Drowning in plastic | Visualising the world’s addiction to plastic bottles

After last week’s lecture on data visualization, I decided to look into what artists and data scientists have created to make interactive, engaging, and new ways of displaying their data and message. I came across this piece by Simon Scarr and Marco Hernandez, which does a fascinating job at demonstrating the immense amount of plastic…

Algorithm Can Transform Your Memories into Works of Art

After last class’s discussion on digital processing and how it can be used to create art, I was curious to look at how other artists have used technology and algorithms to create art. I found this really engaging and aesthetic collection that was created using an algorithm, inspired by bird swarms. To generate the digital…

Typographic Graffiti That Changes Throughout the Day

As I continue to reflect on the use of different typography in art, I came across this really cool art piece that has typographic graffiti. Although simple, the artist is able to allow the typography to be shown at different angles based on the sun’s positioning, and this has a much deeper meaning to time…

Typography by Anne Lee

I found this piece to be relevant to the lecture on typography and different fonts. While this exact piece isn’t a font, it’s interesting how the artist was still able to form some letters from different objects. It’s also interesting that we are still able to make these letters out by looking at the surrounding…

32 Creative Loading Animations That Are Worth The Wait

As other students, I was also curious into looking at examples of awesome loading animations. I found this blog article with a variety of different examples, and the one shown is one of my favorites because of its simple design and captivating movement. There are a lot of other examples I really like too, such…

Invisible City Tamara – Cadie Can Long

As I’m wrapping up my artwork inspired by Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities,” I was curious to also take a look at what other artists have produced based on the description of a city in the book. I was able to find this piece, which was recently submitted in July, and I’m amazed by the detail…

The Like Button – JOHNWAYNEWELSH

I really like the idea behind this simple piece, specifically due to its obvious use of the ‘thumbs up’ symbol/emoji. It relates directly to our discussion of symbols/icons and allows us to look for a deeper meaning. The author writes: “I wonder about how much of our lives are being preoccupied with constructing images for…

Psychedelic Emoji – Todd Gray

This art piece is appealing, and relates closely to our discussion on icons and iconography. The author uses a basic, modern, and iconic Apple emoji, along with its positioning and the colorful background, to elicit this “psychedelic” effect. While it doesn’t lack as much detail as basic icons, the art piece forces you to look…

ARJOWIGGINS X FIAC

I found these bookmark designs to be very unique and cool! I immediately thought of our discussion on graphic design trends, and how businesses are looking to integrate more creative designs that speak and add to the customer experience. It’s interesting to think that entrepreneurs/artists are trying to elevate the reading experience by providing these…

“In and out of Control” by Illustrator Peter Gehrman

This piece is very engaging, and I find myself constantly trying to make sense of what is going on. The title of the piece aligns well with what is going on, and it immediately reminded me of our class discussion on using space and objects to create captivating images. Furthermore, I love the color palette…