Hello!

Hey team! How is Art Blocks doing lately? We should meet up soon! Updates?!

logo time

hey y'all. carey and i met today to talk logo. here's the direction we're headed in: aerial view with an interesting infrastructure of streets that frame the words "art blocks." each letter will sit in its own box, and look like individual row homes from above. we think this will be able to hold its integrity as a black and white logo type, but depending on the context (ie. website) we would have room to play around with it more and add color! (remember, color = creativity. instead of paintbrush = creativity.)


this was our inspiration for the above. (obviously the method of execution in terms of lettering is modified for ours...)

from here, we're each going to play around with making vector drawings of baltimore street views to see how that looks and search for the perfect art blocks font. feel free to help us if you can!

interesting link

From The Center For Urban Pedagogy:

"CUP makes educational projects about places and how they change.

Our projects bring together art and design professionals - artists, graphic designers, architects, urban planners - with community-based advocates and researchers - organizers, government officials, academics, service-providers and policymakers. These partners work with CUP staff to create projects ranging from high school curricula to educational exhibitions.

Our work grows from a belief that the power of imagination is central to the practice of democracy, and that the work of governing must engage the dreams and visions of citizens. CUP believes in the legibility of the world around us. What can we learn by investigation? By learning how to investigate, we train ourselves to change what we see."

Seemed like an interesting way to look at things.

Here's the link:
http://www.anothercupdevelopment.org/

more ARTBLOCKS

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/squire%20art%20blocks%20roses%

http://www.artblock.net/

http://www.westword.com/2007-05-31/calendar/art-blocks/

http://www.bostoncondoblog.com/luxury-developments/south-end-developments/art-block/

http://wikimapia.org/456156/Art-block-American-University-in-Dubai

wild

While googling "artblocks" just now to see if we have a listing yet, I came across this:

http://www.art-block.blogspot.com/

Pretty wild, huh? If Jung is right (as he nearly always is), his notion of the universal consciousness will become readily apparent, as suddenly "artblocks"--and everything related to the concept--starts appearing in all kinds of places and in all kinds of forms. 

Wild.

Deb

YEA!!!

Hey Team MICA!

I'm back from NY and just want to say.....you guys are AWESOME!!!

Love the blog idea, Carey, and thanks so much for getting it started. I can't wait to see what you have come up with!

Deb

logo notes

sorry for the chicken scratch guys... i didn't know i'd have to share!