I’ve been getting more excited about the iPad as its launch date draws near. As an Apple Fanboy I paid close attention on Keynote day and watched all the live coverage blogs to find out all the details. Continue Reading…
I recently finished reading a new book I received for my birthday a few weeks ago, Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips. What a great read! As its title expresses this book is focused on the basic principles that designers use every day. Each chapter focuses on one principle, such as pattern, transparency, point/line/plane, and layers. Using examples from professionals as well as many student projects from MICA, including one from my friend Meghana Khandekar, the book illustrates how these established elements of design are used in contemporary design practice. I really enjoyed how the book featured media that I frankly did not know much about in its examples. The book showcased several design pieces that were created using computer code, usually using the open source Java program Processing. The New Basics takes the model of teaching teaching design by principle and practice from the Bauhaus updates the principles to reflect current design practice. If I were taking a Design Basics class again I would definitely want this book at my side.
Randall Packer and Ken Jordan’s volume of essays detailing the history of multimedia Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality draws a clear relationship between the development of technology and multimedia art/design. The pioneers in motion design and interactivity relied on advancing technology and were often involved in its development. This process continues today in the camera market.
Here’s another paper I wrote for my Multimedia Survey class on realizing more effect content searching on the web. Read ahead and enjoy, I’ve added links where they didn’t exist in the paper version so you can see some of the stuff I’m talking about.