Journal 5

I read through Miriah’s blog and liked her designer research project very much. Since I had looked at architects for my research project, I was interested in reading about designers in a different field and Miriah’s collection of Graphic Designers were definitely interesting. I think I enjoyed reading about Milton Glaser because he was able to actually leave his mark on society in a permanent way; his I “heart” NY is not just a phrase, it is a symbol, a statement, and a cultural tradition recognized by people around the world. The ability to create something meaningful and lasting through design is a rare gift afforded to a few. I also liked her post for Marian Bantjes. As Miriah mentioned, there are only a few recognized female designers in comparison to their male counterparts; however, Marian Bantjes has become well-known for her feministic style of design which is even more uncommon.

I also thought that Miriah did a good job of finding designed faces. I can’t say I did as well as she had. I definitely liked her pick of the Wii wheel remote but my favorite was the first one which seems like what you find in elevators (though I don’t think that’s where she found this face). To see details of Miriah’s posts, click here.

The second blog I looked at was Jocef’ and I noticed that I may have forgotten to post the method for finding our clues for Assignment 3 but I guess it’s too late to write about it now. However, I have to tell both Jocef and Miriah that I’m not in the architecture program, though I did study architecture for about 2 years some time ago J . My favorite part about Jocef’s blog was his 2^nd Course Reflection. It seems that his take on the videos we watched for environmental design was the same as the authors of Cradle to Cradle. I think that was one of my favorite classes as well but I liked it mainly because it showed the variety of places that inspiration for design can come from (like Miriah said). I also love the car mustache for the found faces assignment; it's not something you see every day! I guess it is a sign of his creative mind that he enjoyed the snow mustache on the car enough to take a picture and save it until now. To see details of Jocef’s blog, click here.