tender buttons. update.

^ printed on vellum ^

^ printed on paper ^

My idea has been updated a bit since yesterday. The size has been trimmed down to 9x13, making a spread 18x13. In the gridded system that I posted yesterday, instead of just a simple one word grid, i turned it into a pile of words depending on how many times the word is in the poem. If there are 21 'it' in the poem, every time the word 'it' would come up in the grid, 'it' would be replaced by a pile of 21 its. This is trying to emphasize the repetition in Gertrude Stein's work as well as give some visual interest. I would also like to look into having the pile of words be printed on vellum and then the grid of the single words printed on paper. That way you get layering and repetition emphasis while still being able to easily read the poem below.

*both image above are the left-hand side of a spread, with a wide, 2 inch margin for your hand and the title.

tender buttons. final proposal.

Gertrude Stein is a crazy, crazy woman. In writing her poems, she questioned how we use the english language and what words mean. In return she made us question how we read the english language and how we understand it. In this book, I want to make the reader, again, question how you read and look at the english language. What is the correct way to look at text, the correct way to decipher the writing. There is, of course, the inherent way of reading text but is that always the correct way of reading? In this book, technically, there will be a right way of reading each poem but the reason for this method is to make you question yourself whether what you're reading is right or not, and if it even matters that you're reading it "correctly".

things to keep in mind as i move forward;

• will this get too repetitive and boring as you continue on with the book? how can i fix this?
• what paper should i use? what would using vellum bring to this book? is it a necessary thing or even a good idea?

narrative narrowcast.

Narrative Narrowcast from Ian Arthur Spaeth on Vimeo.

find+share.

In this poster the designer was combining the music note with a tree to create a metaphor of something bigger than the two separate.

To me, this is allegory. Trying to represent music through geometric shapes. Cover designed by Josef Albers. Just one of many covers.

narrative semester topic

I brainstormed last night for the longest time and came up with nothing good. I got SO frustrated. I left for the night, unwound at my friend's house and then passed out for the night.

I brainstormed some more this morning & evening and have come up with what I am hoping to be a good topic. I am still focusing on fashion like my last post talked about.

I am going to focus on a higher-end, men's-only resale shop.

The shop would be an Arizona Trading Company meets Re-Runs meets Michael's. It would be a shop where men could bring in their nicer clothing that they didn't want any more and the store would choose what they wanted to buy. Men could also come in to see what they have to sell. But the outfit you have happened to pick out doesn't fit you quite right? Not to worry, they would do in-house tailoring to make it fit your body-type perfectly. Don't live close enough to go shopping in-store? Not to worry, everything they buy would be put up on their website to shop, buy, and have shipped directly to your house with tailoring done in-shop if you so desire, according to what measurements you give them.

The type of man who would shop here would be:

• a youthful adult fresh out of college in the professional work field
• a youthful seasoned professional
• very likely to have an iphone or some sort of smartphone
• able to afford to spend a little more on nicer clothing
• interested in what they take into their body and how their body is treated
• at least some-what interested in fashion
• interested in what they wear and what their appearance looks like
• needing professional attire that still fits their body-type well
• interested in making the best impression possible
• and no, he doesn't have to be the trendy gay / the gay fashionista (though, yes, he'd probably shop here)

Let's get this ball rolling! I want this company up and running by the time I graduate this school so I can spend all my money on an amazing wardrobe once I get into the professional world!