ByDesign 2012

ByDesign 2012

JULY 20-25, FRIDAY-WEDNESDAY

Co-Presented by Northwest Film Forum and AIGA-Seattle, sponsored by ARCADE and curated by Peter Lucas

Our long-running, annual ByDesign program brings together a diversity of people, ideas and creative visions to explore intersections of design and the moving image. The program celebrates artists who combine forms and disciplines to transform our visual culture.  

ByDesign 12 features an array of guest artists, documentaries, short films, music videos and presentations that illuminate the roots, currents and future of design in motion.

Series Pass Available! $40/members, $80/general 

 

ByDesign 12: Gareth Smith and Jenny Lee

Jul 20, 2012

Smith & Lee Design is a husband-and-wife team known for creating inventive title sequences for such films as Thank You for Smoking, Up in the Air, Juno, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Young Adult, Jeff, Who Lives at Home and HBO's Cinema Verite. We are honored to have Gareth Smith and Jenny Lee with us to show their work and discuss their practice of using typography, drawings, photographs, animation and live-action filmmaking to create openers and special sequences for films and television.

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ByDesign 12: Opening Night

Free event!

Jul 20, 2012

Join us for the opening night of ByDesign 2012, our series exploring intersections of design and the moving image and celebrating artists who transform our visual culture. This free party features food, drinks, films by Andrew Rohrman and a live audiovisual set by Eric Moon and Randy Jones.

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ByDesign 12: New York In Motion

Jul 21 - Jul 25, 2012

(2011, USA, Graham Elliott, 60 min)

Capturing the contagious energy of New York City, designer/filmmaker Graham Elliott's new documentary is a captivating look behind the scenes and screens of New York's thriving motion graphics industry. More than 50 influential players in the field shed light on the ever-changing state of technology, shared sensibilities, the drive for creative innovation and New York City as an inexhaustible source of inspiration.

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ByDesign 12: Taken By Storm: The Art Of Storm Thorgerson And Hipgnosis

Director Roddy Bogawa in attendance!
Followed by a reception and live performance by Chris Brokaw!

Jul 21, 2012

(2011, USA/UK, Roddy Bogawa, 95 min)

Storm Thorgerson's album covers are some of the most evocative and visually-arresting images in popular culture. After studying film, he co-founded famed graphic art company Hipgnosis in the late 60s. Taken By Storm illuminates his career and unique process, and includes interviews with musicians and contemporary visual artists. This special screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director and a reception with live performance by musician Chris Brokaw, who created original music for the film.

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ByDesign 12: Visions Of Future Spaces In Film

With cultural critic Charles Mudede!
Co-presented by ARCADE!

Jul 22, 2012

In this special program, critic Charles Mudede discusses visions of future architecture and interior spaces in science fiction films. With images and movie scenes from films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and Gattaca, Mudede will explore how films have reflected, reinterpreted and rejected our notions of architecture and design as they look forward in time.

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ByDesign 12: Entropy Shorts and Music Videos

Jul 22 - Jul 24, 2012

ByDesign's Entropy program showcases innovative short films and music videos by artists and groups from around the globe. Using a variety of creative techniques, these films reflect the rapidly dissolving lines between design, art, movies and music. This year's survey features over a dozen new works, including a demented, animation movie intermission film from Kansas City-based group MK12, an elegant essay film by UK collective The Light Surgeons and music video for Jim Guthrie by Seattle artist Andy Rohrman.

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ByDesign 12: Seattle Moves Panel Discussion

Jul 23, 2012

Seattle designers/directors from World Famous, Oh Hello and Superfad will show recent projects and discuss their inspirations, creative processes and the behind-the-scenes techniques involved in creating title sequences, visual effects, commercials and short films.

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ByDesign 12: Splitting The Screen

With ByDesign curator Peter Lucas!

Jul 23, 2012

In the 1960s, multiple-screen film presentations and new split-screen composite techniques brough graphic design dynamics into film and expanded the cinematic language. ByDesign curator Peter Lucas will discuss influential works of the era, including multiple-screen World's Fair films, experimental films and split-screen sequences in movies that are the root of a media language now common and taken for granted in today's virtual culture.

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ByDesign 12: Sean Pecknold: The Universe And You

Director Sean Pecknold and collaborator Britta Johnson in attendance! 

Jul 24, 2012

Sean Pecknold has used a variety of stop-motion animation techniques and live-action photography to create surreal short films, commercials and music videos for Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Elvis Perkins, Here We Go Magic and others. This program features work created by Pecknold over the past five years. He and collaborator Britta Johnson will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion, sharing extra, behind-the-scenes material.

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ByDesign 12: Design The New Business

Jul 25, 2012

(2011, Erik Roscam Abbing, 40 min)

As our world becomes more complex, the challenges to business grow. "Design Thinking" is playing a central role in creatively solving problems and driving future development. This new documentary investigates contemporary issues and the evolving relationship between design and business. Design The New Business features interviews with an international group of designers, service providers, educators and businesses that have incorporated design as a part of their core approach.

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