‘Jeansboro’, which can be reference to by the 3ft sculptures built in downtown Greensboro, NC. They are used to pay homage to Greensboro’s rich history with the denim and textile industry. The designs on each “pair of jeans” are different and were sent in by Guilford County high school students in a contest. After living…
Jeff Bezos tropes I am doing my trope on the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. Many see him to be a revered billionaire in charge of providing the public with an assortment of products and giving many people work due to his introduction of factories around the world. Others see him as another tycoon unapologetically…
Since the late 1970s, an image of a rainbow or a rainbow color scheme has been near synonymous with the LGBTQ+ community. Due to the incorporation of the rainbow on the Pride Flag which is often used to represent the community, the rainbow color scheme is a trope often used in media to indicate LGTBQ+…
This sheet came wrapped around a lint roller. Although the design seems very simplistic, it helps with emphasizing the purpose of the product which is the lint roller. On top, is some basic writing telling you what the product is and towards the middle is a logo for Target’s “up & up” brand. Something that…
Tropes – defined as recognizable plot elements, themes, or visual cues that convey something in the arts – are all around us in our everyday life. There is one particular trope that has long been the face of America since she first made an appearance; the Statue of Liberty. In 1885, America was gifted the…
The three Fates spinning the web of human destiny, sculpture by Gottfried Schadow, 1790, part of the tombstone for Count Alexander von der Mark; in the Old National Gallery, Berlin. The Fates, otherwise known as The Moirai, are a group of three sibling goddesses who are responsible for the individual destinies of mortals at birth.…
This poster/print was designed by Josef Binder in 1939 for the New York World’s Fair in 1939. This is a very important piece for Josef Binder because it leveraged his artwork in the United States, which ultimately led to him becoming a US citizen, moving from Vienna, Australia to New York City. The creation of…
Going to Rocky Gap State Park in Maryland was a brand new experience to me in 2020 and let me say the views were stunning (however, a fatal flaw is that this a natural location, but it was the only public space that I had pictures of). The park in itself is made up of…
Damsel in Distress Trope Rachael Litavecz This 1953 advertisement for ketchup reads, “You mean a woman can open it?” (“Beyond Belief: Shocking Vintage Adverts from the ‘Golden Age’ “). The advertisement features a close-up of a woman’s face and her holding a ketchup bottle. The advertisement’s imagery and text promotes the hassle-free design of the…
My last wild design post is going to be on my Anatomy and Physiology For Speech, Language, and Hearing textbook. This class is an anatomy class but instead of learning about how the whole body is set up and how it functions, we only learn about how speech is produced and how people are able…
ART AGAINST AIDS is one of Friedman’s later works, made in 1987. This work was made for a coalition of artists and galleries to have an exhibition to raids money to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS Research. From what I can gather about Friedman and his personality, he most likely did this poster for…
Marlene McCarty, in her later years, moved from graphic design to drawing, specifically with a ballpoint pen and graphite. Focusing on social issues is always her goal, but she moved onto more working on feminist and sexual issues. In her series “Murder Girls,” Marlene drew multiple young women in see-through clothes showing and bringing emphasis…
One of Depero’s projects that first stood out to me was I balli plastici. This is a set design that was created in 1921. In 1917, Depero began to conceive of a Futurist ballet in which machine-like puppets would replace human actors and dancers. He felt that this would emphasize the Futurist ideals of technology…
Fortunato Depero was an Italian futurist painter, writer, sculptor, and graphic designer. He was born on March 30, 1892 in Fondo, Italy. “He grew up in Rovereto and it was here when he first began exhibiting his works, while also serving as an apprentice to a marble worker in 1910. He schooled at Scuola Reale…
The image above pictures an illustration from one of Erik Nitsche’s many history books. This one is specifically Volume 2 in The New Illustrated Science and Invention, written by Courtlandt Canby, depicting the history of ships and seafaring. During Erik Nitsche’s later career, he started his own book publishing company and made it a goal…