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Tag: Design
Concerning art, when is the medium more valuable than the message? In this case, the medium (bronze) seems to have gained much more value lately than the visions or messages…
Since the cave days pictograms have been used by civilization to simply represent and communicate ideas, objects, activities and locations by means of an illustration. Today, pictograms are highly graphical…
“The most beautiful guitar in the world.” That is what the sales literature from Gretsch called their Model 6136 White Falcon. Angelic in form and celestial in sound, the White…
Afterimages are experienced when a prolonged or intense visual stimulus ceases. Because afterimages result from fatigue in portions of the retina, the visual afterimage seems to move with the eye,…
In 1994, a ban on assault rifles was instituted by President Clinton and it has since expired – except for a ban in California. The ban on assault rifles in…
The Bauhaus (the full name Bauhaus means “state building house”) was the most famous school of architecture and design of the 20th century. Founded by Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany,…
The nerds are out for revenge again! Or, at least some street cred, with their latest venture – Nerdcore Hip-Hop. Nerdcore is a subgenre of hip-hop that is created by…
When someone mentions the Wall of Sound, what comes to mind is usually the signature sound of Phil Spector that he created by using dense layers of sound with large…
In 1957, the United States Housing & Home Finance Administration formed the Women’s Congress on Housing. This design group was to be a representative view of all the things wanted…