DSGN 264-403 Spring 2021 Blog
With all the emphasis on WFH and software that empowers people to work/collaborate/study remotely, office spaces seem to have been forgotten. They genuinely seem to be a very avoidable cost – especially seeing how teams and companies are able to function just as well remotely. It is also an incredibly 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…
Next Friday, Feb 12th 2021 is Chinese Lunar New Year!! My parents visited and dropped off some red envelopes as part of our tradition of celebrating Chinese New Year as a Taiwanese family and I was prompted to think about all the red envelopes I have collected over the years Read more…
Exploring conceptions of art, cinema, and the self, “Persona” relies on black and white visual contrast to merge dream and reality.
Artist June Mineyama-Smithson has incorporated “Shakkei”, an ancient Japanese art technique meaning “borrowed scenery”, into her latest series, ‘Lockdown Mindscape‘, offering an escape from lockdown. The bilingual motion posters capture the physical views and introspective of June’s friends who are experiencing the pandemic in different parts of the world. From Read more…
After watching the short clip about Susan Kare (the iconographer), I felt compelled to learn more about the history behind icons and logos (smaller designs). While surfing through the web, I came across an image of a former Apple logo (top left), which has virtually no resemblance to the one Read more…
Agnes Denes reminisces on creating “Tree Mountain-A Living Time Capsule—11,000 Trees, 11,000 People, 400 Years,” a collaborative bioremediation artwork and a human-made virgin forest in Ylöjärvi, Finland. www.agnesdenesstudio.com
A presentation by Aggie Toppins – CAA 2020. www.aggietoppins.com/
How does design shape society? In this film, artist Mika Tajima traces the legacy of the influential Action Office furniture line—developed by Herman Miller—and how it serves as the inspiration for her own work. Introduced in 1964 and still in production today, the Action Office is a modular and customizable system of semi-enclosed cubicles. www.mikatajima.com
Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual artist who knows how to push boundaries and challenge ideas. For the past 25+ years, he has used photography, sculpture, and images from sports, advertising, and popular culture to make his viewer sit up, pay attention, and think about the implications of each artwork he Read more…