Entry 11- Sol Lewitt App

For this week, also tried out the Sol Lewitt app, which takes the user through the legacy of Sol Lewitt, a famous artist well known for his Minimalist and conceptual art. This app is unique in that it uses features such as Ai to allow the audience to have a deeper look at the creative process of LeWitt.

Home Screen Of app
Bio Section

When you open up the app, you are shown a series of icons. These include icons such wall scanning section, A “mapping Lewitt section, a work theme section, and a virtual studio tour section. Tapping on the “Artist Bio” above allows the user to read a short bio about Sol Lewitt and the influence he has left on the world of art.

In the Mapping Lewitt section, the user can find sites or areas that have scannable artworks from Lewitt, a timeline map of Lewitt and locations that he traveled, and areas where his studio is located. I went to one of his artwork sites on 59th street – Columbas Circle called Curvy and loopy lines and bands. Once you scan the artwork, you are able to explore more information about it and Lewitt’s design process behind that artwork.

A section about Lewitt’s themes for many of his artworks is also included in the app. The section states that these themes have been used across many of Lewitt’s art mediums such as his wall drawings, paintings, structures printed books, and photographs. there is also a section that allows the user to virtually be in a 3d room using VR technology. The user can turn around 360 degrees in a room and tap on the icon they see to learn more about that object in Lewitt’s studio.

In my opinion, the Sol Lewitt is a great app to learn more about the artist himself and the type of art pieces he made throughout his life. Th use of virtual reality is also a plus and a good way for users to interact with and have a small feel of how it was for Lewitt as an artist and his work process.

Marching band Logo

So our internship supervisor Marla wanted us to try our hand at designing a logo for a marching band that she is part of. The marching band is a lesbian and gay group called Big Apple Corps. Marla wanted each of us to come up with some logos ideas and concepts to send to the marching band group and if they choose one of our designs, they would feature it on the front of all of the shirts of the performing band members.

We also had to follow guidelines when designing a logo. For example, the logo must look good on a white t-shirt, only used three colors or less, including the bandā€™s full name, and use the theme of ā€œunstoppableā€ or ā€œunstoppable!ā€ I and my others interns went on to make our logo design for the band. I personally think I made some good logo ideas but thought that just three colors were limiting. A couple of days after we did get the results of who actually won and neither I nor my fellow interns working for Marla didnā€™t win the contest but another designer named Steve Mclure won instead. I do think he deserved it and I like how he designed his logo, especially the green pattern of words in the background.

Entry 9-Fresco Menu

So Marla put me in charge of updating the menu from a cafe and deli spot called Fresco. Many if not most of the prices on this menu were to be changed since this specific menu was from a couple of years back. Some sections were also to be removed since the client didnā€™t sell those specific items anymore. The whole menu was two pages long so this task took me some time to do ( two to three days).

During this job, I did learn a few things, especially when it came to moving around text and images in these menu boards. For example, I learned how to make the images wrap around or fit in the text so that it gives you more space in each section of the menu. This also gave me an inside of how Marla deals with bigger menus like this. After completing this task, Marla also checked to see if I did the job correctly, which for the most part I did.