It’s remarkable how a graphic style that emerged 100 years ago from a backdrop of political turmoil, seismic societal shifts, and radical ideologies can still feel as aesthetically visceral today as then. The 1917 October Revolution in Russia ushered in many changes; and perhaps the only of those to not have fallen out of favor is its distinct graphic style.
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This week’s article explores how the supernormal stimuli are influencing our designs and why we should consciously use them in ethical ways. Human instincts were an essential part of our survival in the past and still play that role today. However, today’s technological world is challenging these instincts in another way that can lead to harmful outcomes.
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Tiger Beer, part of Five Points Trading Company (a HEINEKEN US company), has brought a partnership with Air-Ink™, the world’s first ink created from air pollution created by vehicles, to New York.
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Our knowledge of the past is often exhumed from its trash, whether Victorian dustbins or ancient middens of bones and shells. In East Harlem, a museum of New York City trash from the last three decades is a more recent anthropological profile of a part of society.
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Understanding what is aesthetic design and its importance for the perception of usability. Humans like pretty and shiny design; they desire it much more than functional one.
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