Using History in Your Future Work

Jim Jarmusch is an independent film maker and this is one of his five rules for filmmaking.  I think you should make it one of your own personal rules for any kind of communication design, graphics, animation, still photography, motion picture photography, interactive, whatever...

Thank your for a good class.  I hope that you will all be better in the future because you have been exposed to the past.

- Dr. W -

The Period Poster

The Period Poster is due on 6 December 2010, Monday, by 5:00pm.  Please bring it to my office or hand it in at the Communication Studies Dept. Office.  Be sure to follow the directions for this project found in the syllabus.

Use one of the following slogans:

Breast Milk, 100% Pure

or

Second Hand Smoke Is No Joke

You can add more verbal information to your posters but one of these quotes must appear on the poster.

Here are links to the examples I quickly showed you in class:

Breast Milk #1    Breast Milk #2     Breast Milk #3 
Breast Milk #4                     Second Hand Smoke #1 
Second Hand Smoke #2      Second Hand Smoke #3  
Second Hand Smoke #4      Second Hand Smoke #5  

You can work in whatever medium you feel the most comfortable working in.  This means you do not have to create something using digital tools unless that you are comfortable using digital tools.  You can use paint, pencil, watercolor, pastels, ink, photography, Illustrator, Photoshop.... whatever.  Just be sure to follow the guide lines given in the syllabus.

- Dr. W -

Here is the Blog Tally!

THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT SUBSCRIBED TO THE CLASS BLOG AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.   YOU NEED TO TELL ME HOW I CAN CONNECT WITH YOUR BLOG TO READ IT.

Kayu YIP Ka Yu

Yuka LAI Man Ting

Chimi CHUNG Chit Man

Ting CHAN Hei Ting

Bill CHAN Chu Kei

Shadow TSE Nim Tung

THESE ARE THE BLOGS THAT I CANNOT CONNECT WITH STUDENTS IN THIS CLASS.  PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE OWNERS OF THESE BLOGS

Tomato
9 entries

Siutingtsi
6 entries

Waitthetrue
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

鍾 婕雯
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.


zaizailove
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

THESE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THE CLASS BLOG.  THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF CLASS RELATED POSTS I HAVE FOUND ON YOUR BLOG.  IF I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LINK TO YOUR BLOG FROM YOUR SUBSCRIPTION THEN YOU NEED TO TELL ME HOW TO FIND YOUR BLOG.


Yu NG Ching Yu
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.


Xearo SUEN Yuen Ling
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.


Belle LAO Un Teng
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.


Amy HO Wai Man 
Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

Lily CHENG Lai Lai

There appear to be only two posts that are directly related to History and Theory.

Sinde CHEUNG Sin Yi

16 entries and they are very solid.

Isaac CHONG Wai

7 posts to this point ending at the end of October.

Creamo FUNG Wing Shan 

14 entries and they look very interesting.  I like your honesty in talking about G.O.D. and just about everything else.  You have done what was intended in this assignment and that is good. 

Hoyan HO Wai Yan

13 posts.  I think you are right about the building.  It is far too sterile for its intended function.  I would spend as much time as you can at the Kai Tak Campus which I find invigorating.

Ashley IP Wai Ting

13 posts.  Silly Things looks like an interesting enterprise. 

Apple NG Po Yiu

32 entries for the semester.  I am glad you are doing this as you have collected some very interesting pieces of inspiration and even a bit of humor.

Orbit CHEN Feng

17 posts.  You’ve got some great posts.  I really find the Einstein-Monroe image interesting.  I see Marilyn from a distance and also from the side. 

Gloria WONG Po Yin

You have 14 posts on your blog and the ones I have read so far are really worth seeing.  Thank You.

Gloria CHEUNG Hoi Ki

I see you have 10 entries on the blog and you have given me a printed visual diary. 

Kaiyan CHEUNG Kai Yan

Okay so you are beyond being a serious blogger.  You have 42 entries for the year.  I am seeing about 23 related to this class.  I am not sure about the poems.  You have put up some interesting things. 

Candy CHUI Lok Ching

Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

Akira GU Xin

18 entries.  The record of a real journey.

Dawn KWAN Hay Yun

22 entries and some really beautiful photography. 

Kris LAM Kit Ying

Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

Koey LEE Lai Chong

Wow, 27 posts in one month.  That is an impressive number.  I will be taking a closer look.

Yoyo LEUNG Tan Yiu

19 posts.  Interesting information and I look forward to reading them all.

Isabelle NGUY Hing Wei

24 posts and lots of very interesting ones. 

John WONG Siu Wai

You are a serious blogging individual.  I see that you have 21 posts for the semester and I have already looked at a few and they look good. 

Jill YE Yingchan

15 posts.  Some interesting stuff.  I like the visual words, shows that we can read things even when you think you shouldn’t be able to.  Wow, the Backstreet Boys!?!

Salina YEUNG Sin Ying

27 entries in the month of November, that is very impressive.  I am also blown away by the miniature NYC video.  I think the key attribute is pulling out frames so that the motion is a bit unnatural.  Then they probably also reduce the number of colors so that it has more of a model feel.  Then there is the use of depth of field and and the strengthening of the contrast to create more of an unreal 3D effect. 

Ada LEE Chung Yan

18 posts and I am looking forward to reading them.

Hampus ALVARSSON

I count 13 posts.  And you are not half bad at Photoshop.  You have definitely accomplished the goal which is to show that “even you”  can do a better job than someone who apparently got paid for designing the ad.  I think you did better than “even you” level.  You may be more creative than you are letting on.

Alba BATISTA LOPEZ

Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

Guss KINDE Gustav

So I see eleven posts related to the class.  These are in Neon Groupie.

Marie LEE Ju Hyun

Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

Jake MASIN Jacob

So 15 entries more or less.  The LIppo building, “the dream building,” is notorius for bad financial Feng Shui.  It used to be the Bond Building.  Architect is Australian and the building is supposed to be Koala climbing bamboo.

Lucas NG Lucas

14 entries.  Did you know that the guy who wrote Seven was working in a video store when he wrote the script.  He is a graduate of the Penn State film program.

Carmen LI Kar Man

Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

KC LI Man Yee

Not able to link to your blog from your identity page connected to the class blog.

J WU Wai Lan

You have 13 blog posts.  They are interesting and yes the latest one with product designs are definitely Japanese so you have good instincts.  How did you get a post on 1 December when November is not over yet?

Outline for Design Ancestors Presentation

The presentations will not be more than 6 MINUTES.  So this presentation is about knowing what you want to say, saying it clearly and then being done.  You need to think in a very focused way and present the information in bullet points:

1) Here is the piece of communication design I am looking at (it can come from any media form).

2) Here is one previous piece of work that I think inspired it.

3) This is why I think so.

4) Here is another previous work that I think inspired it.

5) This is why I think so.

6) This modern piece was inspired by these two pieces that preceded it.

7) Any questions?

You can create the presentation in PowerPoint, Flash or PDF and you will send a soft  copy of your presentation to me through email after it is completed.

Any Questions?

- Dr. W -

today's exam

Clearly today's exam was more difficult than I anticipated.  The sheer availability of information was perhaps overwhelming.

I know that everyone worked hard and put forward their best effort.  This is my first time having students take this exam on the computer with the availability of more graphics and video, as well as the search and review capabilities.

So I will be looking at your tests, grading your answers and looking for trends in the results.

Don't panic if you didn't finish the test.  Don't panic if you aren't totally satisfied with your answers.  I will keep in mind that this is the first time you have taken this kind of test to balance everyone's performance on what was given.

You do need to check the schedule for Design Ancestor presentations.

Be sure to ask any questions you have!

- Dr. W -

Design Ancestors Presentation Order

Here is the presentation order for the two days of Design Ancestor Presentations.

Regardless of your day and time on the list you need to come to class and support your classmates because attendance will be taken and it is just rude to not support your peers by listening to their presentations.

The presentations are not long and that should keep each day pretty interesting.  You have a maximum of six minutes for your presentation so practice it to get it down to five.

At the end of the first day we will have an activity at the end of class and that is why there is a big gap at the end of the day's schedule.

24 November

1:35 Belle

1:41 Isaac

1:47 Kaiyan

1:53 Chimi

1:59 Yuka

2:05 Apple

2:11 J

2:17 Ashley

2:23 Xearo

2:29 Jill

2:35 Jake

2:41 Ada

2:47 Orbit

2:53 Kris

2:59 Hoyan

3:05 Ching

3:11 Dawn

3:17 Amy


1 December

1:35 Alba

1:41 Akira

1:47 Lily

1:53 Creamo

1:59 Lucas

2:05 John

2:11 Salina

2:17 Guss

2:23 Kayu

2:29 Hampus

2:35 Sinde

2:41 Marie

2:47 Shadow

2:53 Yoyo

2:59 Gloria Cheung

3:05 Isabelle

3:11 Gloria Wong

3:17 Koey

3:23 KC

3:29 Ting

3:35 Bill

3:41 Carmen

3:47 Yu

3:53 Yuen

If you have any questions write them as a response to this post or check out the Design Ancestor post on 10 November and ask them as a response or comment on that post.

I look forward to hearing about your theories of relationships between modern designs and their predecessors.

- Dr. W -

An Example of Bad Design

I just got this in my email and I wanted to put it up for you to see as an example of poorly executed communication design.  Think about why I think this is not good is a good way to think about how you should analyze images on the exam.

So what makes this less than desirable communication design?

- Dr. W -