Google: 2015

What do you think of the new Google logo?

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Also – I’m in Minneapolis for a family wedding this weekend. Check me out at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden with one of my favorite artists, Claus Oldenburg! 

Happy Labor Day! (Remember, no school on Monday)

Design Lab Hours

Design Lab HU 209 Fall 2015 

HOURS

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 1 – 4 p.m.

Wednesday: Closed

Thursday: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Simplicity in Design

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Simplicity.. What is it? How can we strive for simplicity in our designs and in our lives? One of my personal goals for this semester is to simplify my life – streamline, pair down, purge, etc. Do you need to do this too?

Simplicity is a very big trend in design today and many people taught its connection to happiness. (If you are interested in this, this book is really great: Happiness Project. The Power of HabitSimple and Usable…

See these videos for some examples:

John Maeda on TED

Good Design Makes you Happy 

30 Bold and Clean Web Design

Best Minimal Web Design

Behance

Less is More: Fundamentals of Minimalist Web Design

NOT related:

A great article just published this week on the “Creative Class” 

How can WE make our lives simpler this semester? 😉 Open to suggestions…

Thanks!

Hey students,

Just wanted to say thanks for a great semester – You all have produced amazing projects and I wish you the best in your future art and design careers and lives!

Don’t forget to complete a Course Evaluation – it only takes 5 minutes and is extremely valuable to me.

Keep me posted on you!

Best,

Prof. Hopkins

Exhibit updates

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Hello students,

Wanted to post a photo from my opening recently at Whitespace Collection. My commissioned edition has received great press and feedback and I’m happy with the results. The mixed media series is being shown until March – get over to Whitespace Collection to see it!

See here for a great article published by the Palm Beach Daily News. 

Also, my work was recently selected to be the image for the branding campaign of the 44th Annual Writers Festival at Agnes Scott College – exciting!

Other news: PBSC Fine Arts Faculty Show opens on December 9 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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