Author Archives: tgwennap

Parting Thoughts

Posted on December 8, 2011 by tgwennap

This semester in Visual Aesthetics has been a great experience.  There have been several things that have stuck out to me about design.  First off, it’s subjective.  Very subjective.  This only matters if you are designing commercially.  Second, fight for … Continue reading →

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Design over practicality

Posted on December 8, 2011 by tgwennap

For this weeks’ blog post, we had to read excerpts from 79 Short Essays on Design by  Michael Beirut.  Although they ranged to everything from hating Garamond font to Plagairism, I enjoyed the discussion about the New York City subway … Continue reading →

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Iphone Interface

Posted on November 30, 2011 by tgwennap

  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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“I hate remote controls”

Posted on November 21, 2011 by tgwennap

For this weeks’ blog post, we watched videos from the series 30 Conversations on Design.  I watched the short films of Emily Pilloton, John Miletello, and Michael Lebowitz.  In the videos, they discussed where they get their creative inspiration for … Continue reading →

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Rick Morris

Posted on November 14, 2011 by tgwennap

For this week’s blog, I watched the artist profile of Rick Morris on Lynda.com. Rick Morris is a successful motion graphics designer and offered insight into his process and inspiration. Although the video was full of valuable information, I was … Continue reading →

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Title Sequence Superlatives

Posted on November 7, 2011 by tgwennap

For this week’s blog posting, I looked at the title sequences from a couple films, featured on the website www.artofthetitle.com.  The first film title sequence I watched was The Usual Suspects, a crime drama directed by Bryan Singer.  Having seen … Continue reading →

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Short and Dark

Posted on October 30, 2011 by tgwennap

For this weeks blog we watched three short films by by Marc Craste and Studio AKA: The Good News, Hounds of Flesh, and Pizza Sangre.  These films are titled as dark, and they live up to the billing.  Each film … Continue reading →

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Curtis Films

Posted on October 24, 2011 by tgwennap

For this weeks’ blog post, I watched a few short films by the artist/filmmaker Hillman Curtis.  I picked three that ended up all with very different subject matters.  The first was Bridge, a short film about two friends connecting on … Continue reading →

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Infographic Me Tender

Posted on October 18, 2011 by tgwennap

For this week’s blog post, I watchedThis week’s blog post I watched the documentary Journalism in the Age of Data, concerning the infographic.  An infographic (not an actual word) is a method of presenting data or information using graphics and … Continue reading →

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Bottled Water and Cap and Trade

Posted on October 10, 2011 by tgwennap

For this week’s blog, I watched a couple videos from the “Story of Stuff” series and thought they were excellent.  For the sake of time, I only watched two videos, but I will finish the series later.  The two videos … Continue reading →

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