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Archive for October, 2010

Cheryl as a Designer

October 30th, 2010  |  by Cheryl  |  published in Just for Fun

Felix sent this to me last week with plenty of enthusiasm: This is you! This is so you–music you’d play as you either work or do recordings over. All of their music is you!!! So I listened to it, and he was right. Lullatone is Japanese pajama pop group “characterized by an innocent, child-like quality and [...]

The Aeron Chair

October 22nd, 2010  |  by Cheryl  |  published in Interviews, School

For my Radio and Podcast Workshop, I created a short audio piece in the format of Studio 360′s Design for the Real World. I was able to interview Judith Ramquist, former design manager at Herman Miller for many years, about the iconic Aeron Chair. Judith was one of the only women in management at Herman Miller [...]

Watching documentaries

October 14th, 2010  |  by Cheryl  |  published in Documentaries, Notes to Self

I decided over the summer that I would like to eventually make a documentary. For the past month, I set myself a goal of watching one documentary a week for research and just entertainment. For September, I watched The September Issue, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton and Helvetica. The documentaries offered [...]

Should school be allowed to be this much fun?

October 1st, 2010  |  by Cheryl  |  published in School

Well, it’s a lot of hard work too. A lot. But we get rewarded for our hard work with good company and fun. Every Tuesday, we have an evening lecture series where we get to hear from visiting writers, scholars and critics. So far we’ve had presentations from Rick Poyner on Surrealism in Graphic Design, Jane [...]

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