Libraries without Borders asked French designer Philippe Starck to create a pop-up library to serve refugees from the Congo. What he and his team came up is a beautiful, functional set of information treasure chests called the Ideas Box. Each set is comprised of four boxes […]
Category: Art & Design
Article: How To Draw Critical Design Insights From A Single Photograph: Lessons From Frog
How To Draw Critical Design Insights From A Single Photograph: Lessons From Frog This is a great little article about research, both data-driven and visual, and the design process – http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027684/how-to-draw-critical-design-insights-from-a-single-photograph-lessons-from-frog
Color Me Informed!
Our response to color is almost primal. Color can make us desire something or recoil from it. Color as symbol is an admixture of culturally rooted meaning and deeply personal experience, and it is always evolving. Yet color is perceived differently and with varying subtly […]
Marion Fasel – Jewelry Author, Expert, Journalist and Friend
Rescheduled for March 14th at 3:00 PM in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre. On February 28th at 3:00 PM, FIT students and faculty are invited to a Love Your Library 2014 interview with Marion Fasel, jewelry author, expert and journalist. As the person interviewing her, I […]
How do I look . . . when it’s not in Vogue?
Locating specific articles and images from pre-1970’s fashion and “women’s interest” periodicals can be difficult. Many of these magazines were given late or spotty coverage by the big publishing companies that provided periodical indexes to libraries (precursors to library databases). For instance, it wasn’t until the mid-1950’s […]