THOUGHTS
Reality vs. representation: Most everyone starts and ends their day on a screen. It is a condition in which three notions conspire in a dynamic triad to establish what we know as “reality”: the act of making, our engagement with things, and our experience of being.
» QUOTES on process, environments, machinism, image & identity
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An interview by Nikolai Vogel to discuss the legacy and influence of the Bauhaus.
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An interview by Isabelle Moisy for étapes magazine 215. A perspective on the status of French graphic design.
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A poster and short essay for the Alliance Graphique Internationale 2010 conference. It is a commentary on contemporary creative processes. In this instance I speculate that screen-based design is often conditioned by digital tools and their specific forms of language.
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An interview by John Alderman originally for Rhizome discussing concerns and issues that arise at the intersection of the art and design disciplines.
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An interview for Clone magazine discussing the current state of design and art in California
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A visual/text essay on the shift of desktop tools and media toward mobile devices. For Etapes magazine – also available in french
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The Exploding TV poster/chart/essay was commissioned by Avenue A | Razorfish for for the Information Architecture Summit 2006. It is an exploration of the growing dynamics between TV and digital media—specifically mobile media.
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A chapter from Hand Book. It explores the world of interfaces that live on the surface of cities. Published by Lars Muller.
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An essay in french about using Google searches as a creative technique.
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A collaborative essay on the impact of digital technologies on design processes. For Transmag.
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A visual/text essay in french about visual communications that expresses the shift away from craft and toward digital media. For Etapes magazine.[PDF]
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all essays by Erik Adigard/M-A-D, with others as indicated
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