Jonathan Harris created a website that connects graphic design and the progression of the internet through type and color. “We Feel Fine” scans the world’s newest posted blog entries every couple minutes for sentences starting with “I feel” or “I am feeling”. It then determines the age, gender, and geographic location of the person who wrote it as well as the weather during the time they wrote it based on the time and geographic location. Harris uses color to represent the type of feeling and size of the particle to represent the length of the sentence. The site has multiple sections (Madness, Murmur, Montage, Mobs, Metrics, and Mounds) all organizing the posts in different ways . Harris conveys a message on an easy to navigate site solely with the use of color, size, and font.
Thinking about our resumes I came across this image that sparked inspiration. It is extremely colorful and filled with different fonts graphically put together. I’m not quite sure yet how I want my resume to look, but seeing this image got me thinking of different ways it could look and how I could represent myself and my information.
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Most people prefer a classic and simple resume, however here are 45 examples of creative and personalized resumes. I really enjoyed looking through these because not only do you learn about the person from their skills and experience, but you get to learn a lot about them from the layout and design of the resume itself. Each one has a distinct and personalized style making each resume different from any other resume an employer would shuffle through. I chose this post because I found it helpful when trying to think of ideas for my own resume.
Google is an incredibly creative company. In addition to creating an environment where inspiration can prosper, their Google Doodles are clean and clever. The two above, pictured on Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Leap Day 2008, are just two examples of their creativity. The doodles always reflect Google’s brand identity, (staying true to its primary color scheme), while modifying the traditional letters to reflect an a unique holiday, iconic birthday, historical event, or just a doodler’s favorite sketch. I love seeing the logo change to something unexpected. If what the design represents isn’t obvious, I usually use Google to see what it’s about.
I remember seeing this image for the first time a few years back. A friend had made his own stenciled spray paint version of this striking, almost angry looking, masculine face. I asked him what it was about and the only thing he told me was that it is the OBEY image. Looking for a more in-depth answer, I typed “Obey” into google that evening. It turns out the image has no point beyond making people wonder what the point is. The creator of OBEY, Shepard Fairey, says the image, which happens to be a representation of Andre the Giant, is an experiment in the field of phenomenology, or “the process of letting things manifest themselves.” I find it amazing how an image with no meaning has continued to spread. If you look around where you live, chances are you will eventually find an OBEY image, or maybe you’ve seen another one of Fairey’s works. What started as one sticker, has branched out into a whole OBEY brand. Using mainly black, red, and white, Fairey creates iconic images that comment on leaders and events going on in the world today.
Well first off I am always inspired by well dressed people, especially well dressed couples. I believe people can express themselves with fashion just as much as art or music. This picture came from The Sartorialist, a very cool picture blog of things he finds interesting or beautiful. Highly encourage everyone to take a look at this site, there is something in this blog for everyone.
I enjoy the NYT mostly for the writers and editors whose articles are simply extraordinary (in my opinion, some of the best journalists in the country). Recently, I’ve been paying more attention to the photography that accompanies articles. Photos in the NYT have a consistent purity to them, a vivid and often provocative documentation of the people featured in articles. In the August 18th issue of the NYT magazine, the photos that colored the pages of Robin Marantz Henig’s piece about today’s young adults in their 20s and the divergent paths they take after college graduation struck me as particularly unique. Each photo presented one or a couple of these young adults in a particular setting, doing a certain activity or with a distinctive look, giving the reader a hint of who they are or where they’re from. I enjoyed the ambiguity of each photo because it forced me to analyze the image further. I will continue to be amazed by NYT photographs for their clarity, ambiguity, emotion, modernity and unconventionality. I hope you enjoy these works of art as much as I do. I found that I could relate a lot to the article because we, as students, are a part or soon to be a part of today’s 20-something crowd.
Check it out at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?scp=1&sq=20-somethings&st=cse
What inspires me? An innocent creation of something more grand and genius! Spirited Away has been my favorite movie for as long as I can remember. It's packed full of heart warming morals, and imagination that allows one to open up their minds and create something magical as well. This movie inspires me because it helps me to see outside the box. Not everything may be as it seems, but it still can be beautiful.
Read MoreOne of my favorite blogs is Color Me Katie (http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/). The author, a photographer living in New York City, shares her life through her photographs. I admire the creativity she displays in her photographs and street art and I love being surprised and delighted with each new post.
