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Superstorm Sandy: Response and Recovery

How can design offer solutions and pathways for prevention, recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy? Join Cynthia E. Smith, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s Curator of Socially Responsible Design, and representatives from Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Architecture for Humanity-NY, Brightbox, and Solar One as they discuss the effects from the superstorm for the city and the east coast.

Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012 – 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Venue: Cooper-Hewitt Design Center, 111 Central Park North

http://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/superstorm-sandy-response-and-recovery

Digital Art History

Digital Art History (November 30 – December 1, 2012)
Organized by Jim Coddington



Live streaming by Ustream

The impact of digital technology on the practice of the humanities has been a subject of considerable discussion, debate and even consternation. In the context of art history the integration of digital tools and processes has lagged, in varying degrees, in comparison to other disciplines like archaeology and literary studies. Some approaches have been fruitful, such as computational subjects like image processing for technical art history, virtual environments, visualization, use of GIS data in archaeology and others.

http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/research/mellon/mellon-digital.htm

Presenting Data and Information: A One-Day Course Taught by Edward Tufte

http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/

Topics covered in this one-day course include: How to make effective, credible presentations. Fundamental strategies of analytical design. Evaluating evidence used in presentations. Statistical data: tables, graphics, semigraphics. Business, scientific, research, and financial presentations. Complexity and clarity. Interface design. Use of PowerPoint, video, handouts. Design for websites, animations, scientific visualizations. Many practical examples.

Edward Tufte teaches the entire course. Each student receives all four ET books on information design.

Art In Your Pocket

September 21, 2012 7 pm.

The computer we carry in our pockets is also an emerging platform for interactive screen-based art. Art In Your Pocket takes its name from a series of texts Jonah Brucker-Cohen wrote for Rhizome on art made for smartphones. This panel will assemble leading media artists working with mobile devices and discuss current trends relating to this practice.

http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/art-in-your-pocket

You might want to take a look at artsy before coming.

Graphic Design – The Final Hours

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During the final weekend of the exhibition “Graphic Design—Now In Production” on Governors Island, come talk with some of the field’s leading practitioners about life, death, and visual communications. Hear about how new and old media are changing how designers work; commiserate on the loss of some of the world’s greatest logotypes; and celebrate the birth of new design methods and talents.

Speakers include:
Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller
Elliott Earls
The Stone Twins
Alicia Cheng and Sarah Gephart, MGMT Design
Daniel van der Velden, Metahaven
Farhad Fozouni
Free ferries from Manhattan and Brooklyn:
http://govisland.com/html/visit/directions.shtml

Please travel on the 1:00pm ferry in order to arrive in time to be seated for the event at 2:00pm.

Not Amazing and not Groundbreaking but Really Very Decently Good Typography

Friday, June 1st
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

A Talk at the Cooper Union, NYC

This is sure to be a fantastic talk from a smart and talented designer, co-author of “Graphic Design Referenced” and the blog Under Consideration.
The cost is $15 for student non-TDC members.
Grab your design friends/classmates and head to New York for this not-to-be-missed event

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