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Art History Thesis: Postmodern Installation Art

Written by admin on March 04, 2012 in Personal Musings
Memory and Jewish Cultural Representation In Postmodern Installation Art   Brutality, starvation, torture, and for the lucky ones a quick death culminate as the product of the Final Solution of Nazi Germany. Annihilation was the definitive fate of more than six million Jewish people. However, for those born post World Word II, those who have not experienced the horrors of war firsthand,...
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Path of Most Resistance

Written by admin on December 04, 2011 in Personal Musings
Process is Everything Pretty Sketchy by Jason Santa Maria The ability to create stunning designs relies on the creative ideas generated during the design process. When a designer turns to the computer first, the level of inspiration is immediately stifled. According to the Standardistas, “The path of least resistance is often characterized by cliché and overused techniques – one per cent...
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Pondering Grid Theory

Written by admin on November 25, 2011 in Personal Musings
Renaissance artists used divine proportion to design. Grid Structures: Torment or Blessing? The concept of grid structures tormented me for years as a novice designer. I struggled to “conform” to the rigid structure and still creatively express myself. Only after a year into my first real design job did the repeated duress of my creative director yelling ‘where is the grid in this...
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Method to the Madness

Written by admin on November 09, 2011 in Personal Musings
Breaking all the Rules Neville Brody Anti Design Festival: Neville Brody. Neville Brody is a highly respected designer and typographer internationally. Brody, a modern day maverick designer seeks to shake up the commercialized self-serving design industry with a new perspective.  Having recently taken over the Head of Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art role, Brody...
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Trending the Helvetica Typeface

Written by admin on November 02, 2011 in Personal Musings
And the winner is… Helvetica Top 10 Trendy Typography Fonts In the field of print design, the font rules! The most popular trending font for print designers currently is Helvetica. Considering Helvetica was originally design in 1957, based on a classic 1896 transitional san serif face, the consistent stroke widths have stood the test of time and came out victorious. With literally tens of...

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