Journal 13

After watching Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity, I picked out some quotes that I found interesting.

"You should love for the love of culture, not for the love of money"- I completely agree with this and think that people should love what they are doing and not because it is making them money but because it is what they want to do in their life.

"These tools of creativity have become tools of speech, it is a literacy for this generation. It is how our kids speak and how they think, it is what your kids are as they increasingly understand digital technologies and its relationship to who these kids are." - I also agree with this because I think that technology and its changing ammenities have also changed the people who we are today. Kids usually have a better understanding of technology than adults and I think that it makes it our right to teach others. Our adult figures in our lives have taught us so much and I think that it is only necessary for us to teach them.

"Rejects copy-write and believes that the law is nothing more than an ass to be ignored and to be fought at every opportunity possible." - I do think that some laws need to be changed and altered to our world today, but I strongly agree that copy-writing is not right. I think that people can twist others words, which only leads to more damage. Damage that can be avoided. However I know the common saying that art is never your own idea, and I agree with this. I know I personally before every project and during it spend hours looking for inspiration, but even though I find things that I like and might use them, I always make them my own in some way, shape or form. I think that there are a lot of ideas out there that have just not yet been thought of and it is our job to think of them and create them.

Overall I thought this talk was very interesting. I have never heard of an adult complaining about the rules of copy-writing and suggesting that it be legal in some way. I can not however say I completely agree with him but I think it is something that I would definitely be more interested in listening to him talk more about it.

Journal 12

I watched three videos from http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/view/artist_series/.

Paula Scher made many points about process and how she works by instinct. I know that I always struggle with process and tend to make a lot of last minute decisions, this has gotten me in trouble and I know it is my biggest problem. I have been trying to fix it, but it is hard to break a habit.

David Carson spoke about designing through self indulgence. I tend to never like things that I design. I think it is a mix of always seeing the mistakes and just wanting to keep working on something and also the fact that I don't have as much process as I should.

The last designer I watched was Milton Glaser, who talked about loving what you do with your life. I really enjoy everything there is about Graphic Design and I love learning more and more each class. I think as cheesy as this sounds, I enjoy doing our homework, yes I know I don't like the time it takes or the money it costs, but I can never see myself having a "normal person" major. I really enjoy creating things, learning more and more after each project and being in an environment where every knows everyone and there are always people there to help you.

Journal 11

Debbie Millman is President of the Design division at Sterling Brands, New York, host of the radio show "Design Matters" on DesignObserver.com, the Chair of the new Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts , a contributing Editor at Print Magazine, and a design blogger for Fast Company. She is the President of AIGA and the author of three books: How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press, 2007), Essential Principles of Graphic Design (Rotovision 2008) and Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design. (HOW Books, 2009). How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer is currently in its fourth printing and has been translated in four languages. Her fourth book, Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, will be published by Allworth Press in Fall 2011.

Design Matters is a show that takes you inside the provactive world of design and branding as it intersects with contemporary culture.

I listened to the show with Jessica Helfand, I think the most fascinating thing that I learned from her was basically trying to make your mark on the world. She talks about how things are changing constantly throughout the world and we need to try and make them slow down and keep ahold of the older version of life, and not forget what we are in the past because the past makes us who we are and we cant just forget about it. Seeing as technology keeps changing, I think it is interesting how she wanted to sloe it down, most people these days are looking for the next best thing and she is just trying to hold on to the great things of the past. It makes me want to look back through pictures and things from my past and see what I have forgotten and try and realize what things have changed. I visited my grandparents tonight for Easter and my grandpa made me watch this documentary that was made on him. He had a high rank in WW2 and a person from the government came and made a documentary on his life. I found it fascinated about his life and how things have changed so drastically and all of the things that I have never known about my family. It all seemed to tie into some of the main points she was talking about and I liked how I could link things in my life and her life.

Journal 10

After watching a view of the videos on Good is.., I realized that there is still a lot about After Effects that I don't know and would like to learn. I am very interested in the program however also very frustrated with it. I think that I need to just sit down and mess around with it for hours, I tried to do this in our last project using it, however just ended up getting frustrated and gave up. I know I am not at the level where I need to be with After Effects but am trying my hardest to do whatever I can to figure it out.

The video that I was the most taken with was the "State of the Planet". Not only was I interested by the facts in general but I also found the transitions and the effects to be intriguing. That is what I am trying to accomplish with my video, I want it to be intriguing for others to watch. I know I can only use my speech as the sound so I need to make the effects and graphics going on more interesting... now the question is how do I make my ideas come to life??

Journal 9

Jakob Trollback as a self-taught individual has done wonders with motion graphics and design in general. In his three part talk he covers a lot of ground speaking of anything from the work he has created to his personal beliefs about design and creativity. Many of his motion graphics were very powerful in their use of type and sound.

Journal 8

"Type Means Never Having To Say Your Sorry"

After reading this article, I was really interested with the content. The author talks about how people overuse Futura. I actually could not agree with this because I think I have only used Futura once or twice on a project. But after reading this I kind of explored a little and started using it a little bit, haha I know I went to wrong way on this.

Michael Bierut also comments on similar issues in his "Designing Under The Influence." He discusses the possible influence that prominent designers have on the work of others, and also questions what can be considered "influenced by" or just plain copying.

I think Univers can be used in exchange for Futura seeing as it is also a sans serif font... and I just love Univers

Address to the Nation about Tearing Down the Berlin Wall

You have been hearing and reading reports that nothing was really accomplished at the summit and the United States in particular came home empty handed. Well this was my seventh summit and the seventh time I have heard that same chorus. You know it might be appropriate, a noted

bull-fighter wrote a poem, a few lines of which do seem appropriate, “the bull-fight critics ranked and rose, fill the enormous plaza full. But only one is there who rea

lly knows, and he is the one who fights the bull.” The truth is we came home from this summit with everything we had hoped to accomplish. And tonight I want to report to you on decisions

made there that directly affect you and your children’s economic future. I also have a special message, one that’s about our own economy. About actions that could jeopardize the kind of progress we made towards economic health last week in Venice. As well as the prosperity that during the last six years all of us here in America have worked so hard to achieve. But before beginning, I must make a personal note about something we saw on the last day of our journey when we stopped in Berlin to help celebrate the 750^th anniversary of that noble city. I know that over the years many of you have seen the pictures and news clips of the wall that divides Berlin,

but believe me, no America who sees first hand the concrete and mortar, the guard posts, the machine gun towers, the dog runs and the barbed wire can ever again take for granted his or her freedom or the precious gift that is American. That gift of freedom is actually the birth right of all humanity, and thats why as I stood there, I urged the soviet leader Mr. Gorbachev to send a new signal of openness to the world by tearing down that wall.

Speaker: Ronald Reagan

Why was the speech important to society: informing the American public that they tore down the Berlin wall

What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech? Important and powerful, very informative tone and nice spacing and meaning

What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses... pauses are all emphasized by multiple spaces if they are not paused on a period or comma. Most of this speech seems not extremely different in the words he emphasizes.

What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed? Underline words so be loud. Rushed are italics.

Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/em

phasized words? Could animate the things he sees at the wall before it was torn down or the word tear down could be animated.

How does it make you feel? Like you just listened to something that is going to have a great impact on the world

How do imagine that the audience felt? Inspired and informed

Could there be another interpretation of the speech? It could seem that the Americans forced Berlin to tear down their wall

Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech.

Innovative president Ronald Reagan was born to parents Nelle and John Reagan on February 6th of 1911 in Tampico Illinois.

Ronald Reagan spent his high school years at the school in the nearby town of Dixon and spent his college days working his way through Eureka college. While working his way through school Ronald Reagan studied economics and sociology, was a star football player and took a great interest in the theater community of the school.

After he completed college Ronald Reagan began a career as a sportscaster before a successful screen test in 1937 brought him to Hollywood. Over the course of the next two decades Ronald Reagan appeared in over fifty motion pictures. Disagreements over the communism involved in the movie industry raged as Ronald Reagan served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild. It was during this time of turmoil that this future presidents political views turned from liberal to quite conservative.

Ronald Reagan's first marriage was to Miss Jane Wyman. The couple produced children Maureen and Micheal. Unfortunately the marriage ended in divorce. In 1952 Reagan married fellow actor Nancy Davis. Their marriage produced children Patricia and Ronald.

In 1966 Ronald Reagan was elected the governor of California by a huge margin of one million votes. He won reelection in 1970. Ronald Reagan soon became the Republican nominee for president and choose then Texas congressman George H. Bush as his running mate. They won by a decisive amount over President Jimmy Carter. Sixty-nine days after taking office Ronald Reagan was shot by a would be assassin.

Ronald Reagan would probably be considered one of the most popular presidents in history. He strengthened relations with the Soviet Union and made the United States a strong world power. His graceful manner and warm humor where often the reason his popularity soared and will also be one of the many wonderful things this great leader will be forever remembered for.