Kris Krüg | photo, video, social
Techartist, quasi-sage, cyberpunk anti-hero from the future
These are some notes and homework to serve as a guide for my New Media and Web Development at BCIT – Class 2. 🙂 Before we embark on this adventure I’d like to warn you about a couple of things. First, the land of Twitter otherwise annoyingly referred to by TwitterHeads as the Twitterverse or Read More …
I’m giving a talk tonight in Calgary to a group of event planners. They want to know how they can use new tools and strategies to plan and manage their events. I’m gonna start with a lil philosophical talk about citizen journalism & media making as well as particpatory group culture and principles and move Read More …
Last Week The Vancouver Sun and NowPublic posted a list of the ‘Top 20 Web Visible’ people in Vancouver. I was number 4 on the list. Their methodology was questionable, but I’m always stoked and humbled to be included with the likes of the other 19 on the list. Thank you thank you thank you! Read More …
A couple weeks ago I was a guest on CBC‘s On The Coast talking about photography and how to take better family photos over the holidays. It was a fun interview with JJ Lee who is a fashion and design columnist for CBC Radio One. Every Monday you can hear JJ On The Coast. OTC Read More …
I came accross a great list of New Year’s Resolutions for photographers by Bob Johnson over at one of my favorite photography blogs, Earthbound Light. Check out the list, I’m definately going to be trying to work some of these into my 2006. * Actually read the manual for your camera. * Learn to use Read More …
As anyone who has been hanging out and shooting with me has probably noticed I’ve been shooting a lot of slide film (E-6) this summer and processing it as negative film (C-41). This is called cross-processing, or xpro if you’re going for the cool factor, and has pretty crazy results. The photos turn out super Read More …
The top 10 “new†hot colors according to the Pantone Color Institute. Pantone’s Forecast: Saturated color has made a splashy comeback, but to stay ahead of trends for everything from sofas to soup plates, you need to follow fashion. Turns out home furnishings and housewares take their cues from the garment industry in deciding on Read More …
Against the advice and pleadings of many of my friends, I went out and bought a new film camera this weekend. I figured now that I’m carrying around some nice Canon lens‘, it makes sense to stick one of them on a backup body and have a 2nd camera. I like the idea of loading Read More …
The New York Post has a detailed design case study on Target’s new prescription bottle by Deborah Adler, a 29-year-old graphic designer whose ClearRx prescription-packaging system debuts May 1. How the pill bottle was remade—sensibly and beautifully. “By the time an object, or an apartment, or a company hits the half-century mark, it’s usually been Read More …
Download a Sample Book Proposal “In recent weeks, I’ve helped numerous author and potential author friends by sending them my proposal for my upcoming book. Not because I feel that mine is ideal or anything. More like because the “where to start†question is a big one.”