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unintentional ethnographer

ethnographer, as of today. by brianprince after opening an art gallery in october 2009 i had no intentions of becoming a part of a culture that i was previously just viewing from the outside. it seems that my life has been haunted with the notion of not finding my place. now, at the ripe age [...]
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Cooler Than Tarantino…

a really great piece on the Magoski Arts Colony and Jonathan St. Amant, current PÄS artist, came out yesterday in the OC Weekly. have a look: Magoski Arts Colony Is Cooler Than Tarantino The newly formed Fullerton gallery already impresses with multiple exhibits, even a bookstore By DAVE BARTON Thursday, Mar 10 2011 With the [...]
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Downtown Fullerton Art Walk Celebrates One Year of Creativity and Community

By Jesse La Tour On March 4th, 2011, The Downtown Fullerton Art Walk will celebrate its one-year anniversary. The Art Walk started last year, when a group of art gallery and downtown business owners got together and decided to create a monthly event that would showcase the growing Fullerton art community and bring together people [...]
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The Best Museum You Haven’t Visited

is that the Hunt Library back there behind our friend Norton? - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - by Mark Stouffer of The Fullertonian This recent article on NPR (Jan 31, 2011) was a 7+ minute long story about a Southern California museum that [...]
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article in COAST Magazine…

art beyond Laguna Beach… north orange county is responding to a different art scene and we’re grateful to be a part of Fullerton’s art culture. check out this refreshing article by Sarah Rose Attman of COAST Magazine: CLICK HERE for the full story…
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a pictogram that makes you go hmmm…

after reading the article here, i understand what this pictogram represents. but what i don’t understand is why the dot in the exclamation mark is off centered…
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Hibbleton and Weavver in July

i’d like to take some time out to post a few pics from neighboring galleries. these are from the july shows at Hibbleton and Weavver: The T-Shirt Show Above Middle: my H1N1 t-shirt design Above: my short poem t-shirt, Teenager Above: a t-shirt that i bought! isn’t it fresh? and… Weavver hosted the art work [...]
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principles of human-centered design: “Human Dignity and Human Rights”

i read this essay that is just plain great! it strikes up good conversation … everything from outsourcing jobs overseas to intelligent design. human-centered-ness is huge within the design sphere. otherwise, it’s just form. and form is nothing without content. and content is what speaks to the people. ethics were also raised when one of [...]
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featured on Finch Paper’s blog

Singing Uncoated (www.finchpaper.com/2010/04/singing-uncoated) April 21, 2010, Finch is in the House blog Designer: Brian Prince of Primate Design Project: GRAMMY Museum Education Catalog 2009-2010 Paper: Finch Fine, Bright White, Smooth 130# Double-Thick Cover & Finch Fine, Bright White, Smooth 100# Text Musings on Finch— “There was no doubt we were going uncoated for this project [...]
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caution: explicit language: “Raging Bull”

Raging Bull by Rick Poynor had me changing my mind with the wind as he wrote on the perceptions and usages of the term bullshit. it’s funny how he writes to convince you, then continues to write to confuse you by convincing you to believe the contradiction of what he previously convinced you of. confusing, [...]
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the duality of simple design.

The Duality of Simple Design - Dan Bendt, primate design studio “It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. – Antoine de Saint Exupéry The more I contemplate the concept of simplicity, the more I love and despise it. Don’t [...]
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a little primate design history.

primate design was a vision of brian prince’s long before he became a graphic designer. he embraced the name primate like someone with allergies would the name Kleenex. He didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life, but he did know that primate was going to be part of it. primate clothing. primate [...]
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