DSGN 264-403 Spring 2021 Blog
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…
Happy International Women’s Day! In honor of this momentous day, I thought I’d discuss Instagram’s story graphics for Women’s History Month. Check out the graphics in this post! Instagram invited five incredible female designers to create stickers for Instagram stories. The first graphic, a yogi with a limb disability, was Read more…
Places for immersive, interactive, and innovative art like Artechouse and Philadelphia’s own Wonderspaces have risen in popularity recently. I’ve personally been to Artechouse in NYC and it was a pretty trippy, ethereal experience that I really enjoyed and made me rethink the ways we experience art. Have you been to Read more…
I am a huge Marvel fan and like so many others have recently been obsessively watching the tv show Wandavision. In the season finale that aired last week, I noticed a very interesting use of color to represent character differences. Wanda’s (the main character) powers are always portrayed using red Read more…
So, I asked myself the question – did surrealism “as a distinct cultural movement” really end? Many art historians say that the movement was over in 1966 with the death of Andre Breton, but I’m skeptical. Maybe surrealism is less distinct today, but that is only because it is even Read more…
I wanted to write a post about NFTs for digital art in an attempt to wrap my head around the concept of NFTs, which is blowing up right now with record-setting sales being made for art, music, sports highlight videos, and even GIFs. However, my conclusion is that I still 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…
I went to &Pizza for the first time last weekend, and although the pizza was incredible, what really caught me off guard were the designs within the store and on the packaging. For example, the &Pizza box is simplistic in design, yet fun to look at (sadly, I don’t have Read more…
Ever the sucker for political design, I’ve been harshly judging the New York City mayoral candidates’ campaign designs for months now. The candidate I would support if I could vote in the election is Dianne Morales, a nonprofit executive from Brooklyn, and her campaign design experienced an incredible rebrand. Below Read more…
This is a weird one. Weird source – Packaging Digest. These unprecedented times led to a lot of change around us – some substantial, but some a little more subtle. Reflecting back on this year of dramatic change, the one thing that came to mind was packaging for some reason. Read more…