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Category Archives: Elements and Principles
Design Exercise: Imaginary Places (again)
Today is the first day of summer and I’m ready to celebrate. I’m off on an adventure and so there will be no new post today. But I have found a post for you from last year, a design exercise … Continue reading
Biennale Architettura 2018: Responding To The Space Around Us
The Biennale Architettura 2018 is currently being held in Venice. It opened in May and runs until November. As with previous biennials this year’s event focuses on “…examples, proposals, elements – built or unbuilt – of work that exemplifies essential … Continue reading
Posted in Design in the World, Elements and Principles
Tagged architecture, art education, art education resource, Art Textbook, Australian Pavilion, Biennale Architettura 2018, design element of scale, design element of space, design textbook, elements and principles of design, Nordic Pavilion, Swiss Pavilion
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Anxiety and Nostalgia: The Art of Aida Muluneh
“We exist between the anxiety of the unknown future and the nostalgia of the familiar past. We bear the burden of our duality.” Photographer Aida Muluneh has spent most of her life without a place to call home. At a … Continue reading
Design Exercise: Poignant Repairs
This design exercise is based on a recent blog post called Poignant Repairs. Please read it before proceeding with this project. I also suggest you review our book, Design: A Beginner’s Handbook. Somewhere hidden in your home – in the … Continue reading
Looking Again At The Paintings Of Domenico Gnoli
This week’s blog entry is one of our favorites first posted in October, 2015… I recently rediscovered the work of the late Domenico Gnoli and I fell in love, all over again, with his wonderful paintings. Let me share some … Continue reading
Design Exercise: Repetition
In two recent posts I discussed the use of repetition and its relationship to the design principles of Balance, Unity and Variety, the Grid, Pattern, and Rhythm. Today I want you to put to use your new-found knowledge about repetition. … Continue reading
Simple Forms/Inventive Forms
Whenever I find myself looking at a collection of images – in galleries or while surfing the web – I’m inevitably drawn to objects that are both severely understated and yet inventive. I think I’m fascinated by how the artists … Continue reading
Repetition and the Principles of Design
Last week when we celebrated spring by playing hooky I encouraged you to download a copy of our book, “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook.” That got me thinking about the relationship between our blog and our book. When we wrote our … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged ACXT Architects, Allan McCullum, Andy Warhol, art education, art education resource, Art Textbook, Balance, David Hockney, design principles, design textbook, ECDM Architects, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, grid, Hafez Tomb, Hawkins Brown Architects, Jing Mian Xin Cheng, Lucy T. Pettway, Matt Kay and Michael McCaughley, pattern, repetition, repetition in design, rhythm, Roger Brown, Tara Donovan, unity and variety
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The Design of Movies
Everybody loves movies. They entertain us. They transport us in our imaginations to exotic and adventurous places and times. And nearly everyone has a particular movie or two that will always be associated with some life-defining experience. Commercial movies shown … Continue reading
Posted in Design in the World, Elements and Principles
Tagged 35mm A Group for Cinephiles, Andris Damburs, art education, art education resource, art of cinema, Art Textbook, design textbook, Every Frame a Painting, Fabriccio Diaz, film education, Taylor Ramos, Tony Zhou, Zackery Ramos-Taylor
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