For my research project, I want to learn about romance games. As a gamer, I have several different types of games on my phone. And one of the games I have played since the server was opened is a romance game. There’s a lot I … Read More
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Roland Barthes’ “Rhetoric of the Image“ essay from Image – Music – Text, Translated by Stephen Heath. Hill and Wang, 1977. (excerpt)
At the first sight of the article, the first thing I noticed was the picture in the article, a picture about … Read More
“80s Design is Alive, Well, and Living in 2019” by Nadja Sayej, published in PRINT, March 6, 2019
A lot of the designs that came out in the ’80s incorporated a lot of different kinds of technology. The influx of technology and the … Read More
Paul Rand “Good Design Is Good Will” 1987 from Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field page 64-69 and Steven Heller “Underground Mainstream” in Design Observer 2008.
I agree with Paul Rand’s view on the designer/client relationship. There should … Read More
The relationship between character design and mobile games.
Most people around me are playing games. There are many, simple ways to get a game. From board games, console games, mobile games, etc. And this reminds me that games are designed. So, the character design part … Read More
So far, I have done my best. Both writing and reading let me learn a lot of new knowledge, and constantly help me define and improve my design aesthetic. Sometimes I need to spend more time on my reading, so I think I need to … Read More
“I HEART NY” — The Sign Of New York
My paper will briefly describe the “I HEART NY” logo and poster. I will give a description that discusses semiotics and symbols, authorship vs. anonymity, and social/political engagement, and describe in detail how the “I HEART … Read More
F.T. Marinetti, “Manifesto of Futurism”; Aleksandr Rodchenko, “Who We Are: Manifesto of the Constructivist Group”; and El Lissitzky, “Our Book”, Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong, pages 19-31.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, transportation and communications were developing rapidly, … Read More
Hall, Sean. This Means This, This Means That : A User’s Guide to Semiotics, Laurence King Publishing, 2012 (Chapters 1 & 2) pgs 21-67.
After reading it, my own words to define the sign is the basic of language, the combination of two inseparable … Read More
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