Two major events not to miss:
http://nyartbookfair.com/ and
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/ghosts-in-the-machine
This Weekend in the City
Month: September 2012
A Former iPhone UI Designer Defends Apple’s Fake-Leather Design Philosophy
IN DEFENDING APPLE’S USE OF SKEUOMORPHISM, A FORMER APPLE DESIGNER OFFERS A WEALTH OF SMART INSIGHTS ABOUT UI DESIGN.
art > MONEY: Design to Define a Movement
Channel your inner Shepard Fairey to create an iconic image that confronts the role of big money in politics and inspires political action.
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.
National Eating Disorders Screening Program Poster Design Contest
Screening for Mental Health is looking for talented individuals to create an original poster design to increase awareness and encourage screening for eating disorders on college campuses.
The winning entry will be included in the 2013 National Eating Disorder Screening Program implemented at colleges across the country and the designer will be awarded $300!
For details:
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.