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New WordPress Theme

Screen shot of BaseLayer three as used on my home page

I’ve been developing a new version of my wordpress theme for quite a while now and finally have it to a point that I like and have installed it on my site (you’re looking at it right now). There are a few artists using the theme already, and I worked with a design friend to come up with a nice, flexible overall layout. It has a stronger grid than my last design, and many more typography tools that are accessible within the WordPress admin area.

 

I’m giving away the theme for free and will be gradually updating the documentation to explain what it can do. For example, I personally don’t use pop-up galleries, but a lot of people use them so I have several versions of Colorbox built into the theme. Simply typing in the shortcode [gallery_colorbox] will create a default pop-up gallery. More info and downloads can be found here.

category: design, interactive design, special projects
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Uncategorized

Uncategorized will be Bryan Leister’s first solo exhibition in Denver since relocating here from the Washington DC area. The exhibit will be at Ironton Gallery April 8 – May 15. The installation will include in transit, an interactive installation exhibited at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2010 which includes sensor-driven video, drawings on paper, digitally created sculptures and a new figurative painting. Large-scale prints and a new interactive work (screen shot above) created for this exhibition will explore the topic of perception and our relationship to digitally created forms.

Leister’s work covers a broad range of media, reflecting his background in design and digital art. “Uncategorized” explores organic structures and questions the classification of the organic/manufactured through procedurally generated forms and user interactions. Ernst Haeckel, in Art Forms of Nature, implied that a designed aesthetic was at work in living organisms. Many of the forms in “Uncategorized” are generated through systems of mathematics and repetition, with the resulting form becoming living and manufactured simultaneously.

When: April 8th thru May 14th, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, April 8th , 6-10 pm
Open First Friday May 6th, 7-10 pm

Where: Ironton Studios and Gallery
3636 Chestnut
Denver, Co 80216
irontonstudios.com

category: new work, realtime, Solo Exhibitions
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Taking the pain out of game development

Very cool!  Unity now adds Flash export to the platforms it will support. This is great news for Unity developers and should allow the production of gpu-driven Flash games.  Just having the ability to code in C# and deploy to Flash is going to be super-cool!

category: interactive design, realtime
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Mouse of Amherst

A game-driven visual that I designed will be part of Jane Franklin’s dance performance this Wednesday at the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage. You can view the performance in person or through the Kennedy Center live feed at 6PM EST. My animations are stylized Black and White children’s book looking artwork originally created for the Mouse of Amherst.

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College of Arts and Media new web site

Cool! The College of Arts & Media, UC Denver has launched their new web site. It’s organized around student work and how courses intersect with student learning.

category: collaboration, design, discourse
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New work

I’ve put two new pieces into the Projects area of my site, a Data Visualization that I am working on and a real-time motion piece that I did for a Dance company.

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Galileo Full dome and Live theater

Students from the University of Colorado Denver have created full dome animation for a live play being staged at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Galileo.the father of modern science explores selected events and incidents from the career and personal life of Galileo Galilei, the renowned astronomer-mathematician-physicist-philosopher famous for the invention of the telescope and the creation of modern scientific methodology.

Details and reservations for the Jan. 19th and 20th performances are here.

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Happiness is around the bend

Amazing demo scene that shows what you can do in realtime, with enough time! If you don’t know what a demoscene is, check out the wiki, it’s pretty cool that this is just done for fun. It’s not promoting or selling anything other then the skills of the artists.

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Instructor Position Announced

We have posted our new instructor position in Digital Design:

https://www.jobsatcu.com/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=231058

The deadline for applying is pretty quick, July 27th. This is a full-time position and we are looking for someone to teach here at the University of Colorado Denver in Digital Design. We are a screen-based design program, so are looking for someone to teach both professional design skills and interactive, motion. You can apply online only, and I would imagine we will make a decision pretty quickly after the 27th.

Posting Description
The Digital Design program integrates aesthetic, creative, and critical thought with expertise in advanced electronic media. Configured as an interdisciplinary arts and design laboratory, Digital Design offers a hands-on education combining new art technologies and design concepts within a concentrated theoretical framework that promotes an understanding of the cultural impact and uses of digital technologies. Through this interdisciplinary approach, combining arts and communication, Digital Design strives to produce artists and designers who will use technology in innovative ways both in commercial and artistic spheres.
Required Education/Experience/Skills (Minimum Qualifications)

    1. 2-3 years professional design experience
    2. Expertise in Typography and Interactie Design
    3. Expertise in Design Fundamentals as applied to one or more of the following aread of specialization: graphic/multimedia/Web design, interactive design and motion graphics
    4. Active engagement in Design theory, history and criticism
    5.Knowledge of conceptual and design-based principles as applied to professional practice and experimental design
    6. Working knowledge of applications as applied to raster/vector media and motion graphics
    7. An ability to teach and work with a diverse student body

Desired qualifications

    1. 2-3 years teaching experience
    2. Scholarly or creative research focused on the design field, including: Informatiojn Design, Publication Design, Professional Practices, Design History, Environmental Design, Social Design, etc.
    3. Knowledge in human-centered information, experience and interactivity design

Special Instructions to Applicants
Electronic Portfolio of Design work, including web site addresses if applicable is required of the applicant.
Electronic address to send portfolio: brian.delevie@ucdenver.edu

Salary is commensurate with skills and experience. The University of Colorado offers a full benefits package. Information on University benefits programs, including eligibility, is located at http://www.cu.edu/pbs/.

Deadline to apply is July 27, 2010.

Applications are accepted electronically at www.jobsatcu.com, refer to job posting #810818.

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Wet Design

Just got back from a visit to WET design, they are a water and fire-focused design company, famous for projects such as the Bellagio fountains in Vegas and other amazing water shows. Really cool studios and a wonderful, friendly staff that showed us through the entire facility. Very inspiring!

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