Meeting :: W - December 12th

Want to know what's been going on, what's next and who's involved?

Please attend a fairly quick meeting Wednesday, December 12th at noon in the computer lab. A few painless but *important* topics and maybe a bit of celebration is involved...

12-12-07
noon
Solms 102B

See you there!

We're almost there!

We're well on our way to becoming an official AASU organization *whoo!*

I'd also like to suggest one purpose for this blog. In addition to it being a place were news about Design Matters is posted, I think it would be a great resource for Design tools and/or inspiration. Whenever I come across something that tingles my design-sense, I like to make a post about it on my personal blog. I think it'd be a great idea for us to do that and just give one more reason for members to visit the blog. And if a member had something that they'd like to post, they could always email one of The Four and have them make a post about it.

I'll start:

D e s i g n T o o l s

A while back I came across a great page that compiled a list of the best fonts for design called "80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design". The site has an impressive list of great fonts to use in design and good examples of their utilization. I've referred to it a few times in the past.

I n s p i r a t i o n

I enjoy watching music videos and, though they don't always come to mind when you think of standard graphic design, I think they can be a great source of inspiration for design work. Really, anything visual can be. The first time I saw the music video for "D.A.N.C.E" by Justice, I immediately felt inspired.

I hope that if anyone finds a useful tool or something that inspires them, thet they'll share it with us so that we may benefit from it like you did.

The first of many!!

Today was the first day of the start of AASU's newest club, Design Matters.

I just want to thank everyone for coming out today. We got a great deal accomplished and only great things will follow!!

For those of you who don't know...because I certainly didn't before I did some research, I found where I believe the term "design matters" originated.

As was said today, Paula Scher was accredited with the term Design Matters. I found an interview in the New York Times where several designers were interviewed a month after 9-11 and were requested to share their thoughts on what was to come since the "traditional talent of design- to pose then to solve problem- could give it a role in leading the national recovery, emotionally and economically."

Like I said several designers were interviewed, but here's what Scher said...
Q: How might design participate now, in the national effort at recovery and reassurance?

PAULA SCHER: There's going to be a lot of involvement between design and the city -- because they're married. New York City is a design city -- designers will be involved. We're going to rebuild a whole section of town. Which is what designers do -- they make things.

Q: Should this be seen as a call for designers to be more socially responsible then?

SCHER: I didn't feel powerless. The thing that just kept coming to my mind was, design matters. Because what surrounds you -- happiness, love, joy -- that gets into your soul. We create environments for people. We create things that make their soul, hopefully.

Thank you again to everyone who came, and don't forget to tell any and all of your friends to join that believe DESIGN MATTERS!!!!

One last thing...
LOGO!!!
Everyone keep sketching and we'll quickly get started on branding our club!
Don't forget to watch for an email for the date and time of the next meeting and PLEASE PLEASE post we want to know what you think...anything ideas, questions, random thoughts!!!

Thanks,
Diana