Ever wonder why design is considered art, or why art museums are so actively collecting design? The
Indianapolis Museum of Art, in association with the Design Arts Society (DAS), is hosting a free lecture on
What is Good Design? Thursday, April 26, from 6-7 PM.
In the spring of 2011, the IUPUI Solution Center was given the opportunity to partner with the Super Bowl Legacy Project, resulting in IUPUI launching a cross-discipline program of targeted engagement. Aimed at increasing student and faculty involvement in the Near Eastside of Indianapolis, Visual Communication Design graduate students were the first group to begin working on the project.
Like Marshall Fieldʼs, Woolworth's and Pan Am, another American legend has fallen as Kodak is swept off its feet by the rolling changes in financial tides. The company that changed photography from a complicated, inconvenient profession to a leisure activity every mom, pop and amateur artist could afford has filed bankruptcy, showing that even nostalgia can't boost stock prices.
Over the past 200 years, photography has moved from a complicated, even hazardous profession to a past time anyone with even a cell phone can attempt. Real leaps in innovation began in the 1800s, with French inventors Joseph Niépce and Louis Daguerre making the idea of capturing visual scenes a commercially viable reality.
For many, the release of the first cordless, portable phone was a breathtaking breakthrough in technology and design, allowing individuals to make calls from, say, outside their house, or even crazier, inside their car! I'm sure many college students have asked their parents at least once, "What was life like before the cell phone?"
All puns aside, artist Christo, who has famously wrapped, covered, and outlined coastlines, sidewalks, and valleys for over fifty years, is at it once again.
It seems Christo has won federal approval for his river project in Colorado, proposing to suspend almost six miles of silver fabric, in a matter of segments, above roughly 42 miles of the Arkansas River. The project, if approved, would take around two years to install, with an opening of only two weeks. Still, it is estimated that around 400,000 visitors would be drawn to the region as a result of the project, both during and after the installation process.
For centuries, women have held significantly less stature than their male counterparts, being obscured by the constraints of a patriarchal society. Even now, in the wake of feminist movements, walks, rallies, bra burnings, and sit-ins, people are still assessing the value of an individual based on gender. This outdated belief can still be seen today: just take a look at someone like Joanne Rowling. Even the author of Harry Potter began her career in the throws of double standards, being told her series would lose face with boys if it were penned by a woman. Thus "J.K.
Everyday at nine AM when I walk into the studio, I'm greeted by the faces of my fellow students, their range of expressions welcoming me back to the community. The sound of grinding coffee beans marks the day as commencing, and the aromas of spiced teas and warm breakfast cereals make the studio feel warm and embracing.
