12 Reasons to Hire a Renderer
Marc Joseph, a writer for a long-gone website called Young Architect, penned these 12 reasons why any architect or designer should avoid the lure of 3d modeling and rendering. I’ve seen each one of these symptoms first-hand in architecture and engineering offices, both large and small. 1. You Will Lose Track of Time You can really get lost in your modeling. A whole work day can go by...
Read MoreThe Alphabet of Negative Space
Lisa Reinerman was a German student studying in Barcelona and created this poster for a typography class. This reminds me of a page in Matthew Frederick’s book: We move through negative space and dwell in positive spaces. Here’s a link to Lisa’s...
Read MoreCelebrate Columbus Day
Wether or not you are fortunate enough to get this day off (or even if you believe the myth of Columbus’ discovery of the new world in general) you should recognize the technology that allowed the explorer to get past 15 degrees west longitude in the first place. It was all made possible by renaissance artists studying the perspectives of reality, allowing lines to converge in the...
Read More10 Years of Giant Steps
Michal Levy created a piece in 2000/2001 that made the rounds of the early interwebs/flash fan pages. It was incredibly moving to me as an ode to music and architecture. After getting her BFA in Isreal, she became an art director for a communications company in Philadelphia. Giant Steps is my first animation where I expressed my interest to translate music into the language of images and colors....
Read More3D Basecamp Video Posted
Google has posted a video of the 3D Basecamp event in Boulder. I’m glad they did, because these things go by so fast, they seem like a blur. If you look closely, that’s me at 1:45 leading a seminar on managing digital assets for architects and...
Read MoreGoogle’s 3D Basecamp
Every few years, Google invites 150-200 digital and 3D artists from around the world to their Boulder, Colorado campus for an event called 3D Basecamp. I was fortunate to be invited to attend this year, and I also used this as an opportunity to see my family back in the Rockies. The Flatirons from the Boulder Turnpike This year’s event was considered an “unconference”, where...
Read MoreBest of the Anti-Hipster Memes
Over the past year-or-so, a great series of photo-blogs have cropped up. All of these show you modern fashion, or interior design trends, with the snarky subtext of the participants used as captions. Below is a list of my favorites: Best Unhappy Hipsters Most of the photos on this blog are from the hyper-modern interior design mag “Dwell” and the brilliant contrasting captions are...
Read MoreArchitectural Competitions for Summer 2010
Posted oldest to newest. Haiti Building Back Better Communities Register By: Jun 28, 2010 Building Back Better Communities has been initiated by the Government of Haiti to investigate alternative forms of permanent housing for displaced citizens. A prototype housing Expo will take place in Port-au-Prince from early October 2010. The development of an exemplar housing settlement will follow...
Read MoreArchitecture And Music
Architecture and Music have so much in common. Architects and Musicians speak in patterns and the vocabulary is surprisingly similar. Rhythm, Melody, Tones… At this past year’s TED conference in Long Beach, David Byrne did a great talk on how the acoustics of architecture changed music throughout history. I would love to see a talk about how music influenced architects. I for one,...
Read MoreColor Theory
As an illustrator, I get a lot of this… “Kinda blueish, but not so blue that it looks like green. You know what I mean, right?” or “That color is too warm, can you add more red?” I’m not a color snob – color is subjective – everyone’s rods and cones operate differently. But finally someone has produced a survey of color perception and common...
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