Daily Archives: December 2, 2011

The Story of Stuff

We have become so lax and lazy in this country & the world over.  Especially as Americans we have shopaholics, people using retail therapy to get over things, we value things more than people.  It has been quite a long … Continue reading

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Hillman Curtis: Artist Series

The first video I viewed in the Hillman Curtis series was about architect Daniel Libeskind. Libeskind explained to us that you can’t be a skeptic when you build a building, but you can be in other endeavors such as composing … Continue reading

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Musings

        Coming from a graphic design background, I thought that this Visual Aesthetics course was going to be a waste of time for me. Man oh man was I wrong! The visual aesthetics course has taught me … Continue reading

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79 Short Essays on Design

  Reading three of graphic designer Michael Bierut 79 Short Essays on Design, I have gained a lot of tips on the world of graphic design. The three essays I choose to read where, Information Design and the Placebo Effect, … Continue reading

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