December 2009
2 posts
Left snowy baltimore for sunny san diego…and it’s overcast outside. Still, no snow outside.
Art and Activism—Films by Rowan Pybus featuring...
Design Indaba recently featured a series of films by Rowan Pybus and South African graffiti artist, Faith47. In these films, Pybus and Faith47 enter the most forgotten South African streets, bringing light to the poverty and violence spreading through the country.
“The Cape of Good Hope tells the story of the tragic and sometimes horrific newspaper headlines that people are faced with every...
November 2009
5 posts
Been thinking about this for quite some time, and apparently I’m not the only one: http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=90
Working on B’More Connected logo, a great innitiative by Andy Ellis: http://bmoreconnected.org/
Excellent exhibit at AVAM. Definitely make an attempt to see it if you’re in Baltimore.
Young Imaginations at Work (A Digression from...
I recently read an excellent Newsweek article in which Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers were interviewed about “Where the Wild Things Are.” Sendak proved to be as delightfully cheeky as his children’s book character, and, according the the interview, seemed pleased with Jonze and Egger’s interpretation of the much beloved book (despite some parents fears that...
Made some updates to my Web site: www.abbyfisher.com
October 2009
4 posts
RT @newsweek Exclusive: A Talk With the ‘Wild Things’ Creators http://bit.ly/1afpBQ
I’m attending Field Trip to IndyHall64 — http://bit.ly/14XThO
the windy city is not so windy. and i love it!
Web site is finally up! www.abbyfisher.com
September 2009
5 posts
Incredible work by Kseniya Simonova
Check out the link below. It is absolutely incredible. Thanks Anand for sharing this on your blog.
Searching for a Problem to Solve: From A to D
When I was five-years-old, I proudly announced that I was going to be an artist. It felt so in synch with my being I knew there was no other alternative. Until the response, “That’s wonderful, darling. But what will you do for a living?”
Right then, the wonders of adulthood suddenly became the anxieties of future survival. My mouth dropped and my heart sank. Art now seemed frivolous and...