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And I’m Back. ‘History and Futures’ It Is.
Firstly,
Happy 2020. The year were everyone seems to have set their target dates and
commitment to change. “Twenty-twenty"… it does have a nice ring ...
Complex Simplicity – History Revealed
Module 2 is
officially in full swing, and already in the middle of the first week. In this
module we will be exploring the historical ...
Finishing off, Last Week Jitters and Plain old insanity
This week was probably the most intense and overwhelming throughout the whole module (other that the one were I thought I was going ...
New Steps: Ideas in a Different Space, Problem Swap, Cultural and Paradigm Shift – Part 2
The second
lecture of this week was a podcast between Susanna Edwards and Mazier Raein. The
conversation revolved around where is graphic Design standing now ...
New Steps: Ideas in a Different Space, Problem Swap, Cultural and Paradigm Shift – Part 1
Graphic
Design has evolved immensely over the last hundred years. In the beginning of
the 20th century, there was a level of craftsmanship involved.
Looking back ...
What Lies Beneath: Decoding messages and Interpreting Information
In 1995, local singer John Bundy won the ‘Ghanja tal-Poplu’
award with his song titled Pajjiz tal-Miki Maws (Mickey Mouse land).
The song is a ...
Breaking News 2.0 – TRENDS AND ENVIRONMENTS: LIGHTING UP THE MESSAGE, SYMBOLISM AND SEMIOTICS OF THE NEW – PART 3
I really enjoyed this part of the lecture. It was a tour of the installation named Breaking News 2.0 by Patrick Thomas. It ...
Trends and Environments: Lighting Up the Message, Symbolism and Semiotics of the New – Part 2
Case study: The Olympics Branding Through the Years
Various Olympics logos
This part of the lecture is about comparing a common concept in different cultural ...
Trends and Environments: Lighting Up the Message, Symbolism and Semiotics of the New – Part 1
Symbolism and Semiotics
Symbolism has always been used by humans to represent and communicate what otherwise is abstract. It has played an important role ...
Type and Page – Constructs of Typography, Systems and Theory
People have always felt the need to document all
sorts of information. Prior to the invention of writing systems and books,
people used images and ...