Minimalism is a movement emerged in the early 1960s originated in America. It is a style that “distinguishes by severity of means, clarity of forms, and simplicity of structure and texture.” (Strickland, 1993) It developed a general phenomenon that involved parallel growths in painting, film, music and sculpture. Later, the idea of minimalism is also […]
Read more "Commentary Essay: Minimalism"Living in today’s complex society, we should advocate the simplicity in life. The concept of minimalism has been widely used in many different design areas such as architecture, interior, graphic, fashion, package and industrial design. By observing what is around us, we can see how minimalism is affecting our modern life through landscapes, buildings, computers, […]
Read more "Manifesto"Big Bang Data is an exhibition about how data explosion affects our lives in the contemporary world. Looking around the exhibition, I see that they have separated each section with the use of typography and colours. ‘The Weight of the Cloud’ is in light blue; ‘Data Universe’ is in red; ‘We Are Data’ in orange; […]
Read more "Big Bang Data"We are living in a world full of colours and everything we see has a colour but what is colour? Well, colour comes from light. Light travels at the same speed but each colour has a different wavelength and frequency. Lower frequency colours are red, orange and yellow, whereas higher frequency colours are blue and […]
Read more "Colour & Meaning"There are collections of different packaging designs, advertisements and toys displayed from the Victorian era until the 2000s in the museum. It shows the history of products being made and consumerism in society during different periods of time. Packaging plays an important role in order to help selling a product, as it is the first […]
Read more "Museum of brands, packaging and advertising"Definition of typography: Typography is concerned with the determination of the appearance of the printed page; the art, craft or process of composing type and printing from it; is writing with prefabricated letters. Why care about typography? Typography is similar to fashion but it is just designed for letters. Different looks of typefaces fit with […]
Read more "09 Lecture: Typography & Communication"Dear Friend, After visiting Shanghai, I was on my way to the airport. I was half an hour on the highway and all of a sudden passing by a usual 3 stories shopping mall, a very typical one viewing from the outside. However, it seems to be an interesting site as I saw a lot […]
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Stephanie Suen 