Class Notes for 4/16/09

Logos are iconographic.

-Open Illustrator (vector based program)
-Choose a simple document (Sillouette, Shadowy, etc..)
- file>place -to put chosen picture in the open document.
-Select Pen tool.
-Fill> Start with nothing-no fill.
-choose white box with red diagnol with it.
-Outline image.
-Delete rest of image and you should be left with an outline of the image.
-Fill with black.
- effects>Stylized> round the corners.
-convert anchor point tool to manipulate anchor points.

Biography of Cesar Pelli for Brochure Assignment

Cesar Pelli is a renowned architect. He was born on October 12, 1926 in Tucuman, Argentina. He studied Architecture at the University of Tucuman, earning his Bachelor’s degree of Architecture in 1949. After he graduated he married his fellow student Diana Balmori, who has become an accomplished landscape and urban designer and how founded the firm Balmori Associates. For the next two years Pelli served as director of design at OFEMPE, a government organization sponsoring and building subsidized housing in Tucuman. In 1952 he received a scholarship from the University of Illinois School of Architecture in Champagne-Urbana, where he eared a Maters degree in Architecture in 1954.
Pelli continued to further his career as an architect. He worked as a designer with the firm of Euro Saarinen and associates in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Hamden, Connecticut. He was the project designer for the TWA terminal building at JFK Airport in New York as well as the Morse and Stiles colleges at Yale University. He returned to Argentina to teach architectural design in 1960 and then became a U.S. citizen in 1964. In 1977 Pelli moved to Connecticut to become the Dean of the school of Architecture at Yale University. That same year he founded Cesar Pelli and Associates in New Haven with his wife Diana and Fred W. Clarke. There are over 60 architects and designers who are employed there. In 1984 he resigned at Yale and devoted his full attention to his firm, however he still lectures on architecture occasionally.
There are many famous landmarks that can be attributed to Cesar Pelli, such as the World Financial Center and Winter Garden at Battery Park city in Manhattan. This project begun in 1991 and featured four office towers ranging in height from 34 to 51 stories. He also was the designer of the expansion and renovation of the Museum of Modern art in NYC. Douglas David from Newsweek says, “…despite the vast discrepancy in their sizes, the new skyscraper and the earthbound…hall seem of piece. Over and again, Pelli’s buildings defer-despite their ingenuity-to their stitches and their context. His architecture is unfailingly humane and courtly.” Pelli has received many awards over the course of his career. He was the recipient of awards from such institutions such as the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Institute of Architects, the National Academy of Design and the International Academy of Architecture. He has been awarded the 1995 AIA Gold Medal and the Charles Bulfich Award; in addition, he is the only architect to have received a Connecticut State Arts Award and is among one of the few American architects to receive first class licensure in Japan. He has also received several honorary degrees including any honorary doctorate from the Pratt Institute in NYC. Pelli has says in an essay in 1988 Architectural Digest, “ …there is nothing quite so pleasurable for me to visit my buildings hen they’re finished and occupied. It is like being part of a miracle taking place. Months and even years of caring and dreaming become a reality.”
Cesar Pelli is incredibly accomplished and his work speaks for itself. He has designed many of our nations landmarks and will always be remembered as a true inspiration to architecture and designers everywhere.

Sources
-Gandelsonas, Mario. Goldenberger. Pastier, John: Cesar Pelli, Buildings and Projects 1965-1990. New York:Rizzoli International Publications Inc. 1990.
-Gale, Thomas. Cesar Pelli from Encyclopedia of World Biography.
http:// www.bookrags.com/biography/cesar-pelli/

The Ultimate I.D.

Have you ever been stopped and asked for some sort of identification, whether it is in a bar or when renting out a video, and not had one. Now this should never be a problem again. There are three forms of identification: a passport, drivers license and Social security card. Laura Richardson, from the design firm Frog, is developing the Troika; an aluminum Social Security card with a multifunctional SCREEN! Richardson says, "By combing the familiarity and proportions of a standard ID card with the durability of a water resistant, flexible screen and the security of biometrics, [ a card like this ] could revolutionize the future of identification.". This is only a concept design at the moment for now there are some very interesting ideas that are supposed to be applied to this. It is supposed to have a thumbprint reader/thumbprint storage pad to be scanned by a reader, a changing screen, Buttons that change the screen from Social Security to Drivers license picture, a protective rim and an aluminum body. If this comes to fruition It will surely make the whole ID process at airports and government sites easier and more efficient.

Tatoo Gun

When you think of a gun usually violence and death comes to mind...not art! Getting a tattoo can be a dangerous and painful thing. Traditional electric coil tattoo machines haven't really evolved since they were invented in the 1800's. They are used today but unfortunately they are heavy, loud and cannot be sterilized. This can even increase the chances of spreading blood diseases. There is an inventor named Carson Hill who was was fed up with this so he designed a new kind of tattoo technology; the first air powered tattoo machine. It is called the Nuema Hybrid Tattoo Machine. It is designed to give a tattoo and reduce the pain in the process as well as decreasing healing times. While I know people who would never get a tattoo and this device is clearly not for everyone it is definitely useful for the demographic it is aimed for.

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The Voicebot

Every once in a while you see something that proves how technology advances. The electrical Engineering Department at the University of Washington has been working on a voice controlled robot; The Voicebot. It is a vocal controlled robot arm that uses non-verbal vocalization for enabling interaction. Singing allows for continuous control in the manipulation of real world objects. This project is heading in an interesting direction. This will eventually allow people with motor impairments to control automated devices such as robots and prosthetic limbs. It is amazing what technology can do and how it can help people in many ways. It is nice to see the development of technology be something that is usefull rather then just a new ipod or application for a computer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4NbiBVZoek&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecore77%2Ecom%2Fblog%2Ftechnology%2Fvoicecontrolled%5Frobot%5F13126%2Easp&feature=player_embedded


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SLAP Widgets

There are so many devices that are based on touch technology. There is the iphone/ipod touch, blackberry's and even some computers have this technology. However it is still preferable to use standard physical objects to control media and use a phone or computer. There is now a way to combine the two technolgies. It seems that researchers at RWTH Aachen University in Germany in conjunction with UC San Diego have created the SLAP (Sillicone Illuminated Active Peripherals). These widgets are plastic and sillicone objects that are used in conjunction with a multi-touch table that lets users to control interface values through physical push buttons, sliders, knobs, keypads and keyboards. The way this all works is very interesting, when a widget is placed atop the surface, a camera can read markers that are underneath it in order to identify and locate the widget. The user can manipulate movable parts such as a moving a slider knob or spinning a dial. This is best used for tasks that require precision, like locating a specific frame in a video. This is because it is better handled through physical input devices than through virtual ones. As someone who will be working on video editing as a career this is very helpful. As convenient as it can be to use touch technology on some devices like an ipod, some things dont require it and it is nice to know that there are other technological options out there.



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Perfume Dispenser for a Car!

It seems that even in this economic climate, there are still extraneous things to spend money on. Designers at Mayback have made a new feature in there Mayback Zeppelin; a perfume atomizer. The design is an illuminated Plexiglas globe on the rear console that looks like a crystal ball a fortune teller would use. Its pump is controlled by a thumbwheel in the rear compartment. In models without a partition between the seats, there is also a button near the steering wheel. It shuts off automatically after ten minutes or so. It comes with three glass perfume vials and two fragrances created by Givaudan of Switzerland. However people are able to put in whatever fragrances they want. This costs $5000.
Now this is a very nice feature to have in a car, but it seems a little unnecessary to have this. In this economy cars themselves are becoming way too expensive and it doesn't seem cost efficient to put this in one's car. But if this is what someone who can afford it wants it must seem like a great feature.






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