DataIsBeautiful

After reading the blog post about art made of data, I looked up data visualizations and I came across the subreddit r/dataisbeautiful on Reddit. R/dataisbeautiful is a community where users submit posts where data is communicated effectively but also in a way that is aesthetically pleasing. Using art to convey data makes the data more…

Principles of Using Animation in UX Design

I was looking up information about using animation in design and I came across this article. It’s focus is on UX design but I thought these principles would be helpful when designing our animated PSAs also. Some of the most important principles that stood out to me were that: The animation should have good timing….

PSA Temporary Murals

With our animated PSA posters coming up I wanted to find other examples of how PSAs have been used in other media. I came across the PSA Temporary Murals by Lancaster Public Art. It is inspired by Mural Arts in Philly and it uses murals placed around Lancaster, PA, to spread messaging about COVID throughout…

GIFs as Real-Life Art Pieces

Artists have experimented with incorporating GIFs into real-life art pieces and seeing how they can blend different mediums together. In 2016, Giphy hosted an art convention called Loop Dreams which gave artists an opportunity to do this. It was a one-day exhibition designed to push the boundaries of what comes to mind when people think…

Ancient Egyptian “Icons”

Egyptian hieroglyphs are one of the first examples of how humans have used pictures to communicate. In this way hieroglyphs can be thought of as the first icons. The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was one of the writing systems used by ancient Egyptians to represent language. They were the original form of writing out of which…

Gestalt Principles in Logo Design

Learning about the use of closure in the Fedex Logo made me curious about how other brands have used Gestalt principles in their logos, and why a brand would want to use Gestalt principles in their logo. I learned that using Gestalt principles in a logo can help the elements of a design seem more…

2035: US Edition

Virgil Abloh c/o Vitra After reading “Arranging Things” I went to find an example of a modern art piece representing an arrangement. I came across Virgil Abloh’s piece “2035: US Edition”. In the description on Vitra’s website it states this piece is part of Virgil’s vision of a future home. I felt like this piece…