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This is the eighth chapter in my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier” and is also a long-overdue entry in my Visual Literacy series. My Tripod.com homepage, circa 2001. Homepages have come a long way since those primitive days when we had to manually create every hyperlink and thumbnail.
Many people kick off [....] Continue reading Chapter 8: Designing your blog Here’s a letter in today’s Straits Times which demonstrates the huge gulf between the creative class and the conservative class. For me, home must be wholesome, clean I REFER to last Wednesday’s report, ‘Loosen up and let the energy in’, on architect William Lim’s personal opinion. As he felt that Singapore lacks vibrancy, he clamoured for: A less clean-slate approach and [....] Continue reading The Great Divide between the creative and the conservative Ms Marvel, from the Secret Invasion series.
One of Joel Yuen’s winning artworks in the latest UOB Painting of The Year. Photo extracted from Straitstimes.com
From Merriam-Webster dictionary: AESTHETIC: 1 a: of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful <aesthetic theories> b: artistic <a work of aesthetic value> c: pleasing in appearance : attractive <easy-to-use keyboards, clear graphics, and other ergonomic and aesthetic features — Mark [....] Continue reading How to kill visual literacy among the masses
I remember the 1980’s when desktop publishing (DTP) became the rage. Pioneered by the Mac and Aldus Pagemaker, suddenly, everyone could call themself a desktop publisher. Of course, back then, few people could afford the laser printers needed to produce the high-quality output that was required for professional standards. But I digress…. The availability of fonts wasn’t anywhere [....] Continue reading Visual Literacy: Fonts Part II of II
Ha! Bet you didn’t know that fonts are part of visual literacy too right? That’s because text has become a visual language in itself too. The use of fonts in our daily lives is of utmost importance, because where pictures cannot be used, fonts can be used to convey meaning between the lines. This is not a simplistic blog post [....] Continue reading Visual Literacy: Fonts Part I of II Don’t you hate it when someone gets really close to your face when he talks to you? Personal space differs according to person and culture, but if you can feel his saliva splattering on your nose, he IS TOO close, bro. Well in design, you need to give elements their breathing space too. Consider the pinnacle of Depression-era art – Norman Rockwell’s [....] Continue reading Visual Literacy IV: Give Space Some call it composition, others call it ratio, I’ve decided to call it proportion. The way things are placed in proportion with relation to each other determines not just their power relationships, but their aesthetic value. Proportion determines, whether we like it or not, whether you are pretty or otherwise. Take for example, the two women whom I consider as among [....] Continue reading Visual Literacy III: Proportion |
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