at first look shinyshiny doesnt look like it is in any way connected to art in any manner. However, the way that I visually asess the world is by critiquing the design of objects in our environment. I can't count how many times I have almost rearended someone because I was gawking at some awful lettering on a store or being entranced by a store facade design. Design to me is an art form that searches for ways to artistically express a concept in a way that is easily accessible to the viewerm, ergonomical, and innovative in its styling and function. And so often its so awful, and in many ways that has become my mission in my life - to rid the world of bad design.
This site picks out the top gadgets in Europe (some in the US) and writes short blogs about them. One in particular stood out to me as a classic example of how a designer takes the world as its happening around him, thinks of a problem with a specific event, topic, object, or style and fads and put their own twist on it. They take something preexisting and make it better - that's essentially all designers do. We must take what is the eseence of X that is marketable and put our own creative twist on it to make it fresh and BETTER.
My little example :)
(retro is cool and quirky and mp3 player is marketable and hot - the combination makes each new and exciting)
Ok the picture won't post but heres a link to it:
http://www.shinyshiny.tv/0%2C1425%2Csz%3D1%26i%3D157160%2C00.gif
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About Me
- ucci
- i am a student at usc studying fine arts. my passion is graphic design, photography, and painting. art consumes me. sometimes i manage to consume it.
1 comment:
i love this site! i cant believe that i hadn't discovered it before either. i think technology in a sense is art, and vice versa. they work together hand in hand, and so, it is rather fitting to have this as one of your posts. if you haven't checked out geekologie.com, i think you should. kind of the same idea, but a little cheekier writing. :-)
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