Brigitte Martin's Blog Posts Tagged 'Michael' (7)

Get ready for the ACC Present Tense Conference in October!

Michael Strand received a standing ovation at the SNAG conference in Boston last year. No wonder, he's a great presenter and he will again play a big role at this ACC event in October. Love hearing his 8 reasons to join the ACC conference even though I needed no convincing because I am already…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 6, 2016 at 5:30am — No Comments

New ACC Conference "Present Tense" - The Current State of Craft, October 13 - 15 in Omaha, Nebraska

October 13 - 15 in Omaha, Nebraska

ACC’s 2016 national conference will draw together an essential group for a conversation about the current state of craft. The aim is to challenge, inspire, and educate existing members of the craft and design community and engage new audiences through open…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on June 14, 2016 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Mysterious Metal Heads - Dale Dunning

"Soritical Ties", 2015, 27"x18"x12", steel

When it comes to writing about my work I experience a certain reluctance. Words tend to define and nail down ideas and to quote Nietzsche "words make the uncommon common".…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 27, 2016 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Michael Schmidt Studios - LA (VIDEO)

Lady Gaga wearing specialty gloves for the TV drama American Horror Show. The nails flip at will because of a very clever mechanism (I am probably not supposed to reveal how it's done, so I won't. Sorry!)…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on December 15, 2015 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Call for Entries: Across the Table (NCECA)

Michael Strand and Namita Wiggers are curating an archive of projects at the nexus of Clay, Community, and Food. Anyone producing an event, large or small in the 2015 calendar year, is invited to upload an image and description at: …

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Added by Brigitte Martin on November 12, 2015 at 9:51am — No Comments

How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World

The first monograph, design manual, and manifesto by Michael Bierut, one of the world’s most renowned graphic designers—a career retrospective that showcases more than thirty-five of his most noteworthy projects for clients as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Yale School of Architecture, the New York Times,…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on October 23, 2015 at 11:59am — No Comments

Arrowmont - Master Workshop Weekend

Starting tomorrow, I will be at Arrowmont over the weekend for the SNAG Fall Board Meeting. Lucky timing as there is a Master Weekend taking place at the same time. I can't wait!! I will be stuck in board meetings all day every day, but I look forward to meeting everybody who is teaching for lunch and dinner at least! ... Might just have…