“Data are the new raw material.”

Look what’s new in the Fine Arts showcase!

The Fine Arts Collection, located here, has new items coming in every week. This week, we added Information Graphics by Sandra Rendgen (edited by Julius Wiedemann), published by Taschen. 

The opening essays in this oversize volume explore the history and use of charts, diagrams, and infographics, to communicate visually the massive quantities of data usually found in reports and news articles. Click on the examples below to see full-size images from the book, or stop by the Fine Arts Reference Desk on Level 2 to dive headfirst into "Information Graphics"!

If you like this book, you will probably enjoy the Marriott Library guide on Information Aesthetics  and other items in the Fine Arts showcase, like the Visual Miscellaneum.

Feeling Manipulated by the Media?

Manipulate back! The Fine Arts & Architecture Library has many tools you can use to warp, distort, and transform your multimedia projects, including:

• A media editing station which features Final Cut Pro, and can take your old VHS tapes and turn them into DVDs, or burn Blu-ray discs
• An oversize (11" x 17") scanner so you can upload and remix your images using Photoshop
• A music composition station 
• A weighted key electric piano
• A color printer
• Plus several Macs scattered throughout the Fine Arts & Architecture Library space

Note: We are not a quiet study space. Looking for a place with minimal noise? Locate quiet areas on the Marriott Library maps; also, find more media editing stations, scanners, PCs, and Macs in the Knowledge Commons. Schedule a room if your study group needs a place to discuss projects.

"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation."

Interested in architecture? Looking for inspiration? Find it at the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library!

Browse our periodicals collection for design inspiration (or imitation, as the above quote by Voltaire tells us!). The Fine Arts & Architecture Library has current issues of architecture and design periodicals in our reference area and they are available for a 7-day check out.

Try these!