David Carson is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is renowned for his unique aesthetic breaking the conventional rules and grid and type system. This aesthetic is called “Grunge Typography”. Carson is the original and a pioneer of “Grunge Typography”. When his work was known to public in early 1990s, his experimental typography and magazine design inspire young designers and produced a plenty of imitators. He makes young generation to accept typography as a medium of…
The first tennis ball machine that is a possible purchasing item for AIM is the Lobster Elite Freedom Ball machine. According to TennisExpress.com, which is a website that is connected with a Houston, Texas based store that sells tennis ball machines, clothing, accessories, equipment, and other tennis related items. On the Tennis Express website, the company lists and compares their items to give their consumers as much information for an informed purchasing decision. On the website, Tennis…
4.1 Intro A marketing strategy would not be complete without the use of social media. Forty-seven percent of marketers spend at least sixteen hours per week concentrated on social media activities (Stelzner, 2011). Social media is defined as electronic tools where content, perspectives, and insights can be shared amongst users. It is also used to generate connections between people and businesses (Nair, 2011). Social media tools include blogs, discussion boards, wikis, consumer product rating…
the larger national markets was supplied primarily by domestic production, and indigenous manufacturers tended to be market leaders. For example in 1970, the Big Three (GM, Ford, and Chrysler) held close to 85 percent of the US market, VW and Daimler Benz dominated the market in Germany, as did Fiat in Italy, British Leyland (later Rover) in the UK, Seat in Spain, and Renault, Peugeot, and Citroen in France. By 2004, the industry was global in scope—the world’s leading manufacturers were…
Everyday millions of people around the world suffer in circumstances, in which they could die from lack of proper care and resources. In Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer acknowledges this issue facing humanity and argues for the moral obligation to give large amounts of money to those in need. Singer believes that all who are able should be giving up many, if not all of their luxuries to help give the less fortunate their necessities. I will begin by summarizing the argument that…
Environmental change and racialization have long been interconnected in the history of the environment, particularly since World War II. Hurricane Katrina is a primary example of an environmental event that depicts the connection between change and racialization established in environmental history. The documentary “Mine: Taken by Katrina” is more than a story of tales debriefing the separation of pets and their owners, it further serves as an example of the ways government policies, business…
As an employee here at AIM, a youth tennis-based education organization, during my time participating and working alongside our youth athletes, I have become aware that plenty of our athletes enjoy using our tennis ball machines to improve their tennis skills and coordination. However, I have also noticed that our athletes do not use the machines alone. They love to work together, hone in on their tennis skills and even utilize the ball machine for creating games. However, with the organization…
It takes us 20 minutes to drive from Cambridge to Boston. As I'm in the car, I stare out at the scenery of the cityscape. The tall buildings of downtown overshadows the sun, they consist of expensive shops and office buildings. The streets are filled with people rushing to get to stores for their over-the-top sales. Women are strolling along the streets with a child or two with them, while holding shopping bags, from the finest stores in the city. Elegant Silks is one of the top stores in the…
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) The Future Automobiles BY: Syed Naveed Kamil Introduction: As hybrid vehicles have become one of the established automobile segment by capturing a sizable share in the global automobile market over the last decade, the quest for fuel saving has pushed the technology to newer fronts. Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) are the contemporary disruption in the conventional car market and causing ripples in the automobile…
Whittington’s perspective about strategy: Richard Whittington classifies strategy into four different perspectives. They are classical, processual, evolutionary and systemic: Classical theory of management, it is prevalent in the first half of the 20th century tissue introduced in the 19th century, for example, specialized in solving industrial management issues, and seeking efficiency, improve quality, reduce staff and the relationship between the cost of administration. His other…