Monday, August 27, 2007
Day 31 7/2/07
After some necessary relaxation, and some terror action in London and Scotland, we're back in the swing of things. Off to Studio Morag Myserscough. Morag is really hip. She's the designer of the RCA show. She let us hang out in her place for awhile, and showed us her apartment which has received accolades for its design. Her life is busy and completely caters to graphic design. This is not something I think I would be able to do, but seems necessary to reach her level of success. She's also a fine example of a strong female figure making her way in the design world, something that has always been a subject of much conversation.
Day 30 7/1/07
Not sure where to start on my Dublin trip. I'll say this: leaving London to go to any city will be a downgrade in some way. Now, I'm not being negative, but Dublin was a pretty rough city. The funny thing is, my photos make it look really nice, and I guess it does look pretty nice. The people were kind of the problem. It seems that Dublin is full of brawlers and drunks, really. I suppose the hostel we stayed in didn't help matters much, because it was more like a homeless shelter. We were stalked by a strange man named Mario. See Eric's video blogs. I have no regrets about going to Dublin. I'm not sure if I will be back, but I'm glad I went! Hands down, the coolest thing we did there was go to the Guinness factory at St. James' Gate. The Guinness in Dublin is unlike any Guinness I've ever had. It's delicious.
Day 26 6/27/07
Stanley Kubrick archive
This place looks like the Space Odyssey. Really incredible archive, encompassing his massive collection of material from his entire career. This man was really well organized, keeping everything labeled and in boxes. Currently everything is being researched for use in a documentary about his life.
Leaving for Dublin. Five day break begins.
This place looks like the Space Odyssey. Really incredible archive, encompassing his massive collection of material from his entire career. This man was really well organized, keeping everything labeled and in boxes. Currently everything is being researched for use in a documentary about his life.
Leaving for Dublin. Five day break begins.
Day 25 6/26/07
Letterpress workshop with Alex Cooper
Alex is a letterpress machine. We tested his godlike skills today. You see, we teamed up to make posters in their nice letterpress workshop. We would mark a bullseye on a piece of paper and challege Alex to hit it, and he did every time - dead on. Good thing we weren't placing bets. My group included Eric, Jesse, Anthony, and Martin. Our poster reads something like, "Fresh Meat ; Plastic" which is a combination of headlines cut out of local newspapers. We tried to replicate the texture of meat and plastic using different printing techniques, such as printing with wood type, plastic type, transparent and opaque inks. I think we were pretty successful in the end, and I learned a ton about letterpress. It's not the guessing game I once thought it was.
Alex is a letterpress machine. We tested his godlike skills today. You see, we teamed up to make posters in their nice letterpress workshop. We would mark a bullseye on a piece of paper and challege Alex to hit it, and he did every time - dead on. Good thing we weren't placing bets. My group included Eric, Jesse, Anthony, and Martin. Our poster reads something like, "Fresh Meat ; Plastic" which is a combination of headlines cut out of local newspapers. We tried to replicate the texture of meat and plastic using different printing techniques, such as printing with wood type, plastic type, transparent and opaque inks. I think we were pretty successful in the end, and I learned a ton about letterpress. It's not the guessing game I once thought it was.
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