combination of text and image

Scenic Review IV, 1997/2002

Simple combinations of text and image that compliment each other. It not only informs, but creates a new form of communication.

 

A New York Times Op-Ed page 

Text become images - and how little of it speaks so much.

Wednesday, 16 June 2010: Sir Richard Dearlove, p.18

Hamburger Bahnhof [2011] Philipp  Lachenmann. Some Scenic Views. [Online]

 http://www.hamburgerbahnhof.de/exhibition.php?id=29033&lang=en [28/01/2011]
Iraq Inquiry [2011] Wednesday, 16 June 2010: Sir Richard Dearlove. [Online]

 http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/media/50694/20100616-Dearlove.pdf [28/01/2011]

Johnson, G. & Michaelov, A. [2011] A Brief History of the Art. [Online]
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/25/opinion/opedat40-illustration.html
 [28/01/2011]
Norton-Taylor, R. (2011) OK, thank you – spy chief Dearlove's Iraq evidence revealed ... sort
 of [Online] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/jan/25/richard-dearlove-chilcot-testimony-redacted [28/01/2011]

Paul Rand on External Influence

It is no secret that the real world in which the designer functions is not the world of art, but the world of buying and selling. For sales, and not design are the raison d’etre of any business organization. Unlike the salesman, however, the designer’s overriding motivation is art: art in the service of business, art that enhances the quality of life and deepens appreciation of the familiar world.

...

The designer who voluntarily presents his client with a batch of layouts does so not out prolificacy, but out of uncertainty or fear. He thus encourages the client to assume the role of referee. In the event of genuine need, however, the skillful designer is able to produce a reasonable number of good ideas. But quantity by demand is quite different than quantity by choice. Design is a time-consuming occupation. Whatever his working habits, the designer fills many a wastebasket in order to produce one good idea. Advertising agencies can be especially guilty in this numbers game. Bent on impressing the client with their ardor, they present a welter of layouts, many of which are superficial interpretations of potentially good ideas, or slick renderings of trite ones.

...

The skilled graphic designer is a professional whose world is divided between lyricism and pragmatism. He is able to distinguish between trendiness and innovation, between obscurity and originality. He uses freedom of expression not as a license for abstruse ideas, and tenacity not as bullheadedness but as evidence of his own convictions. His is an independent spirit guided more by an “inner artistic standard of excellence”* than by some external influence. At the same time as he realizes that good design must withstand the rigors of the marketplace, he believes that without good design the marketplace is a showcase of visual vulgarity.

*Anthony Storr, “The Dynamics of Creation”, (New York, 1972), 189.

Rand, P. [2010] The Politics of Design. [Online] 
http://www.paul-rand.com/index.php/site/thoughts_politics/ [28/05/2010]

The Art Of Conversation: London—Berlin

1 chain of exchanging ideas. 

10 London design studios.

10 Berlin design studios. 

20 original works.
[The Art of Conversation, 2010]

The Art of Conversation (2010) The Art Of Conversation: London—Berlin. Trailer / Half way teaser. [Online] http://vimeo.com/9699994 [22/05/2010]

The Art of Conversation [2010] The Art Of Conversation: London—Berlin. [Online]http://www.theartofconversation.org/face.html [22/05/2010]
Dazed Digital (2010) Art of Conversation. [Online]
http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/article/7555/1/Art_of_Conversation [22/05/2010]

Sound: SolarBeat

SolarBeat

Twyman, L. [2010] Solar Beat 01. [Online] http://www.whitevinyldesign.com/solarbeat/ [07/05/2010]
The Sound Agency [2010] Audio. [online] http://www.thesoundagency.com/docs/Sound%20Affects.mp3 [27/02/2010]

Metrofarm: The Wall

"It is delivered in a custom-made cardboard box and can be ordered directly from Metrofarm.

It's dimensions are:

Height 16cm, depth 11cm, width 10cm,

weight 550g" (Metrofarm, 2006)

Metrofarm (2006) The Wall. [Online] http://www.metrofarm.net/thewall/?image=3 [07/04/2010]

Wall and Fashion

Art is Everywhere (2009) Another Form of Canvas. [online] http://www.ashley-spencer.com/ArtIsEverywhere/?tag=berlin-wall-art [06/04/2010]

Comenetz, J. (2009) in Casciato, P. (ed.) "Berlin Wall Graffiti Returns as Leather Fashion" [online] http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5583YC20090609 [06/04/2010]

Mauerkleider [2010] East Side Gallery Goes Fashion - by Rodan. [online] http://www.mauerkleider.de/index.html [06/04/2010]

The Fashionables (2009) German Designer Commemorates The Fall Of The Berlin Wall. [online] http://www.thefashionables.com/2009/07/german-designer-commemorates-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/ [06/04/2010]

Heil Democracy!

Heil Democracy!

Grugel, M. L. (2009) Heil Democracy! [online] http://www.nosugar-studio.co.uk/ [06/04/2010]

Mauer Matress

Euronews (2009) Design: Berlin Wall Matresses. [online] http://www.euronews.net/images_old/09/W300px_lemag-mauermatratzen.jpg

Mauer-Mob Recreates Wall

The Mauer Mob relies on the organisational power of internet to create a "temporary monument of reflection" (Bunz, 2009). 33,000 people are asked to stand for 15 minutes, marking the path where the Wall once stood. Facebook and other social media helped organise people to the event (Bunz, 2009).

Bunz, M. (2009) The fall of the Berlin Wall in Digital Media. [online] http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/09/fall-of-berlin-wall-digital-media-social-networks

Mauer Mob [2009] 33.000 Menschenstellen die Berliner Mauer wieder her. [online]
http://www.mauer-mob.com/home.php

2009 Lamp Shade

FOC (2009) FOC Celebrates the Fall of Berlin Wall. [online] http://www.freedomofcreation.com/home/foc-celebrates-the-fall-of-berlin-wall

Berlin Wall 3D Animation

Frey, C. [2009] The Berlin Wall. [online] http://www.freypark.com/designer/selected/berliner_mauer/0.html/?screenres=2

The Modern Lister's Guide

Burrows, J. [2009] The Modern Lister's Guide. [online] http://www.jezburrows.com/modern/

Signs of the Zodiac

Lang, T. & Chaves, E. [2009] Signs of the Zodiac. [online] http://www.alwayswithhonor.com/#23492/Signs-of-the-Zodiac

Brain Cardio

Lang, T. & Chaves, E. [2009] Brain Cardio. [online] http://www.alwayswithhonor.com/#8724/Brain-Cardio

Interesting, Easy, Beautiful, True?

Information needs to be interesting (meaningful & relevant) and have integrity (accuracy, consistency)

Design needs to have form (beauty & structure) and function (it has to work and be easy to use) (McCandless, 2009)

McCandless, D. (2009) Interesting, Easy,Beautiful, True? [online] http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/interesting-easy-beautiful-true/

The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions

McCandless, D. (2009) The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions. [online] http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-hierarchy-of-digital-distractions/
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Bestiario: Variations of Data and Mapping

Variations of data and mapping.

Bestiario [2009] {b.}bestiario. [online] http://www.bestiario.org/
Visual Complexity [2009] reMap. [online] http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=700&index=700&domain=

The Wall Between Art and Design

At the Core Unit session yesterday, the group of MA students were split into small groups to analyse a short film. This was the second Core Unit session where I noticed a boundary between Fine Arts students (from Fine Arts and Drawing courses) and "designers" (from DIgital Arts and Sound & Animation courses). Many "design students" are sometimes referred to as people who aren't exactly artists.

I've talked to my friends in Digital Arts and Animation & Sound Design courses, and they have noticed this too. I think we all see ourselves as artists, but one group seems to think the other isn't. Is there a divide of perceptions between the two groups? Is there another wall?

I remember a session where we discussed whether there were art and design differences in creativity. Most of us thought there were subtle differences... but it seemed as if design was not part of "art". In the discussion group we loosely agreed that  artists and designers are as creative as one another. Is it that important to differentiate? 

"Some designers consider themselves artists, but few artists consider themselves designers" and this is due to the "entirely different" relations they have within the creative culture, claims O'Nolan [2009]. 

O'Nolan, J. [2009] The Difference between Art and Design. [online]

 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/the-difference-between-art-and-design/

http://jehiah.cz/archive/design-is-not-art


http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/







BBC (2009) In Pictures: Meeting at the Fence. [online] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7908368.stm

Mapping into Diagrams: Identität

Loh, J. & Fiedler, S. [2009] Identitat. [online] http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
~IDENTITÄT (2009) ~IDENTITÄT: The »Gestalt« of digital identity. [online] http://www.digital-identities.com/concept.html