Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:53:04 +0000

uessai-text : luft2501 : chaosszap : takeori : joker1007 : ipodstyle : yaruo : omoro : futashika :  sampler :  pedalfar :  realtime24 : 参考サイト http://www.infosnow.ne.jp/~sevas/adult/japan/japan2.html 普通に生活して、普通の教育を受けている方なら、聞いたり思ったりする事もあるかもしれません。 「天皇って何してるの？税金の無駄じゃないの？」知らなきゃそう思うのも当然。というか教えてもらえないこと自体が異常なんです。今回は、まずその話しをしましょう。 まず、天皇陛下が普段なにをしてるかというと、お祈りしてるの。　「国民が幸せになるように、日本が平和であるように」って。いやマジで。　と、いうのも天皇陛下は神主の総長みたいなもので、例えるなら日本神道の法王なのよ。皇と兼任だから法皇ですな。なので祈るのが仕事。 「それくらいならいらん」と言う人もいるだろうから、今度は判りやすい価値の話。 世界で一番偉い人って誰でしょ？　判りやすく言えば、世界で最も権威のある人。　もっと砕けて言えば、世界で最も地位が高い人。ぶっちゃけて言えば、皇帝が一番偉い。以下法王、王様、大統領、首相の順に続く。一覧にするとこんな感じ 皇帝（emperor）≧法王（Pope）> 王様（king）> 大統領（president）> 首相（premier） 皇帝と法王の間は一応≧にしてるけど、ほぼ＝。ちなみに法皇だと皇帝と法皇兼任ですので更に偉い。で、これを現在の世界情勢に合わせてみると・・・ 天皇陛下（emperor）≧ローマ法王（Pope）> 英国女王（Queen）> アメリカ大統領etc（president）> 日本国首相etc（premier） っつーわけで、天皇陛下が一番偉い。と、まで言わないが、世界で２トップのうちの一人なのよ。いや、マジで。言い方によっては、先に書いたとおり日本神道の法皇なわけだから、ぶっちぎりで偉いともいえる。ただ、白人にとってはキリスト教以外はどうでもいいので、普通に皇帝（emperor）扱いですな。 そんな訳でエリザベス女王だって天皇陛下と同席するときは上座を譲るし、当然アメリカ大統領も晩餐会には、最高儀礼のホワイトタイで出席します。(*注　ホワイトタイの他に、昭和天皇の訪米時には、空港、ホワイトハウスで史上例を見ない米５軍による観閲儀仗も行われた） ちなみにアメリカ大統領がこの歓迎の仕方をするのは、天皇陛下とローマ法王と英国君主のみ。アメリカ大統領に最敬礼させられるのはこの３人のみといったほうが判りやすいか？ ローマ法王が来日した際、自ら皇居に赴き、昭和天皇に謁見 ホワイトタイで昭和天皇を接待する米フォード大統領 ついでに言うと現存する最古にして最後の皇帝。文化的にも世界遺産並。 そんな偉い人が国を行き来するもんだから、皇室外交っていうのは、外交官１０００人分の威力があるとか言われるわけです。さすがに相手も気つかうしな。 私見で言えば、世界的権威のトップ２の中にキリスト教徒ではない、しかも黄色人種がいるということは、世界の人種・宗教のパワーバランスにおいて、大きな価値があるとも思ってます。 天皇陛下いなければ、名実共に白人＋キリスト教徒が一番偉い。ってなことになってしまうしね。　英国女王やアメリカ大統領でさえ敬う（うやまう）ってのに、当の日本人ができないってのはどうよ？ 天皇陛下の価値について、判りやすい部分については前回紹介しました。他にも、権威は天皇が、権力は内閣（�[...]

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic design that exists around us on a daily basis (wherever we go), is a fantastic way of stoking our subconscious with ideas for current and future projects. The ultimate goal, of course, is to have a wellspring of ideas to tap into when brainstormi[...]

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic design that exists around us on a daily basis (wherever we go), is a fantastic way of stoking our subconscious with ideas for current and future projects. The ultimate goal, of course, is to have a wellspring of ideas t[...]

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic design that exists around us on a daily basis (wherever we go), is a fantastic way of stoking our subconscious with ideas for current and future projects No related posts. Related posts br[...]

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic design that exists around us on a daily basis (wherever we go), is a fantastic way of stoking our subconsciou[...]

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic design that exists around us on a daily basis (wherever[...]

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic design that exists around u[...]

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying attention to all the graphic [...]

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, inspiration is literally (if we allow it to be) at our fingertips. Thus, paying at[...]

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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� No one understands the statement, “design is everywhere” better than us designers. But comprehension and integration are two totally separate acts. From food packaging, to billboards, to book covers, catalogs, websites, and everything in between, we spend the majority of our waking hours on our computers designing and/or looking at these designs through the portals of our monitors. But when the computer is shut down, does your “design radar” go off-line, as well? For instance, when it’s time to grocery shop, are you in the get-in/get-out as fast as possible mindset? Or do you treat the experience as a journey through Design Mecca – with sources of inspiration lining the shelves from wall to wall? When you’re waiting on the unbearably slow line at the post office do you temper your impatience by burying your nose in your iPhone? Or do you make note of the ugly signage covering the walls and kill the time by redesigning it better in your head? “Cranking up your design radar” is about never turning off the designer in ourselves . In this article, we challenge even the most seasoned of designers to approach the most mundane of tasks (going to the bank, post office, grocery store, etc.) from a whole new designerly perspective. How Good Is your DesignDar? It’s not scientific. It’s not empirically validated. But it is the very official designdar test! So go ahead and find out how good your graphic design radar really is: 1. When you’re grocery shopping, do you: completely zone out with just one single goal in mind: getting in and out as fast as humanly possible? only notice design when you frustratingly can’t find your usual box of Wheaties because the company changed the box design once again? get a little giddy being surrounded by such a vast amount of graphic design as your eyes dance around from salad dressing labels to cereal boxes to cookie packaging and everything in-between? The cereal aisle of Whole Foods. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma 2. When you’re in the mall, do you: put all your focus on buying new shoes and tune out everything else that does not relate to feet? only notice design when you can’t find the food court on the confusing mall directory and proceed to curse people who do not understand how to create clear information design? find yourself evaluating the oodles of retail graphic design from Banana Republic’s classic logo, to Blommingdales’ tried-and-true big/medium/little brown shopping bags , to Urban Outfitters ultra edgy shadow signage? 3. When you’re in the airport, do you: feel so stressed-out that ugly airport signage is the farthest thing from your mind? only notice design when the airport security guard confiscates your water bottle while directing your attention (with his furiously wagging finger) to the lame graphics on the “no liquids beyond this point” warning sign? readily absorb the good, the bad, and the ugly design from SFO’s fantastic airport museum display of “Wright at Home: Modern Lifestyle Design 1930–1965” (via Terminal 3), to the digitized type on your airplane ticket, to the wholly uninspired layout on the airport parking lot/rental car signage? SFO’s Parking/Rental Car Return sign. Photo Courtesy Stephanie Orma Crank It Up! If you answered anything other than “3” to the preceding questions, than you might want to seriously consider cranking up your DesignDar. Why? Because, to quote Whack on the Side of the Head author and professional creative consultant Roger von Oech, “wherever you go, there are ideas waiting to be discovered.” And since our livelihood is based on our ability to generate creative ideas, [...]