my heart's set on grid

In my Graduate Seminar class, we've been reading about the history behind design movements and the snowball of influences on designers such as Muller-Brockman, Rodchenko and Lissitzky. Known for their timeless/rigorous/precise/objective/utilitarian design methodology and typographic style.

Love Muller-Brockman's posters and as for my time in the MFA, I'm all for honing my formal skills  more.. So, as little commitment to myself and in honor of my appreciation for his work, I'll be trying to learn more about what he calls "democratic behavior" in design and exercise the use of a strict grid in my work.

 

Performance Platform

On July 14th, Kiosko Art Gallery in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, presented seven artists who performed in several locations around the downtown area (including parks, streets and the central plaza) surprising the passerby and offering an out-of-the-ordinary afternoon for the locals. TOP// Bolivian artist Douglas Rodrigo Rada. BOTTOM// Mexican artist Roberto de la Torre, who restored a ripped Santa Cruz flag with the help of the spectators previously hanging around the park (including me). Some unexpected patriotism came afloat!

"I came here out of curiosity"

This summer, I've been working on these oversized posters about immigration issues for  what moves you along with Gala Narezo and Shamina de Gonaga. We presented a few pieces at the Wassaic Project and got featured on The Village Voice blog.

Very exciting!!!

I will not make any more boring art

by John Baldessari

catching light

I've been doing some work about the speed of light and came across this pick... lovely!

Timeline Swatch

http://largetype.squarespace.com/

On the search for representations of significant events at a certain time and place... I encountered this amazing example: a timeline by Matthew Jacobson, who iconized amusing and crucial events within the last 15 years using designer-friendly language.


My fave: Janet, 2004

Go Solar!