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@kimbeckmann

Kim Beckmann is an Associate Professor and Co-Area Head of the Design and Visual Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a practicing designer and artist. Her research spans two main areas storytelling and design entrepreneurship pedagogy. Her current design practice seeks to identify pertinent environmental qualities for place. Provoked by place-telling, -mapping and -making, Kim investigates the interconnectedness of physical, mental and ephemeral artifacts of place.

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Poster design

Swiss poster design

Bristol, UK

New Type Poster

Harry Richards, designer

Poster design

So our local museum holds an exhibit each spring called art in bloom. Artists / florists create floral bouquets in response to a fine art piece at the museum.

Today I saw a post on Instagram of 5 beautiful 3D renderings of surreal environments by MUE Studio. As soon as I saw them I thought of real moments in my gardens.

Here are my pairings — surreal with real :)

MUE Studio drawings on the left and photographs I took of gardens on the right.

Swiss poster design | Zürich | Zürich University campus

Alice in Wonderland - book design

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This summer I have an additional new mapping project that I’m working on with folks from UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, gener8tor, Northwestern Mutual and Start in WI. Here’s an in progress glimpse at the Resource Navigator for the Southeast Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Ecosystem we’re developing.

AND... Design inspiration and a nerd share — the Argonaut also called the paper nautilus. My Gram found this one many years ago along the rocky shell covered beach on Jupiter Island.

Something you might not have known, the argonaut is actually an octopus and is as unusual as it is beautiful. They spend their lives drifting near the surface of tropical and subtropical seas. The females make a parchment-like shell to carry incubating eggs and control where they swim in the water column.

The shell functions like a ballast tank. When the argonaut rises to the water’s surface it gulps in air, then seals it inside. It then dives down until the trapped bubble counteracts its own weight. At that point it can bob without having to expend energy to keep its position in the water column. They can also swim pretty darn fast, faster than a human diver by using jet propulsion. I think they’re pretty darn cool!

The turn of each page is a burst of color!

I hope you are able to celebrate Juneteenth with family and friends as it is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

On January 1, 1980, Juneteenth became an official state holiday through the efforts of Al Edwards, an African American state legislator. The successful passage of this bill marked Juneteenth as the first emancipation celebration granted official state recognition. Edwards has since actively sought to spread the observance of Juneteenth all across America.

This will surely catch your eye! Here is a glympse of Chapter 3 of the next wood words letterpress look book. Printed with pointy tuscan type and twisting typographic ornaments on textured lotka paper.

This SATURDAY!!!

Attention designers! AIGA-WI is hosting a 3D-Type workshop with Jon King.

Date And Time: Sat, May 30th | 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Price: $6

Event Description: A digital workshop focused on 3 dimensional typography, drop shadows, and creating depth within your letterforms. All you will need is your favorite sketching tools, paper, and something to color with! Grab your favorite Saturday afternoon beverage and enjoy exploring typography with Jon King.

Place: Zoom

Bonus! By registering you will have a chance to win a Skillshare membership for a year!

Register Here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-3d-lettering-tickets-105024633506

Don’t miss!

Type Director’s Club takes us on a tour of Ross MacDonald: Brightwork Press

DATE: June 9

TIME: 12 noon - 1:00 pm

LOCATION: Zoom webinar

Hosted by Type Directors Club

New York, NY 10018 United States

PRICE: TDC Members $0 | Non-Members $10

REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ross-macdonald-brightwork-press-tickets-106520840702

At the intersection of entertainment and typography, we will visit Ross MacDonald at his Connecticut studio and letterpress shop

Letterpress, wood type, and period props from movies!

Join author, illustrator, and designer Ross MacDonald as we tour his Brightwork Press studio and letterpress shop in Connecticut. On view will be Ross’ extensive collection of wood type, dating back to the some of the earliest cut by hand, as well as examples of period props that he has made, printed, and designed for over 90 movies and television series.

For many years, Ross MacDonald has been a contributor to periodicals like Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Time, and Rolling Stone, creating illustrations and writing humor pieces.