February 2011
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Joke: Ignorance
A teacher in an international school asked a question:”What is your own opinion on the food shortage of other countries?” A student from Africa asked: “What is food?” A student from Europe asked: “What is shortage?” A student from the US asked: “What are other countries?” A student from China asked: “What is my own opinion?”
January 2011
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WatchArthur Ganson makes moving sculpture
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WatchVik Muniz makes art with wire, sugar, dust, chocolate, and earth.
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Al Seckel says our brains are mis-wired
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“I try not to think out of the box anymore, but on its edge, its corner, its...”
– CLINT RUNGE
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“You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt… or in front of a piece...”
– STEFAN SAGMEISTER
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“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its...”
– ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
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“Think more, design less.”
– ELLEN LUPTON
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“Standards are like sex; one mistake, and you’re stuck supporting it forever!”
– MARK PILGRIM
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“Many desperate acts of design (including gradients, drop shadows, and the...”
– Ellen Lupton
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“Using a watermark on your work is like peeing on your belongings so no one will...”
– Thomas Amador
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Statistical Musical: the wisdom of the crowds (NOVA scienceNOW)
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WatchCHROMAtex.me colorful Installation.
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John Underkoffler: the future of UI
John Underkoffler worked at Tangible Media Group from MIT Media Lab. Here is a very romantic brief about him from http://tangible.media.mit.edu.
“John Steven Underkoffler was born in Pennsylvania under a large tree. He spent half his life reading Goethe under that tree, and the other half under a different tree, building dams. He shimmers sometimes in...
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Chris Bangle on “Great Cars Are Art”
So many craps are called art while so many arts aren’t considered art. Design isn’t called art, let alone engineering.
My favorite quotes:
“Soul is the form that doth the body make.”
“Design thy neighbor.” (Substitute design with love generally works.)
“Art is discovery. Art is discovering yourself...
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Ursus Wehrli tidies up art
new approach to look at art. Very meta.
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WatchScott McCloud on Comics
I wonder if web design layout can be inspired by comics layout. My favorite quote from this talk is “Learn from everyone, follow no one, watch for patterns, work like hell”.
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Miniature Faking Effect
Generator: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/
Tutorial: http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_faking
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WatchMy favorite Graphic Design Artist!!!
Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design
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Scott Kim on the art of puzzles
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WatchDavid Carson on intuition
my favorite quote “People in the electronic age have no possible environment except the globe, and no possible occupation except information gathering.”
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WatchUXPin—-great web design paper prototype tool (although those who are cheap like me can really use PostIt. But when I have more discretionary income I’ll treat myself like a lady designer.)
Stop motion and proper sound track. Great product design and promotional video. Chic!
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“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.” - Milton Glaser
A Graphic Designer's Aspirations
I happened to found Karl Mead’s blog post. I highlighted the keywords that I think are important. Hope this will not only aspire me but also everyone else who are in my position. I recently came to the conclusion that motivation is more crucial than competence in getting things done.
PPD05. Lesson one : My aspirations
1. What do you want to achieve this academic year ?
I want...
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