Something I’ve always found useful is documenting my process and publishing it. It allows me to follow the thread of ideas and crucial areas to return to (or to let go). I’ve been working for nine years and freelancing for five of those (counting two years in grad school), so I’ve had a wide varietyContinue reading “The Earliest Stage of a Startup: Finding Your Purpose”
Author Archives: Elizabeth Pizzuti
Design Principles [WIP]
AKA a (trying not to be douchey) design manifesto for myself while designing for the Internets. Message It’s not about what program you’re using, it’s about the message you’re trying to communicate. Choose the tool that satisfies your objectives. Integrity Form follows function. Think It’s not about whether designers should code, or whether everything shouldContinue reading “Design Principles [WIP]”
#artTech: The art world is failing and we can help
It was a day the art world had never seen before. Last Monday at Christie’s auction house in New York, a Picasso painting sold for $179 million, which sets a record for the most expensive item ever to sell at auction. In total, the auction house sold more than $1 billion of art over three days –Continue reading “#artTech: The art world is failing and we can help”
And another talk… this one at Digital Shoreditch
Very excited for this one. My talk is called “Disrupting the Art World”. I have a 10 minute slot on Tuesday 12th of May at 12:50pm. There will be many interesting speakers (probably more interesting than me) so definitely worth checking it out one day. More info: http:www.digitalshoreditch.com
I’m Giving a Talk, Y’all!
The event is called, Design Marathon: The Design that Changed the World. https://generalassemb.ly/education/design-marathon-the-design-that-changed-the-world/london/11293 I’m excited! My talk is on technology and art, and how there are major opportunities for disruption in the industry. Blog post on the same topic to come shortly!
So much more than a “like”
USING DATA RESPONSIBLY Customization has become de rigueur in the web technology world, and so the trend towards prolific data collection and algorithm-controlled experiences continues unabated. Not to be confused with “big data” in marketing, the data I’m referring to lives in the ecosystem of the product you’re creating to hopefully deliver a betterContinue reading “So much more than a “like””
The reader gives text its meaning
Roland Barthes wrote in his essay “Death of the Author” that it is not about the meaning the author gives to a work – it’s the reader that gives text its meaning. Along the same lines, for my current project Tomorrow and Today my intention is that the varying perspectives of others will give the work itsContinue reading “The reader gives text its meaning”
Public Art in the Digital Space
A NEW EXHIBITION MODEL In the last Elephant magazine, curator Rafal Niemojewski explains his views that the exhibition model is a remnant from an antiquated time. His doctoral studies were on the role the biennal as offering the artist more structural flexibility with which to exhibit art, now imagining the next curatorial phase will take placeContinue reading “Public Art in the Digital Space”
A new paradigm
A friend of mine uses Google Glass to record her painting process, and she uses the phrase “shortening time between intention and action” to describe wearable technologies. It’s a powerful change to suddenly not need to reach for our phone and lower our gaze to search for something, capture a memory, or discover new information. It isContinue reading “A new paradigm”
Learning from users and creating kick ass products
I recently realized that I don’t really make websites anymore (captain obvious!). I’ve been immersed in product design and startups for the last year of my life, and have been designing web products that have more requirements than designing a pure content site. There’s lots of banter about “website vs app”, but one of theContinue reading “Learning from users and creating kick ass products”