Skip to main content

Three Design Projects I Like

The first piece is a work by Ed Rusha in 2015, called Sponge Puddle. I find this piece really interesting as I can not quite understand what Ed was intending for the meaning to be for the viewer. I also really enjoy the color scheme and how the colors of the background seem to reflect off the top of the snow covered mountains. 



The next piece is a work by Jenny Holzer who works in many mediums, ranging from LED signs to painting. She primary focuses on public works of art with the use of projections and LED signs. This saying "Protect me from what I want" is a saying that she put on a sign above Times Square in New York City. This saying is very profound to me in that it has strong meaning to me in that it pertains to what humans tend to do. Humans do not always long for things that are healthy or beneficial to themselves, such as alcohol and drugs. This saying, is referencing this fact and it is something most people come into contact in their daily lives. 



The final piece that I found to be very interesting is this play set designed by Morag Myerscough. This piece really stood out in that it actually seems to stand out of the page. Even though this picture is a 2-dimensional image, it seems to have depth and tries to jump off the page. That, combine with the color scheme, give this piece a sense of life and joy that draws viewers in and holds their attention. By including the eyes around the structure, it further enhances the sense that this structure is alive and more than happy to play with anyone that wishes to enjoy the slides and ramps it is made out of. 


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Art of Game Design: Chapters 6 and 7

    The Art of Game Design  continues to be an intriguing read that surprises me in new ways with each chapter. Chapter 6 focuses on the importance that theme has on games and how theme should be treated in a game's design. Theme isn't just something that the player learns from the game, it is the thought or idea that the game should try to represent in every possible way it can. This chapter covers two forms of themes, experienced and resonant themes. Experienced themes are just that, the themes that are experienced by the player through the game's story and setting, however resonant themes are a bit different. Resonant themes are the ones that are below the surface and aren't really experienced but have some deep truth that parallels those truths that the player holds. These are the themes that resonate deeply with players and make a story truly meaningful to a player's core.      To people who do not really play video games, they can be easily seen as a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Magazine Columns - Backbone of Every Good Layout Response

There are many aspects that must be considered when designing a magazine. The content is very important, but one aspect of the design that no one really thinks about is the layout of the magazine. The grid is how images and text are placed around the page. It can determine the size of objects and how much white space is between each element on the page.  Most text in magazines appears to be set out into 3 columns. However, one of the most common layouts utilizes 12 columns in order to appear to have 3 columns. This gives much more layout control over what is shown and how it is shown. Its very surprising that a 12 column layout results in 3 columns of main text. However, the goal of this is so that it is modular. In computer science, one of the most important things that you consider when coding is to try and make your code modular. When you can use the same layout on every page, it means that it is dynamic and interesting since each page will feel like it follows the same rules. T...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Art of Game Design: Chapter 8 and 9

    Chapter 8 in the book The Art of Game Design  is all about the actual production process that is followed after brainstorming is complete and a team has an idea for what game they will be developing. One of the topics that this chapter focuses on are the ideas of software development, waterfall and a more circular idea designed by Barry Boehm. As a computer science major, I have encountered both of these ideas through my time in college and in the busniss world. Both theories have their positives and negatives, but the idea of "waterfall development" is a much stricter way of approaching software development when compared to Boehm's approach.     With a waterfall approach, this does not leave any room to go back and revisit the original idea and add or remove core features. This approach was used in the development of many old forms of windows, which also coincided with how the software was sold. For example, Microsoft's windows operating systems. Win...
Post a Comment
Read more