claire dooley: February 2010

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

almost final poster.. please comment on what you want to change! thanks!

Monday, February 22, 2010

"How Good Is Good?" an article written by Stefan Sagmeister, provides points to enriching ones life as a person and designer. The tone in his article is written for an easy read but brings up important topics and mindsets we should have. He often refers to priorities he has. At the beginning of the article he list three reasons for being alive and reasons to "get out of bed in the morning". At first his list goes like this...

1. Strive for happiness
2. Don’t hurt anybody
3. Help, others achieve the same

To create a better list he changes the priority of the reasons on the list

1. Help others
2. Don’t hurt anybody
3. Strive for happiness

I like that he has changed his mindset and is always looking for a way for the greater good of society as well as benefitting himself.

A question I would pose to sagmeister would be why so kind so humanity, instead of being selfish like many humans and designers? He is always trying to find the solution for everyone not just one.

I believe Sagmeister is so popular because his designs are amazing and he can really relate to the majority of the public. I enjoy his writing and design and am eager to see more for him.

Ze Frank's nerdcore comedy

This 19 minute clip is taken from the 2004 TED conference... very funny.. watch...

"Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he's seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools."

http://www.ted.com/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy.html

Sunday, February 21, 2010

It's Just A Date Final

It's Called A Break Up Because It's Broken Final

He's Just Not That Into You Final Cover

Thursday, February 18, 2010

journal four

Bruce Mau is a world famous graphic designer. He attended school at Ontario College of Art and Design. He didn't end up graduating but pursued his talent at Fifty Fingers, a design firm. After a few years of working at Fifty Fingers Bruce decided travel to England for a short stay of a year and then returned to Canada and founded Public Good Design and Communications.

Bruce Mau is an important designer because he focuses on the good and stays positive. I admire this because the world can make people so jaded and Bruce Mau doesn't even focus on the negative.

The mantra I have decide to follow is...

12. Keep moving.
The market and its operations have a tendency to reinforce success. Resist it. Allow failure and migration to be part of your practice.

I choose this mantra because when designing I tend to get hung up on the smallest flaws and try to correct them before I try something else.. which in turn slows me down and does't let me come up with as many solutions as I would of liked to.