DSGN 264-406 Spring 2021 Blog
I think I was finally able to understand NFTs after reading through an excellent blog post here. In essence, an NFT can basically be viewed as a token that is one of a kind, whose ownership is tracked with the help of a PoW protocol underlying the blockchain. However, since Read more…
Credit: apple.cheeks I recently came across a post from one of the artists I follow who goes by apple.cheeks (pictured above). She thought it was interesting that her art has progressively gotten simpler as she has gotten older, which she attributed to her drawing not so much to show off Read more…
Growing up, we may have been told to never play with our food – but when it’s for the sake of design, it should totally be encouraged. Food plating is an art all on its own, as one must not only consider the aesthetics of a plate of food; the Read more…
In this TED Talk, Pierre Barreau gives us a short glimpse of what the future of music could look like. Have you ever wondered if we could possibly “run out” of original music? Could we get to a point at which all possible combinations of notes that sound good together Read more…
I’ve always wanted to get super good at video editing, because I believe that a well-edited video can convey messages more effectively than any other medium. I recently watched Nike’s You Can Stop Us video that was made shortly after COVID broke out. From the music, to the really cool Read more…
I have recently started watching more cooking shows, and was exposed to a chef by the name of Grant Achatz. He runs a 3 Michelin star restaurant in Chicago called Alinea and makes cuisine which I absolutely consider art. From apple flavored balloons filled with helium to salad served in Read more…
One of my friends recently told me about a digital art museum in Philadelphia. They use projectors to display cool pieces from artists all around the world. I feel that when there is no urge to touch the paintings or physical pieces of art, it changes the entire experience. I Read more…
I recently watched a Ted talk that my mom sent me by Wharton professor Adam Grant. He was talking about how original people tend to procrastinate, but they do not procrastinate to the point of self doubt. He spent a while talking about how the Mona Lisa took 16 years Read more…
After using processing extensively during the last project, I was reminded of the various other coding tools I encounter that allow me to produce well-designed documents. The first is markdown, the language the powers most documentation of code bases on hosting sites like Github. Another is Latex, the language that Read more…
I have seen a few of these kinds of pieces of art in person, and they never fail to amaze me. These pieces are almost more of an engineering masterpiece than anything else, because the artists have to hang a lot of different elements in very precise positions so that Read more…