Technology over technique produces emotionless design. — Daniel Mall You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously. — Wim Crouwel Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity. — Christopher Zeeman I chose these quotes because they reflect something I’m learning by being at KCAI. Before Read More
The quote says “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” I need to reshoot for a multitude of reasons: transparencies are shiny (darn reflection!) fire is hard to photograph placement of the quote is hard to read with the curtain/scarf in the way. maybe I need to add some more stuff? Like a microphone or something? Or Read More
I’ve recently stumbled upon the original slideshow in which Dan Mall states that technology over technique produces emotionless design. (Slide 13 is where that happens.) The Experience Layer—FOWD NYC 08View more presentations from Dan Mall. And for comparison, here’s what I did with his quote (this is before I ever saw his slideshow, by the Read More
Response to How Does the Smithsonian Collect Artifacts? An artifact is meant to be like a time machine. It can transport you to a place and time where the object would be experienced. An artifact gives you insight to the type of people who might use the object. So, an artifact is not just the Read More
Response to Making the Invisible Visible: The point of planning when doing a project is so that you can create a design based on a concept that is closely tied to the client’s needs. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, it tends to be something that a lot of designers and committees overlook. When you have Read More
Response to Thinking with Type: Linearity is something that happens when text is presented in a straight line, such as a news ticker or a banner. There’s no dimension to it, therefore it’s not as engaging as something more spatial. For example, a PowerPoint presentation is linear because, one frame after another, you’re given a little Read More
This is what things are looking like so far: Floppy disks & drive Hard drives Solder and soldering irons Resistors Chips Ethernet cords/wires Fans Screwdrivers & a screw LCD displays (that’s like saying ATM machine, by the way.)
Here’s how my cover process has gone so far:
Experimental typography is an interesting kind of work, where letterforms and words become more than just a way to communicate. They become the communication themselves. I know that’s kind of hard to understand, but so is the webpage I just read. So bear with me, here. Experiments and processes go hand-in-hand. They both result in Read More
In the right order. Haha.