Welcome to our class blog for Foundations of Art, Design, and Digital Culture! You will be expected to post on here once a week before each Monday’s class. Your posts should relate to something we are talking about in class. They can range anywhere from design, painting, photography, sculpture, performance, composition, fashion, video, architecture, and theory….
AuthaGraph Map by Hajime Narukawa
Hajime Narukawa is a Tokyo-based architect and artist. He has developed the authagraphing mapping projection method that was selected as the official mapping tool by the Japanese National Museum of Emerging Science and innovation. This map falls into the sensational category of the “most accurate world map” that occasionally makes the rounds on social media…
Public Art in the Taipei Metro System
After discussing public art installations in class, I was curious to find out what public art installations I could find in Taipei, especially since I’m lucky enough to be in a city where COVID-19 isn’t a danger and I can physically visit these installations in person over winter break! I found this article about the…
Illustrator Spotlight: Lydia Ortiz
BOOOOOOOM magazine recently profiled Lydia Ortiz, a Filipina illustrator whose clients include The New York Times, Instagram, and Teen Vogue. Her work really appeals to me because of its vivid colors and whimsical content. She is definitely the type of illustrator I would follow on Instagram (on my way to do so). Click here to…
Housing Works
This article on the relationship between art and homes really intrigued me, because it prompted me to consider that art is often more accessible than many homes. In addition, homes are inherently intimate and insular. Art is a way to share homes with those who may never be exposed to them otherwise. https://www.artforum.com/slant/andreas-petrossiants-on-after-the-plaster-foundation-or-where-can-we-live-at-the-queens-museum-84526
From Paint to Pixels
This article was striking as it describes art installations and projects that are so similar to the data portrait. Something interesting was how they described that raw numerical data can seem so abstract and unapproachable, thus artists must transform it into something that will evoke an emotional response in an observer. You can find the…
9 Public Art Projects That Brought Beauty And Design To The Streets
Public art is a loose term we use to describe any art project — in any media — that has been designed and crafted for the public domain. Often located outside and always accessible to all, public art can take any shape or form, from a reflective bean to a giant rubber duck, because it’s…
Face Cages
Face Cages is an installation and performance artwork by Zach Blas and features other artists micha cárdenas, Elle Mehrmand, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya. It explores how computational biometric diagrams reduce the complexity of human faces and how biometrics can lead to policing and discrimination. The way Zach Blas explores how data can discriminate reminded me…
Artist Spotlight: Nkosi
Randomly thought about the Surrealist Photoshop exercise we did earlier in the semester, so I wanted to share one of my favorite collage artists. Really love how complex and aesthetically pleasing her art is, and I appreciate that they center blackness. You can view more of Nkosi’s work here!
Animated Paper Video Games
While browsing the Tiny Monuments assignment, I looked at other art pieces created with paper. These series of stop animation using paper cut out are giving me ideas for the upcoming project. Link. This photo above is from another article show casing map cut outs which remind of a framed art piece with a similar…
What Is Interior Design (And Why Can It Really Make You Feel Better)?
Everyone has to some extent designed their own room, or at least the orientation and the things that go in it. Reading this article reminded me that there truly is a lot of research that goes into design and that design can have implications that aren’t obvious. For example, the article talks about how interior…
DSGN 264-401 | Fall 2020 