Art-420 / Web Design | Project-3: Adaptive Design | Student Work

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A-420 VisComm III | Project-3: Adaptive Design | Student Work: http://pxstudio.us/student-work/adaptive-design.php Project Objective The goal of producing the website is to learn about Adobe Muse CC 2014 by directly working in the software and learning its working process. The final goal of the project is to learn the AWD process and create a fictitious AIGA chapter […]

Internship Testimonials | 2013 / 2014

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My month-long internship at McCann-Erickson Cadillac Branch was one of the best, life-changing experiences I’ve ever had. It was amazing to be immersed in the Chinese culture, learn what it is like to design in a professional setting, and get feedback from extremely talented designers. I think about going back to look for design work […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 25 : American Pop Art | Spring 2015

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Image Source: MoMA & Wikipedia Pop Art is an art movement in 1950s-1970s in Britain and the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. In pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context, isolated, and/or combined […]

Art-203 – Final Exam Preparation

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About the final examination, please review all art movements (~isms) I mentioned and posted on the blog (http://pxstudio.us/blog/?cat=54). The questionnaire will focus on artists, their artwork, and related art movements. Please make sure to review those movements and the key figures of each movement. The answer of every question is available in each post I […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 24 : Dali & Surrealism | Spring 2015

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Title: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil war) (1936) | Salvador Dali Artwork Description and Analysis: This painting is an allegorical response to the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, but it is also a garish and gruesome depiction of a body destroying itself. Dali painted this work prior to General Franco’s invasion, yet […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts – 23 : Munch, Modigliani & Expressionism

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Expressionism was a modern artistic movement, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express meaning or emotional experience rather than physical reality. […]