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Noted: The Value Of Intuition In Design Thinking

Very nice perspective from Nathan Sinsabaugh at Kristian Andersen + Associates. For full article, click the link just below: The Role of Intuition in Design Thanks to Diana Howard for making me aware of this article.More

Noted: A Compelling Ad Campaign

Let’s hope this doesn’t come to fruition. Very nice and compelling campaign. Climate Rescue Weblog: World leaders apologise for climate failure in Copenhagen airport ads From Greenpeace’s weblog. Click the link below to see the full campaign. Climate Rescue Weblog: World leaders apologise for climate failure in Copenhagen airport ads Posted using ShareThisMore

2010 Calendar Cover Design For Mick Guzman Photography

I just designed the cover for Mick Guzman Photography’s 2010 Brooklyn Bridge Calendar. Two design directions were presented with three variations for design #2. The third variation was chosen as the final design. Final Design (Third variation of design two) Second variation of design two. Design Two Design One © 2009 Ayana Baltrip Balagas and…More

La Mission

I had the great pleasure of seeing Peter and Benjamin Bratt’s latest movie and collaboration, La Mission this past Saturday, 7 November 2009 at the American Indian Film Festival (See link at the end of this post). I highly recommend that you see this film wherever it is playing. The film actually premiered at this…More

Found 01

Great examples of visual language for social good, politics, etc. More . . . (via ffffound.com) More

Architect David Adjaye: A Star Whose Time Is Now

I just finished reading Fast Company Magazine’s article on David Adjaye, a London-based architect. He’s quite good designing Denver, Colorado’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and this fall, the Moscow School of Management complex he designed opens. In addition, he has designed the homes of noted actors like Ewan McGregor. Now he’s slated to design the…More

Noted: An advertising agency has come up with a campaign to promote a forthcoming food festival – Telegraph

An advertising agency has come up with a campaign to promote a forthcoming food festival – Telegraph I became aware of this article via two folks on Twitter: Jordie Welles and chetan. A truly interesting graphic approach to advertising. Posted using ShareThisMore

Noted: Eggs and Sausage by Jackie Lay

Sharing a great find from the mehallo blog. Big thanks to Steve Mehallo Eggs and Sausage by Jackie LayMore

Expressive Sentence Exercise Was A Great Success

The MMSP 125 students assembled in teams of 2-4 and had to typographically design/illustrate their given sentence. Part of this exercise required the students to collaborate and reach a consensus on the design and design parameters. The concepts that evolved were quite good. The students shared that the collaborative process went smooth in some instances,…More

Noted: The Details That Matter

by Kevin Potts “A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, the graphic arts industry was populated by full-time illustrators, production assistants and compositors. With only composing sticks for laying out type, straight edges for defining grids, a human proofer to catch spelling mistakes and an arsenal of X-acto blades for making edits, these…More