During our last class, we started talking about our upcoming intervention project, and in my breakout room, one thing our group talked about was Reddit’s own “intervention”. Coincidentally, it was exactly four years ago today, on April Fool’s day in 2017. On that day, they opened a new subreddit called Read more…
After working with our Dada composites and animation in Photoshop, the project got me thinking about a dynamic, (sometimes animated) design that I see almost every day—the Google home page. We all know what the Google logo normally looks like, but oftentimes, what catches my eye is the special Google Read more…
After our recent classes’ discussions on art vs. design, I started to think about design in less traditional sense, and how in many fields that lie beyond our typical definition art, this process of “design” begins with some sort of sketch. A sketch in a traditional sense looks something like Read more…
The other day I went for a run, and after I got back to my apartment and took off my shoes, I was thinking about shoe design. I looked at the shoes sitting by the door, thought about the design of each, and realized that they were all different, but Read more…
I was first exposed to Photoshop in a class I took in high school on digital imaging. In that class, many of our projects were up to our own discretion, and because of that, I spent a lot of time looking at YouTube photoshop tutorials. I was always interested at Read more…
Minimalism has become ubiquitous with the 21st century. From interior design, to plating in high-end restaurants, to modern art, it’s all become about minimalism. The idea is to do more with less and it’s a trend that clothing brands in particular adhere to. In class, in the presentation on Barbara Read more…
A year ago, I’d barely seen any code in my life. Just the term computer science felt foreign to me, and if there was one thing I did know, it was this: I didn’t know much, but I wanted to learn more—a lot more. In particular, I wanted to learn Read more…
A little over a year ago, when we were only a few months deep into quarantine, I decided to do something random. I hadn’t done it before, so I had no experience doing it. I didn’t prepare for it, and I wasn’t even sure I wanted to do it. For Read more…
When it comes to music, without a doubt, sound is key. We don’t listen to songs for their album covers—we listen because we love the melody, the lyrics, the genre, or any combination of these factors. However, even though we might listen to a song for its tune, oftentimes, the Read more…
What I’ve always found interesting, but never fully understood, is the effect of combining art and writing. In the weekly readings, we’ve previously read about how art can function as communication models, and it’s so fascinating to me that when people combine art and writing, they are essentially combining two Read more…