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From Tako
If we can’t rely on the ‘real’ world to create beauty for us let’s do it ourselves – here’s a couple of pieces from Tamari (Tako) Chabukiani on the PgDip. The School of Life Posters have been imaginatively placed in situ.
Work from the PgDip Assessment
Here’s some work from the full-time course who were assessed last week. You have the typographic journey; door typology; aphorism cards; colour-coded Martin Luther King speech; eat your colour; salt consumption.
Information Design Timeline
Here is a PDF of my information design timeline from 20000BC to 2000AD idtimeline10-6
Speck. Peter Buchanan-Smith
The sub-title to this book is ‘A curious collection of uncommon things’. Try and find more books on typologies. Typologies are often more than just a collection. They try to find unusual connections within the classification and reveal the hidden stories. Sometimes ‘research is the process of going up alleys to see if they… Continue reading Speck. Peter Buchanan-Smith
Maps according to Illustrators and Storytellers
Gestalten produce some intriguing books such as this one entitled ‘A Map of the World: according to illustrators and storytellers’
Atlas of Remote islands
Make each project and workshop an opportunity to conduct a personal literature review of what exists within that field. The course handbook on Moodle has a few books within the Units section but try and find your own. I’ll post a few I’ve acquired in recent years. The first is the beautiful yet inexpensive edition… Continue reading Atlas of Remote islands
Teaching to See
Here’s a lovely video produced by Information Design expert Edward Tufte