Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry is a one of a kind architect. He falls under the category of a Deconstructivism architect. This means that his buildings are drastically different than those that surround them. The buildings he dreams up and creates are quite astonishing and seem unbelievable compared to the average building. The way he begins his process of coming up with a design is, in all honesty, head scratching. Gerhry simply picks up a pencil and scribbles all over a piece of paper and somehow sees architecture within it. The process is either crazy or genius. However, his process has proved successful because he has gained worldwide fame from his stand out buildings. He has won numerous awards for his work from the American Institute of Architects. Gehry is known for using curves and waves which seems to come from his love of the shape of fish. His most famous building is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao which works as a piece of art housing other varieties of art. Though many adore his unique buildings he does have his fair share of nay sayers. Those that do not like his architectural style say that all of his designs look the same, they take away from what they were built to hold, and they do not fit in with their environments. Personally, I think his buildings are a breath of fresh air compared to the average buildings I see every day of my life. 

Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser is a designer of all sorts. He goes beyond just on category of design. His work ranges from poster, drawings, prints, idea, restaurants, businesses, schools, and books. However, he does more than just come up with genius ideas that a majority of the population will like to see. Glaser is a very educated man and he feels it is important that all people should be highly educated. Because of this belief, he has helped redesign his old school and he also teaches college classes of design. Along with being educated he is also a businessman. He has designed entire restaurants, hotels, and various companies. One company he took an interest in helping design was a start up beer company, the Brooklyn Brewery. He has also worked with the store Target. On top of everything he is very political and much of his work shows his beliefs. Glaser’s work can literally be found everywhere. It was Glaser who came up with the famous I <3 NY campaign that has since expanded into all sorts of varieties of I <3’s. He has made famous book and album covers that greatly helps promotion of the book or album being sold.  He has a wait list that is years long full of people that are anxious and willing to wait the great length for his work and ideas. It is quite obvious that Milton Glaser is an extremely busy man and I think that the public is very appreciative of being exposed to his work. 

Pictoplasma

Pictoplasma, it turns out, is not a design studio that makes great animation as I had originally thought it to be. However, Pictoplasma is an organization that helps ground breaking, international animated art be seen to a larger and broader audience. The goal is to change communication throughout the world by showing work that is universally understandable no matter what the viewers’ background and language may be. The organization was started in 1999 and has since grown from just a place where animated art can be submitted. Pictoplasma began more like a guerrilla marketing scheme for new animations to gain attentions but it has now been accepted into the world of fine art. This acceptance into the world of high art has led to bestselling books and DVDs that show a variety of the popular works distributed by Pictoplasma. In 2004, Pictoplasma has held festivals and conferences that shine light on the animations. From these, art exhibits and installation pieces have been created around characters. Some of the characters have even turned into pop culture images and brands. A likable character can start out as just having a part in a short animated piece and end up with its image on clothes, costumes, accessories life size cutouts, coloring books, even dolls and toys. Pictoplasma has an archive of over twenty thousand animations and designed characters submitted by five thousand artists and designers from all over the world. Recently, this year, Pictoplasma has started showing 3D animations on theater size screens at its festivals. 

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                                       Music Video for 'Nothing Like This" by J Dilla

                                                             

                                                                Characters

                                               
                                                        Louis Vuitton character