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Latest blog posts from CCA Confidential Blog

Thinking About The End
Hello everyone. So the semester is over. And I have been thinking a lot about this blog. At least for now, I think I am going to discontinue my journaling here, only so that I can start another blog with a broader topic and appeal. I think everyone who has my story through this year at CCA, and... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

The Python Of Finals
Everyone at school is feeling it. The great python of finals tightening it’s grip. There is only two weeks left, and four weeks worth of work. People have stopped chatting, but instead sit quietly at their desks, staring zombie like into their labtops. I can’t believe it’s almost over. I... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Essay on Herbert Bayer
I haven’t covered it much, but I am also enrolled in CCA’s History of Visual Communications class. The midterm was an essay, but with a twist. The highest grade a person could get is a B, if they just hand it in on normal paper. To get an A, it must be designed. For my paper, I decided to... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Tellmewhy
I just finished reading Tellmewhy: The First 24 Months of a New York Design Company. I found this book The Great Overland Book Company, a cute little book store near my apartment in San Francisco. It really stood out from other other design books because, it is half novel, half design book. The... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Post Project Grade
Jason turned our poster projects back very quickly. And I got about what I expected, a mid B. It’s a fair grade when you take into account my hundreds of sketches. Maybe I should take a picture of the giant stack, and post it. Anyone want to see? Jason’s written comment on my poster was:... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

CCA Spring Fair 2008
California College of the Arts Spring Fair may be one it’s best kept secrets. Very few people I talk to know about it, but those who do say it’s one of the best places to pick up original art. Students, faculty, and alumni, come together to show and sell their work including t-shirts,... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

ABC3D Has Great 3D Typography
I ran across this video serfing about the net. It is really an adult take on the old children’s popup book. The solutions are inovative and tell a great story. What the video. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Read more...
Published 6 months ago

My First Bad Critique
As expected my critique went very badly. Jason brought in a quest critiquer, who gave me very hard time. In part because I admitted to my dissatisfaction with my design, and I knew what was wrong with it. I always thought that showed poor charictor in a professor, if they jump on someone who... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

I had no idea the De Young was…
I had no idea the De Young was free to everyone during the day on Tuesday. Read more...
Published 6 months ago

I am walking to the De Young. …
I am walking to the De Young. Why? I have a little free time and CCA students get in for free. Read more...
Published 6 months ago