Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Barack Obama's Victory Speech of Nov. 5th, 2008
– Barack Obama
–Because not only was it in response to a presidential election, It marked one of the most important moments in history when the first non-Caucasian candidate was elected office.
– Because it represents the evolution of our society and how far we’ve come in the last 100 years with regard to racial discrimination. More so, I was fortunate enough not only to witness this revolutionary moment, but I was old enough to understand the weight and importance of it and was truly moved by it.
– Powerful, unifying, enthralling, moving, serious but not pretentious ¬– real. Relative and yet historic. Life changing.
– Beginning and very ending had the most impact and emphasis. Especially when he said “We are the United Sates of America after the first minute. There was powerful emphasis on each of the different “types of people” (black, straight, women, men, Hispanic, young, old, ect.) Emphasis on yes we can. “TONIGHT is your answer” – loud, emphasis. Pauses between examples in his speech.
–I feel like the callouts to different minorities, the call out to United States of America, the call out to “tonight is you answer” should be loud, bold, and memorable. The first portion of the speech where he describes those who have doubts could be much more down played subtle and smoothly flow together.
–There’s not so much a call of action as there is a declaration of patriotism and a congratulations to all and especially younger demographic needs to continue to be involved the way they did in this election. Most of all it is a powerful recognition of our nations evolution.
–It gives me goose bumps. Makes me feel passionate and dedicated to being informed and involved and proud that I was able to witness the mark of this new era in which racism no longer dictates the American Government.
–The audience was in awe, amazement, exited is an understatement. They were exhilarated and heavily emotional, many were shown crying. Everyone in the world boomed with amazement, American or not, democratic or republican, from the turnout.
–If anything, perhaps it could be solely viewed/interpreted as a speech intended to bring the country together and motivate them to involve themselves in their nations as opposed to congratulating the country on their achievement.
Bio in short:
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States, having taken office in 2009. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his election to the presidency in November 2008.
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama has seven half-siblings from his Kenyan father's family – six of them living – and a half-sister with whom he was raised, Maya Soetoro-Ng, the daughter of his mother and her Indonesian second husband. In October of ’92 he married Michelle Robinson and now has two daughters Malia and Sasha.
–Because not only was it in response to a presidential election, It marked one of the most important moments in history when the first non-Caucasian candidate was elected office.
– Because it represents the evolution of our society and how far we’ve come in the last 100 years with regard to racial discrimination. More so, I was fortunate enough not only to witness this revolutionary moment, but I was old enough to understand the weight and importance of it and was truly moved by it.
– Powerful, unifying, enthralling, moving, serious but not pretentious ¬– real. Relative and yet historic. Life changing.
– Beginning and very ending had the most impact and emphasis. Especially when he said “We are the United Sates of America after the first minute. There was powerful emphasis on each of the different “types of people” (black, straight, women, men, Hispanic, young, old, ect.) Emphasis on yes we can. “TONIGHT is your answer” – loud, emphasis. Pauses between examples in his speech.
–I feel like the callouts to different minorities, the call out to United States of America, the call out to “tonight is you answer” should be loud, bold, and memorable. The first portion of the speech where he describes those who have doubts could be much more down played subtle and smoothly flow together.
–There’s not so much a call of action as there is a declaration of patriotism and a congratulations to all and especially younger demographic needs to continue to be involved the way they did in this election. Most of all it is a powerful recognition of our nations evolution.
–It gives me goose bumps. Makes me feel passionate and dedicated to being informed and involved and proud that I was able to witness the mark of this new era in which racism no longer dictates the American Government.
–The audience was in awe, amazement, exited is an understatement. They were exhilarated and heavily emotional, many were shown crying. Everyone in the world boomed with amazement, American or not, democratic or republican, from the turnout.
–If anything, perhaps it could be solely viewed/interpreted as a speech intended to bring the country together and motivate them to involve themselves in their nations as opposed to congratulating the country on their achievement.
Bio in short:
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States, having taken office in 2009. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his election to the presidency in November 2008.
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama has seven half-siblings from his Kenyan father's family – six of them living – and a half-sister with whom he was raised, Maya Soetoro-Ng, the daughter of his mother and her Indonesian second husband. In October of ’92 he married Michelle Robinson and now has two daughters Malia and Sasha.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
type means never having to say your sorry...
I think Univers is a strong alternative to Futura. The two sans serif typefaces are very similar in stroke, shape, and weight. However, Univers is more clearly structured and more legible. While it has a subtle geometric feel, the shapes of the characters are more generalized than those of Futura which makes it more versatile and in my opinion, stronger.
Designing Under the Influence
I really enjoyed this article (and even the comments posted in response). I thought is was definitely relevant to patterns with upcoming designers and made excellent points about the level of influences pre-existing designers carry with their work. However, in instances such as that described by Bierut, I think the line between influence and plagiarism becomes very indefinite. While Kruger's work was so identifiable, I think it is also to an extent, generic. To make the argument that the students work mimicked hers is difficult. I think in the world of design, there is such a vast range of type combinations, color palettes etc. and millions of designers that the likelihood of multiple people to create similar designs is definite. That said, I think Beirut has a valid point that it is crucial for young designers to be well educated on design history. The better educated one is, the better chance they have of avoiding such a similar look to a well known designer (unless that be their intention). Furthermore it provides greater ground of influence. The fact that a student didn't know Kruger is downright sad. It is from past designers that we evolve, grow, learn, and improve.
Designing Under the Influence
I really enjoyed this article (and even the comments posted in response). I thought is was definitely relevant to patterns with upcoming designers and made excellent points about the level of influences pre-existing designers carry with their work. However, in instances such as that described by Bierut, I think the line between influence and plagiarism becomes very indefinite. While Kruger's work was so identifiable, I think it is also to an extent, generic. To make the argument that the students work mimicked hers is difficult. I think in the world of design, there is such a vast range of type combinations, color palettes etc. and millions of designers that the likelihood of multiple people to create similar designs is definite. That said, I think Beirut has a valid point that it is crucial for young designers to be well educated on design history. The better educated one is, the better chance they have of avoiding such a similar look to a well known designer (unless that be their intention). Furthermore it provides greater ground of influence. The fact that a student didn't know Kruger is downright sad. It is from past designers that we evolve, grow, learn, and improve.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Points in Typography
_ What are the advantages of a multiple column grid.?
Allows you to easily organize large amounts of text, room to experiment with the typography, clean
_ How many characters is optimal for a line length? words per line?
40 to 50 characters (including letters, punctuation, spaces)
_ Why is the baseline grid used in design?
Establishes as ordered system that is uniform through out the layout unifying multiple sizes of type.
_ What is a typographic river?
The sting of gaps created with justification
_ From the readings what does clothesline or flow line mean?
The horizontal line created to carry the eye through the page...where the text hangs
_ How can you incorporate white space into your designs?
Ragging the text instead of justification, little things that are called out (used with justification), adjusting type size and leading/tracking
_ What is type color/texture mean?
Bold, weight, size, leading and tracking, column width
_ What is x-height, how does it effect type color?
The hight of lowercase character sans any ascenders or descenders
_ In justification or H&J terms what do the numbers: minimum, optimum, maximum mean?
Restrictions on the spacing between the letters
_ What are some ways to indicate a new paragraph. Are there any rules?
Do not indent the first line, when indenting – no use .5 indent but less, (equal to leading) do not indent if there is a space between paragraphs
_ What are some things to look out for when hyphenating text?
No have two letters left behind (de-sign), words that are four letters two syllables, no hyphenate names. Lonely words on line above (the, of, in)
_ What is a literature?
two letters that will become physically combined into one letter (fi, tt, ffi)
_ What does CMYK and RGB mean?
additive v. subtractive (internet is RGB, just stay consistent)
_ What does hanging punctuation mean?
text aligns and punctuation hangs out
_ What is the difference between a foot mark and an apostrophe?
Foot mark is straight
_ What is the difference between an inch mark and a quote mark (smart quote)?
Inch mark is straight, quote mark is curved/angled
_ What is a hyphen, en dash and em dashes, what are the differences and when are they used?
shouldn't have three hyphens in a row – something is wrong, avoid completely in call outs, en dash is used in dates and breaks of thoughts with a space on either side, em dash is the longest – option shift dash with no spaces
Allows you to easily organize large amounts of text, room to experiment with the typography, clean
_ How many characters is optimal for a line length? words per line?
40 to 50 characters (including letters, punctuation, spaces)
_ Why is the baseline grid used in design?
Establishes as ordered system that is uniform through out the layout unifying multiple sizes of type.
_ What is a typographic river?
The sting of gaps created with justification
_ From the readings what does clothesline or flow line mean?
The horizontal line created to carry the eye through the page...where the text hangs
_ How can you incorporate white space into your designs?
Ragging the text instead of justification, little things that are called out (used with justification), adjusting type size and leading/tracking
_ What is type color/texture mean?
Bold, weight, size, leading and tracking, column width
_ What is x-height, how does it effect type color?
The hight of lowercase character sans any ascenders or descenders
_ In justification or H&J terms what do the numbers: minimum, optimum, maximum mean?
Restrictions on the spacing between the letters
_ What are some ways to indicate a new paragraph. Are there any rules?
Do not indent the first line, when indenting – no use .5 indent but less, (equal to leading) do not indent if there is a space between paragraphs
_ What are some things to look out for when hyphenating text?
No have two letters left behind (de-sign), words that are four letters two syllables, no hyphenate names. Lonely words on line above (the, of, in)
_ What is a literature?
two letters that will become physically combined into one letter (fi, tt, ffi)
_ What does CMYK and RGB mean?
additive v. subtractive (internet is RGB, just stay consistent)
_ What does hanging punctuation mean?
text aligns and punctuation hangs out
_ What is the difference between a foot mark and an apostrophe?
Foot mark is straight
_ What is the difference between an inch mark and a quote mark (smart quote)?
Inch mark is straight, quote mark is curved/angled
_ What is a hyphen, en dash and em dashes, what are the differences and when are they used?
shouldn't have three hyphens in a row – something is wrong, avoid completely in call outs, en dash is used in dates and breaks of thoughts with a space on either side, em dash is the longest – option shift dash with no spaces
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Cold : Bold
Jonathan Harris is an artist/designer and expert of computer science and code. He used his technological savvy as a gateway for creating art on the web. In this video, Harris gives a presentation that discusses in part the his recent work and the his thoughts on the current evolution of technology and how he believes it affects the human race. He explains his overwhelming concern that the advancements in computers is diminishing humans' connectedness with their emotions and essentially their humanity. Harris also goes on to discuss what he refers to as physical vs. digital and professional vs. personal schizophrenia and the difficulty that comes with divulging himself in computer code (something that for him can become so dehumanizing in that he thinks in code rather than emotion or instinct) while also becoming a working artist.
I really enjoyed this video and I definitely responded to the points made by Jonathan Harris. I think the underlying messages of his presentation relate strongly to graphic design and the different battles that I face between the digital and physical media. More and more we here about the posed threats of technology and our increasing dependency on it – how it begins to use and have control over us instead of us having control over it, a point that I believe to be true. In the graphic design field, so much of our work relies solely on computers. It's unfortunate I think that the art of craft by hand is dying and becoming obsolete. Coming from someone who has spent years as a fine artist, I think art created without the help of computers is so much more expressive and personal. It captures the essence of emotion and humanity that lacks from that created by technology. Like Harris, I believe that there is possibility for a marriage between physical and digital media to exist but has yet to be achieved. This is actually a goal of mine personally as an aspiring graphic designer. I hope for my experience and increasing expertise as a fine artist can be integrated successfully in the world of computers thus creating a medium between illustrator and graphic designer.
I really enjoyed this video and I definitely responded to the points made by Jonathan Harris. I think the underlying messages of his presentation relate strongly to graphic design and the different battles that I face between the digital and physical media. More and more we here about the posed threats of technology and our increasing dependency on it – how it begins to use and have control over us instead of us having control over it, a point that I believe to be true. In the graphic design field, so much of our work relies solely on computers. It's unfortunate I think that the art of craft by hand is dying and becoming obsolete. Coming from someone who has spent years as a fine artist, I think art created without the help of computers is so much more expressive and personal. It captures the essence of emotion and humanity that lacks from that created by technology. Like Harris, I believe that there is possibility for a marriage between physical and digital media to exist but has yet to be achieved. This is actually a goal of mine personally as an aspiring graphic designer. I hope for my experience and increasing expertise as a fine artist can be integrated successfully in the world of computers thus creating a medium between illustrator and graphic designer.
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