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New Burial

http://burial.bandcamp.com/album/rodent-hdb113

NEW MIX This week's theme is female vocals. Over the next 30 mins take a listen to a few great women-led songs, primarily from the electronic and R&B genres. 

Check out a mix I made. Themed around great percussion. I hope you enjoy. I'll post a track list if requested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsNBqS6Ok68

http://www.space.com/30855-alien-life-search-kepler-megastructure.html

more so speculation than a conspiracy but interesting nonetheless

4:20 mark or so 

https://youtu.be/El9K_EEv8cU

@marc_wilson

I've slept with three four women this week. I can't tell if this is a good or bad thing.

real talk, this photo hacking shit is messed up and all

but the one of olivia munn in the nurse outfit had me like

@marc_wilson Follow me for pictures of:

• shadowy shit
• pictures of people not paying attention
• food (sometimes)
• occasional turn-ups with homies
• clouds 

tho or doe

bey

Only the lord jeebus knows how much I fux with this song

Any suggestions on graphic design blogs/tumblrs/websites?

To be perfectly clear, this starting off as a question. Which was basically what is being taught to Yale GDMFA students?

I never intended to compare or to say which one was better of the two images I put up. It was more so to say what graphic design is to me, in a technical sense.

This got a little misconstrued, probably because I miscommunicated the question early on, I guess.

This post is full of contradictions.

Good "Design" emcompasses both form and substance. Do you speak Arabic? maybe that illustration would turn out to have a completely different meaning to you if so. These two images don't quite communicate the same things at the same degree, and judging on style alone isn't going to get you very far.

well, design isn't art (although it can be), but it serves a different primary purpose (not being condescending or confrontational). the first looks like the illustration for a magazine article (and looks like it took 30 seconds to me, but time spent should never be a consideration for critique), the 2nd makes sense as a poster for the biennial.

Let me rephrase: it looks like a MS paint work that homie took about 30 seconds to make and called it art a day.

Yeah I agree effective, good design can take any length of time, whether 30 seconds to many years. Im just saying there's more to be desired, design-wise, from some (not all) of the portfolios I have seen from Yale grads.

thats cool. to each his own, but that wasnt really the point.

The point is: the second piece, I do in fact find interesting on a conceptual level, but in a design sense I do not see the quality in it at all. I think if it was in a different medium, something not digital, I would appreciate it a lot more. But to me, it looks like a MS paint work that homie took about 30 seconds to make and called it art.

yeah man don't know how to respond to that. sounds like that stems from a misunderstanding or dislike of a lot of graphic design.

what do you see as good graphic design?

That may be so..

I consider this to be "good graphic design":

this, not so much:

Don't get me wrong, there are examples Ive seen in a few portfolios which were pretty amazing, but just works like this, Im just kinda like, oh word?

Yeah I dont doubt that Yale's GDMFA program isn't good. It just seems like a whole lot of good graphic designers get rejected from the program. When I look at the portfolio of some of the students, it just seems like the work is not very pleasing aesthetically (to me). It just seems odd to me that this program is very much sought after, but the work doesn't really reflect why it is (to me). Is it just the prestige of having a degree from Yale? Paul Rand taught there?

Its like Im missing some idea or concept in my head so that I don't consider any of the work in these students portfolios very good. if they're being to taught to reject design principles and trends. If that's the case, then they're doing an ok job I guess.

I Understand that some students in the program weren't design students to began with. So why choose these students over worthy graphic designers? What are the people at Yale who evaluate new design students' portfolios basing their judgments on?

Did the agency program. Ad life is for a certain kind of person.

If you arent having kids, dont want to be around for important life experiences, but want a golden pencil, go into the agency world.

Pulling all nighters, losing touch with friends and family for work and a thankless grind all in the name of a clients wishes didnt make sense to me. No one remembers the AD on a great ad or campaign. they remember the brand.

All that said, im a designer working at a huge respectable brand, got time for pursing my art and life. I do miss the opportunity for fast growth and exciting projects, but life is all about balance and some things are more important.

I interned at an small ad agency while in school, I understand the sacrifices one must make in order to be successful in this industry. Ive heard stories (and experienced) the horror of the ad industry but I still feel like it something I want to do, work at a large agency.

EG562, any advice on how to get into a large agency?