Pop Art

Saw an interesting entry about polipop & paintings, an exhibit about politics intersecting with pop art. What comes to mind is the popular Obama portrait:

Pop art is an interesting medium in which politics can be expressed and commented on. Propaganda art is also a genre that has garnered popular interest. Very cool commentary on how art effects and interacts with popular culture and current events.

Print

http://www.bmoreart.com/2012/04/photos-from-bma-print-fair.html

Saw this about print art and thought it was interesting. While searching for graphic design and print art, I came across "Print" magazine. There was a "print in motion winner" seen here:

http://imprint.printmag.com/film2/print-in-motion-winner-medusa-in-fragments/

I thought it was very interesting use of type and motion.

Film & Title Design

I found this while perusing the internet. I never really stopped to think about how heavily design is involved in the title sequences of shows and movies. That being said, they really are integral to the media. I love all the sequences shown in the video. Mad Men's, of course, is clean and abstract. Blue Valentine is out of focus and ethereal. Tone is so important, not just in these sequences but, I think, in design everywhere. Very cool video.

Layers

I was listening to Beach House when I started thinking about how, in music, so much of the complexity comes from layers of sound. I know this may sound obvious, but I started thinking about how pretty much every aspect of our environment, including design, depends on layers. Visual layers that build to make something eye-catching. I was also thinking of the Master Work due for Color Theory, which necessitates layers of different color paper.

Cool Commercial

 

I really like this video promoting Nature Valley's promote the parks project. I think the tree shadows transforming into the upc is very clever and I love the clean look - it goes well with Nature Valley's advertising presence.

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The Need for Design

I was thinking today what the world would be like without design. All of the fonts would be the same, signs and ads would be bland and to-the-point. The world would be black and white. Anyway, it was something I was thinking about as I was driving to class, looking at the different signs and bumperstickers on the backs of cars. Design creates the world around us in a way. A visual means of communication, which is so vital and necessary to people. Just some thoughts.