FH MAINZ VS. RCA LONDON

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THE PITCH
Each month two selected students from the best schools around the world compete against each other by presenting their projects in a video clip on ARTE CREATIVE. The audience can vote which of the two projects is more creative, interesting and/or fun.

We are proud you present the first edition of THE PITCH!:
SHING TAT CHUNG (ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTS) VS. ALICA JÖRG (FH MAINZ)

Now it is up to you to decide! Visit THE PITCH! WEBSITE, find out more about these amazing projects and cast your vote!

THE PITCH! is a cooperation project between :output and arte creative – the online platform of Europes TV channel arte.

 

SUPERSTITIOUS FUND BY SHING TAT CHUNG – RCA LONDONblog2

The ‘Superstitious Fund’ is an experiment. An algorithm is automatically buying and selling shares on the stock exchange. The investment decisions are based on moon cycles and numbers connected to superstitious beliefs and myths. The machine is developing its own logic and superstitions which influence its behaviour. For example the machine is afraid of full moon and the number 13.

Professor: Noam Toran

VOTE FOR SUPERSTITIOUS FUND ON THE PITCH! WEBSITE

Shing Tat Chung (1986) works and lives in London. After studying fine arts at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Frankfurt HfbK Staedelschule he graduated from the Royal College of Art London with a Master in Design Interactions. Shings work has been presented in the Design Museum London, V2 Institute for Unstable Media Rotterdam, Seattle Design Expo, Folkestone Triennial, Beijing Biennale National Museum of China and at the Milan Salone. He has been nominated for the “Design of the Year Award” at the Design Museum and the “Deutsche Bank Award” and received a recognition at the “Vida 14.0 Artificial Life International Awards” as well as an award for the “Best Conceptual Design” at the ‘Microsoft-Design Expo’.


OBSESSIV BY ALICA JÖRG – FH MAINZ
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‘Obsessiv’ is a collection of 7 character sketches of people who live out their obsessions in every day life. The work investigates the boarder between the normal and the unnormal. The final thesis project is conceptualized as a travelling exhibition made of multimedia installations adressing the question how obesessions emerge.

Professor: Johannes Bergerhausen

VOTE HERE FOR OBSESSIV ON THE PITCH! WEBSITE

Alica Jörg (1988) studied communication design at the FH Mainz (Germany) and at the Swinburne Universität Melbourne. Currently she is enrolled in the art and design master programme at the Hochschule Luzern (Switzerland) .

The projects of Alica Jörg have been awarded at the Deutscher Designer Club and the Design Prize Rheinland-Pfalz. 2013 she received a scholarship of the Hirschmann Foundation.

:output masters: Keetra Dean Dixon

We are proud that Keetra Dixon was with a project in one of the early :output books some years ago. Today Keetra is a designer and artist who often works under the handle FromKeetra and divides her time between public installations, exhibits and commercial projects. Her work has been recognized on several fronts including a US presidential award, a place in the permanent design collection at the SFMOMA, and the honorable ranking of ADC Young Gun.

Listen to Keetra talking about the importance to make friends at university since …

Also, please check her website

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Do you want to be the next guest designer of :output?

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:output is searching for a design student to be the guest designer for the next issue of the yearbook :output.
Every issue of :output is designed by another guest designer. We are looking for students who are interested to spend the summer in Amsterdam and work as an intern in our studio on the design of the next book (for which currently the call for entries is open). You will be fully responsible for the design and the production up until the printing of the book – supported by the :output team. Last guest designer was Katja Baumann who did this wonderfull issue.

Hard facts about the guest designer/internship:
_ internship
_ payment 750 euro/month
_ may/june – october/november
_ workplace in amsterdam
_ full responsibility + team support

Applications:
If you are interested please send your application with a cv and work samples to Florian Pfeffer: pfeffer@open-output.org.

Be in the book:
And: maybe you not only want to design the book but actually be in it as well? In this case you should participate in the current :output award. Deadline is march 15.

You can participate here …

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