I recently noticed that most Moncler jackets have comic pictures showing how one should go about washing and drying their jacket. I think it is an effective way to grasp users’ attention and make sure the washing procedure is done correctly. I wonder if it has any other purposes besides giving those instructions.
While doing some research on the web for our Project 4, I was inspired by a social kindness experiment. It’s a 2 minute video, in which strangers give roses to other strangers. The idea is not so unique but the video quality is on point. I like the use of sound mixed with voice over recordings and the added reflections about the experiment. Video’s message is delivered very clearly and effectively.
He creates art using programming language, mainly in Processing.
He and Ben Fry initiated Processing.
While looking for some inspirational GIFs at Gify, I stumbled upon brilliant GIFs of Gustavo Torres (Kidmograph). His has around 800 gifs and totally over 417 million views on Giphy.com. Here is some of his work.
Personally, I find his recursions very inspiring because I am trying to design something similar for my project 2.
He has a very interesting gallery of his work on tumblr.com : https://kidmograph.tumblr.com/
The reason why I found Bridget Riley interesting is that her work reminds me of drawings I did for project 1 in our class. After doing some research about her, I learned some intriguing facts about her.
Finalized versions of Bridget Riley’s paintings are not done on her own but by her assistants. She only draws the first composition and leaves the precision work to her assistants.
The value of her paintings from 1985 to 2019 has increased by 25,500 %. The price of one of her paintings, Chant 2 (1967), is $5.1 million today. Who would think that so ‘simple’ sketches could be sold for that much money… This is why she makes the list of top 10 most expensive living women artists.
While doing my project, my eyes felt weird from staring at hundreds of lines and shapes, because of the dynamic effect it produced. It is said that looking at one of Riley’s drawings (Late Morning I (1967)) can result in motion sickness or even hallucination.
To end my blog post about Riley Bridget, I would like to share one of her famous quotes: “I work with nature, although in completely new terms.” It proves that behind each of her drawings there is an element from nature, for example a straight or curved line, which is manipulated so that it yields a work of art.
Source:
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/artic
Foundations of Art, Design, + Digital Culture 