Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Blog Commentary: Week 5





Core77: Deserve Your Dream: Design Education and Advocacy, by Mariana Amatullo
Amazing artwork. A simple yet powerful design with a profound message. A lot of cases in contemporary design this is a key concept that goes a very long way. Even the simple text at the bottom contrasting with the relatively "giant" blood splatter image drives the point home. This is something that can work very well in the area of advertising. Even if it's just advertising a serious subject and not just a product.

Seth Godin: Nine steps to Powerpoint magic
Certainly great tips to handling your presentation, especially in a class like New Media. Basically the main point in these tips is to simply give a genuine presentation, like you actually enjoy whatever it is you're trying to "sell". And if you don't enjoy it, act like you do. It'll make the biggest difference.

Very clever. Even funnier that it's a Rick Astley video. I would not be surprised if Youtube made HD, or at least super high-quality video available to stream in the near future.






These look pretty nice in my personal opinion. Harman Kardon is known mostly for its speakers, but these are a distinguishable design that, according to the article, blend "bling" and "steampunk", which is bound to attract at least a small group of individuals looking for a set of speakers for their computer. Very interesting.

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