NM3217 Principles of Communication Design | Jie Lin's Blog

  The painting, “ A short History of Modernism” was drawn by Mark Tansey in the year of 1982. It takes reference to the history of modernism dated back from the 1860s to 1970s. He separated his paintings into three sections. In the first section, we observe a purple-tinted painting of a lady standing outside of her house with nature at her backdrop, holding onto a hose and cleaning the clear glass window. In the second section, we see in blue tint, a man headbutting a concrete piece of brick wall, attempting to move in a forward motion. In the last section, Mark Tensay draws a red-tinted painting of a chicken. It stands tall on a slanted platform and stares at itself thoughtfully. While there is a lack of specific focus on the painting, I notice that the sections have something in common - the subjects of the paintings are all facing a certain surface (namely the window, concrete wall, and mirror). I also note that the first two sections are situated outdoors in the day as seen fro...

  Reflection/In-class exercise: Sketch (design) a machine/device that you think will enhance your creativity Lecture 1 offered a sneak peek into the world of design - something that I am familiar, but not entirely comfortable with (as I’m inexperienced with design). As a visual person myself, I enjoy interpreting images and understanding the context behind it. "A picture speaks a thousand words" - this lecture reinforced my understanding on how design can be a powerful tool of communication to bring forth meanings that words cannot simply contain.  Towards the end of the lecture, Professor Kaien asked us to sketch a machine or device that we think could enhance our creativity. I drew the above. It is a pair of glasses that shows dynamic images of nature. I racked my brain in search for inspiration to be more creative when it dawned on me, that the child-like me would have a better shot at being creative than the me today. The me today is constrained by societal norm...