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January 31, 2003  by Don Lehman Our IDSA chapter at RIT has been having a successful year. We helped organize several events for our members and the rest of the design school including bringing in designers from Kodak, packaging designers, and OCAD’s Alexander Manu. (A little side note: When I say, “helped organize” I do mean that in the fullest sense. IDSA has been just the beginning part in a whole process. Our faculty has been giving us great advice and is willing to set aside their class time so students can attend. Also. the staff in our school of design office has been beyond helpful to setting up travel arrangements and honorariums for our guests.) This month we were able to bring in Sigi Moeslinger and Masamichi Udagawa of Antenna Design to give a lecture. If you haven’t seen any of Antenna's work, you should check out their website at www.antennadesign.com. Recent projects include everything from the new subway cars in New York City to museum installations, all of which have been praised across the board. Basically, they put the “multi” in multidisciplinary. The lecture was standing room only. We had students and faculty from ID, graphic design, new media, and interior design show up and give undivided attention for a full 90 minutes. Sigi and Masamichi hit on most of the projects they have worked on since forming Antenna in 1997. It’s one thing to look at the portfolio on the website, it’s a whole other thing to listen to the designers in person explain their thought process. Afterwards the IDSA members sat down in a circle with them and chatted for an hour on everything from the design process and tight deadlines to 80s Japanese pop music. The great thing about these lectures, for me anyway, is that I see a designer that I respect, talk about their experiences and discoveries, and see they went through the some of the same things that my classmates and I have. I get that sense of, “Wow, me too!” and it has a calming, put-things-into-perspective kind of effect. “Finally, I Can Graph My Emotions And Compare With Others” Design of the Month: Moodstats  I have been dying to try out this program ever since it was announced over at k10k.net, but couldn’t until they released the OS X version of it. The Moodstats website describes it as, “Your one stop personal journal mood diary organizer & recorder.” I think what appeals to me the most about Moodstats as opposed to a standard diary is the immediacy of it. You slide around some knobs depending on how your feeling and you’re done for the day. And if you still feel like writing down your thoughts on the day you can in the diary mode. The interface is slick and easy to use. Looking back at the graphed timeline of your moods is addictive. (Note to self: When I am happy, I am creative.)  Moodstats can be downloaded for free at Moodstats.com, but it only saves your data for 20 days. $15 (US) gets you the full version. |
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