Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity.
I couldn't even make it through this one because of his voice. It reminds me of Emily Austin's type speech on questions at the end of sentences. That's all I could think about while watching... I just kept thinking of her motion. From what I heard, he did make some good points, though.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
hillman curtis artist series films
Milton Glaser is the man.
"I've always believed that the life of the designer is of two sensibilities— one of a businessman and one of a designer."
Art can bring people together across cultures. Milton Glaser's work is appreciated across the world. Artists work to sell their product and to make a point. Designers are essentially the same, so why the divide? Milton teaches because it makes him feel good. He finds it exciting to see somebody change and improve from something he has said or done to help them. When I was little, I made my dad buy me an overhead projector, because I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I had a classroom set up in the basement, with school supplies and real desks, and would spend day in and day out talking to myself (students) and grading papers (ones I had done). I love to learn. I love to learn about life and to help others put life into perspective. I think I should get in touch with that principle again. I want to help others learn from the mistakes that I've made and push them into something better.
Social commentary is part of the graphic design practice because we have the ability to transfer ideas. These ideas should cause no harm. You want to do something that relates to where you are, your city, your home, your world.
"If you can sustain your interest in what you're doing, you're an extremely fortunate person. You get tired, and indifferent, and sometimes defensive, and you kind of lose your capacity for astonishment. And that's a great loss—because the world is a very astonishing place. Things still amaze me."
To speak on this quote, I feel like my design potential is hindered by the fact that I'm in school and cannot time manage everything that I want to accomplish. Though time management is a stronger quality of mine, it feels like it's never enough. My ability to come up with concepts and ideas, and to be inspired by anything and everything will soon pay off, and I won't have to be on the side of actually making the design.
"I've always believed that the life of the designer is of two sensibilities— one of a businessman and one of a designer."
Art can bring people together across cultures. Milton Glaser's work is appreciated across the world. Artists work to sell their product and to make a point. Designers are essentially the same, so why the divide? Milton teaches because it makes him feel good. He finds it exciting to see somebody change and improve from something he has said or done to help them. When I was little, I made my dad buy me an overhead projector, because I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I had a classroom set up in the basement, with school supplies and real desks, and would spend day in and day out talking to myself (students) and grading papers (ones I had done). I love to learn. I love to learn about life and to help others put life into perspective. I think I should get in touch with that principle again. I want to help others learn from the mistakes that I've made and push them into something better.
Social commentary is part of the graphic design practice because we have the ability to transfer ideas. These ideas should cause no harm. You want to do something that relates to where you are, your city, your home, your world.
"If you can sustain your interest in what you're doing, you're an extremely fortunate person. You get tired, and indifferent, and sometimes defensive, and you kind of lose your capacity for astonishment. And that's a great loss—because the world is a very astonishing place. Things still amaze me."
To speak on this quote, I feel like my design potential is hindered by the fact that I'm in school and cannot time manage everything that I want to accomplish. Though time management is a stronger quality of mine, it feels like it's never enough. My ability to come up with concepts and ideas, and to be inspired by anything and everything will soon pay off, and I won't have to be on the side of actually making the design.
"your life needs to be balanced between home and space."
Debbie Millman is the president of the AIGA. Her podcast show is called "Design Matters" and has been around since 2005. I listened to her interview with Natalia Ilyin. Natalia Ilyin is a design critic, teacher, author, and practitioner. She takes a personal look at the philosophy of modernism and its effects on our culture, most defiantly some icons of our culture.
"I have no interest in looking bizarre, because I'm bizarre in the inside."
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Refugeeism and place are very important to her. She thinks it fits into her perfectionism. "If you don't know where you're from, you don't know who you are." —Stigner. Ilyin thinks that's very important, not just for every people, but also for designers. I like that Ilyin connects design with concepts of life and the lessons of life that should be learned—such as the importance of home or the realization of self.
"I have no interest in looking bizarre, because I'm bizarre in the inside."
"
Refugeeism and place are very important to her. She thinks it fits into her perfectionism. "If you don't know where you're from, you don't know who you are." —Stigner. Ilyin thinks that's very important, not just for every people, but also for designers. I like that Ilyin connects design with concepts of life and the lessons of life that should be learned—such as the importance of home or the realization of self.
for people who give a damn.
www.good.is
GOOD is a new kind of agency—a nonprofit organization that integrates all forms of media to help others via design. The website and quarterly magazine cover a variety of topics of current events in the food, politics, health, culture, and urban planning realm. I believe that doing work for others is more beneficial than anything, and especially in a design sense. Life is too short to be concerned with yourself. The people that you meet and learn from are what will help you to succeed.
GOOD is a new kind of agency—a nonprofit organization that integrates all forms of media to help others via design. The website and quarterly magazine cover a variety of topics of current events in the food, politics, health, culture, and urban planning realm. I believe that doing work for others is more beneficial than anything, and especially in a design sense. Life is too short to be concerned with yourself. The people that you meet and learn from are what will help you to succeed.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
I'm not a crook.
Who is speaking? Former President Richard Nixon.
Why was/is the speech important to society? It was a HUGE scandal at the time (1973) and this was Nixon's chance to defend himself to the American people to insist that he had not made any profit from his public service.
Why do you feel this is important or interesting? A lot of people during his time thought that Nixon was a fraud and a crook - hearing his side is a little ironic.
What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech? It was an hour-long televised question and answer session by the President. He seems tense and misspoken, but kept insisting his innocent standing on the Watergate scandal. He acknowledged he made a mistake in not supervising the campaign activities closer. It feels like a plead. There's a sense of guilt in his voice.
What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses...
What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed? Loud="I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice." "I've earned everything I've got." Soft= The parts about how he got the money to pay for the things he did. Paused= "So that's where the money came from." "I made my mistakes. But in all my years in public life... public service. I've earned every cent. I've never obstructed justice." "I'm not a crook."
Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words? His call to action is to assure America he is not a crook.
How does it make you feel? It makes me feel a little uncomfortable. I feel like he is apologizing to me personally, when really I wasn't alive at the time.
How do you imagine that the audience felt? I bet some (Democrats, maybe?) were all for it, trying to convince everyone that he was a good President. I'm sure others just laughed at it the whole time.
Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech.
In the presidential election of 1972, Nixon and Agnew ran against Democrats George McGovern (1922–) and Sargent Shriver (1915–). The election was a landslide for Nixon, but no one was expecting what would happen next. During his last election campaign, what first appeared as a minor burglary was to become the beginning of the end of Nixon's political career. A break-in at Democratic national headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, D.C., was linked to Republicans.
During the trial of six men charged in the crime, the existence of the cover-up began to emerge and government officials fell like dominos in its path. By October 1973, as the Watergate investigation continued, Nixon lost several top aides as well as his vice president. Agnew resigned before pleading no contest to federal charges of receiving bribes, failing to pay his taxes properly, and other crimes while serving as governor of Maryland.
Soon the U.S. Supreme Court forced Nixon to turn over tape recordings he made during the election. The tapes showed he obstructed, or blocked, justice in stopping a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) probe of the Watergate burglary. On August 9, 1974, in national disgrace, he became the first president of the United States to choose to leave office before the end of his term. He boarded a plane with his wife and returned to his California home, ending his public career. A month later, in a controversial move, President Gerald Ford (1913–) issued an unconditional pardon for any offenses Nixon might have committed while president.
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