Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) The screening @ the Walker will include a Q&A with Gary Hustwit, the director. Doesn’t look like this is on the Walker’s calendar yet. I’ll [...]
I’ve spent no more than $47 at the iTunes store – despite the increased catalog; movies, music videos, etc. The difficulties of sending my “purchased” music to my new MacBook Pro confirm I have no intention of sending another 99¢ supporting FairPlay. So, you can see why I’m not impressed by the pissing match between [...]
Local prefab home design/build firm Hive Modular and landscape design/build firm rosenlof/lucas are using Google video to promote their upcoming showcase party: Hive Modular + rosenlof/lucas Showcase Invitation
I discovered Mike Watt via the firehose’s From Ohio. It took me quite a few listens to acquire a taste for his heavy, miniminalist, flannel punk bass playing. After all these years, the question of Ballhog or Tugboat is still open. Maybe checking out the Minuteman movie – We Jam Econo – will help answer [...]
The IDSA Minnesota and Green Design Group will jointly present the 89min. film – Biomimicry: Learning from Nature Minneapolis College of Art and Design Auditorium 140 2501 Stevens Ave. S. Minneapolis Wed. March 30 7-9 p.m. For more on biomimicry, studying nature ‘s best ideas and imitating these designs and processes to solve human problems, [...]
April 13, 2005 (Wed.), 6:30pm, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). Two ecodesign films. The first examines the work and vision of architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart, using the stories of five projects which incorporate sustainable materials cycles (see The Next Industrial Revolution). The second, Better by Design , using case studies [...]
WMD the Film It’s been two years in Iraq and 50 percent of the US public still does not understand how the Bush Administration and the US media system manipulates and shapes public opinion. Don’t you think it is time to set the record straight and hold the media accountable? In homes and community centers [...]