DSGN 264-403 Spring 2021 Blog
After doing the data visualization readings, I was inspired to discover more projects and stumbled across a brilliant 2008 campaign for WWF Japan titled “Population by Pixel” that depicts endangered species populations by the number of pixels in the image. Every pixel represented one animal left in the wild and Read more…
When someone asks you about the world’s most famous paintings, which ones come to mind? CartridgeSave conducted a study to determine just that, in which they counted hashtags used on Instagram, as well as surveys about the most recognizable paintings in the world. The most recognizable painting worldwide was Leonardo Read more…
I’ve been following Orkan Telhan’s projects for quite a while, he is a well-known professor here at the Weitzman School of Design in Penn, known for combining biology and art in very interesting ways. Recently in a Fine Arts newsletter, one of his projects was linked: the Ouroboros Steak. Ouroboros, Read more…
https://hyperallergic.com/631841/ilse-dhollander-sean-kelly-gallery-so-much-achieved-by-one-artist-in-so-little-time/This article reminded me of our reading from last week, Citizen Designer, which reflected on how abstraction versus imagery affect how we understand art’s purpose and how we approach it. The author argues that abstract art creates distance between the artist and their audience and is disconnected from its environment 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…
I love watching true crime documentaries, so when I stumbled across this documentary on an $80 million dollar fake art scandal in 2011 centering around New York’s Knoedler on Netflix, I was immediately intrigued. It was captivating, humorous, and I was shocked at how the whole story unfolded. It got Read more…
Have you wondered how the future designs of our homes will be affected by the pandemic? This article features eighteen design ideas adapted for working at home for the Davidson Prize, an annual competition that reimagines the designs in modern architecture https://www.dezeen.com/2021/03/25/davidson-prize-shortlist-future-home-working/. It’s really interesting to consider that the future Read more…
During our presentation earlier this week, someone brought up a great distinction between design and art – that design serves a functional purpose whereas art is for appreciation and awe. That was an interesting point, so I did some more digging on what the actual definition and existing notion is. Read more…
As the Spring equinox just passed us by and marked the beginning of spring, I was reminded of this old concept my grandma and my aunt insist and swear by: Color Seasons. The whole idea is that based on whether your skin’s undertones, the color of your eyes, your hair Read more…