Comments for Tom Dolle Design's Blog http://blog.dolledesign.com What's new from the third floor at 89 Fifth Avenue Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Yule•Blog 2009! by Creative Quarterly Win « Tom Dolle Design's Blog http://blog.dolledesign.com/2009/12/21/yuleblog-2009/#comment-14 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:08:31 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=261#comment-14 [...] “Yule Blog” theme was used for the art and tied our printed holiday card into the blog entry, where some staff revealed their most memorable holiday moments. Congratulations Chris, you deserve [...]

]]> Comment on Crunchmeister Hits the Shelves at Whole Foods by Tom Dolle Design http://blog.dolledesign.com/2009/11/12/crunchmeister-hits-the-shelves-at-whole-foods/#comment-12 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:39:33 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=226#comment-12 They must not have put the site up yet, I’ll let the client know. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Crunchmeister Hits the Shelves at Whole Foods by Tom http://blog.dolledesign.com/2009/11/12/crunchmeister-hits-the-shelves-at-whole-foods/#comment-11 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:11:12 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=226#comment-11 Funny, apt logo. Good pretzels, too.

But label says http://www.crunchmeister.com. I couldn’t find a website for the brand.

]]> Comment on Blizzards, Rednecks and Change by Aaron http://blog.dolledesign.com/2010/01/12/blizzards-rednecks-and-change/#comment-9 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:28:12 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=289#comment-9 The basics will always be valuable; the technology always changes. The cultural shift required for successful designers is an embrace of shifting technologies rather than a dependence on formal education to learn new technology. If education provides a foundation of design fundamentals and a guide for applying design principles in the use of various technologies, that may be the most valuable thing. It seems less valuable for a school (or for a student) to invest a great deal of money in teaching technology when it’s likely to be very different very soon.

I’ll always be most thankful for my first 3 or 4 classes at Pratt: they were the basis for everything that followed and are what I turn to now and again when I lose my way in the design process.

]]> Comment on Blizzards, Rednecks and Change by Tom Dolle Design http://blog.dolledesign.com/2010/01/12/blizzards-rednecks-and-change/#comment-8 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:22:01 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=289#comment-8 Yes Aaron, and that makes it a difficult time to be an educator! There’s the challenge of keeping up with the changes, then getting students up to speed (while still getting the basics in), and then finding ways to make them real innovators. We’re in the process of rethinking the curriculum at Pratt in the Graduate Communications Design program, first by adding an MFA alongside the MS, and then by turning the process into less of a “here’s the design basics, here’s technology” to a more integrated approach.

]]> Comment on Blizzards, Rednecks and Change by Aaron http://blog.dolledesign.com/2010/01/12/blizzards-rednecks-and-change/#comment-7 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:59:50 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=289#comment-7 The aspect of this era that really gets the adrenaline flowing is the opportunity to create the road ahead instead of simply trying to figure out where the road is going. In terms of design education, that’s what separates a thesis Masters from a non-thesis Masters. The trick, of course, is how to give students the right road-building tools.

]]> Comment on Yule•Blog 2009! by Diane Harrigan http://blog.dolledesign.com/2009/12/21/yuleblog-2009/#comment-5 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:55:40 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=261#comment-5 Tom,
What a wonderful holiday card this year! Everyone in the office admired it.
I look forward to working miracles with you, Chris, and Mary in 2010.
Sincere wishes,
Diane

]]> Comment on Behind the Scenes at a Fashion Photoshoot by dcwdesign http://blog.dolledesign.com/2009/11/02/behind-the-scenes-at-a-fashion-photoshoot/#comment-3 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:09:31 +0000 http://blog.dolledesign.com/?p=202#comment-3 Love the music selection, very cool video! Looks like a fun way to spend 2 days.

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