I am a Travel Agent who specializes in Disney Destinations, so I get these in the mail probably about twice a year. I’m throwing any bias I might have out the door for this post though. I’m taking off my Disney Mickey ears and putting on my Design thinking hat! I feel like the most…
This Design Fellowship poster immediately caught my eye when I was walking down the stairs leaving Brooks Hall. The use of color in this poster was the first thing that stood out to me and was what grabbed my attention. Placed on top of the dark grey background, the yellow to coral gradient popped out…
My chosen trope for this assignment, Asian stereotypes, has been very present in media for many years. Because this can date back to the time of the Chinese Exclusion act in 1882, if not much earlier, the earliest forms came in political cartoons. In present day media, we can see many memes involving the common…
The trope that I decided to pick was the Little Dutch Boy. This trope is more American than Dutch, since the book that popularized this symbol was written by an American author. Despite this, this trope is used often to establish trust in a brand, and show it as a brand that “saves the day”…
The 1947 film, Don’t Be a Sucker, was produced by the U.S. War Department as a means of propaganda following the end of World War II. This film contains a variety of rhetoric that influences and persuades the viewer through a compelling message. Although this is a propaganda piece, it also acts as a narrative.…
For my trope, I decided on the flag of the United States. This one I feel is especially relevant given the current tensions and situations that are occurring in our country. At the center of much of the imagery, the flag has played a key role in representing the ideals of all sides of the…
Nurses Whether it is guardian on the battlefront, or vixen in the emergency room, the representation of the nurse has changed and developed over time to reflect the different ideas of nurses, like gender roles and norms, as well as healthcare and medicine. Cigarette Advertisement Here is an advertisement from 1932 for Camel cigarettes featuring a nurse. The very…
For this assignment, I to choose to review the book ” I Seem to be a Verb” by R. Buckminster Fuller. My first impression of this book was neither overly enthusiastic or possessing feelings of detestation. My first impression of the outward appearance of this book was indifference. To me, this book seemed as though…
Les mots en liberté futuristes I chose Les mots en liberté futuristes as my piece. My first visual impression of Les mots en liberté futuristes is that it is very visually busy. There is no color present, except for the red on the cover page. There are many lines, shapes, and words going in all…
I chose to examine the book, The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, which was published by The World Publishing Company in New York. It is a facsimile, or exact copy, of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer with all 87 illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. I went over to this book initially because the cover of it was…
When I first came to the special collections exhibit, I spent some time walking around, eyeing what was available, waiting for a book to speak to me. That book, it turned out, happened to be one that not-so-subtlety suggested I “Damn Everything but the Circus”. I think to begin with, the title peaked my interest…
Jakuchu Gajo, a series of prints by Ito Jakuchu, was bound in a foldable casing protecting two volumes of screen prints depicting nature scenes like flowers, leaves, and small animals and insects. My initial impressions of it were that it has a rustic and fragile quality, with some yellowing on its pages, but the prints…
Les mots en liberté futuristes, F.T. Marinetti Experiencing old books in person is quite a transformative experience. I didn’t realize how much of an impact actually handling Les mots en liberté futuristes would have on my interpretation of it but it was truly crucial to my understanding of the book and…
When I began this project I wasn’t exactly looking for a specific book to “judge.” As I wasn’t overly familiar with any of the books on the list, I really just wanted to pick one up and start exploring. I walked over the the reserved section at the Design Library, grabbed an off-white spine from…
In Judging a Book By Its Cover, I reviewed “Contemporary Furniture and Textiles” by Knoll Associates. I found this to be an interesting choice because as a design student interested in interiors, I am familiar with Knoll in the contemporary sense. Upon checking it out from special collections, my first inclination was that it was…