Mastodawn

Briar Levit Jan 19, 2023

May I remind you that we are seeking a graphic design professor at Portland State University?
https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/40674

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

The College of the Arts (COTA) and the School of Art + Design (A+D) at Portland State University invite applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, commencing Fall 2023. This is a tenure track, 1.0 FTE, 9-month position.We seek an individual whose research, teaching, and collaboration skills will add a complementary perspective to a strong and growing faculty. We are one of the biggest Graphic Design programs on the West Coast, and seeking candidates who are excited to work in our highly ranked program.A successful candidate is an engaged maker with a strong record of professional practice/research, who demonstrates an expansive view of the field of graphic design, a connection to contemporary and emerging practices, and the ability to stay current in the latest technologies and ideas. In addition to teaching, the position entails participating in curricular development, playing a leadership role in the Graphic Design program, supporting the program’s events, activities, and administration, and imagining multidisciplinary collaborations with other departments.In keeping with the university’s commitment to diversity and community engagement, we seek candidates who cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment.

Briar Levit Jan 13, 2023

Fun to look at this Jayme Odgers auction. Lots of great stuff but this comp for the cover of "Wet" that he did with April Greiman is so amazing. https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2023/01/jayme-odgers-over-and-out

Briar Levit Jan 12, 2023

What are people's preferences for drop cap spacing on the right? Do you always leave it perfectly vertical? Do you manually pull lines in for negative space? Or is it a case-by-case basis for you?

Briar Levit Jan 12, 2023

Paolo Amoroso Jan 11, 2023

This website provides the full back archive of BYTE magazine, all 23 years of it from 1975 to to 1998. It's a treasure trove of vintage tech and nostalgia, not even Archive.org carries all the issues.

The site actually focuses on old Apple magazines, but has also PC magazines and other resources on the history of microcomputing.

https://vintageapple.org/byte

#retrocomputing #magazines

Vintage Apple

Briar Levit Jan 10, 2023

Type@Cooper Jan 9, 2023

3/4 #LubalinLectureSeries http://coopertype.org/event/typography_at_vkhutemas_the_soviet_unions_revolutionary_art_school

Type@Cooper: Typography at VKhuTeMas, the Soviet Union’s Revolutionary Art School with Polina Godz <meta property=

VKhuTeMas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, is a revolutionary Soviet art school that opened its doors just a year after the founding of Bauhaus in Germany. Today, the school is usually remembered for a slew of avant-garde artists who worked there — Kandinsky and Malevich, Rodchenko and Stepanova, Lissitzky and Tatlin, among many others. However, the school’s innovative pedagogy and its democratic admission structure geared towards working class students deserves attention as well. Following some of the formal, theoretical, and political debates that happened in and around VKhuTeMas allows us to better understand the ground-breaking use of typography that developed there and became a staple of constructivist art and design. This lecture will shed light on the origins and trajectory of VKhuTeMas, paying especially close attention to how ideas on typography fed into the school’s artistic output and how they evolved over time. The lecture is co-sponsored by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union.

Type@Cooper

Briar Levit Jan 7, 2023

ThatKomputerKat

Jan 5, 2023

I really wonder what’s going to happen to Paul Allen’s Living Computer museum. He sure didn’t do a good job of any on making sure it would be in good hands after his death.

At this point I really doubt it’s ever reopening. I wonder what the state of everything is after being mothballed for almost three years.

https://seattlecollegian.com/paul-allens-living-computers-museum-remains-closed-after-years-despite-lifted-covid-restrictions/

#retroComputing #classicComputing

Paul Allen’s Living Computers Museum remains closed after years, despite lifted COVID restrictions - The Seattle Collegian

Living Computers: Museum + Labs, located in the Sodo neighborhood, showcases “the world's largest collection of fully-restored and useable supercomputers, mainframes, minicomputers and microcomputers,” with some of their inventory dating back to the 1960s and available for public use.

The Seattle Collegian

Briar Levit Jan 7, 2023

Hello typographic history research folks! Anyone seen other instances of typewritten typesetting of this vintage (1912) or older? @glennf @aggietoppins @stewf @fhardwig

Briar Levit Jan 4, 2023

BBC News (World)Jan 3, 2023

De La Soul's back catalogue finally available for streaming https://bbc.in/3Z5iMc3

De La Soul: Classic back catalogue finally available for streaming

All of the hip hop trio's early hits will be released on digital streaming services from 3 March.

BBC News

Briar Levit Jan 1, 2023

Erin Kissane Dec 31, 2022

I love this from ACT UP's Peter Staley. This history is so instructive, and I will go to my grave believing that full openness to criticism and a willingness to set aside everything personal to focus on critical human needs is what we should expect—and demand—from anyone who wants to lead anything of consequence.

(And I'm so fucking grateful Staley is still here to write it.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/opinion/anthony-fauci-hiv-aids-act-up.html

gift link (use the other if you don't need this one): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/opinion/anthony-fauci-hiv-aids-act-up.html?unlocked_article_code=w0Er7iKvnvnRlYYNjDlgIWg_qzrpggOMm8ot2S8DxKE9t-PgbIFD-Ad375dzFYKREwasykQ5IGjQo4KJ-gal3wvj2aLSVRvDaaYsLQTPVff7grOZztm-7TvWOu9fInJ-8KNxQu3kviCkD8ykgM4MK07e7vFJhwyHkK04uq2yMr0Krxg0IpC4o_SHxVNeiYfLykO0-r0gsvTnSllv3Sn6fsTdidnF8nl4sCD_X9V3V0sgDrzUrEnHYwo6yGCxbuQEZR6nrrz5U0nUlvZH7iktQtTpunmwYPvP5pr2j7ELlYN0ra8YB2Wo1ZY9DgNFSpUW19CXwKa0KL45hPPZPxOpALDsUjFSIgQ&smid=share-url

Opinion | How Anthony Fauci Quietly Shocked AIDS Activists

An ACT UP veteran remembers the doctor’s AIDS legacy.

The New York Times

Briar Levit Dec 27, 2022

Another documentary today. It’s “Automat” this time. I recommend! I truly wish I could have experienced this place.
Bonus: Mel Brooks features quite heavily. ☕️⭐️