Book Reviews:

damn GOOD

alt text For those of you who have never heard of Paul Arden, he was an executive creative director for Saatchi & Satchi a powerhouse advertisement agency which handled many large accounts such as British Airways and Toyota. The image he developed for these companies is still a part of our popular . . .continue reading: damn GOOD

09.07.25 | by James  | No Comments

Graphics:

Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 1)

alt text This is the first of what is hopefully many video tutorials that focus on techniques associated with architectural rendering. This particular video tutorial is a two part video that shows you how to take raw digital photographs, and Photoshop them to be high resolution background images for your renderings.   . . .continue reading: Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 1)

09.08.14 | by James  | No Comments

Random Academia Webness:

  • Columbia University: GSAPP
    GSAPP has positioned itself to be THE architecture school to go to if you want to learn how to create sexy images and architectural forms, but is that enough? Dean: Mark Wigley, New York, NY.
  • Harvard University: GSD
    It will be interesting to see how Harvard’s Graduate School of Design evolves during the next decade. Dean: Mohsen Mostafavi, Boston, MA.
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art
    So they don’t have an accredited program, but Cranbrook is one of the most exciting programs in the country and will continue to be as long as William Massie is there. Head of Architecture: William Massie, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
  • i.M.A.D.E
    i.M.A.D.E or the Institute for Digital Fabrication is leading the way in the use of ditial design and fabrication techniques as related to architecture. Part of Ball State University, their focus is fabrication. Mucnie, IN.
  • University of Cincinnati: DAAP
    UC’s School of Architecture and Interior Design is continually ranked one of the top Architecture and Interior Design schools in the country. The school’s unique CO-OP program is the greatest strength. Dean: Jay Chatterjee Cincinnati, OH.
  • Software:

    Imagenomic Noiseware: Quiet Your Images

    alt text While cleaning up the images for the previous article Download: Sky, one of the things that bothered me was that my digital SLR camera produced a small amount of noise and grain in the image.  Although the Florida skies are beautiful, the sun is also very bright, which can make . . .continue reading: Imagenomic Noiseware: Quiet Your Images

    09.08.12 | by James  | No Comments