Sound: loud music & alcohol consumption
This article is shows the relation between loud music and alcohol consumption in bars.
It’s relevant to our most recent week of work on sound. Any IDC students focusing on D+M may also find this applicable to business. It references three studies by two groups. Worth taking a look at.
http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/09/why-loud-music-in-bars-increases.php
11.15.08
Coraline: the Strangest Stop-Motion Film Ever
For anyone who is interested in stop motion, you should check out this article.
11.13.08
The Powers of Ten
Today I saw a video that really REALLY amazed me. It is called THE POWERS OF TEN. It basically describes a journey in which you can view the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a atom in the hand of a man, being immerse in a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
Some of the times this kind of things inspire me the most in my designs. It is incredible when one tries to understand the science that surrounds us, both macroscopically and microscopically.
Here is the link to the youtube video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsOeLcUARw
11.12.08
A Close-Up of Pop-Up Books, Magical and Movable
Pop-up books have always caught my attention. This media is all about learning to fold paper and transforming a two-dimensional plane into three dimensional forms. Last year in my 3D class I did a project in which I use some of the pop-up book principles, my project was a hand made paper suitcase that contained a whole wold make out of paper in the inside. So, I think this could be a media that we could try to explore more.
Here, I’m posting two links that talk about some exhibitions on pop-up books, and other similar things. The first one, is a New York Times article that talks about an exhibition at the Nassau Country Museum of Art. The second one is an article from the rochester city newspaper. This article is called ”Pop-Up Books: An Interactive Exhibition” and it is located at the Rochester Institute of Technology. This second exhibition is much more interactive and inclusive. It is not only about the pop-up books but also about the processes. “Around the corner are actual artists’ works that lead visitors through each phase of producing a pop-up book, from concept to finished product. This is where the “Wow!” and “Look at this!” starts.” Check them out!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/nyregion/long-island/19booksli.html?ref=design
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/art/2007/10/ART-Pop-Up-Books-An-Interactive/
11.10.08
Designing Science: Museum of Natural History
In my typography and visual design class were are designing posters based on forces of nature (supernovae, black holes, thunders, tsunamis, etc). As a consequence of this project I have been looking at some exhibition design at museums dedicated to science, and it really amazes me how many aspects of design are involved in this field. Here is the link of a design group called ralph applebaum, they do really awesome things in the Museum of Natural History. Check it out their portfolio.
http://www.raany.com/html/proj_RP/portProj_adventure.html
11.09.08
Photoshop in “real life”
An ad agency doing some work for Adobe came up with this gem:
[ image links to full size on flickr.com ]
agency : Bates141 Jakarta
creative director : Hendra Lesmono
art director : Andreas Junus & Irawandhani Kamarga
copywriter : Darrick Subrata
photgrapher : Anton Ismael
creative director : Hendra Lesmono
art director : Andreas Junus & Irawandhani Kamarga
copywriter : Darrick Subrata
photgrapher : Anton Ismael
11.07.08
Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion
I also recommend the people interested in fashion to go see the Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion exhibit at the Museum at FIT! The exhibit is dedicated to the designers, creators, promoters, and clients who shaped the system of fashion, especially for women’s fashion. The exhibit has examples from the 18th century until present day. Check it out!
http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/Arbitersofstyle/
Gothic: Dark Glamour
I recommend you all to see the the Gothic: Dark Glamour exhibit at the Museum at FIT if you have not seen it yet! This is the first exhibition on gothic-style fashion. The exhibit reflects on the term “gothic”. Throughout different times, it had several associations and meanings. Gothic is the medieval term for the grand soaring architecture (famous cathedrals, gothic arches) and religious references and motifs to the arts and style at that time. In the late 18th Century, the Romantic movement revived the gothic style. The dark, decayed, horror-theme became to be considered as erotic and romantic. In modern days, gothic is associated with with moody teenagers that wear black and rock musicians. There are designer dresses, accessories, film-costumes, and actual period pieces in this exhibit. I am a huge fan of the Medieval style, Romantic era, and the Victorian period myself! Check it out!
http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/gothic/
When Newspaper Photographs are Worth a Thousand Paintings
Stephen Vitiello’s recent show at the Project on West 57th Street in Manhattan, for one, consisted of an impressive light-and-sound installation involving a dark room, baseboard lights and sounds of nature.
the exhebition is called “Acts and Scenes” reflects the way the images divide into causes and effects. The news images are staged for the camera.
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One of the photos show Bush cabinet in session on Nov. 4, 2004, two days after the 2004 presidential elections; an occupied gurney being wheeled past a group of men in military fatigues in Iraq. The title of the exhibition, “Acts and Scenes, 2001-2007,” reflects the way the images divide into causes and effects — Mr. Powell at the United Nations a wounded soldier being transported; it also suggests the extent to which news images are staged for the camera.