Marimekko is a Finnish design coporation that is famous for its colorful pattern design for fabric. It makes domestic products from its branded fabrics or the pattern design, such as bag, clothing, ceramic, bathroom and kitchen collections. Each pattern or collection is designed by mostly Finnish designers. Learning the design concept and reading specific designer's vision is a good exercise to inspire and generate your own.
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PhotoShop Class Exercise Sampe: Visual Language [Photoshop] Form a visual quote>> Use found images with each word from any 1 of the following quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller. Each word image should come from a product. 1. "Love is metaphysical gravity." 2. "Either war is obsolete, or men are." 3. "Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking." VIA @ http://wrongdistance.com/
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This site is a selection of "art" related news. Art is indeed a big word that needs quotation and explanation. As one can immediately relate art to "beautiful things made by artists", I see it as an aesthetic of life, inquiry of our environment and general merriment by anything that flares "STATE OF THE ART". Since I'm teaching Foundation Computer Art (149) and Computer Art (349) at California State University, Long Beach, these entries serve as inspiration, expanded knowledge and assignment related items for those classes.
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