Robert Vischer's Analysis

On the morning of August 29, 2013, John Geer found out that Maura Harrington, his girlfriend and mother of his two teenage daughters, intended to break up with him and lease an apartment of her own (Jackman, 2014). Dismayed by the news, Geer started drinking alcohol, and by the early afternoon hour, he was throwing Harrington’s furniture and clothes out in the front yard of their Springfield townhouse (Jackman 2016;2014). Geer’s two teenage daughters were present and promptly notified their mother of what their father was doing through the telephone and Harrington rushed home from work (Peterson, 2015). Upon her arrival, Harrington called 911 (Jackman, 2014.) When Geer found out Harrington called 911, he told his daughters to head over to their

In the essay, I am going to analyse the text from the second edition of “The culture of design” by Guy Julier and answer if I agree or disagree with the author’s view of contemporary design. The book features a well-written account on how the world of design has been influenced over the years and offers a unique overview of design practice in contemporary culture and society. It explores the different interpretations of the term “design culture” and Julier uses a series of case-studies to illustrate his points. I will be evaluating his opinions and thoughts on design and the growth of the industry as they arise in the book and conclude my opinion at the end of the

In the article, Dr. Richard Visser presents three important factors that can affect children in the early development stages of their life: breastfeeding, home environment and activities, and toddler nutrition. He provides some interesting facts relating from childhood obesity to future adults. He says that the increase in childhood obesity will shorten the average American lifespan by two to five years and then commented that, “This will make our children’s generation the first group to die younger than their parents”(Children’s Health 3). He goes on to talk about breastfeeding expressing the importance of breastfeeding an infant for a longer period of time. There are nutrients in breastmilk that are essential for an infant because it has

John H. Raunch, the first president of the Illinois Board of Health, was the first person to suggest creating forest preserves. In 1869, he said that "Chicago has so far neglected to secure ample grounds for park purposes; but the time has now arrived when it becomes necessary to act."(1) Dwight Perkins was a prominent Chicago architect who was inspired by this idea, and decided to pursue it. He studied the natural land in Cook County and sometimes took the general public to places where he wanted to create forest preserves. He educated the people on how beneficial the forest preserves could be. In this way, he managed to persuade the people of Chicago that their forests should be

He attended public schools in Brooklyn, scoring a perfect 1600 on the SAT, and graduated as class valedictorian from James Madison High School, in 1967. Schumer competed for Madison High on the It's Academic television quiz show.[13] He attended Harvard College, where he became interested in politics and campaigned for Eugene McCarthy, in 1968.[14] After completing his undergraduate degree, he continued to Harvard Law School, earning his Juris Doctor with honors, in 1974. Schumer passed the New York state bar, in early 1975. However, he never practiced law, choosing instead a career in

DESIGNING LIVES is a story driven by the themes of never giving up and learning to move on. The setting in Montana is very pleasing and it’s refreshing to see a story that features two leading female protagonists. Told against the backdrop of “designing” is appealing. The subtext of the story is about “designing” or redesigning one’s life.

The German artist Cornelius Völker, born in 1965 in Kronach, may be one of the most interesting contemporary artists proposing a today's perspective on traditional genres. Reflecting on portraiture, picturing animals, food, objects, or waste, Völker highlights the most prosaic elements of everyday life. This focus has been consistently maintained since his graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf (1989-95), when the artist began his series of paintings "Chocolate" (1992-5), characterized by its geometric and reduced composition. Later came his specialty - flashy oil paint brushstrokes, and experiments within other media, such as watercolours, lithography, and photography. Around the time of “Chocolate”, the artist made a name

At the beginning of time, humanity began to create and invent objects for everyday use. These objects held many different purposes, from depicting class and roles in society, to creating a comfortable nest for anyone's functional needs. The transition period of artisans creating furniture, vs. designers making furniture is a pivitol one in society. It is where we, as people, realized comfort and functionality went hand-in-hand with aesthetics. This “transition” set up an example of where society needed to go in order to grow and move into the right direction,

Escher’s full name is Maurits Cornelis Escher. He was born on June 17, 1898, in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Steve Job design philosophy was based on focus and empathy by creating products that resonated on a personal level with the user, designing product with the user in mind to create effective connection and value for customers(R ). Throughout his work one important method that was consistently used were to incorporate empathic knowledge as a tool to foster empathy by simply positioning design thinking in user’s shoes, approaching the best interest of user rather then the interest of the business(R ). Steven job, approach empathy as a perspective-talking including both the involuntary act of feeling with someone as well as the cognitive act of positioning oneself into someone else’s lenses and adopting

One of the most common causes of bad design is not considering the design within the complexity of its materials and immaterial context. It may be an effective way of problem solving by changing our lifestyle, our intention and the way we view the world as to creating more technical solution. It is crucial for designers to become more aware of the power of visioning at a meta-design level as they can influence changes in lifestyles and resource use in which will drive transition in sustainability. Designers can also help changes in the personal and cultural value as well as in helping to shape the intentionality behind material design (Wahl and Baxter 2008).

Exploring the connection between art and emotion is an essential component to furthering my personal understanding of the meaning and value of art. As a beginning student in the philosophy of art, my preliminary musings paper primarily discussed how I came to develop interest in art. To me, art is healthy

A great design is not only one that is functional, the beauty and feeling of a design is a key for us to feel good about a product. A great product with no feeling will fail. A beautiful design helps to create a relation between us and a product. A car with the same specification as a Volkswagen Beatle will never make the same connection to a Beatle lover. People simply buy an iPhone not just A PHONE with similar functional specification, the feeling matters.

An environment has components, contexts, and perspectives. When looking at society’s built environment, like the houses people live in, there are common themes many adhere to. Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander, researches and diagrams “patterns” at different scales within the current environment in 1977. The book has had critics since 1977 and it is used as an architectural premise through different fields of design. Pattern Language has been excluded in most architectural education programs, however it offers a look into people’s designed environment. Alexander takes a factual stance on his findings and denotes that his patterns help create a utopian-like society, which he sees fit. A Pattern Language is not a book that should be

The goal of an architect is to design accordingly to the time with an understanding of the relationship between space and activity. In his essay Space and Events, Bernard Tschumi says, “There is no space without even, no architecture without program.” He then continues with, “Architecture cannot be dissociated from the events that ‘happen’ in it” (Tschumi, 139).