cover series makes print regional
Print Magazine selected Erin Hauber's design for Otis College of Art and Design’s Continuing Education catalog cover series as a winner in its 2011 Print Regional Design Annual. The work will be published in the magazine this winter....
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As mentioned here before, I am the recipient of Otis College of Art and Design’s 2011 Full-time Teaching Excellence Award. One of three teaching awards Otis presents each year.
Today, the Assistant Provost asked me two questions; my answers will be shared with all the teachers at Otis’ Convocation in August....
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As I was documenting the parking lot vegetable garden I wrote about on Wednesday, I looked up and noticed a decorative garden kept by another Chinatown resident.
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I have been having a hard time editing down the images for this post, so I’ve decided to make it a two-parter based on subject. This first post documents another Chinatown vegetable garden, and the second, will document a decorative one....
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Every year, since I was old enough to watch PBS' Reading Rainbow, I have had some sort of summer reading list....
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I know that’s not how the saying goes but, for me, there is something alluring about mistakes....
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When in the middle of a project, I sometimes find it difficult to distance myself from what I am making....
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Several months ago, I made my first trip out to Catalina Island. I am not much of a travel or destination researcher, so I knew little of what to expect. I tend to prefer getting to know a place through direct—rather than virtual—exploration and observation....
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Here are some detail images I shot while at MOCA’s Art in the Streets exhibition this weekend....
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Each year, as the semester winds down and I watch our seniors in graphic design prepare for graduation, I feel the compulsion to cram as much advice and reassurance about "The Real World" into their already preoccupied minds. Ultimately, my intentions are good, but perhaps sending them Jamie Wieck’s blog post The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know would prompt a better conversation and end my frenetic monologue....
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Otis College of Art and Design announced yesterday that Erin Hauber is the recipient of its 2011 Full-Time Excellence in Teaching Award....
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It's been raining off and on in Los Angeles the past several days, so I've turned to my image archive for some inspiration....
>> continue readingSadly it appears the crisis in Japan is not ending any time soon. Seeing the devastation on television and online can leave one feeling powerless and unsure of what they can do to help.
Happily, I know three great artists and designers offering to donate 100% of the proceeds from sales of their work to Japan...
>> continue readingI love when my students pass along links featuring schoolwork on their blogs or personal sites. I am always interested to see how they frame the assignments and document how they arrived at their final outcome....
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I am heading to LACMA tonight for a lecture by German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. The free lecture is a collaboration...
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On Wednesday night, I attended Big City Forum’s “Making a Case for the Book in the Digital Age” at ARTBOOK in Hollywood....
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My friends, Nicole and Eric, at Process Type Foundry announced today that five more of their typefaces are available as webfonts....
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Recently, I inherited a collection of cocktail rings from a great aunt. I decided to document them using my scanner...
>> continue readingI just pre-ordered myself a signed copy of Function, Restraint and Subversion in Typography by J. Namdev Hardisty....
>> continue readingcollaborative poster exhibited in csla
A poster, collaboratively designed by Erin Hauber, Katie Bachler, Juliette Bellocq and Lauren Mackler is on exhibit now as part of Collective Show LA (CSLA)....
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There is a humble garden outside of our studio space in Chinatown. I remember when it was just a patch of gravel and dirt next to a busy stretch of Hill Street, right off the freeway....
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After years of working as the primary or sole designer at different cultural institutions, I am happy to be able to collaborate with many of the talented designers and artists I have met since moving to Los Angeles....
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I have been neglecting my FFFFound! feed over the holidays, but am back with a piece by New York photographer Ryan McGinley....
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I must admit, a dismayed little groan escaped me when I opened my FFFFound! feed this morning...
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On Friday, December 17 the Museum of Public Fiction in Highland Park is having a record release party for a new set of artist-records by Jenn Su, Erin Hauber, Jeanne Jo, Tanya Rubback, Riah Buchanan and Darcy Bartoletti.
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I've decided to start a new, semi-regular entry called Found Friday.
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I've been dabbling with an idea for a long time now, ever since moving to southern California. I want to make sun prints, but not the kind one makes with those blue and white kits.
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Looks can be deceiving. Things have been a little quiet around the studio, with the start of the school year and recent relocation up the street to the new digs...
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Print Magazine selected IDWRK 08 09 as a winner in its 2010 Print Regional Design Annual.
>> continue readingidwrk 08 09 book selected for graphis design annual
IDWRK 08 09, designed by Erin Hauber and Davey Whitcraft, has been selected as a winner for Graphis Design Annual 2011.
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Here are more scans of analog photos, this time, Chinatown in Los Angeles as seen through the tremendously unpredictable Nickelodeon Photoblaster.
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Lawn ornament displays have always fascinated me, a fascination not dissimilar to my interest in odd window displays.
>> continue readingI just scanned a bunch of negatives from an urban hike I took through Los Angeles' Chinatown. These photos are from my Diana toy camera. The plastic lens creates unexpected light leaks and a soft focus.
diamonds, everyone's best friend
A few weeks ago, I attended a gala concert at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena. Built in 1974, the hall has an incredibly decadent interior with crystal chandeliers and fixtures, rich wood paneling and brightly patterned wool carpets.
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Supposedly it rained in Los Angeles this weekend, but except for the two guys in the CVS parking lot, who I saw pointing eastward and up into the sky, I have no evidence of this assertion.
>> continue readingBesides the Art Deco Wiltern Theater, I found strong diagonals and modernist volumes during my Koreatown walk last weekend.
Here are some photos of the Art Deco-era theater The Wiltern located in Koreatown.
So I just read this great conversation / article from AIGA. The article is from July, but the concept of "noticing" that Steve Portigal and Dan Soltzberg discuss feels timeless and relevant both to the purpose of this blog and to my teaching.
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Today, another excursion. This time, to Galco's Soda Pop Stop in Highland Park. I have been wanting to go there for a while, ever since I read about it somewhere, but I was afraid it might be kind of a scene,
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Found this great flyer in a narrow side street in Los Angeles' Chinatown. I wish I knew who designed it.
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Well, I'm off to a bit of slow start here, and I was worried for a minute that maybe I was already running out of things to write about. Then, when I least expected it, I happened upon the most amazing "light show" (pictured above).
>> continue readingLike many people, I cannot help but photograph windows, but even more....I can't help but photograph unusual window displays. The weirder the better.
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On Wednesday, I attended a private, small-group tour of the Corita Art Center here in Los Angeles. I left the talk and tour incredibly inspired.
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So today feels like a good day to finally start this blog. It's beautiful, I got to eat lunch outdoors and I'm wearing one of my favorite vintage dresses.
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