BYDESIGN 08

BYDESIGN 08

MARCH 6-13, 2008

Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts and Digital Kitchen
 

This special annual series explores the intersection of graphic design and moving image, and celebrates multidisciplinary artists who push at the boundaries to create new techniques, styles and forms. The eighth annual BYDESIGN program features short films, installations and performances by digital artists including Light Surgeons, Graham Wood, Semiconductor and Impactist; classic films by such pioneer designer/directors as Saul Bass, Charles and Ray Eames, Norman McLaren and Frank Mouris: a panel discussion with motion graphics designers from Digital Kitchen, SuperFad, and World Famous Inc.; a history of the evolution of computer animation with computer graphics pioneer and Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith; and a feature documentary celebrating the ubiquitous Swiss typeface Helvetica and exploring the effects of type on our visual culture and daily lives. ByDesign explores the fertile hub between artistic, experimental, and commercial media and champions innovations that integrate design, art and cinema. Series curated by Peter Lucas.

 

Opening Night Event

Sponsored by ByDesign 08

Mar 06, 2008

Featuring performances from Kamran Sadeghi and Randy Jones

ByDesign 08 kicks off with a blast! Join us for this free opening reception and audiovisual event featuring the latest video work by UK group Semiconductor and live video and sound performances of new work by digital artists Kamran Sadeghi (Son Of Rose) and Randy Jones (Caro) exploring the synchronization of colors, shapes and type with sound.

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Helvetica

Sponsored by Aiga-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts, Digital Kitchen and By Design

Mar 07 - Mar 13, 2008

Gary Hustwit, UK, 2007, BETA-SP, 80 min

Chances are, you’ve seen the Helvetica typeface several times today. It’s all around us. This engaging new documentary looks at how the 50-year-old Swiss font became one of the most pervasive and well known, and initiates a larger conversation about graphic design and global visual culture. Director Gary Hustwit explores type in urban spaces around the globe and talks with a who’s who of renowned designers about the aesthetics of typography. HELVETICA invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.

www.helveticafilm.com

"A thoroughly engaging and gleefully funny investigation into the world’s most ubiquitous typeface." -TIME OUT LONDON

"The real achievement of the picture is the way it sharpens your eye in general and makes connections between form and content, and between art and life." -CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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A History of Computer Graphics in Film by Alvy Ray Smith

 Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts , Digital Kitchen
and By Design

Mar 09 - Mar 10, 2008

Legendary computer graphics innovator Alvy Ray Smith will discuss the evolution of computer animation and show clips ranging from John Whitney’s early experiments in the 1960s to landmark visual effects and animation in popular cinema of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Smith headed the Computer Graphics Lab at the New York Institute of Technology in the ‘70s, was founding Director of the Computer Division at Lucasfilm, and co-founded Pixar. He’ll give us a brief history of the innovations that made modern computer animation possible, and discuss the challenges that he and his colleagues faced when the field was in its infancy.

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Entropy, New Short Works

Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts , Digital Kitchen and By Design

Mar 08 - Mar 09, 2008

Each year, ByDesign showcases new work by innovative designers, directors and VJs from around the globe. This year’s survey features the Seattle premieres of over a dozen new short films, including work by Light Surgeons, Semiconductor, Impactist, Max Hattler, Stewart Smith, Guilherme Marcondes and others. Ranging from lo-fi to high tech, from the ethereal to the downright silly, this sampling of inventive new shorts gives us a glimpse at the rapidly dissolving lines between design, art, film and music.

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Seattle Moves: Screening and Discussion

 Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts , Digital Kitchen and ByDesign

Mar 08, 2008

Join us for this special forum in which Seattle motion graphics designers from Digital Kitchen, SuperFad, and World Famous Inc. will screen recent projects and discuss their inspirations, creative processes, technical challenges and their quickly evolving field.

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The Dot and the Line

 

Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts , Digital Kitchen and ByDesign 08

Mar 07, 2008

Creative Shorts of the 60s & 70s
(Various directors, US/Canada, 1965-77, 16mm, 75 min)

This selection of rarely seen short films made in the 1960s and 70s presents a variety of unique perspectives and inventive techniques. Bound by a common curiosity and creativity, these experiments in animation, motion graphics, and live action filmmaking bring design concepts to the screen. The program includes short films by Saul Bass, Charles and Ray Eames, Norman McLaren, Frank Mouris, Charles Braverman, Chuck Jones and Jim Henson- four of them Oscar-winners.

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