David Ricart

"David gets it! His design prowess has had an enormous influence in visually expressing the goals and..."

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:10:00 -0500

“David gets it! His design prowess has had an enormous influence in visually expressing the goals and objectives of SOUND-goods.org. The ability to translate a business plan and interviews into a single image that speaks to the mission and heart of an organization is a rare talent. A well-crafted logo is a cornerstone of effective communication. David has my sincere appreciation and highest recommendation. Thank you, David!”

- Laura Pappas, Founder and Executive Director of SOUND worked directly with me at Empax. This is my first recommendation in Linkedin and it feels incredibly awesome. Thank you Laura!

A drawing I made a year ago at the Dirty Weekend trial workshop....

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:53:10 -0500

A drawing I made a year ago at the Dirty Weekend trial workshop. More photos of the trial workshop here. Photo by Steve Haslip

2 years and 1 month ago Milton Glaser asked my fellow classmates...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:08:00 -0500

2 years and 1 month ago Milton Glaser asked my fellow classmates and I to write a short but detailed story explaining how we imagined 1 day in our lives to be like in 5 years time. We even had to include what we would eat that day. Interestingly, 20 years would have been too far away and 2 years would have been way too close from what are lives were like at the moment. 5 years was the most challenging amount and that’s probably why Milton decided on this time span. It’s an awesome exercise if one does it seriously and although I did take it seriously, now I think that I was extremely romantic and idealistic about the experiment. Oh well, it’s a fun read 2 years later and now that I only have 3 more years left to reach those 5 years I wonder if I am doing anything at all to push myself towards this direction… Maybe this post is a start? Here’s the whole story:

I wake up early in the morning just outside Bamako, in the capital of Mali in Africa, where I am living alone in a typical Bamako home.

As I shower I play some loud Adria Punti to expand my imagination or a Mozart piano sonata to boost my mathematical and spatial reasoning.

For breakfast I eat a small but varied platter consisting mostly of market and garden fruits. I have been living in Bamako for a year and my French is starting to sound like the African French my neighbors speak to me.

I take my dog for a walk up the hill and breath in the fresh air as I look at the dramatic but peaceful sunrise. I run down the hill with my dog following me, open the wooden gate and grab my bike.

I need to go to the center of town where I am working on a permanent theatrical art performance with the Barcelonian deconstructivist theatre director Calixto Bieito, the Mallorquin abstract painter Miquel Barcelo and the British land-artist Andy Goldsworthy.

We work until the sun sets on a large human sculpture made out of dead trees, massive rocks that feel suspended in air and huge amounts of paint.

Miquel Barcelo, who has already done theater sets for Peter Brook asks me to come up with some sketches inspired on the sculptures by Eduardo Chillida, for the base of our sculpture. I do them as we listen to music by Takagi Masakatsu while we drink local beer and listen to an African township story explained by a wise local friend of Barcelo.

By the end of the night I am exhausted. I pick up my white bike and ride back home, dog by my side. When I get home, I feed him and then feed myself to some Humus, a salad and water. I read some random story on an old Spanish newspaper and go to bed.

A couple of days ago I woke up to an e-mail that made me very...

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:59:00 -0500

A couple of days ago I woke up to an e-mail that made me very happy. Avery Gilbert, one of the sensory psychologists that helped me during my thesis research, had written an e-mail to me explaining how he had created a post on First Nerve (his blog on the culture of smell) talking about TOLO, my thesis project.

Avery, you write so well. Thank you!

Every Saturday I get very excited because I have the privilege...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:54:00 -0400

Every Saturday I get very excited because I have the privilege to go to the Art Director’s Club and participate in the Dirty Weekend Workshops created by my good friend Steve Haslip. My responsibility is to help organize and guide awesome students participating in the workshop. It’s the closest I have been to being an instructor and it’s actually exhausting and so incredibly rewarding. This flickr link will take you to more photos of last Saturday’s messy moments.

iwanttoworkwithyouguys.com

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:40:00 -0400

iwanttoworkwithyouguys.com:

“I want to work with you guys” is my new portfolio site! Just finished tweaking images, text and the css of my new portfolio site done with cargo collective. I will keep adding good stuff and taking away things I get tired of. Exciting…

Finally, the post about my thesis project, the final MFA Design...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:00 -0400

Finally, the post about my thesis project, the final MFA Design project created from September 2008 to May 2009. Thanks to Jan Wilker, Ken Carbone, Brian Collins, Gail Anderson and Veronique Vienne for their massive amounts of help/patience and of course to my friends/classmates who made it all worthwhile.

And here it goes!

Red

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:50:24 -0400

Hope you like the new “color at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies” that I decided to primarily use for the blog. I am looking for a full time job while working on freelance projects at Empax, with whom I collaborated last summer to create the new brand SOUND.

A small foundation in Catalunya, Spain, that I hold dear to my...

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:20:00 -0500

A small foundation in Catalunya, Spain, that I hold dear to my heart.

Laia Mendoza Foundation’s goal is to foster development in the area of Vedanthangal. It is a group of villages with 7,000 inhabitants located in the South of India. Join us and you’ll be helping to build a better future for them.

The Foundation works in association with the Indian NGO Tamil Nadu Foundation, and has created a local organisation called Laia Foundation.

Since 2005 Laia Mendoza Foundation has been working on three fields: Education, Health and Sustainable Development.

http://www.fundaciolaiamendoza.org/

Stefan Sagmeister in his experimental year in Bali talks about...

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:10:00 -0500

Stefan Sagmeister in his experimental year in Bali talks about his design for the 2008 album by David Byrne and Brian Eno, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.”

Very much looking forward to David Byrne’s concert in February in Radio City Music Hall.

Also, if you haven’t had a chance to read the latest issue of Print Magazine, Steven Heller interviews Stefan and they talk about his sabbatical year in Bali, Indonesia. Impressive how Stefan refused to make a poster for Barack Obama because he had promised he would not take any more work right before his experimental year!

Read the whole article here:
http://printmag.coverleaf.com/printmag/200902/?pg=36

Can’t wait to see what Stefan brings back!

MAKE HUMMUS NOT...

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:25:00 -0500

MAKE HUMMUS NOT WAR!

https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?idb=1137392638&df_id=2000&2000.donation=form1

Peace! Peace! Peace!

So much adrenaline going on in the making of this public...

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:14:00 -0500

So much adrenaline going on in the making of this public intervention! Just as a reminder, the motivation behind doing this was because I have a very dear friend that used to have nightmares when he was a child because of the Church. On a similar note check out this recent New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/world/europe/07london.html

Music “L’eau De Rose” by DJ EarWorm

I should’ve really prepared my interview but, oh well,...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:37:00 -0500

I should’ve really prepared my interview but, oh well, here you go. Thanks for editing the awkward parts! Reminder: Model Citizen is a line of umbrellas defending freedom of expression and basic human rights. I strongly feel that the advancement of world culture and society depends on our ability to protect an open market of ideas. I used this opportunity to openly express my opinions and demand equal marriage, net neutrality, an end to stoning, freedom for Tibet and world peace. Opening screen design by the wonderful Nick Ace (www.nickace.com). More student interviews here.

Three ads created for a final year project at Istituto Europeo...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:44:29 -0500

Three ads created for a final year project at Istituto Europeo di Design, Barcelona. Edited and Animated by Olivia Aracil. Filmed by Assaf Dagan, Nika Hellstrom and Olivia Aracil. Written and Directed by me. Even though this is an old project (2005, I think) it still brings great memories because I really enjoyed doing it.

"John Maeda is thinking how education is about unlocking the freeing power of confidence in oneself."

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:38:00 -0500

“John Maeda is thinking how education is about unlocking the freeing power of confidence in oneself.”

- John Maeda in his Twitter post. I couldn’t agree more!

The amazing 1984 documentary about Harvey Milk. Also check out...

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:56:00 -0500

The amazing 1984 documentary about Harvey Milk. Also check out the movie MILK that should still be out in theaters, with Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. Happy New Year boys and girls!

The assignment for Stephen Doyle’s class was to recreate...

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:42:37 -0500

The assignment for Stephen Doyle’s class was to recreate any fairy tale using any medium and to most importantly have fun. Gustavo Garcia, Scott Suiter and I decided to make a coloring book and do what you do with coloring books.

On August I attended a workshop conducted by James Victore, Paul...

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:34:00 -0400

On August I attended a workshop conducted by James Victore, Paul Sahre and Jan Wilker. The assignment that Jan Wilker gave us consisted on making a public intervention with a restricted amount of vinyl (the material mostly used as a commerce language). We had at our disposal a vinyl cutting printer and we could also cut the vinyl by hand. I choose to use the printer to cut out the letters that constructed “WE APOLOGIZE FOR GIVING YOU NIGHTMARES WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD”. My motivation for doing this was because I have a very dear friend that used to have nightmares when he was a kid, thinking he was definetely going to hell because he was “sinning”. This action is dedicated to him and anybody who used to have nightmares when they were a child.

More on the Eurotrash Chair! The Chair Project Exhibition at the...

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:29:00 -0400

More on the Eurotrash Chair! The Chair Project Exhibition at the ICFF was a success and the SVA MFAD booth was blogged everywhere. SVA won the award for best booth which happily surprised everyone. A website was created showcasing all the chairs created by the students. For more shots of my interaction with the Eurotrash Chair, go ahead and click here.

As promised a while ago, here is the link to the photos about...

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:04:53 -0400

As promised a while ago, here is the link to the photos about the whole end of first year exhibition and a link to the website, designed by the wonderful Gustavo Garcia, explaining the whole extravaganza.