Saturday, March 6, 2010

Cheap Pop Song

So fun to watch it.

Cheap Pop Song from Rhett Dashwood on Vimeo.

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Friday, March 5, 2010

483F for Summer 2010

SESSION B JULY 12 TO AUGUST 13
483 F:
10877 MWR 8:00-11:00AM VA 276 24

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Edward Tufte

"Sometimes decorations can help editorialize about the substance of the graphic. But it's wrong to distort the data measures—the ink locating values of numbers—in order to make an editorial comment or fit a decorative scheme." Edward Tufte
His website: http://www.edwardtufte.com/

David Stack's notes from a seminar by Edward R. Tufte (8/17/9)

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Book for infographic

Dona Wong: The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics

"In today's data-driven world, professionals need to know how to express themselves in the language of graphics effectively and eloquently. Yet information graphics is rarely taught in schools or is the focus of on-the-job training. Now, for the first time, Dona M. Wong, a student of the information graphics pioneer Edward Tufte, makes this material available for all of us. "

Wong began her visual jouralism career at the New York Times in the 1990s as the business graphic editor and worked as a graphics director at the Wall Street Journal from 2001. Recently, She has been appointed the strategy director for information at Sigel+Gale.




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Monday, March 1, 2010

The first time for a graphic designer

Milton Glaser received the 2009 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. The first time for a graphic designer. See full event here on White House video.
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