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Pica Pica!

Posted on December 10, 2011 by ckirkham

I have no idea what I just watched, short of my own death. Pica Towers is equal parts disturbing and hilarious. The aesthetic of the show is great. All the cute little jelly bean people in their weird fetishist costumes … Continue reading →

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After you type titles enough, it looks like titties.

Posted on December 10, 2011 by ckirkham

This week of class has sort of turned around my whole career aspiration. I never realized that Title Design was a real thing. And the stuff that they do is fantastic. I spent a lot longer on Art of the … Continue reading →

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Hillman Curtis Short Films

Posted on December 10, 2011 by ckirkham

Short films are hard to pull off, that’s for sure. I know I’ve tried and failed many times to make a good short film. And so has Hillman, I think. I like his approach to the art, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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I shed a single tear of pure blood watching this.

Posted on December 3, 2011 by ckirkham

I have no idea what I just watched, short of my own death. Pica Towers is equal parts disturbing and hilarious. I’m not really going to get into the content of the series, because I have no effing clue what … Continue reading →

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James Victore is going to murder us.

Posted on December 3, 2011 by ckirkham

Every once in a while, I start getting it in my head that I’m good at design or that I know what I’m talking about in any way at all. And then I see Stephan Sagmiester cover a wall in … Continue reading →

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Helvetica – It’s fine!

Posted on December 3, 2011 by ckirkham

It’s weird to think that a film about a typeface could be both engaging and life changing, but Helvetica proves to be just that. Most importantly, you learn that there is a whole industry of people who take Helvetica very … Continue reading →

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The Story of Biased Positions

Posted on October 2, 2011 by ckirkham

As a disclaimer, I am going to point out that I am neither Republican or Democrat. I don’t think I could be easily categorized as a conservative or a liberal. And I’m all about the “Green Movement”. But these videos … Continue reading →

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Formalism and Postmodernism

Posted on September 15, 2011 by ckirkham

I once walked into a Paul McCarthy exhibit in the Tate Modern in London. He was wearing a wig, lingerie and spraying condiments all over a bed and rubbing them on himself and masturbating with them. It was projected onto … Continue reading →

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We are the patchwork girl

Posted on September 9, 2011 by ckirkham

Stitch Bitch was fun for me. I do a pretty good job of not getting confused by things I read, mostly because I never take them that seriously. But as someone who has spent a good deal of time writing … Continue reading →

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Holdovers

Posted on September 5, 2011 by ckirkham

My family has a collection of old cars: Model T’s, Model A’s, Hupmobiles, Studebakers and Cadillacs. My grandpa has been collecting them since he was seven (that’s not a typo) because Idaho is still the sort of hick place where … Continue reading →

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