Process book meeting #4, 7-26

So, we all met at Barnes and Noble for our Process Book Meeting last night. We looked through books and magazines to find inspiration for our layouts, color schemes, and possibly type face choices (though we seemed to have settled that matter already. Mo did well). I am working on color schemes and though I like the bold colors of the first image and the fox image below, the woman in sepia tones kind of spoke to me. The idea of having a set of muted colors with one pop of color seems pretty logical considering how saturated most of our photos will be (there are a TRUCK LOAD of colors in this mural). It was a good meeting, we have a lot to think about now.

The rest of us were not as bored as Lance.

PBM: Tonight

Process book meeting tonight: We're meeting at Barnes and Noble on the plaza at 7 tonight to look through some existing books for ideas/inspiration. We will not be meeting on Friday since Micah and myself will be busy/out of town so I guess our next meeting will be held a week from today (Monday the 2nd I think). More details to follow.

Process book meeting #3, 7-22

Well... for the first half of our meeting we talked about owls... and then we talked about birds in general... but the owls took over again and we continued talking about them through one strawberry smoothie, a cup of soup and half a sandwich later...

No no, just kidding. We actually got some very important decisions made tonight which will really help us get cracking on this book. We assigned some jobs and discussed important specifications for the jobs. We're excited. Still. Again. Always.

Process book meeting #2, 7-16

We discussed book layout options, the contents of the book, possible font choices, folio styles, elements of humor, and pumpkin muffies at this meeting. We had a few more "essays" to assign and hopefully we'll see some of those coming in soon. Next meeting will be held on Monday 7-19 at the Panera on the Plaza from 7-8p.

Deadlines/Process Book Stuff

Questions:

Photos of Moshe- We need to sign a release?

Site photos, we need permission

Kauffman- can we use their name? release need to get signed? 

Get the book copyrighted?

Moshe/Kauffman Bios- release form signed? do they need to write it/ will the supply it or do we need to write one? Can we get it from their sites?

JOBS/DEADLINES FOR EVERYONE!

bio questionnaire by the 19th

images of class stuff by the 26th

1 piece of own work (NOT kauffman related for bio page) by the 26th

summation of own work/process/inspiration for class (1-2 paragraphs) by the 26th

Jobs for people working directly on the book for now:

Everyone- 1 layout proposal (19th)

Bryan

     - keep collecting images (start editing bad ones out)

     - make another 1st round book for documentation  (26th)

Abby

     -email Pam about magazine permissions (19th)

     -email everyone about deadlines (19th)

     -blog essay (26th)

     -start editing bios

Lance

     -intro (1st draft 19th, revise 26h)

Micah

     -release forms (19th)

     -work with Luke on second round essay (19th)

Mo

     -1st round essay (19th)

Luke

     -work with Micah on second round essay (19th)

Essay spreads should include

-pieces

-books presented

-feedback

-quotes

-pictures of in class work days

-video transcript (if obtainable) 

Possible Titles for the Book (plus a sub line):

The Collaborative

Documenting a Mural

Behind the Slats

Beyond the Balcony

-keep in mind the cover could be text or image or both, plus we have the back and the spine to utilize 

Process Book: Bio Questionnaire

Hey everyone- will you PLEASE fill this out and email me your answers by next Monday (4-19)? If you don't get it in by Monday we won't be able to fill out a bio page on you. Thanks. My email address is blondesrsnart@sbcglobal.net . You can copy and paste everything in this post if you want and just type it out. Thanks everyone.

Cheers,

Abby

_____________________________________________

Full Name: 

Nickname: 

Department: 

Jr/Sr: 

Future Goals:

Favorite Color:

What got you into art in the first place: 

Favorite Animal:

Favorite Super Hero:

Pirates or Ninjas: 

Favorite kind of shoes to wear:

Color pallet that describes you (era and colors): 

Favorite Movie:

Favorite Music:

Biggest inspiration while working: 

Biggest Pet Peeve: 

Where were you born/Where are you from:

Favorite artistic movement: 

Song that sums up your life:

most commonly used phrase you use on a day-to-day basis:

if you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

favorite quote:

sand and sun or mountains and snow?

favorite memory from childhood: 

Have you ever been outside the country? If so, when and where?

Do you believe in the term "art for art's sake" or does everything need a concept? 

Describe yourself in 4 words: 

what song gets stuck in your head the most often:

Tell me about the weirdest dream you've ever had: 

Do you have a collection of anything? If so, what?
Did you know who the head architect was before we started the project?
What was the biggest challenge for you through this process so far?
How have you liked working in a collaboration?

any other random things you want to throw out there: 

Process Book: Starting Point

What will we include in the book: table of contents, colophon, folio, half title, full title, introduction (project over view). Rounds/Proposals, Blog Entries, Critiques/Feedback, quotes, Essay/Article, Kauffman Bio, Moshe Bio, Personal Bios, images of work days, images of the building, images of on-site visits, possible video transcript, image concepts, inspiration for pieces, image of color pallet given to us...

Book Specs: Blurb printed book, horizontal format, 10" x 8", image wrap cover, hardback, full color print, 120 max pages

Kauffman Center Process Book

Hey all,

I think everyone has heard by now that we're going to be creating a process book for the entirety of the Kauffman Center mural planning/painting experience. If you have any thoughts or ideas as to what you would like to see in the process book, please feel free to post your comments to this entry. I look forward to hearing everyones amazing ideas.

Cheers,
Abby

PS- It would be very beneficial if you could put any photos you have taken of/for the class onto a flash drive or cd that I can get from you tomorrow (wednesday) in class. The more images we have, the better the book can be! Thanks!