Art & Design Notes

The Many Sides of Prezi

posted on 08 May 2012 20:08 by Sara Spink

Prezi is a really versatile tool that I’ve come to appreciate not just for the opportunities it offers for presentations but also for brainstorming and organization. One of the aspects I like best is the ability to evolve my presentation alongside my research. I’ve also found Prezi to enhance the preparatory stages of my work, even when my the project itself concerns a different medium. For...

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Wikis in the Classroom

posted on 20 Mar 2012 20:49 by Sara Spink

Kimon Keramidas, the Assistant Director of the Digital Media Lab (DML) at the Bard Graduate Center on West 86th Street, has asked me to contribute some blog posts from the student perspective for the DML website. Here is the first of the series, discussing the advantages wikis present for the classroom and the diverse ways I've seen them used to meet various needs. I think it fortunate that in...

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Gardens of the Alhambra at NYBG

posted on 30 Aug 2011 03:54 by Sara Spink

When I read about the New York Botanical Garden's re-creation of the Alhambra Gardens I was raring to go – and, not having been there before, was not aware that the exhibit's installation in the Haupt Conservatory necessarily imposed particular limitations on its extent (notably a restricted space and floorplan). Consequently my minds-eye view of its potential was, perhaps, a bit lofty (read:...

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Stephen Jones contest for acclaimed Hats exhibit

posted on 08 Aug 2011 21:17 by Sara Spink

I realize that this is awfully late notice for the contest at hand, though not to publicize the exhibition itself. As Hats: An Anthology, a collaboration between London's V A and Stephen Jones, who is touted as one of the fashion world’s most prolific milliners, makes its way to New York City and the Bard Graduate Center, Jones invites design submissions for a hat that will be displayed in the...

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The PMA wants your help!

posted on 03 Aug 2011 15:13 by Sara Spink

Collab, defined on the Philadelphia Museum of Art's website as a non-profit group group of design professionals and enthusiasts who support the Museum’s modern and contemporary design collection, is soliciting the public's opinion. Four objects are in the running to be added the the PMA's collection, and you can help choose! The one receiving by September 1st the most positive feedback via the...

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