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!

Meteorological Data Visualized as Mixed Media Sculptures by Nathalie Miebach

Nathalie Miebach is a conceptual artist who translates scientific data related to ecology, climate change and meteorology into three-dimensional structures. The featured image is from her “Changing Waters” series which uses data from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) buoys as well as from coastal weather…

Why Do All New Fashion Logos Look the Same?

Our lecture on typography made me think about a post I saw once about how all luxury brand logos look the same now. This article explores why luxury brands opt for sans-serif typefaces. It mentions that “the aesthetic of a sans-serif font sits cleaner and reads in a more legible manner,” and that it can…

Photographer Spotlight: David Nana Opoku Ansah

My friend was recently featured on Booooooom and I wanted to share! This image is taken from his project “Area Boys & Brotherhood,” which talks about boyhood through texture, color and body movements. His idea was to capture boys in Accra, Ghana portraying different emotions/concepts like unity, self-confidence, nostalgia, and fear. Check out the full…

Sobriety, resilience, and hope at Massey Klein Gallery

“Thus, while resolutely abstract from a strictly visual standpoint, Czarnecki’s work metaphorically zones in on human contact and cognitive limitation. In the evocatively-titled painting Passage, the careful placement of a brightly colored blue pressing out from the center may symbolize the human point of view” This made me think about the different work we’ve done…

Designer Lydia Cambron Transforms Brand Logos into Protest Messages

These designs made me think about our discussions about icons and logos, and I was also struck by the cultural relevance of it. When discussing the inspiration behind this work, Lydia Cambron says, “I was struck by the defensive reaction to the protests against police brutality, and the conversation that followed–how much disbelief there was…

The Research Lag of Social Technology Has Become Too Vast to Afford

This video made me think about Chapter 3 of “Speculative Design,” where the authors explain that the term “critical design” was coined out of concern that technology is often not critiqued and is always assumed to be good. In this video, Alex Wolf discusses how social technology evolves so fast that the research that makes…