Week 12
Before the class, I could get some feedback from Shayna.
I couldn't realize what I was insufficient to represent Mendini's aesthetic. I just focused on the Mendini's work into digital drawing. After I received the feedback from Shayna, I went through Mendini's design again. I have searched Mendini's hand drawing and realized I couldn't reflect Mendini's work deeply. As Shayna said, I explored Mendini's calligraphic style and tried to reflect his voice into the typeface. I found Mendini wrote only the upper case in his conceptual drawing. Thanks to Shayna, I could explore the actual hand drawing of Mendini, and I'm enjoying handwriting a lot! Also, Shayna explained to us the origin of the magazine and showed the archive of the experimental magazine. (https://blogs.massart.edu/artistsbooks/) I was impressed by the different styles of magazines. I think I should explore more the experimental nature of the magazine. Shayna said we should engage our readers to play with the book, and it really opened my eyes.
In the class, we should have shared our own inspiration. Especially, I liked Lara's picture with a view of the sky and sea. Similarly, I always take a picture for keeping the memory of nature, I enjoyed Lara's picture. Also, I loved Eloise's book called 'Call me by your name', which I saw the film! The mood is so warm and sensuous. I often hear the background music :-) Peter's inspiration was from Jung Ki Kim's drawing. He was famous in Korea, his drawing style is so brisk and free. Also, Gabriella's youtube was also impressive. I will watch Gabriella's recommendation for the youtube after the semester :-) Also, I could get a sense of Samuel's style. He showed us the website, and the illustration gave me some feeling of retro and refined. I showed some recycling pieces, which I have always passion for. We enjoyed ourselves a lot during sharing our inspiration:-)! feel sad we have just one week more... This class was my favourite !!
