www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/baf/2008/index.asp

Thursday, 13th November (price TBC - 30-£40)

All those interested add your name in the comments below or on the notice board in the studio.

You Plus Us

Plus International Design Festival is a unique design-led festival showcasing all that is innovative, pioneering, and novel in the world of international graphic design for print, web, interactive media and animation. Visit the website for more details.
www.youplusus.net

Richard Seymour on Design Practice

'Design is the removal of the irrelevant and the amplification of the relevant, both in emotional terms and technical terms.'

Product Designer, Richard Seymour of Seymour/Powell talks the talk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAp5_Qil9c

The Paul Rand Interviews

‘The fact that someone is a good designer has certain limits, if you don’t read.’

The Godfather of Graphic Design. Frank, honest - whatever Rand said was the truth, if you agreed with him or not.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfeWA0795Cw&feature=related

All six are worth a watch.

Icon01 Series

Milton Glaser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3SxrD9hW0&feature=related
Scott McCloud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeP5_65D4IQ
Stefan Sagmesiter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_41pNUSQLkk
Joshua Davis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdQEk7BNGY

What is Design?

Joe Bloggs on the streets of Australia are asked 'What is Graphic Design?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeRwFkjQe6s

An episode of the Gadget Show sets the challenge for the presenters to design a product.
PT I www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0EvsecMxbc&feature=related
PT II www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfkvaJVlUkk&feature=related

Stunning motorbike design.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jipktSz15fo&feature=related

Some are a bit Tarrant on TV, but still worth checking out for ideas.
www.adsoftheworld.com

Aleks Sennwald

www.senvald.com

Superb resource of innovative designs.
www.itsnicethat.com

DesignSitesUp

www.designsitesup.com

Checkland Kindleysides

Beautiful interiour and graphic design work, plus an innovative use of website design - check it out and explore those wonderful pop-ups. www.checklandkindleysides.com

Yankodesign.com

Check out the wonderful, innovative design and news over at www.yankodesign.com Features include:

The Age of Aquarius… in Sprinkling
While automatic lawn and crop sprinklers have existed for some time, the Aquarius takes automatic watering to a new level.

You Don’t Need Wolverine’s Power
There’s a new generation of bandages coming that accelerates healing using electric fields. One of those concepts is called HealFast which is specifically design for diabetic patients.

Landmark Building of Szervita Square by Zaha Hadid

“Our goal is to give the inner city an injection of contemporary elegance. A state of the art building with high quality work spaces would strengthen the multifunctional character and urban vitality of Budapest’s city centre.

Everything I know About Design I learned from The Sapranos

Hi everyone,

I'm Graham Burton and I am the programme manager here at ncn, but possibly more importantly to you, I'm the course leader for the all things design. That said, you will probably see a lot more of the other staff as I am constantly being called away to meetings etc. Lucky me!

Anyway, here is a taste of what you might expect from me when I do take a class. It is never my intention to offend or upset anyone, and the work that I do is intended to foster debate.

The work that we [the course team]do is intended to challenge you, not only at a practical level, but also on an academic level. On that note, I look forward to meeting you all so that we can engage in a lively debate.

Everything I know about design I learned from the Sopranos

On client relationships: "When you’re bleeding a guy, you don’t squeeze him dry right away. Contrarily, you let him do his bidding, suavely. So you can bleed him next week and the week after, at minimum.”

We’re not guilty of bleeding our students dry, but I think we’re guilty of squeezing them. (stay with me here) Our projects, tutorial system, open office door policy, offers the students a chance to build on and improve their skills, and us as staff will keep offering greater challenges as they progress. You need to squeeze for 64 weeks minimum.

READ THE REST www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1259320554758551224&postID=369875612803092507&page=1

Industrial Design Challenges Discussed

www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/139481/Industrial+design+challenges+discussed.html

A Layperson's Guide to Graphic Design

'I’m a graphic designer, and I used to dread telling people what I did for a living. It was rare to find anyone who understood what graphic design was, and my faltering descriptions always seemed to confuse rather than clarify.’

Visit www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38800#more to read the rest of Adrian Shaughnessy's article.

Misprinted Type

www.misprintedtype.com/v4

Some typographical inspiration for you all.

Who can tell us about...

...Ron Arad?

Animation

Some stunning animations for you all to watch. Most second years may have seen some of these already.

Fight the Kisses by Studio Akama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSBCIV1zuQ A favourite amongst Mums.

Break Ultime by Studio Akama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0oOp9N3UM Stunning use of character and expression.

Space Alone by Ilias Sounas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yn_kQM8UhM It will make you weep.

I lived on the Moon by Yannick Puig
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6j4wmpH9E Mind blowing and deeply rousing music video for the band Kwoon.

JoJo in the Stars by Studio Aka
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEqwvtDrRWA David Lynch meets Pixar.

The Tale of How by The Black Heart Gang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6j4wmpH9E Wonderfully surreal Carolesque animation.

official site – www.theblackheartgang.com

Interior Design

www.interiordesign.net is the official website of the US based magazine, showcasing many prime examples of both interior and product design. Browse the best of 2008 here www.interiordesign.net/info/CA6540693.html

Design Observer

www.designobserver.com is a must visit for all you keen design students out there. Full of interesting articles on most areas of design and a multitude of resource links - it should be visited at least once a week.

Flight

Perhaps some inspiration for you first years and your summer project. Flight is an anthology of sequential art based around the themes of...well, flight. Beautiful work - check out the publications in Page45 if you are nearby. http://www.flightcomics.com/

ilovedust

Graphics students may want to check out the slick, urban styles of ilovedust - visit there website www.ilovedust.com.

Introduce yourselves...

Come on, don't be shy...

Welcome

Welcome to the HND and FdA blogspot here at NCN. We hope that you will all use this little space on the tinterweb to post your thoughts, share ideas and more importantly get to know eachother before you start the course. This is your space, so feel free to comment amongst yourselves and keep an eye out for any updates throughout the year. Feel free to upload new links to websites, dates of exhibitions, scans and any further information you feel may be of use to your peers. Design is not a solitary discipline - help eachother, bounce ideas and discuss the areas of Art & Design that interest you the most. As tutors we will add as much information as we come across and hope to see you all from time to time develop your voice.

Why not try and all think of a cool name for the blog and we'll change it accordingly.

Richard.

Alan Moore Interview

Very inspiring interview for aspiring artists from the legend Alan Moore.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGq-9X3ho7U

He really does speak our language.