a.k.a. Week Six Summary I had a blast doing Design Week! I wasn’t sure how it would differ from other visual aspects, but now I understand that it’s the application of concepts and intent plays a role. Here’s what I did this week: Episodes 9, 10, 11 summarized here: Done …
I made a new design assignment called “Let’s See Some ID”, because I wanted an assignment where I could make a library card for Brother Mouzone from the HBO show “The Wire”. He is quoted as saying “The most dangerous thing in America is a nigger with a library card” …
I had wanted to make Brother Mouzone a library card ever since I heard his quote in “The Wire”, but when I searched on an assignment that would fit, I couldn’t find one so I made one. Brother Mouzone has come to Baltimore from New York City, so it …
Season 2: Episodes 9, 10, 11 Episode 9 I must’ve messed up last week and watched/summarized Episode 9 too early, so here is that summary, re-copied for convenience. New content for Episodes 10 and 11 follows. Stringer’s lecture to Bodie about “you gotta show some flex” for the give and …
Here’s what I imagine a fictional postcard from Brother Mouzone would look like if sent from the great city of Baltimore. I imported images I found on the internet into Photoshop, erased existing text, roughed them up with dust/scratches filter and proceeded to add Brother Mouzone’s hand writing. I periodically …
After reading The Vignelli Canon, Tim Owen’s “We Are All Artists” statement and links, and listening to the Groom/Owens interview + talk, I felt well-armed to tackle Design Week. Tim Owens’ statement “The Mozarts are over here and the factory workers are over here” really resonated with me. I’ve never …
Here’s my mash-up daily create to celebrate the power of 1000 as The Daily Create hits 1,000 assignments, using images from the first, tenth and one hundredth TDCs: Our internaut is on the 1,000th moonwalk TDC mission, and he’s looking down at the number 100 left behind in the moondust …
I appreciated his insight into re-designing logos and branding for companies. His approach was to do a “light re-touch” or freshening up rather than throwing the baby out with the bath water. Logos that have been in the public awareness for decades, if they’ve made a positive impression, should continue …
This assignment was for a motivational poster, but I couldn’t resist the temptation to make a DE-motivational poster, and Rawls was my first inspiration. He’s the most demotivating manager in the show, and makes no effort at controlling his anger issues. This was captured from Season 1, Episode 1 where …
I’ve been re-watching into Season 3, and the Hamsterdam episodes are among my favorites mostly because of the concept of a drug-tolerant zone in an inner city. Fascinating concept. The assignment to create a Venn diagram required a lot more thought and playing around on scratch paper than I had …
