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Erasers and Q-Drums and birds, oh my!
This is yet another example in life that illustrates how literal of a person I am. I was expecting the designers to name specific piece of work, be it an ad, a piece of artwork, etc as a piece of … Continue reading
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iPhone Interface Design
This was an interesting video on Edward Tufte’s evaluation of the iPhone’s interface design. In my personal opinion, I have never seen a product that works more the way I want it to than Apple products. I don’t have an … Continue reading
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30 Conversations w/ Designers
These brief clips were really interesting. The first clip that I watched was of Tony Hawk. Obviously being familiar with Tony Hawk, I was interested in why he was considered a designer. I know that the has a clothing brand … Continue reading
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Essays
It’s always interesting to read descriptions and stories of other trades. Design is such a big world and so many people are involved, directly or indirectly. It’s as if we inadvertently stumble onto a liking of all things creative and … Continue reading
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iPhone
Prior to starting the program, I didn’t own any Apple products. My first experience with Apple products came while I was in elementary school. The AIG students had the opportunity to work with computers several days out of the week … Continue reading
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Short Essays on Design
How To Become Famous Tricky tricky tricky tips about how to win design competitions. These tips seem to bend the rules, but in fact they simply play the system. The 1-second rule is one that should be applied to every … Continue reading
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Administrative Debris.
Well, before now I saw the iphone as god. Now I can’t open the stock market app without thinking, “look at this ‘Chartoon’”! Mac design always seems to be at the top of its game, but its interesting to see … Continue reading
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Learning From Visual Aesthetics
In this course I have learned many things. For one I have learned to look harder into what I am seeing, not only with my eyes, but to delve deeper in hierarchy of the design, both visually and harmoniously. I … Continue reading
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iPhone Interface Design
The iPhone was the first Apple product I owned. The design blew me away, it was so easy to use and intuitive and it hooked me on Apple products. Soon after I had a Macbook, and the rest is history. … Continue reading
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iPhone interface design
Edward Tufte is clearly extremely excited about iPhone interface design! Even though he is relatively monotone throughout his exploration of the iPhone he does bring up some good points about how the interface is set up, however he is using … Continue reading
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