"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Navigation - Part II
For 2nd part of the Navigation project the 1st part of the navigation project had to be reinterpreted into a physical piece.
For my 3D piece i took forward the line concept from my ipad for navigation.
The design is inspired by a spool of thread. Each color of the chord represents each element. As the purpose of my Ipad app was to help students and act as a guide to them with projects that can be done, the same interactivity has been carried forward in the physical piece. The voice of the physical piece calls out for the interactivity and makes sure that the viewer is indulged in it.
The circular motion of the spool is quiet visible in the whole piece.
On each flap of the heptagon, each element is placed. In the front side of the flap, there is definition along with example for each element. The back side of the flap shows related elements to the main element along with the research work. Later the base of the structure shows the viewer different projects being done for different elements.
All these elements are connected through colored chords, which starts from the front flap and goes all the way to the back and the bottom of the piece and wraps itself on the central cylinder to form a spool of threads.
As we have seen in the Ipad app, the colored lines start from the "elements of design" in a mixed form, here in the physical piece also the threads reached the "elements of design" by combining into each other.
The idea behind combining the chords is, that any design is incomplete without any one of the elements, therefore, while making the final design, we combine the knowledge of all the elements to form a sound and beautiful design.
In the 3D piece, balance has been maintained by the circular motion of the structure. the front of the flap has been divided into 2 rows grid which has been maintained throughout. As far as the voice of the piece is concerned, it calls out for curiosity to open up the structure and understand what is there inside it.
Following are the images that will tell you about the design of the structure...
Friday, November 30, 2012
Thanksgiving typography
Few typographic design for thanksgiving...
For more: http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/thanksgiving-typographic-designs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+graphicdesignblog+%28Graphic+Design+Blog%29
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Navigation Project
In this project, we have to organize the collected resources (our blog) into a navigable design app.
All the 11 topics as covered in the semester and related research and observation of the same has to be put in the app.
In
this the target audience has to be decided and the purpose of the app
even needs to be decided to make the navigation through the app
appropriate.
For
the app, I chose it to be named as Elements of Design. The basic idea
behind this app is to make the concept of all the elements
understandable to a student. The purpose of this app is to help a design
student entering the school understand the concepts of design and
different elements of the design. Along with the definition and
examples, the student also has the additional benefit of having a
project related to each element which they can practice.
All
the elements are joined through lines these lines provide the
navigation through the whole app. Each line has a separate color and
weight which is constant throughout the app and is related to a single
element.
The
first half of the app is dedicated to the definitions and examples for
the elements and the second half is for "projects to do". The name of
the element and the project is connected through lines. Each element has
a small tab near them which will direct the student to the project
related to that.
In
hierarchy terms major importance has been given to the name of the
elements.The progression of tints and shades of the same color has been
used to create a depth in the design. The middle-ground has been
utilized for the definitions. Rest of the information has been put on
the background.
The whole
design of the app is bright and inviting due to colors and feature of
jumping from one topic to the other related topic. the colors make the
app very interesting. Also there is a flow of information from one topic
to other.
For navigation
the primary role is being played by Lines. Also the buttons and call
outs help in linking the students to web world for more and detailed
information.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Charles and Ray Eames
American designers Charles and Ray Eames made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture, as well as graphic design, fine art, and even film. They are a great team that focused their passion, curiosity, and boundless enthusiasm to create a unique look of design in furniture.
The Eames aimed to use new materials in order to make everyday objects high quality that were both functional and could be mass produced within a reasonable budget.
The Earmes's believed that they could create functional art that had expression and design which any and everyone could enjoy.
For more information : http://eamesoffice.com/
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Sister Corita Kent
Sister Corita Kent claimed that she was simply a printmaker.
Sister Corita Kent is famous Internationally due to her spiritual art and her commitment to social justice. Her designs speaks her expression towards society and government. She freely expressed all the things not by speech but by designs. She also ran and Art department at Heart College until 1968 and afterwards shifted to Boston, Back Bay.
She loved the idea that she could make original artwork for those who couldn't afford expense art. Everyday people could purchase them and enjoy them - the goal being to "give people a lift...more fun out of life." She created all kinds of prints - serigraphs, cards, posters, murals, billboards. Selling them at churches, galleries, corporations and more. This way her work was available to many people.
For her all the designs the freely used color and shapes speaks the voice of freedom. She used exuberant splashes of color to make her work introspective. In the 1960s her work incorporated more abstract colors, text, and shapes. Her work evolved to using words as imagery. This use of words as imagery become popular in Corita's work because of her interest in the urban environment of the '60s and its use of signage.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Layers Project
In the layers project we had to do a series of Wall Installations and incorporate all of our understanding of different concepts in this class.
1st installation : There is an election coming up
2nd Installation : Its Serious
3rd Installation : Vote
Postmortem : Poster
Presentation : Pdf format link :https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_5rwV-317R8VE9TalVpdWpGUlk
Filigree
Filigree is the delicate process of jewelry making with tine beads and strings of metal, generally gold and silver. They are soldered together or to the surface of an object of the same metal and arranged in artistic motifs.
The art may be said to consist in curling, twisting and plaiting fine pliable threads of metal, and uniting them at their points of contact with each other, and with the ground.
Filigree jewelry design, and its twisting and soldering techniques, have an application in other metal-work such as wrought iron hanging wall brackets and silertoned doors.
Filigree is an art which is very famous in India. It is one of the most widely used form of jewelry making in India. Especially for wedding jewelry it is very widely used.
Apart from jewelry, it is also used for making decorative and ornamented boxes used for gifting purpose.
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