The video I watched by Niels Diffrient had a major focus on how we can rethink the designs of certain objects. Niels used his past life to talk about this discussion, which I personally found pretty interesting. In the video he talked about his love for planes when he was young. Niels referred to it as a "romance". He tried to pursue a career in building airplanes in school. However, due to certain requirements he couldn't meet, Niels had no choice but to give up his dream and move on to something else. So, he decided to have a new "romance" with furniture, specifically chairs. While doing so, he discovered there were ways to use the same approach he did on airplanes. Niels stated that with a chair, we must learn about how to deal with the body, what it wants, needs, etc. I believe that this statement inspired people to learn how to deal with a certain thing when creating a new design. I also believe that Niels' design of the swivel chair led to the modern designs of chairs today and a great sense of innovation.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
Sunday, January 21, 2018
How to Ruin a Great Design Summary
The article I read tells how easy it is to make a bad design, tamper with a great design, and how to make the successor of a great design inferior to its predecessor. As mentioned in the article, examples of bad design include things that are dangerous, things that don't work properly, and things that are needlessly complicated. Alice Rawsthorn, the author of this article noticed a clumsy design of a "Diverted cyclists" sign. She found is clumsy due to the "D" in "Diverted" being given the most visual weight by being bigger than everything else on the sign. As a result, many people are distracted by the letter D, gaining much trouble concentrating on what the sign says. Alice also talks about inconsistency in sign designs. When there are signs that say "Tower Bridge", one sign may have both words in the phrase start in capital letters, while another may have only the first one be capital. Finally, Alice discusses the importance of "pleasing the eye". Despite how she felt about London's congestion charge, she believed that its logo did its job well with its clearness and coherency. Another example she brings is the previous logo designs for companies like UPS and Citroen. Alice, alongside many other people find the current designs we have for these companies to be similar, yet inferior to their predecessors. She considers this a result of the "unworthy successor syndrome." Overall, I find this article to be really impressive. It does a really job at knowing when a design has flaws and inconsistencies. While Alice states that many artists are guilty for committing crimes against design, I believe that some today will learn from their mistakes.
Friday, January 19, 2018
Stuart Hunter
1. I've used many websites such as Youtube and Facebook. Every once in awhile, I use a free art software called Gimp.
2. What I hope to get out of this class is to be more familiar with the techniques used on Photoshop and Illustrator and try to improve my skills in art.
3. The relationship between computers and visual studies is to teach and encourage students to try new things with art and discover a new way to make great creations.
4. I have used Photoshop and Illustrator for my first 2-3 years of High School. Afterwards I studied classes that had no influence with these softwares, resulting me in forgetting how to use them.
5. I use PC.
6. My major is Video Game Design.
7. With my major, I hope to experience creating the games I play and vice versa. I also hope to become a game artist.
8. My favorite artist is Tyson Hess, illustrator of the opening cuts
cene for the game, Sonic Mania.
9. My favorite musician is Geddy Lee, singer of the band Rush.
10. I am autistic and a gamer.
11. One day, a detective named Doug had a case to solve. This case was about a sacred jewel being stolen at a bank. Because the bank's cameras were broken, it was hard to locate the culprit, leaving the case to be unsolved for two weeks. However, Doug was determined not to give up. One of these days, he will find the jewel thief.
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1. I've used many websites such as Youtube and Facebook. Every once in awhile, I use a free art software called Gimp.
2. What I hope to get out of this class is to be more familiar with the techniques used on Photoshop and Illustrator and try to improve my skills in art.
3. The relationship between computers and visual studies is to teach and encourage students to try new things with art and discover a new way to make great creations.
4. I have used Photoshop and Illustrator for my first 2-3 years of High School. Afterwards I studied classes that had no influence with these softwares, resulting me in forgetting how to use them.
5. I use PC.
6. My major is Video Game Design.
7. With my major, I hope to experience creating the games I play and vice versa. I also hope to become a game artist.
8. My favorite artist is Tyson Hess, illustrator of the opening cuts
cene for the game, Sonic Mania.
9. My favorite musician is Geddy Lee, singer of the band Rush.
10. I am autistic and a gamer.
11. One day, a detective named Doug had a case to solve. This case was about a sacred jewel being stolen at a bank. Because the bank's cameras were broken, it was hard to locate the culprit, leaving the case to be unsolved for two weeks. However, Doug was determined not to give up. One of these days, he will find the jewel thief.
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