frankenart mart Wee See Part art installation, part pacifier, Wee See is a collection of black-and-white animations built from basic shapes to delight both child and parent. As vision develops slowly over the first months of life, Wee See provides surfaces of bold, well-defined artwork to engage your baby’s curious mind and bring the screen to vibrant life. With great sensitivity to the delicate nature of the audience, Wee See’s animations move methodically slow and maintain an extraordinary simplicity yet remain endlessly inventive. With both DVDs containing an original score by Tim DeLaughter, each moment has extra meaning. 14 animations (each 2-4 minutes in length) Running time approx. 30 min. + flashcardsNTSC / STEREO / ALL REGION 18 animations (each 2-4 minutes in length)
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Amsterdam kunstbeurs, antiekbeurs en designbeurs in één 1AM SF Home, Thomas, Thomas Andrew, Paintings, Artwork shadow$hop Open to the public November 20, 2010 to May 1, 2011, at SFMOMA A temporary and alternative store/distribution point embedded within the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s fifth floor galleries, Shadowshop will stock hundreds of artists’ multiples, small works, tchotchkes, catalogs, books, zines, media works, and other distributive creative output. While operating as an actual mom-and-pop style store, Shadowshop is also a platform for exploring the ways in which artists are navigating the production, consumption, and dissemination of their work. For almost six months (November 20, 2010—May 1, 2011) Shadowshop will feature only local Bay Area works, give museum visitors access to a wide variety of affordable wares, and provide a snapshot of a vibrant and energetic art scene. Support your local artists! A project by Stephanie Syjuco in conjunction with the SFMOMA exhibition "The More Things Change" and supported by the Live Art program.
Postcard from Provence | Daily Painting #1862 | A painting a day by Julian Merrow-Smith The Crucible 10 Web Typography Rules Every Designer Should Know When someone visits a website you’ve designed, the odds are that they don’t care much about the colors, images or sounds, they’re immediately looking at the text. No matter how many bells and whistles you’ve built into a website, everyone relies on text to accomplish whatever they’re visiting the site to do. That alone should make typography, the art of arranging type, a priority for any web designer. In this article we take a look at 10 easy rules to keep in mind when designing your next web project. 1. With a design like JonesingFor a designer without a great grasp of the text would have struggled to put together the typography that makes this site really work. Some web designers think that just copying and pasting out of a text file constitutes the total of their textual duties. You can kick your typography up yet another notch, if you can read through the text once it’s in place in your design. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. It’s not possible to entirely avoid serifs, of course.
3 Fish Studios Dezeen Space Dezeen relocates to Shoreditch for a month during London Design Festival, London Fashion Week and Frieze Art Fair. From 17 September to 16 October, Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street - in the heart of Shoreditch Design Triangle - will be a multi-functional, experimental space, hosting a pop-up gallery, store, video studio and micro-event space. See all our stories about Dezeen Space here. Dezeen Book of Ideas Our first book, Dezeen Book of Ideas, will be launched and sold in the space. Dezeen Platform 30 days, 30 upcoming designers - Dezeen Platform is a one metre by one metre exhibition space that will be given over to a different designer each day. For more details on Dezeen Platform, including the full line-up, click here. Dezeen Watch Store pop-up Following our hugely successful inaugural watch store pop-up at The Tramshed last September, Dezeen Watch Store returns to Rivington Street with dozens of new models, all displayed in our now-famous dog cage display system. Dezeen Screen
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