Monday, May 11, 2009

Exp 3 Mashup

Madonna released an image of herself holding Mercy in sepia, to make the image look romantic and idealistic and as a soft version of propaganda , this season she charmed the front row with President Barack Obama - he had renewed sanctions against Prada because it posed a continuing threat to U.S. interests. Madonna is a clever person and this image is all part of a rigorous attempt to persuade Prada to choose what she despises, because of the rush it gives her when she can make something beautiful with it Obama accused Prada of undermining U.S. and international efforts in trying to stabilize fasihon.But one thing Prada the woman is unafraid of is a good fight. And more often than not, she wins.

Refrences:
Martin Parr, "The power of sepia - an expert's take on that Madonna image", The Gaurdian(April 2009), http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/apr/15/madonna-photo-malawi-adoption (accessed May 11, 2009).
Belinda Luscombe, Fashion's Auteur, "True To Her Own Eye", Time (February 2004), http://www.time.com/time/2004/style/020904/power/2.html (accessed May 11,2009).
Sue Pleming, "Obama administration renews sanctions on Syria", Reuters (May 2009), http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BarackObama/idUSTRE5473HK20090508?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 (accessed May 11, 2009)

Friday, May 1, 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Lecture 7

The shadow as a threshold was used as an component in my design. As said on the slide, shadows as a threshold can veil and obscure parts of the structure and the relationship between self and the surroundings, in Nobel’s lab this is what exactly happened.
Nobel’s lab is dark and lit by the glow from in between the ramp, showing the middle structure partially and as if it is hiding in the shadows, and in order to unveil it and discover the structure, you must follow the ramp and uncover the parts of the “truth” of the structure, and putting each of these clues together will give you the structure. So the shadow in my design gives my client a chance to unveil the “truth” slowly as if he were solving a puzzle. It also gives the beauty of ambiguity towards the structure, which without the light is just merely a shaped concrete slab.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Electroliquid Aggregation

Hope and the naked truth are complementary, because hope is what veils truth and shows the beauty of ambiguity of truth, and truth is what makes up hope's worth. Without truth there is no need for hope; without hope, raw truth may merely be an ugly fact. Therefore, the two together becomes meaningful and the world becomes optimistic once again.

From the quotes of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Alfred Nobel

Friday, April 24, 2009

Unreal drafts

Cousteau's Lab:





Nobel's Lab:

18 Axanometrics

First 9 from top to bottom, left to right: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Last 9 from top to bottom, left to right: Alfred Nobel