• In an interconnected world, what are the limitations of design when cultural, political, economic biological and environmental systems are increasingly open?
As all of these systems become increasingly open and recognized by people, one of the limitations we have as designers is reaching a larger audience. In this information age, where its so much easier for anyone to learn about so many different cultures and become informed, it becomes harder to narrow down audiences in design. 50 or so years ago, if you were to try to target an audience of 18-24 year old men in America, you would be able to generalize what would appeal to them much more than you would today. As all of these systems become more open, we become more limited in who we can target and still create succinct design.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
I think this depends on how new “new direction for design” is. Right now, as was said in the reading, people demand information to be quick and easy because we face information overload these days. For a person to read a book now is much less common than before with the advent of YouTube, MySpace, Twitter, text messaging, and the like. These new forms of media communication have absolutely presented new directions in design. Not too long ago, NPR was talking about how a new Panic! at the Disco music video was made to cater more towards small screens such as the iPhone and low resolution video such as YouTube. In the video, there are many more close-up shots and high contrast imagery that will be clear on these small, low-res screens. They went on to describe how much of a change this was compared to something like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, which featured very dark, low contrast imagery and wider shots overall. When you look at this video on an iPhone or on YouTube, you can barely tell what’s going on. This trend of designing for these new mediums will no doubt continue as the iPhone and other similar mediums become standard.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
The idea of bringing ideas and styles from different fields together can be seen in many ways already. For instance, many web sites try to make videos that are very similar in style to television (such as this site) to give users information in a way that has been long established and that they’re used to seeing. Another example of this is podcasting; it’s essentially bringing talk radio to the web. I think an interesting application of this idea would be to turn the tables on what’s been done already and bring interactivity to a medium such as television. Bringing a non-interactive medium such as television or radio to the web to allow for interaction seems like a natural progression, but I think doing the reverse would be even more revolutionary.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
I think the next big thing in design is going to be completely eliminating physical, tangible medium. The iPhone is a perfect example of the success and ease in dissemination of new media. Now anyone can make and post an app on the iTunes App Store and can become an instant success because of how fast their app can spread. The video game industry is taking a similar path and is taking steps towards eliminating games being released on discs in stores and distributing them online only. I think this could happen for almost every physical medium out there now. Not too long ago, a school district in Florida went completely paperless, so now all of their text is distributed digitally. I think that the next big thing is designing for non-physical mediums exclusively.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
• In an interconnected world, what are the limitations of design when cultural, political, economic biological and environmental systems are increasingly open?
Well, it seems like the biggest limitation would have to be the creative minds designers. For a long time, information about other cultures was hard to find, but now with the advent of the internet, and the connectivity involved, even a 3 year old can hop on the web and learn everything about world cultures. Because our systems are becoming more and more open, cultural ideas are starting to blend, and with that, the blending of ideas, beliefs, and ultimately: designs. So the limitation lies in the fact that designers now have to gear their work towards a mixture of culture and political ideas, all blended into one. Conflicts are bound to arise.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
Absolutely. Our society has drastically changed over the last century alone. Media is constantly becoming quicker, more eye-catching, and effective, all in order to fulfill the needs of a modern society. This is present in television and movies. Back in the day, the level of suspense and drama a movie had to offer would appear to be a lame rendition in today's society. Also, with the advent of the internet, cell phones, and other portable devices, designers are constantly having to change directions and push the edge of "new" design. And quite frankly, humans get bored. If a webpage doesn't load within 6 seconds, we're usually off to a new page Also, within the last decade, networking sites, such as Facebook, Myspaceand Twitter have really pushed the edge as far as "new" media. These sites have really defined a new generation of media-goers.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
Yes, I believe that designs will always benefit from reintegration of older work. I don't know if I fully agree with the idea that "everything has been done before", if that were the case, why are we all studying design? I think there are still a ton of creative ideas yet to be explored. But yes, the reintegration of older designs would definitely help as a jumping off point.
Lessons about TypeThis is a good example of the combination of older designs and new technique. It has a very old-time feel to it, but uses brand new technology.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
Well, I definitely think the biggest leaps are being made in the world of 3D animation. Technology is becoming so advanced, and CGI actors are popping up in movies all over the place, so I would think that more realistic facial animation would be the next big thing.
This is a good example of new technology.
Also, I think interactivity is growing in many ways. I heard about microsoft'sTable Top Computer a few years ago. I definitely think its ground breaking technology, and I envision the future using lots of hands-on interactivity.
Well, it seems like the biggest limitation would have to be the creative minds designers. For a long time, information about other cultures was hard to find, but now with the advent of the internet, and the connectivity involved, even a 3 year old can hop on the web and learn everything about world cultures. Because our systems are becoming more and more open, cultural ideas are starting to blend, and with that, the blending of ideas, beliefs, and ultimately: designs. So the limitation lies in the fact that designers now have to gear their work towards a mixture of culture and political ideas, all blended into one. Conflicts are bound to arise.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
Absolutely. Our society has drastically changed over the last century alone. Media is constantly becoming quicker, more eye-catching, and effective, all in order to fulfill the needs of a modern society. This is present in television and movies. Back in the day, the level of suspense and drama a movie had to offer would appear to be a lame rendition in today's society. Also, with the advent of the internet, cell phones, and other portable devices, designers are constantly having to change directions and push the edge of "new" design. And quite frankly, humans get bored. If a webpage doesn't load within 6 seconds, we're usually off to a new page Also, within the last decade, networking sites, such as Facebook, Myspaceand Twitter have really pushed the edge as far as "new" media. These sites have really defined a new generation of media-goers.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
Yes, I believe that designs will always benefit from reintegration of older work. I don't know if I fully agree with the idea that "everything has been done before", if that were the case, why are we all studying design? I think there are still a ton of creative ideas yet to be explored. But yes, the reintegration of older designs would definitely help as a jumping off point.
Lessons about TypeThis is a good example of the combination of older designs and new technique. It has a very old-time feel to it, but uses brand new technology.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
Well, I definitely think the biggest leaps are being made in the world of 3D animation. Technology is becoming so advanced, and CGI actors are popping up in movies all over the place, so I would think that more realistic facial animation would be the next big thing.
This is a good example of new technology.
Also, I think interactivity is growing in many ways. I heard about microsoft'sTable Top Computer a few years ago. I definitely think its ground breaking technology, and I envision the future using lots of hands-on interactivity.
Blog 6
• In an interconnected world, what are the limitations of design when cultural, political, economic biological and environmental systems are increasingly open?
Well, in a digital world we run into digital problems as designers. We must work within the platforms and within the paramaters that we are instructed. As we become more connected and more and more ideas and design are exposed to the world, the world becomes saturated with overlapping content and the threshold of new design seems to be reaches. So with the world connected, we have the issues that we must face in a digital world. Not everyone staring at a computer screen worldwide has the same resolution as the designer had when they created the design. Political and economic barriers seems to as well seem to make it difficult for everyone world wide the ability to see content on a level playing field.
Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
New media certainly does provide an additional platform to display design. But as the article suggest, with the limitations of screen resolution on a plethora of devices nowadays, content becomes more important than how the design may look on a digital device. Screen resolution is no match for real life design so every though there may be more platforms to display design, those platform may inhibit design, forcing design to conform to the more limiting requirements. http://www.theloopdesign.com/images/Medias.jpg. Web design can be beautiful, but it is still content on a flat screen.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I would think that it is always time to integrate disparate fields of design, especially now as there are so many different types of platform to work with and fuse to create new design. Even though technology may present some issues with how the end products due to screen limitations, video worked into any other media can generally be interesting. I like the idea of creating motion projects that are set up for a dome projection, like at the planetarium. The dome I would thing would create some interesting challenges for designers display their message.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
I think Flash is going to take us as designers in an interesting direction. It used to be that flash websites were cumbersome and slow and just about the “eye candy”. But with the way software like Dreamweaver and Flash are more seamlessly bridging the gap between website and full on interactive experience, The new flash sites are becoming more than just great eye candy, and providing a structurally immersive experience supported by appropriate and interesting content.
Well, in a digital world we run into digital problems as designers. We must work within the platforms and within the paramaters that we are instructed. As we become more connected and more and more ideas and design are exposed to the world, the world becomes saturated with overlapping content and the threshold of new design seems to be reaches. So with the world connected, we have the issues that we must face in a digital world. Not everyone staring at a computer screen worldwide has the same resolution as the designer had when they created the design. Political and economic barriers seems to as well seem to make it difficult for everyone world wide the ability to see content on a level playing field.
Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
New media certainly does provide an additional platform to display design. But as the article suggest, with the limitations of screen resolution on a plethora of devices nowadays, content becomes more important than how the design may look on a digital device. Screen resolution is no match for real life design so every though there may be more platforms to display design, those platform may inhibit design, forcing design to conform to the more limiting requirements. http://www.theloopdesign.com/images/Medias.jpg. Web design can be beautiful, but it is still content on a flat screen.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I would think that it is always time to integrate disparate fields of design, especially now as there are so many different types of platform to work with and fuse to create new design. Even though technology may present some issues with how the end products due to screen limitations, video worked into any other media can generally be interesting. I like the idea of creating motion projects that are set up for a dome projection, like at the planetarium. The dome I would thing would create some interesting challenges for designers display their message.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
I think Flash is going to take us as designers in an interesting direction. It used to be that flash websites were cumbersome and slow and just about the “eye candy”. But with the way software like Dreamweaver and Flash are more seamlessly bridging the gap between website and full on interactive experience, The new flash sites are becoming more than just great eye candy, and providing a structurally immersive experience supported by appropriate and interesting content.
Blog # 6
• In an interconnected world, what are the limitations of design when cultural, political, economic biological and environmental systems are increasingly open?
According to Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing, the limitations of design are in the communication of the meaning. He says “designers are visual types who have a
tendency to either obsessively reduce or overly complicate the ideas of their clients,
often without much concern for what is actually communicated.” In other words Designers become so wrapped up in the design in loose the meaning that they where striving for to begin with. In the world we live in, the people are so bombarded with design and image that the meaning of image can be lost.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
The world of design has been flipped over. New media creates new ways to experience design. In the past couple of years the world has connected through the internet. Design become more toward new media. The reading explain his distaste for the limitations of the internet But I think sites can only become more innovative and interactive. Site like youtube and facebook have create a new way to present media to the world. Although I can see what Rudy VanderLans is say, One problem is that it has limited graphic possibilities. The coarse resolution of the computer screen, the inability to fix layouts and typefaces, and the overpowering presence of the browser's interface all restrict the designer's ability to impart a specific visual character to a Web site.” Most site can only be contain the grid structure that limits the imitation. The Cheetos website push the envelope int ways of design. It create a new experience with its product that the fun and interactive. http://cheetos.com/
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I think that designers have started to be reintegrating into the new direction of design. Design is exploring it potential for bigger and better thing in the world. The world is becoming more and more digital and thus so does design.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria?
I think that next Big Thing in Design is web design. The design possibilities of web are boundless. The internet creates a place that can innovate as well as inspire new thought. The design can influence people to create more interesting ideas. As was stated before the in the reading the structure of website have been stagnant and dull. The more creative a website is the more response from the user. In the eassy is stated by Paul Roberts that "The irony of the information revolution is that consumers neither like nor expect long texts on their computer screens" suggests a radical shift in people's reading habits. In true I hat website the make me read so much crap that I end hating the site and never returning to it. Although design site are supposed to be cool looking they are some of the more cutting edge in terms of future of web. http://www.stardust.tv/ http://www.psyop.tv/ http://www.shilo.tv/#/work/guinness/
According to Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing, the limitations of design are in the communication of the meaning. He says “designers are visual types who have a
tendency to either obsessively reduce or overly complicate the ideas of their clients,
often without much concern for what is actually communicated.” In other words Designers become so wrapped up in the design in loose the meaning that they where striving for to begin with. In the world we live in, the people are so bombarded with design and image that the meaning of image can be lost.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
The world of design has been flipped over. New media creates new ways to experience design. In the past couple of years the world has connected through the internet. Design become more toward new media. The reading explain his distaste for the limitations of the internet But I think sites can only become more innovative and interactive. Site like youtube and facebook have create a new way to present media to the world. Although I can see what Rudy VanderLans is say, One problem is that it has limited graphic possibilities. The coarse resolution of the computer screen, the inability to fix layouts and typefaces, and the overpowering presence of the browser's interface all restrict the designer's ability to impart a specific visual character to a Web site.” Most site can only be contain the grid structure that limits the imitation. The Cheetos website push the envelope int ways of design. It create a new experience with its product that the fun and interactive. http://cheetos.com/
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I think that designers have started to be reintegrating into the new direction of design. Design is exploring it potential for bigger and better thing in the world. The world is becoming more and more digital and thus so does design.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria?
I think that next Big Thing in Design is web design. The design possibilities of web are boundless. The internet creates a place that can innovate as well as inspire new thought. The design can influence people to create more interesting ideas. As was stated before the in the reading the structure of website have been stagnant and dull. The more creative a website is the more response from the user. In the eassy is stated by Paul Roberts that "The irony of the information revolution is that consumers neither like nor expect long texts on their computer screens" suggests a radical shift in people's reading habits. In true I hat website the make me read so much crap that I end hating the site and never returning to it. Although design site are supposed to be cool looking they are some of the more cutting edge in terms of future of web. http://www.stardust.tv/ http://www.psyop.tv/ http://www.shilo.tv/#/work/guinness/
BLOG 6: NOTHING ORIGINAL IN SIGHT!
1) We would like to think that in such an interconnected world that having open systems of information will lead to open design. But, having all this information so open and accessible limits how concise and what we design. Instead of having meaning and simplicity we have to shout to the audience for attention with a gimmick, shock, or over complicated design just to engage.
2) I don’t think new media presents a “new” direction for design, however I think new media provides a new way to present good design or design that has been done before. Like we have all seen time and time again, good screen based design is simply print design done on a computer. All the old tried and true methods, grids, color theory, patterns still are relevant and in practice with new media. Just look at http://www.us.playstation.com/ its all a grid of thirds.
3) I believe designers have already begun to do so, integrating the old with the new. As for giving design a new direction I don’t think I have not seen anything that has surprised me as completely new or unseen in my life. It seems I can always find something to reference it to or compare to. The integration of old and new yields great products though like this Kanye West Video that fuses live action with cartooning by keying out and overlaying color on the live video. Yet once again I’ve seen this done before…. Nothing original anymore…?
4) The next big thing huh…. Well as always we are trying to push computer graphics closer to reality. Check out this Interview about Image Metrics and see for yourself. Besides that Im not terribly sure. I notice a lot of rehashing of the past as always but I really do think with information at everyone’s fingertips vying for our attention we’re going to revert back to good meaningful design not just oversaturated bs. Until that day I’ll be happy to be paid to make that bs and hopefully try to create some meaningful work on my off time.
2) I don’t think new media presents a “new” direction for design, however I think new media provides a new way to present good design or design that has been done before. Like we have all seen time and time again, good screen based design is simply print design done on a computer. All the old tried and true methods, grids, color theory, patterns still are relevant and in practice with new media. Just look at http://www.us.playstation.com/ its all a grid of thirds.
3) I believe designers have already begun to do so, integrating the old with the new. As for giving design a new direction I don’t think I have not seen anything that has surprised me as completely new or unseen in my life. It seems I can always find something to reference it to or compare to. The integration of old and new yields great products though like this Kanye West Video that fuses live action with cartooning by keying out and overlaying color on the live video. Yet once again I’ve seen this done before…. Nothing original anymore…?
4) The next big thing huh…. Well as always we are trying to push computer graphics closer to reality. Check out this Interview about Image Metrics and see for yourself. Besides that Im not terribly sure. I notice a lot of rehashing of the past as always but I really do think with information at everyone’s fingertips vying for our attention we’re going to revert back to good meaningful design not just oversaturated bs. Until that day I’ll be happy to be paid to make that bs and hopefully try to create some meaningful work on my off time.
Blog 6
• In an interconnected world, what are the limitations of design when cultural, political, economic biological and environmental systems are increasingly open?
Personally I would believe that the limitations would derive strait from the designers themselves. By this, I mean that our own experiences and knowledge about these subjects would determine our capabilities to design projects about them. One designer may know more about the economy than another and thus can make a more convincing argument or narrative through their design. I believe Tarkovsky mentions in a documentary interview that creating something we know on a personal level is the only true form of art no matter the medium. Another limitation could be overexposure to such easily accessed knowledge such that designs begin to meld or look similar. By living in a generation that is dominated by such connectivity we sometimes have more trouble finding uniqueness. Our minds cannot expand beyond what we believe is already known.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
Yes, new media does present “new” directions in design. As mentioned in the reading it is very hard for us to think of any of the new possibilities for design after seeing everything that is already created. But when a new form of media or, in a more general sense, reforming of an old media occurs many times a revolutionary designs can emerge from the investigation. For example, typography for a very long time was always associated with print or still based graphics. When motion design took off a wave of new typographic motion designs began to pop up. (Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPfTlpCKaw&feature=related) While this may not be professionally made it opens the doors for so many other possibilities for the way we imagine the movement of type.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I personally do not think that there is any wrong or right time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields. Any time we can be influenced or reinvent older fields to create something new is great. It lets us continue to let be inventive but also pay respect to designs we find influential or the ones that worked. A topic I feel very relevant to this discussion is newspapers because as we know they have been in decline since the introduction of web based news and blogs. As discussed in this video http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector a designer took it upon himself to redesign a newspaper in a smaller country with quite miraculous results. While the design in some ways resembles a magazine the idea of creating a design solely for the weekly newspaper shatters the image we associate with them. Overall, this yields new and interesting results because it creates a design focused paper that still delivers news but appeals to the consumer who wants a more interesting medium for news that is not online.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
I really feel that with when these computer surfaces, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sz8ExZndc & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKgU6ubBgJA&feature=related become a everyday household technology it will reinvent not only the way we design objects, website, pictures and all our forms of media for viewing but how we actually create them. I do understand that this is quite focused on the technology but interactivity is also part of our job as digital designers. We will change the way people interact with their media via these devices because it will take into account how people will access our work with something as personal as a hand instead of a mouse.
Personally I would believe that the limitations would derive strait from the designers themselves. By this, I mean that our own experiences and knowledge about these subjects would determine our capabilities to design projects about them. One designer may know more about the economy than another and thus can make a more convincing argument or narrative through their design. I believe Tarkovsky mentions in a documentary interview that creating something we know on a personal level is the only true form of art no matter the medium. Another limitation could be overexposure to such easily accessed knowledge such that designs begin to meld or look similar. By living in a generation that is dominated by such connectivity we sometimes have more trouble finding uniqueness. Our minds cannot expand beyond what we believe is already known.
• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
Yes, new media does present “new” directions in design. As mentioned in the reading it is very hard for us to think of any of the new possibilities for design after seeing everything that is already created. But when a new form of media or, in a more general sense, reforming of an old media occurs many times a revolutionary designs can emerge from the investigation. For example, typography for a very long time was always associated with print or still based graphics. When motion design took off a wave of new typographic motion designs began to pop up. (Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPfTlpCKaw&feature=related) While this may not be professionally made it opens the doors for so many other possibilities for the way we imagine the movement of type.
• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I personally do not think that there is any wrong or right time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields. Any time we can be influenced or reinvent older fields to create something new is great. It lets us continue to let be inventive but also pay respect to designs we find influential or the ones that worked. A topic I feel very relevant to this discussion is newspapers because as we know they have been in decline since the introduction of web based news and blogs. As discussed in this video http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector a designer took it upon himself to redesign a newspaper in a smaller country with quite miraculous results. While the design in some ways resembles a magazine the idea of creating a design solely for the weekly newspaper shatters the image we associate with them. Overall, this yields new and interesting results because it creates a design focused paper that still delivers news but appeals to the consumer who wants a more interesting medium for news that is not online.
• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria? Provide examples to support your assertion.
I really feel that with when these computer surfaces, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sz8ExZndc & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKgU6ubBgJA&feature=related become a everyday household technology it will reinvent not only the way we design objects, website, pictures and all our forms of media for viewing but how we actually create them. I do understand that this is quite focused on the technology but interactivity is also part of our job as digital designers. We will change the way people interact with their media via these devices because it will take into account how people will access our work with something as personal as a hand instead of a mouse.
Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing (Blog 6)
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The limitations of design are based purely on the necessity to convey a specific message to be vehicle that bring meaning to an audience. Contrary to what the Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing article was imagining about design being judged on the message that it conveys, design is judged by its ability to communicate a certain message clearly and concisely. This limits the design to serving that message with all it's aesthetic and design elements being present for only one purpose: to support the message.
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New media, web and flash specifically, provides a new direction in design by allowing a grater capacity for interactivity. Interactivity allows for the design to capitalize on playing with layering and juxtaposition of images and text in real time to portray a deeper meaning to the viewer. Though the Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing reading may be slightly out of date it is on point when it says, "If there were ever an opportunity for graphic design to be more involved with content, the World Wide Web is it," because the web is an evolution of print that gives designers the ability to make the viewer move and interact with content. The ability to interact with content gives the designers the power to compress design into a succinct interface rather than just a layout, a prime example of this can be seen here. This website features a designers portfolio compressed into the space of a browser window with the help of the interaction provided to him by the use of flash.
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I don't think so, it seems that people are just trying to integrate different styles in a random fashion, which may or may not yield effective results. The reason that reintegrating different styles is not effective is that they may be being combined without deep enough understanding being present to predict the outcome, one such failed attempt is the recent Comcast commercial. This commercial combines live action with extremely unrealistic isometric projections of a 3d environment, which creates a style so distracting that it takes all of the viewer's attention away from the message. (not to forget the fact that this commercial doesn't remotely resemble any of the previous Comcast commercial styles) So perhaps we need to explore individual fields more, so that more meaningful integration can occur in the future.
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The next big thing in design is interface design with a modular approach. Most popular websites like Facebook, Gmail and iGoogle use a modular design, allowing the user to be able to customize what they see in the interface, such as weather forecast module, a calendar module or a module showing the latest videos on Youtube. (which is also customizable since it's designed with a modular approach) This approach to interface design can also be seen in the two most popular operating systems Mac OS and Windows Vista, with their widgets and gadgets, respectively. I think this is the next biggest trend because it allows for customization, which appeals to the consumer.
The limitations of design are based purely on the necessity to convey a specific message to be vehicle that bring meaning to an audience. Contrary to what the Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing article was imagining about design being judged on the message that it conveys, design is judged by its ability to communicate a certain message clearly and concisely. This limits the design to serving that message with all it's aesthetic and design elements being present for only one purpose: to support the message.
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New media, web and flash specifically, provides a new direction in design by allowing a grater capacity for interactivity. Interactivity allows for the design to capitalize on playing with layering and juxtaposition of images and text in real time to portray a deeper meaning to the viewer. Though the Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing reading may be slightly out of date it is on point when it says, "If there were ever an opportunity for graphic design to be more involved with content, the World Wide Web is it," because the web is an evolution of print that gives designers the ability to make the viewer move and interact with content. The ability to interact with content gives the designers the power to compress design into a succinct interface rather than just a layout, a prime example of this can be seen here. This website features a designers portfolio compressed into the space of a browser window with the help of the interaction provided to him by the use of flash.
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I don't think so, it seems that people are just trying to integrate different styles in a random fashion, which may or may not yield effective results. The reason that reintegrating different styles is not effective is that they may be being combined without deep enough understanding being present to predict the outcome, one such failed attempt is the recent Comcast commercial. This commercial combines live action with extremely unrealistic isometric projections of a 3d environment, which creates a style so distracting that it takes all of the viewer's attention away from the message. (not to forget the fact that this commercial doesn't remotely resemble any of the previous Comcast commercial styles) So perhaps we need to explore individual fields more, so that more meaningful integration can occur in the future.
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The next big thing in design is interface design with a modular approach. Most popular websites like Facebook, Gmail and iGoogle use a modular design, allowing the user to be able to customize what they see in the interface, such as weather forecast module, a calendar module or a module showing the latest videos on Youtube. (which is also customizable since it's designed with a modular approach) This approach to interface design can also be seen in the two most popular operating systems Mac OS and Windows Vista, with their widgets and gadgets, respectively. I think this is the next biggest trend because it allows for customization, which appeals to the consumer.
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