Great Advice About Starting in a Creative Field

April 27, 2011
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This came from Ira Glass of This American Life fame. It must have come from a Fresh Air interview but I can’t find the original source to link to. Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we [...]

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The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know

April 25, 2011
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This is a great list of wisdom for not only graphic designers but will be accurate for architecture students as well. Some favorites: 4. You cannot score without a goal. If you don’t know what you want, then how can you pursue it? Having a goal defines an end point, and subsequently, a place to [...]

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Good Fucking Design Advice

January 4, 2011
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Amusing pithy advice loaded with f-bombs. Because sometimes, being your own worst critic is not enough. Good Fucking Design Advice.

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Core77 speaks with Jonathan Ive on the design of the iPhone 4: Material Matters

June 30, 2010
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Nice interview with Jonny Ive that covers advice for students. A few of my favorites: The best design explicitly acknowledges that you cannot disconnect the form from the material–the material informs the form,” says Ive. “It is the polar opposite of working virtually in CAD to create an arbitrary form that you then render as [...]

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Excellent Inspirational Video

January 26, 2010
click to watch

Showing this on first day of class this semester!

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Cool Concept of Recycling Relief Packaging for Toys

January 19, 2010
Dream Ball

This idea has many implications on how Architects can find second uses for packaging. See it here.

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The Third & The Seventh – Must See Short Film with Great Architecture

January 13, 2010
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This short film by Alex Roman showcases unbelievably great CG versions of some of the greatest buildings of the last 60 years or so. Make sure you see it on a big screen using full screen. It’s as if he saw My Architect and thought, “hey, what if this was about showing off the drama [...]

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LAVA’s Winning Design for Masdar’s City Center

September 4, 2009
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Interesting design for a new sustainable city in UAE. Check it out on Inhabit.

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Share Some Candy – Inspiration

July 29, 2009
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I came across this fun site through one of my fave blogs: Swiss-miss. It’s a visual inspiration compendium site covering many design fields including architecture. It’s added now to the sidebar of links.

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Presentation Competition Winners Announced

June 1, 2009
Competition 2nd Year 2nd Place Winner

The winners of the Student Architectural Presentation Competition were announced Friday May 29th in a brief ceremony. Many thanks to all who entered and special thanks to the judges Dean Abernathy, Rose Anne Kings, Robert Lowe, and Chris Kerins. Our gratitiude also goes out to the financial sponsor, Robert Lowe. The winners of the competition [...]

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