Design Celebs Newsflash! A recent public display of affection at Miracle Manor Retreat- Deborah Sussman and her husband Paul Prejza, of Sussman/Prejza.
Author Archives: April
Meggs’ History of Graphic Design update to feature Roto website
January 31, 2011 – 1:00 pm
We are delighted to announce our website design for Roto Architects will be included in the upcoming 5th edition of Meggs’ History of Graphic Design. The frontpage animation was chosen for particular focus into a contemporary web design section. Like the previous 4th edition, this title will be further compiled and written by noted design [...]
Babe in Space
January 31, 2011 – 12:31 pm
Steven Heller’s The Daily Heller blog included me in a recent post which broadly historicized Design Quarterly journal: “If you never experienced the Walker Art Center’s Design Quarterly you’ve missed one of the important documents of design history and practice. DQ was the clarion of postwar Modernism & post-Modern-ism. In 1946 it was also the [...]
Einstein’s God and a bit of Darwin
November 16, 2010 – 10:30 pm
Einstein’s God, Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit, by Krista TIppett. from the chapter, Evolution and Wonder, here are some bits that are close to my heart- excerpted from Tippett/Moore discussion about Darwin- and from Darwin’s own notes: “we are all netted together”… Tippett: There’s something that jumps out at me, and I don’t [...]
April G offers teaching / mentoring
November 9, 2010 – 6:53 pm
Here’s the deal- One day workshop at Made in Space in my downtown Los Angeles studio $500 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. / includes lunch OR One day workshop, three nights at Miracle Manor Retreat in Desert Hot Springs CA $950 includes three nights stay at the retreat one full day of instruction/input/mentoring also includes 2 [...]
films I am impressed with lately
November 9, 2010 – 6:17 pm
Into Great Silence/ Philip Gronings study of Grande Chartreuse Monastery Cherry blossoms /German Departures / Japanese
gin/ or my new interest in it…
November 9, 2010 – 6:11 pm
I’ve been on a bit of a gin/tonic kick. also the occasional martini- BUT, as I am allergic to gluten, and was wondering about any/all grain alcohols and gluten content, I did a little research on gin, for starters… so, the juniper bush came up, of course…and I found out that the juniper bush grows in [...]
Geico Commercial @ Wilshire Vermont Mural
October 29, 2010 – 5:21 pm
funny spotting of the Wilshire Vermont mural, main character NOT April Greiman
Greiman @ PDC/Lavin Showroom
October 22, 2010 – 5:43 pm
Two Drive-by Shooting archival images are on display currently at the Thom Lavin Showroom at the Pacific Design Center. The images are from the Drive-by Shooting Exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, originated in 2006. Click here to visit Drive-by Shooting Exhibition installation and edition images. ‘Power of 10.2 / The 10th Anniversary Exhibition’ [...]
rules and hints for anybody
June 25, 2010 – 5:12 pm
SOME RULES AND HINTS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OR ANYBODY ELSE – John Cage Rule 1 Find a place you trust, and then, try trusting it for a while. Rule 2 General duties of a student: Pull everything out of your teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students. Rule 3 General duties of a [...]