When we look at a creative advertisement or graphic, our first thought may not be to consider the origins of its conceptual ideas. Brain Pickings displays a fascinating selection of images demonstrating abstract themes, from red and black to psychedelia, that appeared over time and can be found featured in modern graphic design. The images come from “100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design,” a book created by design writer Steven Heller and design critic Veronique Vienne to give a visual history of the major concepts, trends and creators that have left a bold influence on graphic design.
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It may seem overwhelming at times to figure out which social media platform to use for which message. Your world has many circles — work life, social circle, family and dare we say, love life. Fret no more, for as they say, there is an app, or in this case, several, for that — letting you separate these interactions, whether it be streamlining work-related communication through “Yammer” or thumb-kissing (yes, that is a thing) with the aptly named “Couple.” Mashable presents 10 more private and more narrowly-focused ways of connecting online with your neighbors, coworkers — even your grandmother.
 Jillie Mae Eddy '11 is the playwright and composer of folk opera "The Girl From Bare Cove," as well as co-founder of digital art gallery, "The Folkland."
The Girl from Bare Cove, an original folk opera written and composed by Jillie Mae Eddy ’11, will debut its showcase performance this summer in New York City. The 24-song piece was written as part of Eddy’s dissertation during her studies in Music Theatre at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, a year-long MFA program. Eddy set out to “define what is folk opera, because no one had done it before.” After completing her research, the singer-songwriter concluded folk opera is “music drama as living social practice. It’s constantly changing and growing, and has a narrative.” Continue reading Alumni Folk Opera Serves to Help Sexual Assault Victims
 James Boeding ’14 Exhibition in Smith Union Most of us take photos to capture pocket-sized mementos, each one showing a single point of view at a single moment in time, but James Boeding ’14 is no ordinary photographer. A visual arts and government and legal studies double major from Millerton, N.Y., Boeding recently installed a campus exhibition of 20-foot-long photographs that defy the usual constraints of time and perspective. Located in Morrell Lounge, “The Multiple Exposure Panorama Experience” is the culmination of an independent study that Boeding undertook this past spring with Associate Professor of Art Michael Kolster.
 Bowdoin President Barry Mills congratulates Patrick Dempsey (Photo: © Bob Handelman) Maine native Patrick Dempsey — who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd on the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy — became “a real doctor” Saturday when he was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters by Bowdoin College in recognition of his efforts to support cancer research and treatment in his home state. In his remarks, delivered during Bowdoin’s Reunion Convocation in the Sidney J. Watson Arena, Dempsey credited his community for building and sustaining his success as an actor, philanthropist and sportsman.  Bowdoin College Museum of Art's Co-Directors, Anne Goodyear and Frank Goodyear Today the Bowdoin College Museum of Art welcomes co-directors Anne Goodyear and Frank Goodyear, who will be pioneering a new model of leadership as they jointly fulfill functions such as overseeing the Museum’s collections, staff, programs, publications and budget. The Goodyears come to Bowdoin from the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where for 12 years Frank was curator of photographs and Anne was associate curator of prints and drawings. Their shared career move was written up in The Washington Post earlier this month.
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Bowdoin junior Kiersten King, of Colorado Springs, Colo., has won a Beinecke scholarship to support her aspirations to become an archaeologist of the ancient Mediterranean world. 
