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HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth's Blog: Self directed effort is the best kind http://bit.ly/mQTrji
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HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth's Blog: Brand exceptionalism http://bit.ly/ifGTkJ
17 May

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth's Blog: Just imagine how much you'd get done http://bit.ly/mqcduA
17 May

gmacd Gregory Macdonald
by HallAmyE
Can we stop taking our shoes off at the airport now?
1 May

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
I think today's theme song is party in the USA by miley cyrus
2 May

josephbirdsong Joseph Birdsong
by HallAmyE
I don't feel like Donald Trump is going to believe Osama bin Laden is dead until he sees a death certificate.
1 May

NYCinternz NY Creative Interns
by HallAmyE
How to Create an Effective To-Do List: http://ow.ly/4INW3 via @jobhuntorg
28 Apr

NYCinternz NY Creative Interns
by HallAmyE
50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know http://ow.ly/4INA5
28 Apr

Twilight THE TWILIGHT SAGA
by HallAmyE
#BreakingDawn @EW cover story preview (http://bit.ly/kWBwoe) and image gallery (http://bit.ly/lju0Iu)!
28 Apr

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
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@ZOExo Yeah, you definitely are. If it wasn't for connie waking me up, I'd be missing my 9:35am class right now lol
28 Apr

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth's Blog: The flip side http://bit.ly/kJ91h5
28 Apr

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
If I didn't have my laptop and my ice coffee, I would never make it through art history #soboring
28 Apr

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
sick dunk by kobeee!!!
27 Apr

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
Really wants to go to bonnaroooooo
24 Apr

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
Missing Coachella SOOOO badly. withdrawals withrawals WITHDRAWALSSSSSSS
21 Apr

DetroitRedWings Detroit Red Wings
by HallAmyE
We're hosting a Social Media Meet Up in Nashville on Saturday before the Wings take on the Predators. Details: http://on.fb.me/ewaHY0
29 Mar

NYCinternz NY Creative Interns
by HallAmyE
Want more internship listings? Join our meetup group: meetup.com/nycreativeinterns and check out the Job Board under the Discussions tab
29 Mar

NYCinternz NY Creative Interns
by HallAmyE
Negotiating as an Intern http://f.ast.ly/sBTSH
24 Mar

emilymiethner Emily Miethner
by HallAmyE
5 in 5! with NY Creative Interns (@NYCinternz) internships.com/eyeoftheintern…
24 Mar

core77 Core77
by HallAmyE
Book Review: The Industrialization of Design, by Carroll Gantz: http://bit.ly/fbqIza
24 Mar

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
Seth's Blog: Make big plans http://bit.ly/i7h6Vj
16 Feb

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
Seth's Blog: No one plays the lottery if there are no winners http://bit.ly/h9ahv0
16 Feb

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
oh and I love Shannon Brown GO LAKERS
11 Feb

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
Personally, I like the new skinny pepsi...what do you guys think?
11 Feb

packers Green Bay Packers
by HallAmyE
All the post-game coverage from Green Bay's Super Bowl XLV win over Pittsburgh is on Packers.com: http://bit.ly/i9QkPW
7 Feb

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
GO PACKERS! Wearing my Aaron Rodgers jersey all week, but the commercials? I think they went too far. Family Oriented? Not so much.
7 Feb

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
Packers/ Jets superbowl? That'd be pretty SWEET
16 Jan

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/51hu
16 Jan

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
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@fendixo hope you feel better big!!! <3
12 Jan

HallAmyE Amy Elizabeth Hall
"We may not be able to stop all the evil in the world, but how we treat each other is entirely up to us" you said it barackkk
12 Jan

SlideShare Link

http://www.slideshare.net/hallamye/edit_my_uploads

Okay my last post about seth godin...

The thing I care the most about: what do you do when no one is looking, what do you make when it's not an immediate part of your job... how many push ups do you do, just because you can?

In his blog post, "Self Directed Effort is the Best Kind", is pretty self explanatory....and I don't know about you, but it definitely applies to me. I feel like I'm only productive when I'm being pushed by someone else. In high school I got up every morning at 4:30 to go to swim practice before school, then after school ended, swam for two more hours. I look back at that now and think I was crazy to be able to do all that, but I could just as well do it now if I put my mind to it. There are so many instances in my life where I think that I can only get things accomplished if I'm assigned to them by someone else, but I could create so much on my own time. I have to stop using all of my extra time to go on facebook, watch tv, and sleep..instead of those three time consuming activities, I could be creating beautiful pieces of art, learning more about the adobe suite programs, exercising...every.day. Seth Godin knows his S%#T!!! That is all. Get off your @$$ and make something beautiful:)

Peace, love, seth godin

When your brand starts falling behind a competitor (Dell vs. Apple, Microsoft vs. Google, Washington Mutual vs. Everyone and then Apple vs. Android, Google vs. Facebook)... you say it's not fair, nor expected.

The problem with brand exceptionalism is that once you believe it, it's almost impossible to innovate. Innovation involves failure, which an exceptional brand shouldn't do, and the only reason to endure failure is to get ahead, which you don't need to do. Because you're exceptional.

In the battle for attention or market share, the market makes new decisions every day. And the market tends to be selfish. Often, it will pick the arrogant market leader (because the market also tends to be lazy), but upstarts and new competitors always have an incentive to change the game or the story.

Brand humility is the only response to a fast-changing and competitive marketplace. The humble brand understands that it needs to re-earn attention, re-earn loyalty and reconnect with its audience as if every day is the first day.

Seth Godin never ceases to amaze me with his words of wisdom...he knows how to execute every situation and is constantly giving the best advice. Everyone should read his posts daily because who knows..you might learn a thing or two

Just wanted to read something on my own time...

http://www.puremichiganblog.org/link-roundup/link-roundup-april-28/?nrc=twitter

MSG Varsity's New Magazine. Take a look!

http://www.msgvarsity.com/long-island/the-mag-is-back-1.481040?p=

As told by the great Seth Godin....

The flip side

It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails.

Innovation is like that. Initiative is like that. Art is like that.

You can't have success unless you're prepared to have failure.

As soon as you say, "failure is not an option," you've just said, "innovation is not an option."

Distilling the Wisdom of C.E.O.s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/business/17excerpt.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

Street Art: Effective or a waste of space?

Ralph Lauren

To design something legendary that has a sense of timelessness; that is what I aspire to do. That means taking risks, going with what you feel, but never losing sight of your vision and conviction

Ryan McGinley

http://ryanmcginley.com/olympic_swimmers

4/12/2011 notes

"ritual for success"
-Defining yourself, but creating yourself at the same time
-always wearing the same thing. doing the same thing...leaves room for experiments and something new
-Organization

JAY Z BLOG

http://lifeandtimes.com/

COFFEE SHOP

>Example: Garage Restaurant & Cafe
>Indoor/outdoor (patio) environment
>Sells alcohol, coffee, finger foods...salads, sandwiches etc.
>Live bands play at night
>Greenwich Village
>Clientele: Artists, students, locals, "hipster scene"
>Signature food/drink/coffee
>Monday-Thursday 6am-10pm. Friday/Saturday 8am-1am. Sunday 8am-8pm
>99 7th Ave.S., New York, NY 10014
> (212) 645-0600 (212) 627-3889 (Fax)
>Free Wifi
>Fireplace, couches, Rustic colors (go with the fireplace)"Modern Rustic Barn"‎
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6FaWsp/www.1kindesign.com/2011/03/14/modern-rustic-barn/
>Four page menu. Signatures/others, coffee/tea/dessert, wine/beer menu
>Farmhouse Cafe, Lumberyard Cafe, Timberhouse Cafe, Slow place Cafe, Farm place cafe, Farm Shack Cafe,

Photoshop Tutorial

April 6th @ 8:00pm. Calkins 224. GO!!!!

Logo Designs

300 million design

Interesting Logos

Design in Public Places

"One month and seven hours of intense stenciling later and it’s up! With a lot of support from old and new friends, I turned the side of an abandoned house in my neighborhood into a giant chalkboard where residents can write on the wall and remember what is important to them. Before I Die transforms neglected spaces into constructive ones where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of the people around us. It turns out this entire process (including obtaining official approval from many entities) has been a great lesson, experience, and project in itself – more on that later. If you’re in New Orleans, stop by the corner of Marigny and Burgundy (900 Marigny Street) to add your thoughts to the wall and see what matters most to your neighbors. It’s a question that has changed me in the last year, and I believe the design of our public spaces can better reflect what’s important to us as residents and as human beings. The responses and stories from passersby while we were installing it have already hit me hard in the heart. More installations to come. Huge thanks to Kristina Kassem, Alan Williams, Cory Klemmer, Anamaria Vizcaino, James Reeves, Alex Vialou, and Gary Hustwit for installation assistance and many others for support along the way! Concurrently installed in East/West Galleries. A project site is in the works."

Reminds me of Professor Devine's public project in nyc
He put together objects given to him by random ppl around the city who wanted to contribute to the project. Once all of the objects were put together he dumped cement over the entire thing, waited it to dry, and uncovered the marks the objects made within the mold.

SOURCE

"Facebook Wants to Add Friends in Washington"

Facebook takes over Washington

Two Twitter Founders Trade Places

Amazon introduces a digital music...

Exceptional Person: William Gold

Bill Gold

Bill Gold just finished a book on his 60+ year career as a movie poster designer. The book will be approx. 450 pages and focus on the finished posters as well as the art that no one, except studio marketing departments, has ever seen.

In a career spanning more than 60 years and more than 2,000 movie poster creations

I admire the fact that he's 90 years old and still wants to put his work out there for the public to see.

-Born in NYC January 3, 1921
-Studied at Pratt Institute in NYC
-Began his design career in 1941 in the advertising department at Warner Bros.
-1962 he created Bill Gold Advertising company in NYC
-In 1994 Bill was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Hollywood Reporter.

1940s
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Night and Day (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Escape Me Never (1947)
Winter Meeting (1948)
[edit]1950s
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
East of Eden (1955)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Baby Doll (1955)
Giant (1956)
Lone Ranger (1956)
Moby Dick (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
The Wrong Man (1956)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
The James Dean Story (1957)
The Pajama Game (1957)
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Top Secret Affair (1957)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
[edit]1960s
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Gypsy (1962)
The Music Man (1962)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
The Great Race (1965)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Camelot (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Fox (1967)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Bullitt (1968)
Funny Girl (1968)
A Dream of Kings (1969)
The Illustrated Man (1969)
[edit]1970s
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
The Go-Between (1970)
There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
Dorian Gray (1970)
Dirty Harry (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Woodstock (1970)
Diamonds are Forever (1971)
Fiddler on the Roof (1970)
Get Carter (1970)
Klute (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
Deliverance (1972)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Joe Kidd (1972)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Day for Night (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Magnum Force (1973)
O Lucky Man (1973)
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
Papillon (1973)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Scarecrow (1973)
Steel Yard Blues (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Front Page (1974)
Law and Disorder (1974)
Mame (1974)
99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
The Odessa File (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Yakuza (1974)
Zandy's Bride (1974)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
Funny Lady (1975)
Hard Times (1975)
Mahogany (1975)
Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Rafferty & the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Rosebud (1975)
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
The Hindenburg (1975)
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
A Matter of Time (1976)
A Star is Born
All the President's Men (1976)
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
The Enforcer (1976)
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Gable and Lombard (1976)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Portnoy's Complaint (1976)
The Ritz (1976)
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Greased Lightning (1977)
Julia (1977)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
The Gauntlet (1977)
The Sentinel (1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Bloodbrothers (1978)
California Suite (1978)
Convoy (1978)
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Movie Movie (1978)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
The Wiz (1978)
Agatha (1979)
Alien (1979)
Chapter Two (1979)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Great Santini (1979)
Hair (1979)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
The Bell Jar (1979)
The Promise (1979)
[edit]1980s
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Bronco Billy (1980)
The Dogs of War (1980)
Fame (1980)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
The Jazz Singer (1980)
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Little Miss Marker (1980)
The Long Riders (1980)
The Nude Bomb (1980)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Stunt Man (1980)
Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Endless Love (1981)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
The Four Seasons (1981)
Hard Country (1981)
On Golden Pond (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
Deathtrap (1982)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Firefox (1982)
Honkytonk Man (1982)
I, The Jury (1982)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Breathless
Cross Creek (1983)
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Gorky Park (1983)
High Road to China (1983)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
The Sting II (1983)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Champions (1984)
City Heat (1984)
Harry and Son (1984)
Splash (1984)
The River (1984)
Tightrope (1984)
Pale Rider (1985)
Best Shot (1986)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Orphans (1987)
The Believers (1987)
The Untouchables (1987)
Bird (1988)
Colors (1988)
The Dead Pool (1988)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Moonwalker (1988)
The Accused (1988)
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Night Visitor (1989)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
[edit]1990s
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Funny About Love (1990)
State of Grace (1990)
The Field (1990)
The Rookie (1990)
FX2 (1991)
Unforgiven (1992)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
A Perfect World (1993)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
Absolute Power (1997)
True Crime (1999)
[edit]2000s
Space Cowboys (2001)
Mystic River (2003)
[edit]Collaborating directors

Clint Eastwood
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
Ridley Scott
Sidney Lumet
Elia Kazan
John Schlesinger
George Roy Hill
Robert Altman
William Friedkin
Arthur Penn
Miloš Forman
Peter Yates
Michael Curtiz
Ron Howard
Joshua Logan
John Boorman
Don Siegel
Vincente Minelli
Alan J. Pakula
Herbert Ross
François Truffaut
Buddy Van Horn
Richard Benjamin
[edit]Collaborating producers

Clint Eastwood
Jack L. Warner
Hal B. Wallis
Tennessee Williams
Philip D'Antoni
Tony Bill
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Bregman
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Walter Hill
Ray Harryhausen
Richard D. Zanuck
Andrew Lazar
Robert Lorenz
Jay Presson Allen
Tom Rooker
David Valdes
Bob Daley
Jon Kilik
[edit]Best Picture Winners

Casablanca (1942)
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Sting (1973)
Ordinary People (1980)
Platoon (1986)
Unforgiven (1992)

Important links

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AIw2gM/adelto.co.uk/interior-design/singita-luxury-african-game-reserve/

SOUNDS

Barn transformed into a GORGEOUS home

SOURCE

Renovation at its Finest!

I found a great StumbleUpon post that showed pictures of a house being redone. The before pictures and the after pictures were incredible. Take a look at the link below and you'll know what I'm talking about!






SOURCE

Tall Painting

StumbleUpon

Facebook. A place for friends or business?

In 2005 when I first signed up for Facebook there were hardly any advertisements and it was JUST a place for friends. Now it's 2011 and instead of seeing new pictures of my friends I see advertisements for literally EVERYTHING. I'm also hearing that even when you update your privacy settings, businesses can still find a way to look at the information on your Facebook. The reason I personally love Facebook so much is because it connects me to my friends and it's a fun social way of staying in touch and sharing memories. I feel like it's lost it's fun and charm and has become my resume for businesses. I want to come up with a website solely for business purposes....a resume site if you will. Any thoughts? Am I the next Mark Zuckerberg? Eh, I'll keep dreaming.

Blogpost by a friend...

Absolute Originality; Unrealistic?
We all strive to be creative and original. Especially in the contemporary era. At times it even discourages me to show what I consider as my ‘original ideas’ to others, because it seems like it’s such a trend nowadays.

Sometimes we come up with amazing abstract ideas we’ve never heard about before, so we consider it as an original idea. But truth is, all ideas are triggered from others. This doesn’t neccessarily mean that you’ve coppied someone else’s idea piece to piece, it just means that you’ve heard or whitnessed something that has triggered a new idea in your head. All ideas in the world are related, and it’s our job, in a way, to unlock paths to reach those ideas. Our world is like a video game, with many paths to many solutions. All solutions are related and therefore connected, and all we need to do is follow certain paths and put our own ideas into it to be able to unlock more and more paths and therefore more and more solutions.

I guess what I’m trying to say is we simply need to realize and accept that all ideas are developed from others, and that it’s okay. Trying with all your might to be creative and original is always bound to be a failure. Take writing for example. In my creative class, at every class session my teacher gives us a 15 minute chunk of time for free style writing. Instead of trying to force out creativity, we are given a certain direction, a starting point, and we’re supposed to let our mind and our fingers do the rest. These are the times I develop my most creative writing. When I let go of a sense of control and absolute direction, and let my subconscious show me things I never knew, or took notice of. And I’ve realized that that very thing, the ability to let go and let your mind take over, is something I need to practice more. It becomes difficult not planning ahead, and therefore not knowing what’s going to happen next and in the future. This concept is something we’ve been taught all our lives; to plan ahead and follow that direction and get rid of all unpredictables. When I first signed up for this blog, I tried to sit down and plot the things I would talk about in each blog, and edit and reedit till I was satisfied. But i quickly realized that striving to be creative and original is nothing but a mistake. So from this moment on I’ll let my mind take over, and sit back and indulge in my twisted thoughts and try to make some sense out of it through my writing. And maybe someone else can read my material and let their subconscious get triggered to pour out new discoveries.

Hw for thursday

Video conference #1: you and another person...between anna/nicole and her friends at the restaurant.
Video conference #2: don't worry about it for now
Change orange buttons/simplify the type as well as the type in the powerpoint
Separate video from buttons
change font

LOTS OF WORK TO DOOOOO!!!

Other homework: Silence paper, look over cixous...questions due friday
look at email for art history quiz


get it done get it done GET IT DONEEEE

Not All Artists Are Starving Event

Just last week I went to HAGA's "Not All Artists Are Starving" event and I learned quite a bit. I got to hear from a panel of artists who shared their career struggles in the arts and how they became the successful innovators they are today. A couple things I learned...

1. Accept Criticism
2. Go for what you want, even if it kills you
3. Try out different jobs to find where you really fit
4. Do internships...lots of them.
5. Find out what you're good at and do it...a lot


I just hope that one day I will be able to talk to a room full of prospective art students and tell them the same thing. I guess we'll see!!

Lauren Duran

Identity programs, branded environments, Brand development, Exhibition design, brand identity, exhibition design, Naming, brand architecture and brand identity, Experimental interacting.

-Creative brief that you have to follow through

Christie's Global Markets

Identity Logo: what are the components of that identity, how they can implement that through the media. What is the main typography, color, etc.

Three type phases at the most for a brand/logo

"could not direct people if I wasn't in their place" Referring to how much visual creativity affects you as a designer...vs the marketing aspects to it

AGA

The ABC's of Google!

A: Amazon
B: Best Buy
C: Craigslist
D: Dictionary
E: Ebay
F: Facebook
G: Gmail
H: Hotmail
I: Ikea
J: Jet Blue
K: Kmart
L: LIRR
M: Mapquest
N: Netflix
O: Old Navy
P: Pandora
Q: Qwop
R: Run
S: Sears
T: Target
U: Usps
V: Verizon
W: Weather
X: Xbox
Y: Youtube
Z: Zappos

...Now I know the top searches of Google alphabetically, next time won't you search with me!

I just found it interesting to see what people are searching for the most based off of the letters you first type in. Thoughts?

NY Times Article: Phones Try to Stand Out in a Crowd

Source

By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: February 16, 2011


Jenna Wortham asks the question, "how do you stand out from the crowd when most phones are near-identical glassy rectangles?"

“At the end of the day, there’s only so much you can do with a piece of glass,” said Chris Jones, an analyst with the research firm Canalys. “Software can make or break a phone.”

According to Wortham, "hardware makers are being forced to find new ways to appeal to buyers who are less interested in particulars like processor speeds than in what applications the devices can run, and how easily they can access their e-mail and Facebook on it."

What do you look for when you are buying a new phone? What's important to you? Facebook or a longer charge?

What's the time?

Always Sunny in Philadelphia: At the beginning of each episode, a black screen comes up and it tells you the day and time of the episode taking place. Time is a very important part of every day life to people and it just shows order in your life. It almost gives you a picture in your head of a schedule and is a good way of introducing a scenario for you. We've been talking a lot about scenarios and putting a time to it really adds that much more to the scenario. To add to that, a lot of opening sequences adds a lot to an episode, the timing, the effectiveness of it, the aesthetic flow, etc.




Source: Hulu.com

Funny F.R.I.E.N.D.S. remake:

The New SKINNY CAN

"Diet Pepsi has introduced a new "skinny" can for Fashion Week, but some critics are giving it a big, fat "no."
The can is a "taller, sassier" version of the traditional can that the company says was made in "celebration of beautiful, confident women." Some say Pepsi's approach only reinforces dangerous stereotypes about women and body image." -Sarah Skidmore

I found that a lot of the skinny can freezers were found in fashionable boutiques and hair salons.

Is the new skinny pepsi innovative and exciting or is it offensive and unoriginal? What are your thoughts?

SOURCE

Values

Are you doing what you believe in? What are your values? How far would you go to lose a sense of what you truly believe? Losing money doing what you love? Or losing money doing what you hate?

Life of a designer....business man/art
people have a sense of where they fit in that spectrum
Designers create commonalities, counterposition to social media/other related medias. Designers are about finding shared experiences, shared values.
Sharing of experiences, a way to prevent people from fighting each other. Part of designers can do
A single Experience
Artists provide a gift to culture...so we can have a common gift
Role of artists in history
a counter way to the self absorption to only satisfying short time hype and talk
you have the ability to translate ideas from one idea to the other
TOGETHER.

Digital Magazines vs Print

LINK

Superbowl Commercials Family Friendly?

I'm a Packers fan so the entirety of the Superbowl was absolute bliss, but there are a few things I would've changed about it if I COULD...

For instance, Christina Aguilera...come on, enough with the vocals, just sing the damn song. Black Eyed Peas were AWFUL, the best thing about that performance were the light up people, but they completely tore apart a perfectly good Guns N' Roses song. Now, on to the real problem I had with the Superbowl. What was going on with the commercials?! I thought the Superbowl was supposed to be family friendly. I'm almost 21 years old and I felt uncomfortable watching the Superbowl with my family. I understand that sex sells, but has it gone TOO far? Check out the videos below and see what you think!

Sealy's Mattress After Glow Commercial


Kim Kardashian's Shape Ups commercial


Go Daddy commercial

Homework Assignments

Title.
Purpose.
Scenario.
Read PDF file in blackboard.
Blog post.

More handhelds just in case...

LINK

LINK2

LINK3

Handheld Device

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