Alexis Madrigal and Fawna Xiao met by chance in a coffee shop in downtown Oakland. Their collaboration began when something about the way Fawna printed her work reminded Alexis of how ships' hulls get their color. There was a strange consonance with Fawna's work, so Alexis asked Fawna to work on a logo for his new radio documentary, despite the fact that she's a fine artist and not a graphic designer. The unorthodox logo collaboration between journalist and artist became a way to explore the visualness of freight ships, and resulted in a highly unusual statement that's digital and physical, figurative and abstract. We'll run through both sides of the partnership, step-by-step.
Speakers
Alexis Madrigal, Correspondent @ The Atlantic
Alexis Madrigal is the technology correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. He has been editor in chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired. He's the host of Containers, a documentary podcast about trade, technology, and the San Francisco Bay. He authored the book Powering the Dream and is at work on a book expanding the themes and narratives of Containers. Alexis is also the curator of the 5it (Five Interesting Things) newsletter [a favorite of the Designers + Geeks organizers].
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Fawna Xiao, Artist
Fawna Xiao is a screenprint artist. She first learned to screenprint after hitting the mini-jackpot at a New Zealand casino, and promptly put her newly won funds to work and taught herself to screenprint in her parents' basement. Since then, she has sold out multiple solo shows, met with printmakers all over the country, and been featured in the Washington Post and the Intentional. Fawna's work centers around abstract landscapes, all printed as one of a kind screenprinted monoprints. Fawna works out of the Compound Gallery & Studios in Oakland, California.
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Speakers
Alexis Madrigal, Correspondent @ The Atlantic
Alexis Madrigal is the technology correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. He has been editor in chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired. He's the host of Containers, a documentary podcast about trade, technology, and the San Francisco Bay. He authored the book Powering the Dream and is at work on a book expanding the themes and narratives of Containers. Alexis is also the curator of the 5it (Five Interesting Things) newsletter [a favorite of the Designers + Geeks organizers].
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Fawna Xiao, Artist
Fawna Xiao is a screenprint artist. She first learned to screenprint after hitting the mini-jackpot at a New Zealand casino, and promptly put her newly won funds to work and taught herself to screenprint in her parents' basement. Since then, she has sold out multiple solo shows, met with printmakers all over the country, and been featured in the Washington Post and the Intentional. Fawna's work centers around abstract landscapes, all printed as one of a kind screenprinted monoprints. Fawna works out of the Compound Gallery & Studios in Oakland, California.
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Alexis Madrigal and Fawna Xiao met by chance in a coffee shop in downtown Oakland. Their collaboration began when something about the way Fawna printed her work reminded Alexis of how ships' hulls get their color. There was a strange consonance with Fawna's work, so Alexis asked Fawna to work on a logo for his new radio documentary, despite the fact that she's a fine artist and not a graphic designer. The unorthodox logo collaboration between journalist and artist became a way to explore the visualness of freight ships, and resulted in a highly unusual statement that's digital and physical, figurative and abstract. We'll run through both sides of the partnership, step-by-step.
Speakers
Alexis Madrigal, Correspondent @ The Atlantic
Alexis Madrigal is the technology correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. He has been editor in chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired. He's the host of Containers, a documentary podcast about trade, technology, and the San Francisco Bay. He authored the book Powering the Dream and is at work on a book expanding the themes and narratives of Containers. Alexis is also the curator of the 5it (Five Interesting Things) newsletter [a favorite of the Designers + Geeks organizers].
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Fawna Xiao, Artist
Fawna Xiao is a screenprint artist. She first learned to screenprint after hitting the mini-jackpot at a New Zealand casino, and promptly put her newly won funds to work and taught herself to screenprint in her parents' basement. Since then, she has sold out multiple solo shows, met with printmakers all over the country, and been featured in the Washington Post and the Intentional. Fawna's work centers around abstract landscapes, all printed as one of a kind screenprinted monoprints. Fawna works out of the Compound Gallery & Studios in Oakland, California.
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Speakers
Alexis Madrigal, Correspondent @ The Atlantic
Alexis Madrigal is the technology correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. He has been editor in chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired. He's the host of Containers, a documentary podcast about trade, technology, and the San Francisco Bay. He authored the book Powering the Dream and is at work on a book expanding the themes and narratives of Containers. Alexis is also the curator of the 5it (Five Interesting Things) newsletter [a favorite of the Designers + Geeks organizers].
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Fawna Xiao, Artist
Fawna Xiao is a screenprint artist. She first learned to screenprint after hitting the mini-jackpot at a New Zealand casino, and promptly put her newly won funds to work and taught herself to screenprint in her parents' basement. Since then, she has sold out multiple solo shows, met with printmakers all over the country, and been featured in the Washington Post and the Intentional. Fawna's work centers around abstract landscapes, all printed as one of a kind screenprinted monoprints. Fawna works out of the Compound Gallery & Studios in Oakland, California.
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