I was on a walk around Philly earlier today and I saw these stickers on the back of someone’s car. I was thinking about if these could constitute a public intervention. In a way, they are a somewhat unexpected, public demonstration of someone’s interests and characteristics. But, if we call Read more…
I just read a book called A Visit from the Goon Squad— it was really good and it’s the type of book where each chapter touches on the life of a different character. The reason that I wanted to write a blog post on this book is that one of Read more…
I found this cool article in a magazine around my house about a designer named Nicole Gibbons. She basically creates new paint colors and is one of the first to create stick-on paint swatches. It was interesting because she explains that she never expected to become a designer (in fact, Read more…
I keep seeing Dada. I swear I’ve seen it everywhere now that I know what it is. It always surprises me that I never had a word for that type of artwork before this class and hadn’t really thought about what it was. Here’s an example that I saw today- Read more…
I just randomly found this awesome book in my house – I think my dad may have ordered it a while ago! I think I remember that one of the topics in this class that we are going to cover is data visualization, so this is the perfect book. It Read more…
I just downloaded TikTok (which is kind of bad because it takes up a lot of my time), but I’ve started getting a lot of design videos! I found this one artist that posts Illustrator tutorials that are under 60 seconds. She has some pretty awesome tips and tricks, and Read more…
https://www.bustle.com/life/what-do-the-symbols-on-the-iphone-weather-app-mean-heres-what-to-know-8338833 Before I watched the Susan Kare video/started working on the hyperlocal icons project, I had never consciously judged my experience with the weather app icons on my phone. After watching her speak on the characteristics of good icons, I’ve realized that a lot of the time I don’t know Read more…