Illustrate a Story

  What i found interesting in this story was that how unexpecting life can be at times. From someone having everything to then having nothing at all. In this collage i illustrated scenes from the beginning to the end of her story, so as you listen to the story you can also follow the images to further understand what is going on.
                  

Design in Our Lives

   Recently, our professor took us on our third field trip. It was to the Museum of Modern Art. There we had the opportunity to view works of great dimensional designs.The two works of arts in which i found to have "high functionality" would be the Puma Bike from the Puma Tribanded Collection by Jens Martin Skibsted, Adam Thorpe, and Joe Hunter and the XXXX_Sofa by Yuya Ushida.
   I believe that these two works have "high functionality" because of the designs. Puma Bike is actually a well working and functional bike that likely perform on the same or even better level as a ordinary bike. Its fold in half design means that you can actually store it in a small place where it would not take up as much as space as an ordinary bike would. Also, it will be more maneuverable. The XXXX_Sofa is less maneuverable, but it is definitely more longer lasting than most sofas. It looks fairly comfortable also, and with a little padding I'm sure it will be just fine. What i find these two objects to have in common would be the very well design. They are both ergonomic because they are both designed for different purposes but are the same when it comes to creativity.
   The two works of arts in which i would find to have "low functionality" would be the Timor Perpetual Calender by Enzo Mari and the Designs for an Overpopulated Planet: Foragers by Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby. The Perpetual Calender is fairly designed but it looks like it can be a little confusing to some and also a little fragile too as to if it was to fall from a medium height it would break easily. The Designs for an Overpopulated Planet: Foragers work looks very interesting, it looks like something that can definitely be put into use. Nevertheless, it looks very uncomfortable. Having to carry some of the parts physically, and the size of some of the items are to big. If somehow they can design a more manageable and more comfortable way of carrying the items, then it would be perfect. In common these two low functionality works has illegitimate designs that would not seem very useful, one is to small and the others is to big. I would alter these projects to make them more ergonomic by resizing them so that they will not be a burden on the host.
   Objects do not to be highly functional to be good designs. As long as the quality of the object is good and the purpose of what the object is designed to do is also good, then the object itself shall be good. I believe that ART and DESIGN are not one separate idea, but in fact are equals. Art is in a way a design of an object, place, or thing that you create, while designs are art-based because of the tranquility of the shapes, lines or the way that the designer puts together their work.

Jens Martin Skibsted, Adam Thorpe, and Joe Hunter
"Puma Bike from the Puma Tribanded Collection"
Aluminum. 2004
 Yuya Ushida
"XXXX_Sofa"
Polyamide plastic. 2011
 Enzo Mari
"Timor Perpetual Calender"
Plastic. 1966
 Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby
"Designs for an Overpopulated Planet: Foragers"
Video. 2009

“MoMA PS1: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood”

  Recently, my class had went on a field trip  to "MoMA PS1". There, we encountered a vast majority of well-donned art from lesser known artists. In some case, people would consider most good and others bad..but are they really bad, if there considerable enough to be hung in a museum? One of the arts the i found that i believe was "Good", was The Long Jump by Carl Lewis. In the painting, the artist painted Lewis at the Olympic games where he set his record long jump and won the gold medal. However, the artist painted him jumping over a prison system and safely landing home. I think its a powerful message because most African-Americans have an image of them always being in jail. The artist shows that African-Americans can overcome that astigmatism and be productive in life. The one in which i thought was "bad" was the Tim and Gaffi piece. It was basically a desktop background with what looks like a picture of oatmeal, a bull cow holding a trophy, and a calculator pasted on in. I did not understand one bit what that piece was about but it was creative. Apiece that many like me would find misunderstood at first was The Forty Part Motet. Now when you first encounter this piece, you will see that it is actually forty individual pieces of speaker positioned around a wide open room playing music. However, when you carefully listen, you will see that each section of speakers has their own individual sound and they blend together to make one magnificent melody. I thought it was quite brilliant, as to the large amount of space in the room it makes the sound perfect.

    The Long Jump by Carl Lewis: Artist:Henry Taylor (2010)

            







Tim and Gaffi, Artist: Darren Bader (n/a)

 The Forty Part Motet, Artist: Janet Cardiff (2001)