Prof. Jenna Spevack | COMD3504_D061 | FALL 2024 | Thurs 2:30pm
Hello! I am currently a junior attending the NYC College of Technology for Communication Design. This major dabbles in Photography, Vector & Raster Graphics, Digital Media Foundations.
Introduction
This research studies the background of excess content, which has resulted in the formation of innovative modern design and art—overstimulation. To be precise, the immense use of fast-paced, visually saturated media in recent years has affected creative practices and the way people look at … Continue Reading “Research Proposal – Sunny Naseem”
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is a contemporary Japanese painter acknowledged for her remarkable work in different fields, such as painting, sculpturing, installation, and performance arts. She was born in Matsumoto, Japan, and later relocated to the U.S. in the late 1950s, where she was one … Continue Reading “Designers Cookbook 3 – Yayoi Kusama”
Amara de Lempicka (1898–1980) was a Polish Art Deco painter known for her fashionable and modernistic portraits. The artist was characterized by living in Paris during the interwar years and moving to the U.S., so she came to symbolize the elegance of the Art Deco … Continue Reading “Designers Cookbook 2 – Amara de Lempicka”
(2000’s to Today) I chose Ksenya Samarskaya as a designer to write about because her innovative approach to typography seamlessly blends artistic vision with minimalism. Her unique ability to merge modern aesthetics with cultural influences makes her work stand out in today’s design landscape. Additionally, … Continue Reading “Designer’s Cookbook 1 – Ksenya Samarskaya”
The 1952 Van Heusen advertisement has the tagline “The world’s smartest shirts,” an example of a midway stereotypical advertisement. The advertisement is promoting a class of men’s formal shirts. The advertisement reflects mass stereotypes that prevailed globally in earlier times. Semiotic and cultural theories from … Continue Reading “Decoding Bias: A Semiotic Analysis of Van Heusen’s 1952 Advertisement – SN”
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