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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: August 2010
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Monday, August 16, 2010. Blog assignment 5: selected posts. Authenticity in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Is authenticity a viable option in the age of mechanical reproduction? According to Walter Benjamin’s declaration in “Illuminations” that (to paraphrase) “asking for the “Authentic” print makes no sense given that from a photographic negative one can make any number of prints”, I have a number of arguments I would like to put forth. Ansel Adams: Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument. I think ther...
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: Blog Assignment 2: selected posts
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Sunday, July 25, 2010. Blog Assignment 2: selected posts. Pictured above: Casa Batlló. 1905 – 1906. Antoni Gaudi. Barcelona. The rococo impulse was smothered by neoclassicism during the late 18. Centuries only to blossom internationally from around 1800 to 1915 in the period now commonly termed Art Nouveau. A magnificent example of the sensuous impulse in design during this period can be seen in the work of Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, who was heavily influenced by nature. In order to mould an...
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: September 2010
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Monday, September 20, 2010. Blog assignment 7: selected posts. Nice detail and references] from Chris Mather. Cultural Sensitivity/Insensitivity: Blog 7. Thoughtful and concise] from Luke Verboeket:. Cultural Sensitivity/Insensitivity: Blog 7. As I was walking around Cuba Street trying to find examples of cultural sensitivity/insensitivity I wondered how do we decide if something is culturally insensitive or just bad taste? Finding something that was culturally sensitive was much harder for me, as it see...
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: Blog assignment 4: selected posts
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Blog assignment 4: selected posts. Blog Assignment 4: Design and Craft. Http:/ www.homedosh.com/furniture-from-salvaged-trees-by-hudson-furniture/. Are paintings even craft, or merely made for a client? Looking in our back yard however seems to yield more honest craftsmen. Today, before we create anything we are asked to ask ourselves the big question: is it sustainable? An increase of DIY websites such as. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blog assignment 5: selected posts.
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: blog assignment 6: selected posts
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Blog assignment 6: selected posts. There are many similarities between Victoria university’s first year design program, and the program of the Bauhaus. The first I will cover is freedom of expression, having no right or wrong style of expression. The second being the learning through experimenting and working with with materials and forms. Itten ran the Vorkurs, a six month preliminary course, he encouraged innovation, and experimentation with common materials. Victoria...
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: July 2010
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Sunday, July 25, 2010. Blog Assignment 2: selected posts. Pictured above: Casa Batlló. 1905 – 1906. Antoni Gaudi. Barcelona. The rococo impulse was smothered by neoclassicism during the late 18. Centuries only to blossom internationally from around 1800 to 1915 in the period now commonly termed Art Nouveau. A magnificent example of the sensuous impulse in design during this period can be seen in the work of Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, who was heavily influenced by nature. In order to mould an...
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: Blog assignment 5: selected posts
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Monday, August 16, 2010. Blog assignment 5: selected posts. Authenticity in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Is authenticity a viable option in the age of mechanical reproduction? According to Walter Benjamin’s declaration in “Illuminations” that (to paraphrase) “asking for the “Authentic” print makes no sense given that from a photographic negative one can make any number of prints”, I have a number of arguments I would like to put forth. Ansel Adams: Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument. I think ther...
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: Blog Assignment 3: selected posts
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Monday, August 2, 2010. Blog Assignment 3: selected posts. Should construction be decorated or rather should decoration be constructed? Partly because of the industrialisation of their country. The Industrial Revolution saw the invention of mass-production, this gave the middle class the opportunity to obtain goods easily. And ‘one of a kind’ hand made, goods began to diminish. 8220;Construction should be decorated. Decoration should never be purposely constructed.” Owen Jones,. The Grammar of Ornament.
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DSDN171: Nan O'Sullivan: blog assignment 7: selected posts
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Monday, September 20, 2010. Blog assignment 7: selected posts. Nice detail and references] from Chris Mather. Cultural Sensitivity/Insensitivity: Blog 7. Thoughtful and concise] from Luke Verboeket:. Cultural Sensitivity/Insensitivity: Blog 7. As I was walking around Cuba Street trying to find examples of cultural sensitivity/insensitivity I wondered how do we decide if something is culturally insensitive or just bad taste? Finding something that was culturally sensitive was much harder for me, as it see...
