DSGN 264-403 Spring 2021 Blog
During the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement last summer, I found myself discovering Black creatives that I probably would have never found otherwise. A big catalyst of this discovery was the social media page/movement Where Are The Black Designers. Started as an Instagram page, WATBD uplifts the voices Read more…
Ever since we started working in Photoshop, I started getting videos with fun tutorials on my TikTok for you page, which is very timely (although a little suspicious). There are some really cool edits that I’m excited to try and maybe you can try them out too! I’ll link a Read more…
https://designobserver.com/feature/how-design-makes-us-think/40406/ This article explores an excerpt from Sean Adam’s book, How Design Makes Us Think, which explores how viewers respond to certain visual cues. The article argues that humor is a necessary component to convey serious and controversial messages, which reminded me of the artist presentation on Guerrilla Girls and Read more…
Saw this on reddit. Why isn’t there dark mode for canvas? Dark mode is one of those little things that has absolutely no meaning being this significant, but it actually took the world by storm. Do a “dark mode” search on Google. You’ll be shocked to see the number of Read more…
April fools is always the most fun day to be on twitter. For once, everyone seems to be able to put all their differences apart and engage in silly, harmless humour. Recently, I’ve noticed a lot of companies embrace this. Here were some of my highlights of some Aprils Fools Read more…
I know there’s a lot of hype around this new buzzword recently. The world is trying to wrap its heads around it and the staggering prices it has been fetching recently. The entire art, investment, and legal landscape seem to be coming to grips with what it truly means, and Read more…
Through documentaries like The Social Dilemma, accounts from ex-executives, and recent congress hearings, almost everyone is talking about how much privacy do we really have online. This is not an unfamiliar conversation. It is almost the Achilles tendon of true progression in the tech realm. It is also the biggest Read more…
I browse YouTube a lot, and one of my favorite creators is Mark Rober. For those who don’t know him, he’s a former NASA and Apple engineer who’s now creating videos showcasing the intersection of design and engineering. Specifically, he creates cool inventions that both break records and improve social Read more…
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…
I know there have been several posts about NFTs, but I wanted to make another one based on my utter lack of understanding of them and my love for SNL. On this past Saturday’s episode, SNL cast members Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, and Kate McKinnon performed a song called “NFTs”, Read more…