Lex Leifheit » Design

Space is the Place

lexlei — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:34:39 +0000

New York Magazine recently wrote about Jason Goodman and and Jeremy Lovitt’s growing empire of space-related arts businesses. Impressive! But what really struck me was the smartness of the web design. It is surprisingly rare that you can visit the homepage of an arts organization and really “get” what they do in 60 seconds. More often, you “get” way too much info, and the organization hasn’t figured out exactly what they want from a web presence. These guys gave it some thought, and it works.

Art Agenda: Design for Democracy

lexlei — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:13:23 +0000

Interview with Jane Rainwater of Andover, CT about her winning designs in “My Yard Our Message.” Check out the top 50 (according to a general election) and choose one for your own yard.

Interview excerpted from The Art Agenda. Broadcast on 88.1fm, WESU, Middletown on August 7, 2008.

Like the new design?

lexlei — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:07:08 +0000

Props due to the amazing Dan McKinley. Who also designed a new book.

Art Agenda: Frederick & Eliot Noyes

lexlei — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:35:04 +0000

Interview with Frederick Noyes, son of architect and design pioneer Eliot Noyes, the first director of Industrial Design at the Museum of Modern Art.

Eliot Noyes is credited with changing the role of design and architecture in corporate America. He is the subject of a book by Gordon Bruce, who will be appearing with Frederick at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum on Sunday.

Interview excerpted from The Art Agenda. Originally broadcast on 88.1fm, WESU, Middletown on May 8, 2008.

Art Agenda: Andrew Blauvelt

lexlei — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:00:49 +0000

Walker Art Center design director Andrew Blauvelt discusses the art exhibition Some Assembly Required, which was was shown at the Walker Art Center as well as the Yale Center for Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut. This excerpt was broadcast January 9, 2007 on 88.1 WESUfm, Middletown. In it, Blauvelt discusses the prefab movement, the process of curating, and the importance of mission integrity to small organizations.

Andrew Blauvelt on designing marketing materials:
“If you’re a small organization and you know what your mission is, then that mission needs to be communicated at every level. You really don’t have the luxury of missing something. You only have so many shows, you only have so many communications vehicles that you use.”
… At the Walker, we’re interested in innovative art, you know, innovation contains risk. If you’re not willing to fail, then it’s not really innovative.”