Author Archives: mhayes10

BROADCAST DESIGN

Posted on December 12, 2011 by mhayes10

HARRY MARKS Good type matters because type speaks to you. You can explore type in the most infinite ways, because the possibility of scale is infinite.  It’s very important to know the rules because once you know them you can … Continue reading →

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JOURNALISM IN THE AGE OF DATA

Posted on December 12, 2011 by mhayes10

The best way to learn about visualization is to make them, the same way that people learned about typography and desktop publishing. The results where not that good in the beginning but now people have gotten good at it.  With … Continue reading →

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Toward an Aesthetics of Transition

Posted on December 12, 2011 by mhayes10

Maybe some of these “doomsayers” are correct; maybe the digital revolution will mean the death of the book. More and more now we can download just about any book we want. Also, look at what the digital revolution has done … Continue reading →

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MUSINGS

Posted on December 3, 2011 by mhayes10

This class has taught me to look at things in a different way; not just art but some of the things in our day-to-day life that we may take for granted.  I never really thought about all of the various … Continue reading →

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PICA TOWERS

Posted on December 3, 2011 by mhayes10

This trilogy just goes to show that you can create thought provoking content without all of the bells and whistles. Plot. Check. Simple animation. Check. Your audience leaving in total wonderment. Double check! The Good News This vignette opens dark … Continue reading →

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30 CONVERSATIONS ON DESIGN

Posted on December 3, 2011 by mhayes10

JESSICA HELFAND // Graphic Designer, Educator, Writer, Theorist, 2010 Series HIGHER LEARNING Graphic Designer Jessica Helfand states that she learns from her students because their perspectives continue to change. Helfand goes on to make the point that in the future, … Continue reading →

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79 SHORT ESSAYS ON DESIGN

Posted on December 3, 2011 by mhayes10

The essays that I chose to read by Michael Bierut were: I Am a Plagiarist, I Hate ITC Garamond, Information Design and the Placebo Effect, How to Become Famous and Vladimir Nabokov: Father of Hypertext, but I am only discussing … Continue reading →

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iPhone Interface

Posted on December 3, 2011 by mhayes10

Honestly, I found this video to be dirt dry. Edward Tufte put me to sleep a couple of times (sorry I’m sure he’s a great guy). Sadly, I had to watch the video a couple of times (I don’t have … Continue reading →

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The Story of Stuff

Posted on December 2, 2011 by mhayes10

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

Posted on December 2, 2011 by mhayes10

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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