Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Mosaics by Sandhi Schimmel
Junk mail mosaics looks just prefect.. how people can create Art out of any material..
what Sandhi said about her work: "My work reflects our society's obsession with beauty through advertising - and the endless images that bombard us daily. It is a purposeful intermix of images derived from advertising and thousands of in congruent pieces - images and text - from advertising that arrives through my mailbox. Assembled like a mosaic; the paper tiles create an entirely new image - an eclectic and tactile portrait reworked in my imagination, utilizing materials that would otherwise go to waste."
Illustration / photography
Amazing way of integrating illustrations with photography...
am sure i will try this one soon... looks so attractive
Cup Lid Faces Concept
so cute cup lids, anyone would love to have one of them.. it creates funny moments of you were with a group of people and each one had a different one.. or maybe it can actually affect your feeling in that moment.. Take a SMILEY cup.. and smile for the whole day =) =) =)that would be great for a campaign!!! what would work in our culture?!!! think.. think..think
Cardboard Smart Car
AgainSarah Illenberger has created this cardboard smart car which was presented in paris by Marc Langenbrinck, managing director of the SMART brand.
he stated that this project was done to demonstrate that cars are not "disposable", and that the piece was highlighting the urban creativity and the green credentials of smart cars.
i found the idea really interesting, how a piece of art can give a deep understanding about a brand mission & vision. people might think that they can not really use this kind of crafting to enhance an idea, but this proves the opposite.. we should always experiment with whatever we have..
WaterMelon Rain
Artist Sarah Illenberger creates wonderful visual by using fruits and vegetables.. loved the water melon idea.. howa simple, creative but yet not easy..
About me
in my free time i just like to do some simple art works.. using styles that i like.. just experimenting with different colors and materials =D
Sunday, January 31, 2010
A Life of Luxury
Luxury is It is the state of great comfort and extravagant living. i can see than the word luxury is becoming so used nowadays as we hear a lot the word out side the box, and many more.
in the past luxury was considered to be there for wealthy people, and then things have changed to the middle class, and now it is available for everyone. because the definition of luxury have changed, now it more likely to be for any precious things that someone has. for example, i might have a cheap ring but that has many memories for me and i see it as a luxurious thing for me.
nowadays having old and antique objects is considered as luxury, while other people might consider it as garbage ! it varies between generations and people's backgrounds. also, another example is by visiting a really old hotel have been there for decades, now is considered as a luxury thing. even old cars that people gained and take care of then renew it by modern elements, are becoming so expensive now and are called luxurious thing.
Beautility
as the group mentioned and talked about beautility and asked what does beautility means?
beauty + utility = beautility.
as a person, I love to see beautiful things. i think beauty verifies between people. if everyone consider a box as a beautiful object, then there would be no varieties in the market. or people will not even think to design or have different things than others. that would be a boring life for me. even as self appearance everyone wants to look different, attract attention, looking beautiful.
so people always define beauty by seeing beautiful people! or objects.. but did they ever think what brings beauty to them? Nature makes us feel this way about others. i might see someone amazing and gorgeous while others might see them ugly. so it is a matter of taste.
but still beauty might not only considered as i mentioned for people only. i can call a pen as beautiful! or a mobile because it helps me a lot, and i love to use it. so we do have many beautiful things in our lives. so i believe everything and object in the world has its beauty ..
Monday, January 25, 2010
I ❤ NY
I ❤ NY is a famous logo, and slogan. it was spread all over the world. i remember since i was a child i used to see it with my younger sister, she used to have stickers of it ! i never thought about it, or understood it! but when I grew up i knew what was it. many people do not really know the concept behind it, but i am glad that i got the opportunity to know. it is always a pleasure for any person to get the information about many different things around us in the world.
i have a T-shirt that i got from Washington DC what had I ❤ DC, i loved it, just because it was related to special moments for me. my idea behind this example, when there was the discussion about why people and many countries took the I ❤ NY and made others and why people would like to buy it. me personally i think, if i travelled somewhere, and i loved the place, had a great time, i loved love to buy something that reminds me of this place. so, when u have good memories about something you love to keep it. and this would have been the same in jeddah i think! we can see many youths are wearing T-shirts that has the same concept but mayeb some in a different design.
i am against stealing or using designs because by time they lose their identity! but this is how things are going nowadays, but what is interesting is that I ❤ NY will never lose their identity, everyone knows that it is the original one.
and if jeddah gher was something similar to jeddah or people in saudi arabia, for me i think it is so bad, that some people count it to be something good for them maybe because they do enjoy being in jeddah because they have never been to other places outside, so it might be nice for them. at the same time people who waits for vacation to leave it, wont get the same feeling about it. so in the end, it is a matter of choice and feeling !i would not judge people! i just know that fingers are not the same !
Comparison between "manufactured landscapes" & "Running Fence"
after watching both documentaries, i actually liked the Manufactured landscapes more! i felt there was a great concept behind it, made us see and observe who are those behind recycling for examples, how there are people working so hard in a hard situations! i was really touched and got the benefit from that one. also the photographer, the way he saw things, they way the director made us see it from his lens taken from the photographer composition! it was a great project. and such an amazing photographs of this you would never think to photograph it. it really brought something new for my imagination and way to see and view things around me. it is true that every single thing and element around us, has something interesting about it.
and about the Running Fence, it was not as good as the manufactures landscapes for me. i just liked the last touches and photos for the completed fence, they were amazing photos, especially you can see the difference when they have taken the photos in different times a day.. it was so beautiful. but the whole process I did not find it interesting, or that it had a great concept behind it. it was a bit boring for me, but i just liked the final result of photographs.
Running Fence- by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
For this second movie we have seen in class, i was somehow having a hint about what it is going to be, it is different that the 1st one, but still so interesting.. during watching the documentary, you can see how much effort and time did they spend doing that project. by taking permissions for people living in the farms in USA, to install their installation crossing their land. i found it really hard to convince people who maybe do not understand such projects or even know what does an installation means, or why they should care about it ! even after explaining that the idea of having the "Running fence is to get the families of the land that the fence crossed together. it is 18 feet high and 25 miles long. extending East-West near Freeway 101, north of San Francisco, on the private properties of fifty-nine ranchers, following rolling hills and dropping down to the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Bay, was completed on September 10, 1976.
The art project consisted of: forty-two months of collaborative efforts, the ranchers' participation, eighteen public hearings, three sessions at the Superior Courts of California, the drafting of a four-hundred and fifty page Environmental Impact Report and the temporary use of hills, the sky and the Ocean.
All expenses for the temporary work of art were paid by Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the sale of studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models and original lithographs.
Running Fence was made of 200,000 square meters of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable which was embedded 1 meter into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires 145 kilometers and 14,000 earth anchors. The top and bottom edges of the 2050 fabric panels were secured to the upper and lower cables by 350,000 hooks.
All parts of Running Fence's structure were designed for complete removal and no visible evidence of Running Fence remains on the hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties.
As it had been agreed with the ranchers and with the County, State and Federal Agencies, the removal of Running Fence started fourteen days after its completion and all materials were given to the ranchers. Running Fence crossed fourteen roads and the town of Valley Ford, leaving passage for cars, cattle and wildlife, and was designed to be viewed by following 65 kilometers (forty miles) of public roads, in Sonoma and Marin Counties.
In my opinion, having such projects and such installations, at the beginning no one appreciate it, and people feel that there is no reason behind it, maybe just a waste of time and money ! but in the end, after seeing the results, me as a graphic designer, or any person who might be interested to see great photos of a great project would just love it. such an amazing photos taken after accomplishing this huge fence. it might brought some harm or people did not like it, but i am sure in the end they got something good or a great memory after it was established.
and these are some great examples of his work:
Thursday, December 24, 2009
the weaving of design and community
Today designers, this is a huge issue that we all talk about. are there people who we call real designers nowadays? do we trust them? do they have the ethics and responsibility? i am sorry to say no. designers are walking on the other side of all that. people in general i do not know the exact reason, but they are just looking for money! who can be more famous ! gain more money and be wealthy! they are turning to be feelingless, not knowing and well understand people's emotions and feelings! by design we can change the world, that what we have learned! but is it what is going on?
if design can affect positively, then why we do have many depression nowadays all over the world ! is in it because of design and media! so people did this change! nothing else interfered...
now we need to help the community by having campaigns, lectures and conferences to give people the knowledge of understanding the others. i really like the campaign that Dove did about "real beauty" that what people need! not only see skinny people who are 70% made of plastic ! and call them Beautiful ! even our new generations of boys are turning to be not accepting anyone who is not similar to those who are being spotted out all over the places.
i am with real people, not fake ones. i will go for real designers who know what they are sending to people and how to send it. who have a message to be taken and trusted. i wish i would be one of them, money is not as important when it comes to ethics and playing with peoples emotions! if everyone in the community did the same thing in their field then no one would feel different from the other..
and this book looks interesting
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
manufactured landscapes
when i first heard that we were going to watch a movie about a photographer " Edward Burtynsky" who set things and take amazing photos for things you never thought about. i was so interested to see his work. i also found new that there was a director too who actually direct the movie and within that edward's photos were shown and you can tell that when there is a stop action on a photo.
that documentary really opened new visions for me and a new aspects of art. he had chosen interesting places that no one would think to go and visit or even think to photograph, dangerous places, where there are all metals, oil, recycled places, and how people who are working there makes me feel they are so far from what we are living in. from their look, and how hard they work i feel it is so great to appreciate that place by showing it to people, and how all the products we do have, are made by the materials they are actually fixing, or who are making the first steps for recycling.
i think no one understood why was he doing that, what does he have in mind, but each one saw the documentary and his photos were inspired by how art is just amazing. how people see things differently, how can we present and show unfamiliar places to a great piece of art. those people i can call them artists. also, from what we have seen in the documentary, that he have been through hard time in many places, that they would not allowed him to get into the place itself, i think they are not used to it! and they were so surprised by someone wants to photograph such places. but he was smart. and i believe if those people have seen his work now, they would be so proud of themselves.
he was so great, i liked when he gathered all the workers in a factory in the street, and divided them into two rows standing, how patient they were, and how did he convince them to do that for him! also the time management was surprisingly, they were like thousands and he did not want to lose the day light. it was the only source of light for his photograph. another example, when there were the ships, and he had the patience to stay and wait for the workers to remove many parts of metal of that ship, then he took the photo he had in his mind! he is just amazing.
from now on, i think i have new idea's for photography, by not just taking a picture of things people see interesting, no but making interesting piece of art by shooting a very normal uninteresting places.
The Cultural influence of brands - in defense of advertising
rom this article we can see how brands are structured today..
how designers should be more aware of the environment and culture. designers should understand both of them in order to market the product. for example: international brands are well branded in many countries all around the world, they do their research quiet good they study and understand both important aspects which are the environment and culture and to know how consumers are smart. and here where we can see the differences that local brands are not well known because of the lack of knowledge, though they are living in this country and knowing the culture and environment! so what is the problem? i can not get it.
i hope soon this will change, a new blood will be in the market, new minds, and good energy would change this and make good products that can me deported too.
and it was mentioned in the presentation about how brands does understand our culture, religion and everything about us, i brought the Ad for mcdonalds about ramadan, and i found another one about christmas, i found it really interesting, how always ads are different depending to which country and place are you in.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Timing is everything
Timing is everything in all aspects of life. being a Graphic Designer that make us more responsible about timing, we have due dates we have to know and understand what is happening in the world at this time so we can relate and not affect negatively by unknowing certain issues.
But there always have to be limits, for example in advertising's as he have recently viewed about the H1N1 virus, i believe media have talked about it so much that they freaked out people all around the world, i think they have exceeded the limit, now it is not only about making people aware of it, though we know that the flu that comes after Hajj is more dangerous!
Also about timing, designers always should know when and where to publish the work. for example: now we are in the hajj month, people from all over the world are here. designers and media have started talking about hajj, how to do it, what is right and wrong, and many other instructions for people who have not been here before and they have showed it in different languages. that went so good with all pilgrims, and it was in a good timing that its the time to know all this information and at the same time not to forget it.
here is a link about some of the Ads they have done for Hajj:
Responsibility Answers Absurdity
The dictionary definition of the word “Absurdity” is the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable.
looking around us, all the restaurants and malls are a globalized brands, that you can find them everywhere whenever you travelled. but the interesting thing that maybe no one of the consumers did think about, is how did they move on having these products and not thinking or remembering how did they accept it at the beginning. this is how they started spreading all over the world by knowing, understanding, and make deep researches about cultures and different personalities. i think it is intelligent though it brings some negativity to the local brands.
Here in Saudi Arabia we have a lack to local brands and factories, or maybe there are some which are not famous because people are not supporting it! that come also because of the low quality or taste for some of them. Designers have a big role in that, that is why international brands got easily into our world. Advertising, branding is all what attracts people and make them buy the products.
Hopefully people here will be more aware of this issue, and i think it started to shown that new fashion designers appeared, but still they have to be aware of what people can afford and what they can't, if they want to succeed and get more consumers to buy their clothes then beat the market prices and let people appreciate local industry.
We as designers should help to built this relationship to get things better and to increase the local industry, by working as one hand everything can work.
and here i wanted to share with you an example of local clothing which people are buying from. and what it is good about it that it reflects the Arab culture and views.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Boarders or (RSF) is a Paris-based freedom of press organization. It fights for journalists’ freedom worldwide. i was not surprised when i heard about journalists who have been jailed, but i like the idea of having this organization to be with journalists and gives their freedom!
i feel sorry that here in Saudi Arabia we do not have something called freedom of speech! i think it is not fair, people are not slaves for anyone in this world, people have to talk and express their feelings and opinions about many things. and even there are many books that are not allowed to get in Saudi Arabia because they are afraid that it will affect them in anyway! by doing this people are looking to get these books and read about it, Saudi Writers or many of them are actually traveling around r even live in other countries so they can have the freedom of speech, write books, and publish them! now there is internet people can get and read anything they want without regulations! i wish this could change and that they could realize that people have minds that they can not change or control!
i believe things will change sooner or later! i hope so..
why they are still holding blogger for last four months!
this link i found, banning books that might affect children in school negatively as they say..
Ethical Design Education
"Good Design is responsible design" Designers are connected with humanity, this is what a responsible designer does. nowadays we can see many designers who design for the sake of living, not of being responsible about humanity. but ethics of design means that we have a moral duty and obligations to our fellow humans and to other living creatures that supports and sustains our lives. when we talk about designers, we mean fashion, graphic, interior.. etc. we all should be a responsible designers.
for example, Graphic designers who can change the world by sending the messages to the world by text and image, which can affect and influence people all around the world. bring awareness campaigns about the environment and how to have a Green planet. about this i have mentioned a great local example about Design Magazine and their last issue about Green Tomorrow. i have interviewd Kholoud Attar, who is the Director of the magazine, and she was so excited about giving the informations. i asked her what did motivate you and made you think about this issue? she said that, she went to a supermarket with her friends and they bought somethings and got out with like 40 plastic bags ! and one of her friends discussed how when she were in Japan in the summer and they had to buy the plastic bags if they wanted to use it, and that they only give the paper bags. from that she got the idea of why not making a new issue about recycling. She actually imported the White recycled papers because they are not available in Saudi Arabia, they were so expensive that she can not use it in another issues! that made me feel bad of how we can not help the environment because of the lack of responsibility. although there might be a good step that the environment ministry in KSA have called kholoud and supposedly will bring something good here in Saudi Arabia!
In my opinion, i really think it is so important to know as a designer what to design and what to keep away from, because of morals and ethics, i would feel really sorry about designers who does not care about people around them or even the environment. through the examples we have mentioned in the presentation, we can see how many companies are taking an advantage using designers to increase their income on consumer's health and environment!
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