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week 14- The Future of Design

Thinking about the future I feel like the goal for designers is to simplify daily tasks to make our lives simpler. When designers are going through their process of design thinking many of the thoughts in the stage of define I feel as if they're discussing how to solve the problem that there is not enough time in the world. Throughout history, designers have made machines and gadgets such as washing machines, microwaves and cars to do more in life. Instead of spending hours cooking now because of machines like a microwave we can eat something in less than three minutes.

Throughout time people have always adapted to things changing such as phones and cars. Some people are actually addicted to getting the latest product so that it can improve their life immediately somehow. The change from one product to an another is normal for humans we understand such as accommodating a wheelchair ramp on the bus so that the disabled have the same opportunities we do. It’s when there is no new product in stores is when people would freak out. 

From contemporary design I feel like the 10 principles of good designs will always live on, however, rule number 7, products need to be long-lasting will eventually or even today will not be true because nothing lasts forever. Also, another aspect of contemporary design that I feel will live on is its simplicity, rule number 10. For example clothes, I feel as if a clean simple black shirt will never go out of style. In fashion, I see how designers like to incorporate past styles when thinking of new products to sell such as high waisted pants are becoming in fashion, but were popular in the 1950s.

Since it seems that a new iPhone is appearing every year I feel that in 100 years there won’t be a physical phone because the problem with phones is that it’s easy to lose them. I was thinking how convenient it is to have an apple watch always on your wrist, so how about an iPhone as a bracelet and then if you want to use it a hologram image appears. It will solve the problem of phones being lost, it’s waterproof and it’s long lasting.

An iPhone on your arm

My envision of the future iPhone   

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Week 13- Postmodernism

A list of postmodern design characteristics:

Bright colors

Asymmetric

Experimental

Individualism

Unusual shapes

Experimental

Artistic

“Recycles of past styles and themes”( par.5)

Creative

Funny

Never what you assume

The most interesting postmodern design in the lecture is Ettore Scottass, Carlton Bookcase made in 1981 by the Memphis Group. It’s interesting how Scottass wanted to combine a bookcase, a drawer, and shelving. It’s just a weird combination which makes it so interesting. The materials that this designer uses are different color plastic laminate and wood which are fairly cheap materials. To me, it is as if Scottass didn’t want his bookcase to be popular, but ironically it was. The Carlton Bookcase uses characteristics of postmodern design by using bright colors such as blue, yellow, red, green, orange, gray, and black. The contrasting colors and unusual shape represents the artistic side of the furniture. It’s experimental because since not many designers create furniture like this they do know how people will react or if it will be a success, and finally, it’s funny. Scottass was very creative when designing this furniture because of the way the shelves are placed. When someone thinks of a bookshelf they assume a rectangle with parallel boards for the books, but Scottass didn’t want society to only think that way, so he created something outside of all of our comfort zone.  

Carlton Bookcase created by Ettore Scottass

Example of a Postmodern design

In the textbook, the most interesting postmodern design was Das Schweizer Plakat designed by Wolfgang Weingart in 1984. It’s interesting that this poster was created by small dots that look like they are connected by using ‘halftone screen’1 to make the dots easier to see to create an image such as a cloud. The designer used a lot of black and white to contrast with the bright red to create a sense of movement. It’s interesting why the designer would use san serif font since the Postmodern design is all about being unique and san serif is very simple. The designer most definitely wants to draw the viewers eyes to the illustration more than the words. Lastly, the border is very interesting how Weingart uses different size and shaped lines to call the viewers attention such as in the top left corner the bright yellow zig-zag line. That line is incorporated in the illustration having that represent a sun and shining a light on the illustration.

Postmodern characteristics that are shown in Das Schweizer Plakat is, first of all, having an irregular border. It’s not a simple one color rectangular border, it has multiple colors such as the bright white, yellow and red and has different shaped lines and figures in the border. The designer put his individual spin on the design by expressing himself through the stormy sky. Lastly, it shows unusual shapes such as the themed zigzags throughout the piece and also in the border the irregular red and white rectangles.

Das Schweizer Plakat designed by  Wolfgang Weingart

Example of a Postmodern design

1 Eskilson, Stephen. Graphic Desing A New History. pg. 346.

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18620781/

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ettore-sottsass-carlton-room-divider-1981/

http://mariagraziella.blogspot.com/2015/01/wolfgang-weingart.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=Das+Schweizer+Plakat+designed+by++Wolfgang+Weingart&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0kcLsuIDfAhWOxIMKHXJhANwQ_AUIDigB&cshid=1543729673202000&biw=800&bih=712&dpr=1.25#imgrc=f8OImi2svHVngM:

https://www.google.com/search?biw=800&bih=712&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=DXIDXNDcAsXYtQW1nIeQCQ&q=carlton+bookcase+function&oq=ca&gs_l=img.1.0.35i39l2j0i67j0l7.22457.24767..26602...0.0..0.73.144.2......2....1..gws-wiz-img.....0.pD-w5Y38JYM#imgrc=PJgT-SAdEkIcPM:

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Week 11-Helvetica

Helvetica is a typeface that was made in 1957 by Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann in Hass Type Foundry in Munchenstein, Switzerland. The reason he designed Helvetica was to face the competitor Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface and to have a typeface was more modern. Helvetica has a similar typeface that typewriters used, so it gives it a machine-made look. There is an even spacing of negative space between every word and the letters are taller which makes it easy for the reader to read from far away. The letters are very straight and symmetrical, there are no dramatic curves or creative style in Helvetica it is very simple. It also has balance; all the letters have the same straight and long clean structure. The reason why many modernist designers use Helvetica is because the typeface is all around us. If you go outside and see a sign, that’s probably Helvetica. Modern designers know that Helvetica is the most popular typeface when trying to get someone's attention, which is why it is so common. In the video, they said the reason why it is so popular is that “It’s like going to McDonald's, it’s there.” Since it is everywhere, visually the typeface screams, read me! That is why Helvetica is used a lot in creating logos for companies such as American Airlines, McDonald's, and Target. It's also highly common on highway signs, magazines, and metro signs. I don’t think san serif typefaces such as Helvetica will become cutting edge because it is everywhere, it’s just so typical. I don’t think it will ever be outdated because of its plain look, but I don’t think it will ever be cutting edge. It’s like a plain black t-shirt, it doesn't stand out from your closet, but you know it goes with everything just like Helvetica.         

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Week 10- Brook Stevens

After the Great Depression they needed more people to buy more products, so as said in the video, “American industrial designer realized by making objects look great people simply wanted them more”( par. 6). They did this with any product such as refrigerators or cars by changing a key characteristic in the product that made people feel like they needed it. Since there are new designs coming out all across America there were advertisements about these products and the American culture changed from being in an economic struggle to have everyone buy the new and improved object which boosted the economy and improved the way people lived.      

Brooks Stevens was born and raised in Milwaukee and got polio when he was younger. None the less of his struggles of movement in his arms and legs his father made sure that his illness would never hold him back by keeping him active. Stevens thought that he might become an architect because of his passion to design, but fortunately, he decided to go a different route and worked as an inventory manager which gave him the tools to become an industrial designer. He contributed to modern design mostly during the war where he said, “[A]n industrial designer in today’s business work should be a businessman, an engineer and a stylist, and  in that direct order.” From that mentality, he designed the still famous Miller Brewing, Allen- Bradley and Harley- Davidson. 

The original design for The Wienermobile was designed by Karl G. Mayer but there was an issue with the amount of gas the vehicle needed, so they couldn’t drive it in 1936. However, in 1958 Brook Stevens solved the problem and is the reason why we all know it today. The Weinermobile for Oscar Mayer is my favorite design because of how unique the vehicle is and how comedic it to advertise hot dogs by driving around in a hot dog car. Since it stood out from all the other cars on the streets, everyone knew what Oscar Mayers stood for which gave them a lot of popularity. There was no way the ‘11 foot high’1 Wienermobile was not going to be seen which made it so iconic. One of the drivers of the Wienermobile said, “We get people waving, honking, taking pictures out of their sunroof”(par.1). The Wienermobile gave happiness to so many people with its lovable charm and their delicious food.

The Wienermobile designed by Brook Stevens 

My favorite design by Brook Stevens

Sources: 

1Waldinger, Joel. (Oct.8, 2015) You Must be A Hotdogger To Drive The Wienermobile. Wisconsin Life. https://www.wisconsinlife.org/story/you-must

https://www.fastcompany.com/1672853/watch-a-2-minute-history-of-american-industrial-design

https://mam.org/collection/archives/brooks/bio.php

https://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wienermobile/1958

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&authuser=0&rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS572US572&biw=794&

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week-9 designing  for Human Diversity

Universal design is making sure everyone can use the design, no matter who you are. The Milwaukee buses are a great example because everyone can use it and they have actually made wheel car ramps to make sure that handicapped people can have accesses to it too. This concept of having designs be made for more diverse people has been fairly new. Historically, men like Plato, Vitruvius and Le Corbusier had a “one-size-fits-all” mindset. Le Corbusier says, “[He’s proportions are a] range of harmonious measurements to suit the human scale, universally applicable to architecture and mechanical things(par.6). ” The thing that Le Corbusier apparently didn’t notice that there isn’t one “human scale” measurement; there are hundreds because humans are all made differently.

Essentialism is the belief that there should be one way to make a design. In the article, the example they gave was building a dog house to be the proportions of a wolf (since there they’re the closest animal to a dog) so every dog breed will enjoy that house equally. Which is not true, there are dogs that are bigger than a wolf that will not fit into that house, and there will be super small dogs that will get cold in the house.

As I said before many architects have a “one-size-fits-all” concept which is problematic because the world doesn’t fit into one box. Everyone is a different size and everyone has a different way of thinking which many architects don’t realize. Imagine people who have dwarfism who need to drive cars or reach the top shelf, many architects forget about the minority of people like that and it’s sad.

I do agree with how the article ended because I agree that everyone's different and especially in schools. Teachers should know that every kid has a different mind and a different way of learning. Not everyone can learn by just reading a book or looking at pictures, but have many ways of teaching the same concept so that everyone learns.      

https://www.archdaily.com/175518/the-plato-effect-in-architecture-designing-for-human-diversity

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Week 7- Post WW1 Reconstruction Efforts

Le' Corbusier is an architect who was well known for his wild modern works in the International Style. He used Purism to show simplicity in shapes and forms in his structures. Le’ Corbusier used purism because in the article L' Esprit Nouveau Le’ Corbusier says, “Purists strives to create order in their work            (239).”1 Which is why his designs are so famous today.

The Five Points of Architect that Le’ Corbusier felt was necessary when designing was first the building needed support. In many of his buildings, the building is lifted off the ground and supported by concrete stilts. The second rule is there needs to be space for a roof garden. Then the third rule is free designing because of the support of the stilts the designer can decide where to put the ground walls. The fourth rule is there needs to be horizontal windows to let light come inside. Finally, the fifth point is a free façade. Since there is no rule that there has to be four walls the designer has the freedom to design the space however they like.

The Villa Savoye

Le’ Corbusier incorporates his five points in this building

The Villa Savoye designed by Le’ Corbusier has all five architecture points. The building is on stilts so it follows rule number one.  The roof has a roof garden which is rule number two. Having stilts makes it so the designer can put the green wall in any spot because of rule number 3 free designing. The second floor has a row of horizontal windows which is rule number four and then on the second floor on the right side you can see that there is a couple of gaping holes in the wall because rule number five says there doesn't need to be a full wall.

Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center

It follows 4 points of Le’ Corbusier’s  5 Points of Architecture

On campus, they are constructing the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center and every week it starts to have more and more of Le’ Corbusier's architecture points. It follows rule one by having the white columns which allow support to the building. It follows rule three, free design because the columns provide the structure to the building, so the designer now has the freedom to put the main wall anywhere. It follows rule four, the large horizontal windows on the front side of the building and it follows rule 5, redesign of the façade because it’s not a straight wall, it has large windows and a part that is extended. On the right side, it’s not a straight wall either, the white and orange walls seem like there’s an overlapping. 

Sources:               

1: Charles Edouard Jeanneret and Amédée Ozenfant, “Purism,” in Art in Theory              1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, eds. Charles Harrison and              Paul Wood (Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2003), 239.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/le-corbusier-modern-architecture-design

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+villa+savoye&rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS572US572&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0

https://www.flad.com/work/uw-milwaukee-kenwood-irc.php

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week 6- “Marginalized Designers”

Pen and Pixel is a design firm that creates music album covers in Houston, Texas. In this design, The Devil's Playground, it shows a prison setting where the inmates are escaping and creating havoc in the prison. The detail that I really like about this piece is the color. The shades of yellows, oranges, and reds to represent the devil. There is also a contrast between the bright firey colors and the cells and the guards which are white. That dramatic contrast shows the viewer what is important and what is not. I also like the title, The Devil’s Playground, how they compare the escape of the inmates with a school playground. It’s funny how kids having fun at recess is just like inmates having fun fighting the guards. They also decided to put an inmate close up with a wooden board with nails in it to make it seem like the view was the next one to get hurt and the typeface has tears to representing fear.  

  The Devil’s Playground

about African American designers Pen and Pixel  

Félicité Landrivon uses bright hues to draw people's attention toward her work of design and that is what she is known for. In this design piece, she uses a bold red, blue and black to make the poster pop out. I like how the typeface is very easy to read, it’s big and is in black so the viewer can’t miss it. The words are in French and its translation is, “A good cop is a cop dog.” In an article “Oddities, clumsiness and dogs: the mischievous output designer”, Felicite Landrivon, Félicité Landrivon says, I love dogs… hence the moniker Bridage Cynophile (“dog unit”) that I randomly use on social networks or radio shows.” Since she loves dogs she wanted to make the world know, or at least France know, that dogs are capable of being so much more than pets. They can be tough and protect people like human cops. The reason why the picture of the dog is in blue is that the color represents cops, so having the dog in blue makes it appear that the dog is at the same level as human cops.     

Un Bon Flic Est Un Chien Flic

about a woman design Félicité Landrivon  

Sources:

https://www.google.com/search?q=about+pen+and+pixel+design&rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS572US572&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc9omc3YLeAhVIhOAKHSVvCEkQ_AUIDigB&biw=735&bih=698#imgrc=8EiUwA3emR_xSM:

http://womenofgraphicdesign.org/post/173963987241/f%C3%A9licit%C3%A9-landrivon-lyon-france-more-the

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/felicite-landrivon-graphic-design-140218

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Week 5- design history and your world

There are many differences between the Canning magazine and Sevile Lumley poster, Daddy, what did You do during the Great War? Even though they both share the similarity of wanting to influence the readers, color, typeface and feel make them contrasting. First of all, the colors in the propaganda poster only have shades of blues and browns which represents sadness and it is portrayed in the father’s face of him remembering the war. On the other hand, the magazine has yellows, oranges, greens and reds which are bright and welcoming like a sunset. In the top right corner, there’s an orange circle that gave me that feeling of the sun shining on the jars. The typefaces in each of the design works are different as well. In the recruiting poster, the typeface is like it was typed on a typewriter. Sevile Lumley probably chose this typeface because it’s representing that the father had an obligation to go to war, so remembering the war must be hard. However, in the magazine the typeface is big and bold with bright summer colors making it look exciting. Then in the top left corner the typeface saying, “save summer in a jar” looks modern and catches your eye.  The feeling in each design is different as well. When you look at the propaganda poster you see an average happy family and seems like the only way to keep it that way is to go to war and protect them. Many families seeing this poster are going to relate to the family in the poster which will change the way they think. As the book words it, “[The] effectiveness of this imagery is far from certain, and the extreme manipulation of the viewer was greeted feeling cynically by some contemporary viewers”(119). It’s true, the poster is trying to make all the fathers feel guilty for not joining the army. 

Canning magazine

Showing the contrasts between the color, typeface, and feeling 

Daddy, what did You do in the Great War? 

Showing the contrasts between the color, typeface, and feeling

The second comparison is between the AEG Turbine factory designed by Peter Behrens and my house. They both are buildings, but they’re made out of different materials, have different shapes, and the interior. In the book, it says the AEG Factory is, “constructed only of industrial materials- concrete, steel and glass”(103). It’s very smart because those materials or nonflammable and for a factory that is very important. My house is made out of plywood with is flammable which is not good. The AEG Factory is very symmetrical inside and out, it’s like a giant box, it has no interior, so it has no rooms it’s just an open space. My house is not very symmetrical, my garage sticks out and not all of my windows are the same size. Another difference is the interior. In the AEG factory, it is very open so, no workers could slack off and hide in a room. You can tell that the open environment is only for working and not to hang out after work. In my house, there are rooms for many activities such as eating and sleeping.

AEG Turbine factory 

contrasting the materials, shape, and the interior 

My house 

contrasting the materials, shape, and the interior

sources: 

https://www.google.com/search?q=daddy+what+did+you+do+in+the+war&rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS572US572&source

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS572US572&biw=1536&bih=732&tbm=isch&sa

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week 4- The Poster as Art

Bradford R. Collin’s aim with the article, The Poster as Art was to tell the readers how hard it was for the poster artists to get recognized that their artists too. He furthermore wanted to show how Jules Cheret was a big part in achieving that art equality. Jules Chéret started out as a poster designer, printing lithographic poster advertisements in France, but there wasn’t a need for his work, so he moved to London, England. He became a member of Cramer and Company were they appreciated his romantic effects doing music posters. After he became well known he started to make different types of posters such as for perfume and theater. His art was so famous that a critic said, “The mane of this man (Chéret)... has not yet been inscribed in the golden book of artists, or at least his works have no been admitted to the category of art work”(25).1 Many art groups in the late 19th century fought to have poster artistes be more appreciated in the art world. The Royal Society of Arts is one of them, a man named Ernest Chesneau wrote a book called Dessins de Decorations des principaux Maitres (1881) emphasized how important poster designers are in his book by saying, “These painters, these sculptors, these draftsmen, these authors of patterns have… produced so many art objects and are artists of the same rank as the maker of statues and the painter of pictures”(23).2 The Societe des Artistes Indepéndants also wanted to “embrace all branches of art equally”(24).3 Thus, this was not just one group of people trying to change the way we look at art, but a movement to appreciate poster artists more.       

This poster by Jules Cheret is my favorite because it stood out from the others. All the other posters have one female doing a random pose with a title to buy a product, but this one doesn’t. This poster shows the viewers what they’re going to see when they go to this magic show. I also like it because it has a spooky feeling showing that the magic show is going to be scary and exciting.

Frikell 

My favorite Jules Chéret poster.

1 The Poster as Art, Bradford R. Collins, pg.25

2. The Poster as Art, Bradford R. Collins, pg.23

3. The Poster as Art, Bradford R. Collins, pg.23

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week 3- design thinking

Design is something that is/was created to solve problems in our society. For example, furniture is not only to decorate your home, but it is there to solve daily problems that help us improve our lives and most of us don’t even know it.

Ways in which designers come up with new and improved designs is a process called ‘design thinking’1. First, designers start out with empathy, by getting a group of diverse people and discussing issues in the world. Then, define, which is to find a common problem to solve. An example of a problem would be the chair I’m sitting on is uncomfortable. After that, ideate, which is to discuss ideas and steps to solve the problem, so I could go to the store and get a  padded cushion or get a new chair from the store to solve my chair problem. Then, a prototype, where you create the design. I would go to the store and get the cushion. Finally, test it to see if you resolved the problem. I would sit on the cushion and determine if it was comfortable. When everything is complete then you can start from the beginning and keep improving it. 

  Design is not only steps to solve a problem that has never been solved before, but it can also be an emotional side to it too. Such as the example from Time Thinking by Bobby Brown saying, “The iPod was not the first MP3 player, but it was the first to be delightful(92).”2 It’s crazy that both of the products have the same music features, but just because of the appearance can cost of the product, society likes one more than the other.   

First, they discuss the negative aspects of the product for example for the shopping cart they talked about injuries and how they get stolen a lot. Then, they get into groups and find experts and shoppers who know more about the product. Then they talk as a whole and talk about new ideas and brainstorm. Then, they take a vote and see what is the most popular idea and combine the ideas to create multiple prototypes. Then they look at them and make a decision on what the final product is. 

Some of the company’s mottos and rules that they implement are to ‘encourage wild ideas’3 like for the shopping cart, one person suggested to put in velcro for the baby sit and make velcro baby pants. Another rule is to ‘defer judgement’4 no one has a bad idea. They also have to have ‘one conversation at a time’ so there all focused on one topic so everyones on the same page. Finally, no one is better than anyone else, so everyone has an equal right to speak up and be heard.    

Creative ways on how IDEO might have improved their final shopping cart design is having the cart be made out of baskets.This idea resolves the stealing  problem and removing the basket makes it so there can be more space when shopping. Then, having scanners will allow shoppers to not wait in a long line which will increase everyone’s shopping experience. Then removing the straps of the baby seat makes it faster to but your kid in it while also improving comfort for the baby. 

1 Thinking, Tim Brown, June 2008,  pg.86 

2 Thinking Tim Brown, June 2008 pg. 92

3 “The Deep Dive”  abc News July 13, 1999 

4 “The Deep Dive”  abc News July 13, 1999

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Week 2- William Morris

The Kelmscott Press was a new way of printing. Morris’s pages were from handmade paper and didn’t use any chemicals like the lithograph, chromolithography and the photolithography. It showed modernity because Morris created a business out of it called Morris & Co. which showed the new capitalistic views after the Industrial Revolution. Since the middle class had improved economically Morris’s books could be sold to anyone which made his books a success and it gave Morris a lot of money.

Kelmscott printing 1 

Representing modernity

Bird and the pomegranate is one of Morris’s wallpaper designs he made with is business Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. This shows modernity because he made a profit out of this design which is a capitalistic view. The design and the colors show that in this time period people had more freedom for what they can put in there houses now that capitalism is on the rise.       

Bird and pomegranate 2 

represents modernity

After there was a boom in manufacturing and consuming, artists and designers started to make items that could be useful for everyday use such as wallpaper, textiles, and furniture. Morris wanted to be the opposite of the industrialism and create items that were only by hand and meaningful. That was his goal with all the designs he made during The Arts and Crafts Movement.

     I agree with Morris’s idea of simplicity and how in your house it shouldn’t be cluttered with items that are not valuable to you. As he says it, “Simplicity of life begetting simplicity of taste, that is a love for sweet and lofty things, is of all matters most necessary for the birth of the new and the better art we crave for”( 37). 3 Many people today have way too many things that they have in their house just because they can, but it will never be used. This idea of living simpler would help people save money and would help the poor and middle class. I like how he says that the things we have in our house that are for ‘decoration’4 are the things that mean something to us personally and those little things make it so our house represents us.    

I don’t agree that everything should be handmade. As he says, [A] weary business it is setting men about such work, and seeing them through it, and I would rather do the work twice over with my own hands than have such a job”(36). 5 That is to the extreme, doing everything by hand can be exhausting and can take up a lot of time that nowadays no one has. In the world we live in today there is no way that everything can be one of a kind and handmade.  

1. Kelmscott Press  http://www.kellscraft.com/ArtsandCraftsPrinting/ArtsndCraftPrintingContentPage.html 

2.Bird and pomegranate  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/135952482477195642

3. The Lesser Arts  William Morris pg. 37

4. The Lesser Arts William Morris pg. 37

5.The Lesser Arts William Morris pg. 36

*I don’t have the book yet.

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Week 1- about me

Hello, my name is Amanda Alonso and I am a sophomore transfer student from MATC. I am a General Music education and Instrumental music education major in hopes that one day I’ll become a band director. I like to play different types of sports in my free time and in the summers I like to travel to Europe and explore.

 I took this class because I needed to take one of the fine arts classes, so this semester I choose art and I came across Design Survey.

 Even though I’m not an art major and I don’t know too much about design I have always been fascinated about the style of architecture and how architects show themselves through the buildings they make even if it’s in the tiniest of details.

 I have experienced different styles of design when I’ve traveled in Europe. Throughout Europe, there are these huge cathedrals from city to city that has been there since the early first century, which is astonishing. Most of the cathedrals I have seen have these enormous arches in and out of the cathedral and then on the outside have these triangular sized spire designs. It’s pretty unbelievable what people could accomplish so long ago. I have also experienced design with things in my house such as the chair I am sitting on or the bed I sleep on as well.

 I have purchased an item where the design was a deciding factor over a competitor. I think we’ve all have done that. When I’m at the supermarket or the mall and I’m deciding between two types of the same product I will usually pick the one with the most pleasing label over the other one. Then there are the classic advertisements on the TV that shows you new and improved things to buy, which I always fall for it and that is why I don’t have cable anymore.