Archive for the 'Art, Design & Architecture' Category

Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe CS2 (Creative Suite) Release Software Reviews Indicate High Ratings

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

Adobe Creative Suite CS2 includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and GoLive. The most common file opened in PS is a picture of a person, so new tools for “red eye” reduction are a welcome addition. Supposedly tools in photo shop include new features intended to streamline the process of working with “raw” images, uncompressed files […]

The Gates in Central Park, a big NOTHING

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

Are Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates,” in Central Park, a big fat nothing? That seems to be the suggestion of an article in the New Yorker, by Peter Schjeldahl. I admit, it is difficult for a cynical New Yorker to appreciate the hoopla. However, if the event does in fact bring in […]

Cristo’s Art Saves Dogs

Friday, February 18th, 2005

As I wondered around Central Park under yards and yards of orange, sorry saffron, colored fabric my New York cynism kicked in. I wondered whether this hooplah was worth the $20 million tab. My curiousity turn to disdain on seeing dozens of uniformed attendants carrying poles with tennis balls. Their role it appears was not […]

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Gates in Central Park

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, dropped over $20 million for “The Gates” in Manhattan’s Central Park. Millions of people came into the city from far and wide to see the gates. City officials announced that over 1 million people have passed through the gates in first four days. That means many of those visitors […]