Dexter by Design

As a small child I can imagine running around my living room pretending to be Britney Spears. I even have a picture of me, posing like Britney from the cover of her Oops!... I Did It Again album. But until this class I never considered the reasons behind album artwork. I always assumed artist had to have one. Of course, I have my favorite album artworks for my own bias and, sometimes, subconscious reasons; it’s time to analyze the artwork the artist made a choice to pair with their music. I…

Tara Donovan is an American artist from Brooklyn, New York who creates sculptural installation art pieces out of everyday simple objects, such as plastic cups, paper plates, pencils, straws, and polyester film. Donovan transforms these ordinary everyday objects into large-scale installations which in some cases create a depiction of nature resembling landscape scenes including, mountains glaciers, icicles, rocks, and more. When Donovan was interviewed by Daniel Comiskey, he asked her, “Why use…

before him the CD covers were photographic portraits bands or singers. Dwiggins The fourth is William Addison Dwiggins. He was a book designer from Cambridge, Ohio. In his opinion, he thought that if industrial machines also could produce fine design, no reason why new technology could not make it beautifully. He was interested in many fields,…

This week I spoke to Norax Ayala who’s work was displayed in the Merlino Gallery. She is currently finishing up her last year in the masters program for print making. She decided that she wanted to major in art right after high school. She had always had an interest in art, which her mother had some influence in. She is from Southern California and came to Long Beach for grad school. She has just recently moved to Anaheim as well. Norax likes her art to be abstract and figurative. To make her…

had and continues to have a huge impact on the design community. He had a few different careers before becoming a world renowned designer that we know of today. Growing up in Germany he was exposed to carpentry at a young age because his grandfather worked as a one and this defi nitely infl uenced his decision to become a carpenter when he grew up. He was very successful in this fi eld and he later branched off to both architecture and interior design in the beginning of the 1950s, was another…

something must be intended to play a certain role. 2: Designer’s design things with an intention for it to play a certain role. 3: Things that are intelligently designed must have a purpose. 4: Therefore, all things with a purpose must have an intelligent designer. Paragraph 1: (Note that my argument is valid, define and clarify any terminology that could be controversial.)…

Reilly Salness Art History Topic 1 Throughout the centuries, graphic design influenced society in a variety of ways. The influence evolved through the usage of posters, magazine design, concert posters, and music cover art. In the 1960’s young designers began to reject the social norms. They perceived their parents’ style to be outdated and developed their own style, psychedelia. This art movement with its distortions and bright colors drew its inspiration from the usage of psychedelic drugs…

Design is born when individuals revolt against the norms and rules placed on them by history, artist, and the want and needs of society in any given time period. Learning about these limitations and their origins in an attempt to change what is already set in stone, this is the life style of a designer; to think outside of the box while considering the parameters onto which one feels comfortable, able, and ready. Often going against rules on purpose to express freedom and demand change, which…

occupation it might be. It's a typical question among ordinary citizens that 'what does a graphic designer do?' The question, regardless of whether he is into publicizing or computer graphics, leaves individuals in the realm of confusion. Graphical design is important for the success of your production, online or offline business. It is advisable for you to leave it to experts to create perfect images for you. Whatever you decide to do, don't just think that a little bit of clip art or perhaps…

Some things to know about Parsons are: There is another campus in Paris which was built before the New York campus. Parsons New York is one of the best schools to go to for design and the fine arts. It is also a brand new school. The BFA in fashion design program is the one I want to take. In this program you must complete 120 credits and must maintain a 2.0 GPA at least. Each term you have to complete 15 credits for 4 years. Some of the courses to take are: Drawing/Imaging- In this course you…