Movie Poster

My Favorite Movie Poster

Here is my favorite movie poster for this week. Most of my liking to this piece has to do with nostalgia and bias. Back when I was a kid, I loved the Spider-man movies to death(even this one). For what it's worth, it completely represents the theme of the movie or the plot. Spider-man is having an inner and outside conflict with himself. "The great battle lies within." says it all. Not too mention, the branding font for the quote and the logo are trademark Spider-man designs. Also, the poster makes me believe this would absolutely take place in the movie. My only complaint is that Spider-man should not be holding black web because he is not in the black suit. Maybe it was a design error? Ignore the quality of the actual movie and just appreciate the quality of a nice poster.

"Misunderstood" Plot

In a world/in a country/in a state/in a town/in a house/in a kitchen... 1 man child. 1 tomato. Because he has nothing better to do with his extravagant life, Arnold  picks up a tomato for breakfast. Before putting the tomato back down, Arnold says, "Man I love this vegetable... question mark?(He actually says question mark) But technically your a fruit?" Now this age-old debate lingers in his head for who knows long. He sets the tomato on the counter and tries to come up with the quintessential identity for this tomato. What Arnold doesn't realize is that he discovers more about himself while attempting to get to know the tomato more. Will Arnold eat/cut the tomato? Will breakfast ever be served? Does he still live with his mom? Probably. At the end of the day, they both are two misunderstood beings.

Interview: Making ‘The Master' with Poster Artist Dustin Stanton Response

Here is another example of the "artistic process." This time the focus is on Dustin Stanton. Being who I am, I will say have no reference on this artist or any artist, for that matter. Towards the end, I actually found myself greatly appreciating a person's work who I have never even heard of.  8 Mile, There Will Be Blood, and Fantastic Beats the three big examples that I familiarize with his work. Clearly, Stanton has made a name for himself. Not much I can say for the rest of this article because I would end up rephrasing it. An artistic career is  forever changing which might scare many. Also, I learned everyone is similar in different ways(vice versa). Overall the interview gave me more insight into an artistic lifestyle.

Arnold's Symphony Album

Tim Brown Response

In this recent Ted Talks "Tim Brown: Designers -- think big!", we are introduced to "design thinking." The term is very self-explanatory and offers many variations. Designers can think big, think big in small portions, think of others' input, etc. Overall we are implied to think in design. Also, I really appreciate Tim Brown's comparison to old designers to the new. He basically sums up new designers as people who wear "black turtlenecks and designer glasses." Even his comparison on the size of designers was very clever. In the past, I never thought designers currently work on only small objects up until now. And his last point on design getting bigger gives me more spite on what is to come to the future. This was a very informative Ted Talks that inspires me to take a look at  more.

Non-Functional Design