George passed on News Years Day 2010. We love you George and thanks for being you! RIP Found this at the end of one of my old VHS tapes from the early 80′s…I love this guy but can’t find any information about him. Real character!! UPDATE!! George still lives and has contacted me. Local author has new book release. George W. Trippon 20 year resident of Redondo Beach has just published his fourth book, entitled “Ode to Jimmie”, which is a story of the early years of his life with his partner of 64 years, the late James Price.? Many humorous memories about the army life in WWII are recounted in this poignant memoir.The book is available through www.iuniverse.com and Amazon.com George designed and made woman’s clothing for the Hollywood studios, before and after WWII. He had a design school in Hollywood called The Trippon School of Design. His TV show, “Sew What’s New”, was made and aired over a period of about 20 years, starting in 1970. He wrote and published two books in conjunction with the show: “Becoming a Dress Designer: What Every Designer Should Know”, and “Let’s Design, Cut, Sew, and Fit With George W. Trippon”. Both books are rare and difficult to find.
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George Legrady at Art Center Media Design Program


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Design Dialogues Fall 2010: Computation After New Media
Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz

This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.

As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.

Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.

October 1: Sharon Daniel, UCSC
October 8: Eddo Stern, UCLA
October 22: Paul Dourish, UCI
October 29: George Legrady, UCSB
November 19: Casey Reas, UCLA,
December 3: Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech

Design Dialogues brings provocateurs from the worlds of design, art, academia, and technology into the MDP Studio. Each term, a guest curator is invited to build a series around a theme of their choosing.

Meetings: 12-2 pm. Talks: 3-6 pm in the Wind Tunnel Gallery. Open only to Media Design students, alumni, and faculty.

George Legrady at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California


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Design Dialogues Fall 2010: Computation After New Media
Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz

This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.

As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.

Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.

October 1: Sharon Daniel, UCSC
October 8: Eddo Stern, UCLA
October 22: Paul Dourish, UCI
October 29: George Legrady, UCSB
November 19: Casey Reas, UCLA,
December 3: Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech

Design Dialogues brings provocateurs from the worlds of design, art, academia, and technology into the MDP Studio. Each term, a guest curator is invited to build a series around a theme of their choosing.

Meetings: 12-2 pm. Talks: 3-6 pm in the Wind Tunnel Gallery. Open only to Media Design students, alumni, and faculty.

Book cover design by George Lenox


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Book cover design by George Lenox for The Expanding Universe by Arthur Stanley Eddington. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1958. QB981 .E3 1958