Design Thinking, Writing & Criticism
Who doesn’t want to be able to draw and do it well? Most people believe drawing is a desirable skill they cannot learn, despite their desire to do so. Fortunately, anyone can learn and develop the skill of drawing with practice and knowledge. In this lesson, I will provide you with one crucial piece of… Continue reading Secret of Drawing :
HISTORYCommonly known as Fridge. Though the two words are often used interchangeably with one another, a refrigerator combines both the cooling and freezing mechanism, while a fridge omits the freezing mechanism to promote a compact build. | The word refrigerator originates from the Latin verb refrigerate which was derived from the Latin adjective frigus, meaning… Continue reading Refrigerator | 1913
The greatest invention of mankind is probably writing and not the wheel. Yes, the wheel played a pivotal part centuries later in the printing press. As printing became more accepted and common, most of the machines after WW2 were put to work for circulations. Interestingly, Printing played a huger role for Nazis and Russians in… Continue reading Publication
The games have been evolved from the past. to the present, and rapidly moving towards the future. They bloom in technology in recent years and opened doors to a new generation of gamers. Object: PSP (PlayStation Portable) SONY DSC Origin and History: Japan The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console… Continue reading Once Upon a Time…
Publishing The business or profession of making information available to the public is called publishing. In the past, this was done mainly through issuing printed copies of documents. Now there are many more options such as websites, print, DVD, e-publications, and apps. 3 Types of Publishing: Traditional, self, and Hybrid · Traditional publishing. This… Continue reading Read, Write, and Share
Origin and History In 1931, H.H. Schultz and J.Q. Sherman thought we could pair down the size of the air conditioner and still stay cool. These two invented the individual air conditioner. In 1932 the units were able to be bought, but only if you had $10,000 to $50,000 to buy one. So, the rich… Continue reading Window AC
GIFs were originally made to transfer and share highly compressed video files. And it only made sense to have such an option back in the day considering the internet speed was really slow and uploading a video would mean ages and ages of wait. But if we look locally, even in todays time, Pakistan doesn’t… Continue reading GIF
What is speculative design? Speculative design is the process of addressing big societal issues with design processes and systems. “Where typical design takes a look at small issues, speculative design broadens the scope and tries to tackle the biggest issues in society.” The term was coined by Anthony Dunne, professor and head of the design… Continue reading Speculative Design
There is no planet B.But do we really understand this? It shows through our actions and our practice that we don’t. With the high rise in climate disasters in recent years, its quite evident that we are not taking the necessary steps towards protecting our environment and creating a better future for the next generation.… Continue reading Sustainable Design
Whether it’s a corporate firm or a small home run business, everyone has data that serves different purposes. But everyone collects and consolidates the data in their own unique way. But designers came up with the idea of turning that data into something visual. Why is that you must wonder? Well one of the most… Continue reading InfoGraphics
Projection mapping is something we looked into today and it was a visual treat. Its like any surface can be your canvas, it can be as big as a whole building.Another way of looking at it is also that the possibility to express has been broaden. For example, I had the option of projection on… Continue reading Projection through mapping : Projection Mapping
Archiving has always been of eminent importance. Through archives, history is written and past can be studied and analyzed. It has become easy to collect and store data due to the development in technology over the years, whereas in the past it was very difficult which makes one think, that most of the things must… Continue reading Archiving
If you Google, What is system design?, the first link that pops up states: ‘Definition: Systems design is the process of defining elements of a system like modules, architecture, components and their interfaces and data for a system based on the specified requirements. It is the process of defining, developing and designing systems which satisfies the… Continue reading System Design
The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about 8+1⁄2 months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released. Portable music players have a long history that spans from the boom box to the Walkman. It wasn’t until 2000 that digital music players were introduced. However, digital players in 2000 were either large and cumbersome or small and contained dreadful… Continue reading ipod
Origin and History Before VCR, companies had been exploring the possibilities of video recording and launched several versions between 1953-1970 including Helical scan video tape recorder, Quadraplex video tape, Reel-to-reel videotape recorder, U-matic and Telcan etc. The first ever VCR was launched by the Dutch Multinational company ‘Philips’ but even that wasn’t entirely successful due… Continue reading Video Cassette Recorder (VCR)
The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying moving images and is considered an important predecessor of the movie projector. It was conceived by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879 . Muybridge used the projector in his public lectures from 1880 to 1895. The projector used 16" glass disks onto which Muybridge had an unidentified artist paint the sequences as silhouettes. This… Continue reading Projector
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works, such as books, newspapers, and magazine. Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles,… Continue reading Publishing
What is speculative design? In simpler words; a design method that addresses the big societal problems of the future and creates things for those scenarios. It is also sometimes called critical design or design fiction. It is neither problem solving or predicting the future not it is a criticism. “It’s concerned with possibilities, not probabilities, pushing… Continue reading Speculative Design
In the beginning, we had plants and forests; nature untainted by any human intervention. Then came settlements; whether historical or current civilization water remains to be the source of and center of all life. Now we have the conclusion; a result of complete urbanization; a takeover. In today's time when nature is being organized to… Continue reading Letters to the Land
During the first three decades of Radio, from 1887 to about 1920, the technology of transmitting sound was undeveloped. Radio is a technology of singing and communicating through radio waves. These are electronic waves of frequency between 30 hertz to 300 gigahertz. The first Radio receiver was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1890. The first… Continue reading Radio Era, The Audio World.
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