Homework for this weeeekkkk

Milton Glaser on using design to make ideas new: 

He was asked to do paintings to celebrate the life of Piero Della Francesca and this led him to a whole new way of thinking, comparing looking at these paintings as nature. A way of observation to analyze a piece and be able to look at it in a different way and take liberty to change something about them. I thought it was interesting the way he spoke of looking differently at the piece thinking of it in an entirely different way, recreating it without it fully losing its originally meaning but giving it slightly different context.

“I never understood the conflict between abstraction and naturalism...since all paintings are inherently abstract to begin with....there doesn't seem to be an argument there.” 

He then went on to speak of how we read things and how we are persuaded by what we know, like the word “reliable” and what follows after. It got me thinking of what do we know as genuinely reliable and is someone going to convince us otherwise if we already believe something is unreliable? Posters deal with deciding what they say and how they say it to convince the viewer of their point.

He deals with the norms of posters and pushing those boundaries. A poster is not meant to be explained, but he says maybe that is not true. SO he went on to deal with simple posters but then giving a tiny explanation, revealing his thought process and therefore willingly exposing himself. He goes on to see if a poster really has to be square and rectangle and pushes that idea. And continues to what is art and making posters that reveal that accompanied by a literature in case the viewer doesn’t get it, which i think is great. 

He actually is very interesting, funny and welcoming. He brought up many good points. 

David Carson on design and discovery:

“Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery...”

“Im a big believer in the emotion of design and the message that is sent before someone begins to read....”

• Design has gotten much simpler in recent years, getting to the point of being so simple that it is slightly turning back to how it was before. 
• Just because something legible doesn't mean it communicates the right thing, there are other factors that go into it. 
• I loved how his pieces and pieces he showed push the idea of text overlaying an image. I feel those sometimes are the most powerful. 
• He showed how big magazines deal with big issues, for example 911 in Time and People magazine and how they didn't deal with the space well and that gave a very negative impact. The images were so contrasting. 
• His found images were for the most part really compelling and his sense of humor is engaging. I actually really enjoyed this video. 
• The thing he said that stood out to me the most was, “You have to utilize who you are through your work....no one else can do that.” so true!