.

 

Click here to read the New York Times review.

Click here to watch the ART & COPY trailer.

 Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum: 1219 SW Park Ave. Admission Prices: $8.00 General; $7.00 Members, Students, Seniors  http://www.nwfilm.org

Rubik + Cube + Pantone = Rubitone Cube

More HERE  via URBN

Add the Rubitone to the long line of familiar products mashed up with Pantone.

Let's look at other examples, shall we? Stairs, Flash Drives, Phones, Buttons, Tshirts, Mugs, Tennis Shoes, the list goes on and on...if you know of more pantone products, post them in the comments section.

My personal favorite usage of Pantone comes from Chris Glass. 

He shot this last autumn... inspired by this wonderful flickr set.

all links found via a google image search for pantone.

Just what is Pantone, you might ask? Learn More...