DSGN 264-403 Fall 2021 Blog
Till this day, I’m still amazed by the fact that in middle school, and throughout high school, I used to wake up at 4 to complete chores and still have enough energy to go to school. I was going to write this post after sleeping through my 8:30 class simply Read more…
Globally, several religions have different clothing or jewelry signatures that have become tradition. In Christianity for example, the Cross is an important aspect that represents the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Overtime, the Cross has become an integral part of the church, especially the Catholic Church. In current Read more…
Award show season is evidently upon us. Following the sophisticated looks we recently saw at the Oscar Award Show, celebrities far and wide boasted their bold looks. Today I will be reviewing the best and worst dressed celebrities. Dua Lipa: Lil Nas X: Chrissy Teigan and John Legend never fail Read more…
Featured image by: Poemony on deviantart (Link) Definition of an isometric drawing: How an artist make 3D objects in 2D plane. The first time I paid attention to this type of art was some weeks or months ago when I saw on Instagram 3D room art. I was blown away Read more…
After learning about artists during this semester, I realized I never thought much about my own country’s past and present artists. I knew some of the artists in these posts, such as Marta Minujin, but I was not aware of others, such as Leonor Fini. Therefore, I would like to Read more…
I’m currently taking an Archaeology in Pop Culture course, where we dedicated a week to discuss the depictions of neanderthal culture in popular culture and contrasted it to neanderthal’s actual abilities to produce works of art. Because of movies like The Croods which highlight the differences between modern-day humans and Read more…
During a flight over winter break, I watched The Lost Leonardo, a film about the sale of the Salvator Mundi painting which is said to be made by Leonardo da Vinci. While watching and responding to “Ways of Seeing” a few weeks ago, I was reminded of the storyline surrounding Read more…
I was still thinking about the concept of the public space in the digital, especially with our discussion surrounding Second Life. However, something I feel worth mentioning was a “second life” for younger people — I’m curious if I’m the only one that remembers wasting all my time on websites Read more…
I feel like the concept of comparing modern day memes to Dada-ist works like the Readymades of Duchamp and the collages we saw in class for our Dada composite is not necessarily original and may be a stretch, but I feel like they take up a similar niche that Dadaist Read more…
In May 2016, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a study to examine different lighting technology’s impact on crime reduction in NYC. After a 31% increase in shootings at NYC Housing Authority developments in 2014, Blasio installed 400 units of white LED lights. These harsh, blinding white LED Read more…