Author Archives: kyoder2

Final thoughts

Posted on December 6, 2011 by kyoder2

I’m walking away from this class with one idea in particular. The tools are now in place that anyone can make a Web site–or any work of design–so what sets a site apart is good design. I hope to God … Continue reading →

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Michael Bierut has strong opinions

Posted on December 4, 2011 by kyoder2

Good news. According to Michal Bierut’s essay: It takes a long time and a lot of people to produce even a modest piece of graphic design. I was so glad to hear that. Other gems: When in doubt make it … Continue reading →

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Detail, clutter, design, chaos – making sense of buzzwords

Posted on November 26, 2011 by kyoder2

“If the information is in chaos, don’t start throwing out information, instead fix the design.” “To clarify, add detail.” Those seem to be Edward Tufte’s crucial points about the iPhone interface. But they are just words. And I am feeling … Continue reading →

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Cycles and change

Posted on November 20, 2011 by kyoder2

As it turns out, there are female designers! A good many showed their faces on this project. I watched four: Ami Kealoha, Natalia Ilyin, Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Morla. I appreciated that they all believe that design has deeper meaning … Continue reading →

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Rick Morris – the process of a graphic artist

Posted on November 11, 2011 by kyoder2

Rick Morris is a talented fellow, from what I can tell. I suppose it’s appropriate considering the nature of his work that I most enjoyed seeing the visuals he’d produced, rather than just hearing him talk. He did have a … Continue reading →

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Title Sequences, design and storytelling

Posted on November 3, 2011 by kyoder2

‘Watch a handful’ always turns into ‘three hours later,’ doesn’t it? What started as assignment-completion viewing on watchthetitles.com became an internet-wide searching and honing and re-searching exercise in obsession. Well, we’ll just call it thorough research.

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Pica, Pisa, Pizza

Posted on October 28, 2011 by kyoder2

Above and beyond any narrative, the Pica Towers trilogy depicts a bleak world. The effect comes from emptying the experience of the sounds of humanity and inserting wind, occasionally, but mostly just amplifying the sounds of the movements that happen … Continue reading →

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Strategic intensity

Posted on October 20, 2011 by kyoder2

I’d actually gotten sucked into these films while watching the artist series. By now I’ve watched almost all of them. They’re very captivating. I think the best way to describe how I just can’t tear my eyes away is by … Continue reading →

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Data as a medium

Posted on October 17, 2011 by kyoder2

I watched this documentary here and then I followed the link at the end to datajournalism.stanford.edu. I am disappointed I didn’t watch the whole thing there. In the context of this Web site–the product of research produced through a Knight … Continue reading →

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Annie and Elon

Posted on October 8, 2011 by kyoder2

Annie Leonard was visiting Elon’s campus around the time that I first did in…2010? I remember being impressed by that based on what I knew of her. Even without the well-executed design and multimedia aspects of the presentation, the content … Continue reading →

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