Saturday, 31 May 2008
Flash GEEK has to COME OUT!
Bruno Bozzetto born in Milano , Italy , in 1938 created his first animated short "Tapum, the weapons' story" back in 1958 at the age of 20, (MMmmmmmh okay zia you got one year to make something happen!!!!!!). One of Bozzetto's most famous creations was a character known as "Mr Rossi". Bruno Bozzetto produced many animations screened all over the world, despite their simplicity he has received many awards including The Golden Bear Award for "Mr Tao" at the Berlin Film Festival and an Oscar Nomination for "Grasshoppers" in 1991.
Thanks to his keen interest in 2D animation technique he creates “Europe&Italy”, the very first of the many animations created with macromedia flash. Since 2000 he has been devoting his time to Flash animations for the web gaining great success. Do browse through his website is www.bozzetto.com. DAMN...IM INSPIRED!!!!!
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I love the 2d animation going on there, i'm just not sure where it was modeled, 3d studio max or flash? I would sure love to make such.
Ambitions hit the pinnacle
Lots of awe and respect to HMC INTERACTIVE a firm that creates engaging interactive multimedia projects. I'm too damn ambitious right now, to join the race. watch the vids to see what i'm talking about and check out their website. http://www.hmcinteractive.co.uk/hmc_work.php
I could not embed the work they have done however i came across some random ones on you tube.
I could not embed the work they have done however i came across some random ones on you tube.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Globalization, Digitalization,
who would have thought that human nature would have a major impact on design today.? how humans control the environment through tools, to how high heeled shoes affect the natural ways of walking. I recently came across an article by Dori Tunstall on Design Anthropology. She says
"Anthropology is engaged with issues of the global flows of people and goods, human rights and social justice, global feminism, technology adoption, the social effects of the environmental degradation, and local sustainability practices—all issues that have become important to designers."
However when it comes to the relationship with designers, Anthropologists look into "how to better communicate their insights to wider society". She says "The focus of design anthropology is on connecting the process of design to the meanings and functions designed artifacts have for people". For example, how developing technologies can lead to social So what specific issues does it address that relate to design???
H. Russell Bernard, the leading authority on anthropological research methods, describes four problem areas of anthropology:
I like the fact that design anthropology can help a designer like me to feel more confident when it comes to understanding the aftermath of past, present and future global communication, artifacts, .
"Anthropology is engaged with issues of the global flows of people and goods, human rights and social justice, global feminism, technology adoption, the social effects of the environmental degradation, and local sustainability practices—all issues that have become important to designers."
However when it comes to the relationship with designers, Anthropologists look into "how to better communicate their insights to wider society". She says "The focus of design anthropology is on connecting the process of design to the meanings and functions designed artifacts have for people". For example, how developing technologies can lead to social So what specific issues does it address that relate to design???
H. Russell Bernard, the leading authority on anthropological research methods, describes four problem areas of anthropology:
- The nature-nurture problem (ex. Is it biology or environment that causes humans to respond to something in a particular way?)
- The evolution problem (ex. How do things expand and change over time?)
- The internal-external problem (ex. What are the ways in which behaviors are influenced by values or environmental conditions?)
- The social facts or emergent properties problem (ex. How are people influenced by social forces that emerge from the interaction of humans, but which transcend individuals?)
I like the fact that design anthropology can help a designer like me to feel more confident when it comes to understanding the aftermath of past, present and future global communication, artifacts, .
DIRECTOR GURU
For people in the advertising world, the name Lee Clow would immediately resonate with power and creativity.
Lee Clow is currently the Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of TBWA/Worldwide for nearly 30 years now. He is sometimes referred to as "advertising's art director guru." Lee Clow has been responsible for some of the most creative advertising in the world today and every few years he just keeps outdoing himself as he believes advertising is not just a business, its an art and thus bases his work on the slogan,
"It's not what you want to say. It's what they want to hear."
Clow’s masterpiece has been described as, the greatest commercial of all time, the best commercial that almost didn’t air. This commercial sparked the Apple launch of the Macintosh back in 1984. Check it out and let me know what you think!!
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
The wait is over
I've had difficulties logging into my old account thus i decided to create a whole new blog.! Yes its been awhile since my last post but i do have several interesting things to share with you!
