http://folksonomy.org.uk/?rss=490 Folksonomy.org.uk is a structured repository of digital culture and creative practice. en-au Creative Commons License: (cc), Simon Perkins Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:28:02 +1000 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:28:02 +1000 Constellations 2.0 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?member=2 60 http://folksonomy.org.uk/Folksonomy.gif http://folksonomy.org.uk/ http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1957 Wayfinding is the organization and communication of our dynamic relationship to space and the environment Successful design to promote wayfinding allows people to 1 determine their location within a setting 2 determine their destination and 3 develop a plan that will take them from their location to their destination The design of wayfinding systems should include 1 identifying and marking spaces 2 grouping spaces and 3 linking and organizing spaces through both architectural and graphic means Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access School of Architecture and Planning University at Buffalo The State University of New York http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1957 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:28:02 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1953 Buzz is a long forgotten MTV experiment from 1990 In 1988 Mark Pellington developed an idea for a non-linear collage program he called Buzz Created in partnership with MTV Europe producer director Jon Klein Buzz was an ambitious 13-part global series commissioned by MTV and channel 4 UK It was hailed by critics as ground-breaking adventurous television This is episode 1 of the 4 episodes that have managed to survive on an old VHS tape to be digitized for your edification in this modern digital age Black Flag Party YouTube Channel Fig 1 Buzz Episode 01 Segment 01 Fig 2 Buzz Episode 01 Segment 02 Fig 3 Buzz Episode 01 Segment 03 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1953 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:58:43 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1952 Daniel Pink provides concrete examples of how intrinsic motivation functions both at home and in the workplace Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce 8 April 2010 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1952 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:20:56 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1949 Three young women offer berries to visitors to their izba a traditional wooden house in a rural area along the Sheksna River near the town of Kirillov Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA The photograph was created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii in 1909 as part of his survey of the Russian Empire The image was created using an early 3-colour technique and was commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1949 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:58:21 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1946 The ongoing femicides in the border town of Ciudad Juarez a real and socially relevant and current ongoing news story is something that I will attempt to present using comic art adapting Kafka s story to use as a foundation for visual treatments of real horror The themes of metamorphosis alienation and the collapse of a family unit are shared in Kafka s text and the news coverage of Ciudad Juarez Mexico The comics medium will be used to communicate with the audience and have them interact with the issue I first heard of the situation in Juarez from my Spanish teacher while in Guadalajara Mexico and the story stayed with me A very different Mexico was depicted closer to the border than what I had seen in my experiences of travelling around the country The ugliness of the murders is heightened by the ongoing corruption that surrounds them I feel confident that I can now give the story a worthy visual treatment something that has been lacking in recent film treatments of the situation For years young women have been preyed on by rapists and murderers while commuting to factories on the outskirts of the city The killings continue and to use imagery from Kafka the men who commit these crimes are like vermin or cockroaches David Valente 2010 Fig 1 Valente D 2010 Sister Midnight Nottingham Issuu Fig 2 Screen-shots from the music video for The Drive In 2001 Invalid Litter Dept USA Grand Royal Virgin 6 07 Sister Midnight is a comic book created by David Valente as part of his MA in Illustration at Nottingham Trent University UK The comic book was developed through a process of experimentation and discovery where Franz Kafka s Metamorphosis was used as a study for exposing contemporary social issues in Ciudad Ju aacute rez Mexico lt div gt lt object style width 630px height 440px gt lt param name movie value http static issuu com webembed viewers style1 v1 IssuuViewer swf mode embed amp layout http 3A 2F 2Fskin issuu com 2Fv 2Flight 2Flayout xml amp showFlipBtn true amp pageNumber 5 amp documentId 100718093410-2da700d778f94cb59f4ad1fb304142f5 amp docName sister midnight amp username valentepencil amp loadingInfoText SISTER 20MIDNIGHT amp et 1280739988250 amp er 0 gt lt param name allowfullscreen 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http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1946 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:57:57 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1944 The observation tower of J aacute nos-hegy the Elizabeth Lookout on J aacute nos Hill is the highest vantage point of Budapest with a 360 degree panorama was an obvious location It also allowed us to take on previous world records in both the highest definition image and the largest spherical panorama category When contacted the Council of District XII informed us on the upcoming anniversary of the tower We agreed to cooperate in commemorating the September 2010 event by setting up new world records-give them our best shot if you please 360systems Ltd 360world eu http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1944 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37:50 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1941 The eminent art expert Bernhard Berenson called this sheet the most beautiful drawing in the world It is thought to be a study for the angel in the Virgin of the Rocks in the Mus eacute e du Louvre Paris Web Gallery of Art Fig 1 Leonardo da Vinci c 1483 Silverpoint and white highlights on prepared paper 181 x 159 mm Biblioteca Reale Turin http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1941 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:45:01 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1938 Wileman 1993 defines visual literacy as the ability to read interpret and understand information presented in pictorial or graphic images p 114 Associated with visual literacy is visual thinking described as the ability to turn information of all types into pictures graphics or forms that help communicate the information Wileman p 114 A similar definition for visual literacy is the learned ability to interpret visual messages accurately and to create such messages Heinich Molenda Russell amp Smaldino 1999 p 64 The ERIC definition of visual literacy is a group of competencies that allows humans to discriminate and interpret the visible action objects and or symbols natural or constructed that they encounter in the environment http searcheric org Robinson as quoted in Sinatra 1986 describes visual literacy as an organizing force in promoting understanding retention and recall of so many academic concepts with which students must contend p v And lastly Sinatra defines visual literacy as the active reconstruction of past visual experience with incoming visual messages to obtain meaning p 5 with the emphasis on the action by the learner to create recognition The use and interpretation of images is a specific language in the sense that images are used to communicate messages that must be decoded in order to have meaning Branton 1999 Emery amp Flood 1998 If visual literacy is regarded as a language then there is a need to know how to communicate using this language which includes being alert to visual messages and critically reading or viewing images as the language of the messages Visual literacy like language literacy is culturally specific although there are universal symbols or visual images that are globally understood Suzanne Stokes 2002 1 The Occasional Wife 2 Stokes S 2002 Visual literacy in teaching and learning A literature perspective Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education 1 1 Branton B 1999 Visual literacy literature review Retrieved December 26 2001 from http vicu utoronto ca staff branton litreview html Emery L amp Flood A 1998 Visual literacy Retrieved September 22 1999 from University of Canberra Australian Centre for Arts Education Web site http education canberra edu au centres acae literacy litpapers vislit htm Heinich R Molenda M Russell J D amp Smaldino S E 1999 Instructional media and technologies for learning 6th ed Upper Saddle River NJ Prentice-Hall Sinatra R 1986 Visual literacy connections to thinking reading and writing Springfield IL Charles C Thomas Wileman R E 1993 Visual communicating Englewood Cliffs N J Educational Technology Publications http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1938 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:13:22 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1937 This is my final project for motion graphic design which is a Flash animation that depicts an origin myth of the self-created hero Hundred Pacer The name Hundred Pacer derived from a kind of very venomous snake that exists in mountain areas of Taiwan called Hundred Pacer snake and the protagonist Hundred Pacer was an ordinary Paiwanese Indigenous girl until her and her father were killed by the mudslide and the snake God chooses her to revive in passing down the power The story was inspired by the Typhoon Morakot happened in August 2009 which killed nearly 500 people and destroyed half of Taiwan at that time Jonghsiang Kwan 2010 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1937 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:04:10 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1936 The Victoria Line that opened between 1968 and 1971 provided the opportunity to produce a new and consistent look across the whole line from the trains themselves to the stations and platforms All aspects of design were overseen by Misha Black the Design Consultant for London Transport 1964e1968 who previously had a similar role with British Rail He employed the talents of the The Design Research Unit DRU e a collective of designers artists and architects who designed all aspects of the VIctoria Line Each platform was designed with a very muted colour scheme described by some of the press at the time as the late lavatorial style 1 P58 The tiled designs in each seat recess provided much needed colour and decoration and gave each stop its own visual identity The results were a mixture of direct inspiration from the station name and references to historical details of the local area Ian Moore Design Assembly 3 May 2010 Fig 1 Stockwell by Abram Games - a semi-abstract swan representing the nearby pub of the same name http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1936 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:51:38 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1935 Aryan Kaganof s SMS Sugar Man has either the dubious or celebratory distinction - depending on your point of view of these kinds of things - of being the first feature film shot entirely on a cell phone specifically the Sony Ericsson W900i Given the film s strong sexual content Sony probably won t be championing the film any time soon But in their absence I will To Kaganof s grand credit the technique in which the film was shot never comes across as being gimmicky The majority of the movie is shot as any traditional movie is shot despite the unique camera being used Every once in awhile we do get a direct POV shot from one of the characters holding his or her own camera but this is used very sparingly and is thus unobtrusive Scenes are mostly lit and executed as if filmed with a traditional camera What s most surprising about the movie is that one might presuppose - or at least I did - that it would be comprised of mostly quick cuts I don t own a cell phone with a camera but I had assumed one of them could only hold small files for short scenes Against expectation Kaganof comprises SMS Sugar Man with fairly longish shots and gives the film a very lyrical tempo Mike Everleth 17 November 2008 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1935 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:56:24 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1934 The Tagtool is a performative visual instrument used on stage and on the street It serves as a VJ tool a creative video game or an intuitive way of creating animation The system is operated collaboratively by an artist drawing the pictures and an animator adding movement to the artwork with a gamepad The design achieves virtually unlimited artistic complexity with a simple set of controls which can be mastered even by children The project is coordinated by OMA International Our approach is that all knowledge acquired within the Tagtool project should be shared We are inspired by the open source movement and believe that it is also relevant for the digital arts OMA International Austria Fig 1 Hagleitner Krenn Kermer Rieger 2008 Tagtool 039 short video documentary http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1934 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:17:31 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1933 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1933 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:06:21 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1928 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1928 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:14:38 +1000 http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1926 The Second City is a 1930 s Chicago inspired street scene This was created for a client who was looking for a proof of concept with a view to presenting it to games publishers All assets were modelled and textured by myself from an extensive catalogue of reference photography This is a fly-through video recorded in Fraps straight from the UDK viewpoint Breakdowns of meshes and lighting can be seen Thanks to Robert Antill for the work he did in After Effects on this Philip Howlett http://folksonomy.org.uk/?permalink=1926 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:29:54 +1000