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Monthly Archives: September 2013
“Story of Electronics” (Richardson)
I’ve always been a fan of those animation fused with live action videos. These “Story of Stuff” videos remind me of those UPS “whiteboard” commercials—which remind by of The Postal Service (the band)—who I saw in concert this summer in … Continue reading
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The Story of Stuff – Bottled Water and Cosmetics
First of all, let me just say that I think the woman in these videos needs to not be shown. I found her to be obnoxious and condescending. Putting a face to the voice just did not aid in my … Continue reading
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The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff website is a really creative concept to tell what is often a dry and redundant topic in a new and visually original way. I thoroughly enjoyed the use of animation that felt like something right off … Continue reading
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Is this the Real Story of Cosmetics?
This website, The Story of Stuff, is very creative. It is a great collection of data and information. There were many articles and videos that appealed to me but the one that I believed to be the most shocking was The Story … Continue reading
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Story of Stuff
I watched the “Story of Cosmetics” and very quickly became angry. Everything gives you cancer but somehow we are still surviving and our human race as we know is it not dying out because of Herbal Essence shampoo! Yes, people … Continue reading
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Story of Stuff
I really enjoyed exploring this website. I really like the layout and design of it. I felt that the design really matched the aspects that the site was trying to portray. All of their icons and navigation buttons look as … Continue reading
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Motion Designers
Motion Designers (including motion graphic designers and animators) Kyle Cooper Nick Park Brothers Quay Pablo Ferro Saul Bass Marc Craste Harry Marks Richard Greenberg Terry Gilliam Maurice Binder Chuck Jones Friz Freleng Tex Avery Matt Groening John Kricfalusi Mike Judge … Continue reading
3D Designers
3D Designers (including architects, product designers, etc.) Frank Gehry IM Pei Phillipe Starke Karim Rashid Marc Newson Zaha Hadid Rem Koolhaas Alvar Aalto Henry Dreyfuss Gerritt Rietveld Charles and Ray Eames Ron Arad Walter Gropius Antoni Gaudi Marcel Breuer Mies … Continue reading
Interactive Media Designers
Interactive Media Designers John Maeda Lev Manovich Katie Salen Bruce Tognazzi Donald Norman Brenda Laurel Mitchell Resnick Muriel Cooper Bill Moggridge Ed Tufte Richard Saul Wurman Ethan Marcotte Dan Cederholm Jeffrey Zeldman John Allsopp Jesse James Garrett Koi Vinh Mark … Continue reading
Fine Artists
Fine Artists Keith Haring Jean-Michel Basquiat Jasper Johns Andy Warhol Mel Ramos Chuck Close David Hockney Alphonse Mucha Egon Schiele Tom Wesselmann Franz Kline Piet Mondrian Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Kazimir Malevich Wayne Thiebaud Gustav Klimt Man Ray Sam Francis … Continue reading