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Posters from the American Legion
Add to Folder | Comments (2) | September 17, 2008


A very nice collection of World War II era posters and advertisements from the American Legion. There are some great examples of persuasive techniques in action. 

Link: American Legion Posters

Visualizing Artikulation
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | August 22, 2008


I am always captivated by systems of visual notation and the translation of one expressive form into another. This one is particularly intriguing. It is a musical score by composer György Ligeti from 1958. It was then given static visual form in the 1970s by Rainer Wehinger and more recently put into motion. You can read more here.


I think I've previously posted this fantastic link about music notation. 

In his book, Painting Photography Film, László Moholy-Nagy has some fascinating stuff about notating film and other performances in a similar fashion. 

I came across Artikulation in this NY Times blog post.

Link: Artikulation - Ligeti

Promises of Paradise
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | August 08, 2008


The Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville FL will host a design show — Promises of Paradise — running October 11, 2008 until January 25, 2009. The focus is mid-century modern design with an emphasis on Florida. Something they call Tropical Modernism or Miami Modernism. 

Pictured is an end table by designer George Farkas produced in 1949. The show includes furniture, fashion items, interior reconstructions, photographs, printed ephemera and architectural renderings. Featured architects and designers include: Morris Lapidus, George Farkas, Alfred Browning Parker, Kenneth Treister, Igor Polevitzky, Frederick Rank.

You can read an article written when the show was previously on view at the Bass Museum of Art. 


Link: Harn Museum Show Schedule

Thousand-Hand Guan Yin
Add to Folder | Comments (0) | August 07, 2008


Performed by the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe at the Olympic Village in Beijing. 

Twenty one hearing and voice impaired dancers. Watch a YouTube Video of an earlier performance in 2005. Aha, here is a higher quality video. 



Photo Source: China Daily






Link: Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

Turn of the Century Posters
Add to Folder | Comments (1) | August 03, 2008


Poster design by the Beggarstaff Brothers from 1895. What a great use of figure/ground in their compositions! The Beggarstaffs were British collaborators Sir William Nicholson and James Pryde. You can see a collection of related posters in high-resolution at Lawrence University. I find this transitional era interesting, Fin de Siècle, because of its hybrid elements: Symbolist Art Nouveau with the simplification of Early Modernism.

Link: Art of the Poster 1880-1918