Sunday 25 March 2012
Mindmap Poster
Following the advice of one of the faculty members, I took the crazy mind-map that has been hanging in front of me in my studio for weeks now and turned into a typographic poster. I am exploring the dynamics of efficiency and inefficiency of process, the mechanical nature of much of contemporary graphic design, interruption, and the balance between practice, process and performance. It's still in progress, I'd love some opinions...
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Fall 2011 Work
Yesterday, we had our finals. For the occasion, I made a book compiling my work and process for the semester. Click it to view full-screen (one page is still not showing on issuu... trying to get that worked out)
Friday 2 December 2011
triNETy
I'm currently working on a series of three illuminated webpages on what I consider to be the digital Holy Trinity: Google, Facebook, and Youtube. These are the three most visited websites worldwide with millions and millions users that use visit these pages daily, almost religiously.
We go to religion to answer our questions, to show us how to live, and to connect with our fellow man/woman; these motivations seem quite similar to what compels us to visit these sites. Just as in the Holy Trinity, these three sites are the same but different; they each have their own purpose, but are all very much interconnected.
To create these borders, I allowed myself to only use the decorative elements present on each site's homepage. As techniques, I only used duplication, reflection, and rotation (by 90 degree increments only).
The issue for me now is giving a purpose for these borders that goes beyond the parallel drawn between religion and digital ritual. Initially, I was thinking about typesetting each site's mission statement in latin, but it seemed too simple. The content of these sites is often quite mundane, and there is something interesting about meticulously illuminating something like, "omg, I love your hair in this pic," but I also want to focus on the power of these institutions...
Any thoughts?
We go to religion to answer our questions, to show us how to live, and to connect with our fellow man/woman; these motivations seem quite similar to what compels us to visit these sites. Just as in the Holy Trinity, these three sites are the same but different; they each have their own purpose, but are all very much interconnected.
To create these borders, I allowed myself to only use the decorative elements present on each site's homepage. As techniques, I only used duplication, reflection, and rotation (by 90 degree increments only).
The issue for me now is giving a purpose for these borders that goes beyond the parallel drawn between religion and digital ritual. Initially, I was thinking about typesetting each site's mission statement in latin, but it seemed too simple. The content of these sites is often quite mundane, and there is something interesting about meticulously illuminating something like, "omg, I love your hair in this pic," but I also want to focus on the power of these institutions...
Any thoughts?
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| Youtube illuminated border |
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| Youtube illuminated border detail |
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| Facebook illuminated border detail |
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| Google illuminated border detail |
Saturday 30 July 2011
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