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Iphone Interface
For this weeks’ blog post, we examined a critique of the iPhone interface by Edward Tufte. He discusses the many successes and occasional flaws of the interface. I’ll start with the many successes. Initially, the iPhone interface design allows … Continue reading
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Famous is Not Everything But Begets Plagiarism
Being famous is great. You potentially make more money. You get name recognition. It is easier for you to get a job. Everyone sees and (hopefully) appreciates your work. But being famous also can incur a high cost. Everyone expects you … Continue reading
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iPhone Failure
I am thankful that iPhone gave us a better screen resolution. I am thankful that the iPhone has given us a higher pixel density. I am glad that the iPhone has made the web be compatible with mobile. I am … Continue reading
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Title Design
One of my favorite movies is Thank You For Smoking. I find is cynical, cunning and wrong. But I love every minute of it. The movie also has an awesome title sequence. From a design perspective the entire sequence is … Continue reading
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Troika Design
Troika Design The thing that I really liked about the video is the method in which they go about their creative work. As a person who likes this side of the industry I like work environments like this and would … Continue reading
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iPhone
Wow, while the information presented in the iPhone interface video the video could not have been any more painful to watch. With that being said, I really like the look and simple interface that most apple products have. As an … Continue reading
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Casting the Right Roles.
I watched a video entitled: Director’s Panel: On Directing. I specifically honed in the Casting the Right Roles potion of the panel. They had several directors discussing their selections for actors/characters for movies such as The Hangover, Avatar, The Hurt … Continue reading
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The essays of Beirut
Essay 31 – Information Design and the Placebo Effect You know those buttons at crosswalks that people hit frantically when in a hurry to cross the street…. turns out they don’t often work. They are just one example of information … Continue reading
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Madness in the Method
Watching Rick Morris talk about his method and showing his house really was interesting for me. He wasn’t the crazy artist but he was also not the crazy hipster ultra modern sterile artist. This gives me hope for people like … Continue reading
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iPhone Interface – Information design
The thing that most resonates from Edward Tufte’s overview of the iPhone interface are his parting words. “Clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. If the information is in chaos don’t start throwing … Continue reading
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