tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:32:46 +0000book artsdesign processnip/tucktelevisionteachingannouncementshttp://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)Blogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-5652627229446759368Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:49:00 +00002009-03-09T12:01:23.212-04:00announcementsbook artsCheers to all. Big doings in the life of Kable design + research and Kate LaMere. My new book Apparatus for Daydreaming was just accepted into Creative Quarterly 15. It received a bronze award. Watch for more information about the upcoming issue.And, the books Self Cultivation and Apparatus for Cognition were just accepted into the Southeast Association for Book Arts Biennial Conference http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/Od3NTUVp-4Y/rockin-and-rollin-along.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)1http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2009/03/rockin-and-rollin-along.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-5863957000546112540Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-01-31T14:58:20.850-05:00In 2008 I was awarded a North Carolina Regional Artists Project Grant. As part of my fulfillment of the grant I recently made two new artists books. These books are inspired by reading about theoretical constructions of space. In fact, the series is called "Theoretical Constructions of Space." I just photographed the second book in the series, Apparatus for Daydreaming. The second book, Apparatushttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/u7ZdFs7qOtQ/new-work-apparatus-for-daydreaming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-work-apparatus-for-daydreaming.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-5255800698882221576Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:31:00 +00002009-01-16T16:45:24.370-05:00Here are a few random entries that my sophomore-level students made in their sketchbooks. It's testament to their creative minds at work. (Anne Mauser, David Fichuo, AnnaVaughn Ceech)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/9_7f6T3lA7A/just-for-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2009/01/just-for-fun.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-2876807047786002061Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:52:00 +00002009-01-16T16:42:09.435-05:00These are some examples of excellent rough hand compositions from sophomore level graphic design students. They are detailed with lots of room left to explore and fully refine ideas. (Anne Mauser, Heather Suter, Brittany Lehman)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/NlhRtlJqlFQ/roughing-it-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2009/01/roughing-it-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-1668445691147525395Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:40:00 +00002009-01-16T16:43:15.927-05:00In the vein of Donald Schon's Reflective Practitioner, in Fall 2008 I had my introductory graphic design students create illustrations of their design process. They worked from a lecture based on Koberg and Bagnall's New Universal Traveler. The results make me smile because they're as varied as my students – which is just what they should be. Enjoy! (Mario Paredes, Kayleigh Shaw, Kendall Walston,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/jfxchvpPhs4/reflective-student.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2009/01/reflective-student.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-7547862286120239720Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:55:00 +00002009-01-16T16:44:30.992-05:00Here are some of the best thumbnails sketches from my Fall 2008 Art 2200 class. Enjoy! (Kayleigh Shaw, Kendall Walston, Luke Rayson, Bernadette Michel, Dash Copeland)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/iSiQBZvf6-g/wicked-good-thumbnails.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2009/01/wicked-good-thumbnails.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-2316829092879131137Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:49:00 +00002008-12-10T15:03:00.494-05:00design processteachingThis is the first of many posts to follow in the next few days about my adventures teaching graphic design. It is now the end of the semester at East Carolina University, and I have been dutifully grading my student's design process books. I've been teaching Art 2200, a broad survey of graphic design that is these students' first attempt at graphic design at ECU. These books have been their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/FkUcKCclxr4/teaching-graphic-design.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2008/12/teaching-graphic-design.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-5548487405387903241Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:37:00 +00002008-12-10T14:48:57.606-05:00nip/tucktelevisionI was at one time an avid fan of FX's nip/tuck, but it lost me along the way... Well, I was surfing the channels this past weekend and caught a glimpse of the promo for season 6. It's brilliant in all its over-the-top, visually-excessive glory.From the cheeky retro vinyl 50s diner mint green dresses to the corseted dancers to the sutured skin to the surgical instruments in brilliant pattern and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/JB6qJm1J9kI/new-niptuck-promo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-niptuck-promo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-4353877151576535275Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:40:00 +00002008-03-05T14:45:39.712-05:00I was just uploading some photos to Flickr... watching the little pink rule slide to the right, then disappear by fading downward, and up pops a little green check-mark. As it pops, it bounces a couple times before settling down to a mundane existence as a "life's all good" symbol for a successful photo upload.Watching these arrows appear one after the other during my recent upload made me think http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/D6QvuPNWuyM/jiggly-bounce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2008/03/jiggly-bounce.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540099.post-5821229402614080492Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-03-03T11:53:54.700-05:00I'm addicted to Anthony Bourdain's show No Reservations , which airs on the Travel Channel. I love his sense of humor, the fact that he'll try anything, that he repeatedly gets drunk, and all the rest. It's pure TV fun and escapism. And, he's easy on the eyes [wink].I have been watching the newest season and noticed that the obligatory warning screen is now taking on a life of its own. Well, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sweettea/~3/1EkDzQC7EM4/no-reservations-warning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate LaMere)0http://landofsweettea.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-reservations-warning.html