Monday, 16 August 2010

Critical Essay Plan

Approach

Consider the interaction of modern art and design.

Thesis statement &plan

It draw parallels between art and design that the distinction is not clear in contemporary society. This essay intends to consider some reasons to demonstrate the interaction between art and design. First of all, art influenced design. Then it begins to talk about design influenced art.. It finishes by discussing art and design is interact each other.

Main idea

1 art influenced design

Contemporary art and design often use the same method of visual performance .Some design works inspired from the art works. For example, Gerrit Rietveld, Red and Blue Chair .The fashion design has also had significant changed by “post-modern art”. For example,Rei Kavakubo and Yohji Yamamoto.

2 design influenced art

Many contemporary art used design software and new media technologies to presented art work. For example, web design.

3 Interaction

Art and design is interact each other . We can not be exactly distinguished from art and design. Sometimes, the same work can be considered art and it also can be considered design. For example, architecture.

John Berger - Ways of Seeing

Here´s the link to download the book "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Warm Welcoming


Warm Welcoming
"Rachel"
(So sorry, I'm not sure about exact spelling of your lovely name)

Crit Questions

Why did you do it?
Is there a theme?
Does it relate to other pieces of work you have done?
What is the idea behind it?
How did you do it? From original idea to finished product. Talk about the process, inspirations, influences, techniques and choice of medium.
Is it what you wanted it to be?
What was successful and unsuccessful about the work?
Would you change it?
What do you want to do next?

Thursday, 29 July 2010

On Creativty and Design

Have a look at Yumi's blog where she has posted an article which looks at design and creativity. It suggests that creativity is creating something new that hasn't been done before and that the majority of design does not do this as it follows past rules and conventions. This would suggest that if the majority of design is not creative, then it's not artistic either!

Food for thought!

Surrealism paragraph

We ran out of time to look at the synthesised paragraph on surrealism but below is an example model that you can compare to yours. If you want me to look at yours, just let me know.

There are various definitions for the term surrealism. The Macmillan Essential Dictionary defines it as “a 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter” (Macmillan Essential Dictionary, 2003). It aims to free the mind of our day-to-day existence in order to achieve a fantastical, dreamy condition where the imagination and critical capacities of the “unconscious mind” are highlighted (wwww.wikipedia.com, 2006). Collina (2002) notes how the term is also used informally to express unpredictable ‘juxtaposition’ or ‘non-sequiters’ that emerge in conversation or the world of art. However, she points out how surrealists are often critical of the term being used in this manner.