Warsaw, Monday, June 28th, 2010
After one week of being incommunicado (yes, there are beautiful places in Poland without internet), I am back online reporting...
Day 6: Saturday, June 19th
What a day of multiple events and many festivities... at the Castle and in town...
Lectures:
— Jan Kubasiewicz (at 16:00)
— Dan Boyarski (at 17:00)
Opening of the exhibition (at 18:30):
— Work from the "Dynamic Graphic Design Workshop, Cieszyn, 2010"
— Dynamic work of Prof. Jan Kubasiewicz' students from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
— Dynamic work of Prof. Dan Boyarski's students from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
— "Code-based Prints". Works from the Dynamic Media Institute of MassArt, Boston
Large-scale, public projection of the above work on the walls of the Cieszyn Castle (at 21:30): (link soon)
The "Dynamic Graphic Design" workshop in Cieszyn 2010 is officially over, but I hope that this WIKI will live its own life.
If you decide to continue the "bonus" project, please write about it, share your ideas and upload your files. I hope we will prove that we can complete the project working remotely.
If you would like to add some thoughts, improve your movies, make new relevant links, please keep doing it. Any comments are welcomed.
Please, share this URL with your colleagues, your students, and your friends.
Stay in touch...
Day 5: Friday, June 18th
Yesterday:
The collection of the "Museum of Printing" was (to me) unexpectedly broad and rich... and accessible, thanks to Mr. Karol Franek, the founder and director of the museum who personally gave us a tour. The old—but working perfectly—Linotype machine (made in the Soviet Union) was the biggest hit with the group.
Also, I am very glad how the group responded so well to the "Dynamic Media Narrative" lecture last night, especially to the Alfred Hitchcock interview material (we kept discussing that topic even during dinner on the Czech side last night).
Today:
The final screening and group critique of the motion poster project will take place today at 16:30, followed by the last "case study" presentation (The Perfect Human and 5 obstructions).
Last but not least, we need to discuss "who/what/when/how" of the "bonus" project: "Found Type (in Cieszyn) Movie."
After 7PM: Let's Grill!!!
j
Day 4: Thursday, June 17th
Please remember that there is a field-trip to a local print-shop planned for 14:15.
At 15:30 we will have screening and group critique of project #3 motion poster.
I am very happy—and you should be too—that the Rudnik project is nearly finished. As soon as you have finished the final render of your "module", please transfer the files to CalDigit drive and deliver to Darek who will put together the composite of the whole sequence for public screening.
Last but not least, I appreciate that you have already uploaded some great material to this WIKI. Please, keep doing it. I hope that at the end of this workshop, the WIKI will convey the energy and creativity of this great team of great designers.
j
Day 3: Wednesday, June 16th
What a great collection of books we have seen at the Cieszyn Library: Manutius, Didot, Diderot & d'Alembert Encyclopedia, the oldest Polish type font, the 1506 book by Jan Haller, etc... and they all are in excellent condition! What a treat.
Excellent (and very long) discussion on project #3 motion poster. Next step: screening and group critique on Thursday, at 15:30.
j
Field-trips announced + class critique (project #3):
For those interested in the history of incunabula, early books and printing, there are two field trips planned:
— on Wednesday, at 12:00 — visit to the Cieszyn Library
— on Wednesday, at 15:00 — project #3 group critique (preliminary discussion on concepts / storyboards)
— on Thursday, at 14:15 — visit to a local printing shop (letter-press, linotype, etc.)
j
Day 2: Tuesday, June 15th
Please, keep working toward the final cut of the Rudnik project. The final class critique of this project—plus introduction to project #3—will take place after lunch.
Vít Zemčík sent me this to share with everyone — great, dynamic media sound visualization (vimeo.com/6284199). Enjoy!
j
Day 1: Monday, June 14th
What a creative group of participants! I really enjoyed the energy and everyone's unique approach to both the 4'33'' and the Rudnik projects. Class critique at the end of the day was very promising.
j
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the "Dynamic Graphic Design" workshop.
"Syllabus" link (above) opens the page on which we will be listing all class activities and details of projects. As such, syllabus is always "work in progress" and therefore is subject to change. Please, visit the syllabus page often to get the most updated "official" workshop information.
"Workshop description" link opens the page with general information about this workshop, its content and structure, goals and expectations, tools and materials, participants and the instructor, and etc.
This WIKI is the place for workshop participants to share information, links and documents relevant to the "Dynamic Graphic Design" workshop. This WIKI is "visible" to general public but only students and faculty have privilege to write and edit. Please, share the URL but do not share WIKI access with others outside this workshop.
Observe the following etiquette:
— please visit here frequently and contribute extensively.
— please use home page to write/edit/share your thoughts and relevant resources with all class participants.
— systematically edit and upload documents relevant to your projects on your own page at the SideBar.
— except your own, please do NOT edit SideBar pages of other authors—add comments instead.
— please sign all your comments and home page edits with identifiable signature—(example: "j" is for Jan Kubasiewicz).
Let's create some good work and let's have some fun.
Best regards,
j
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