Communicating Practise

Task A

Infographic

Infographic is known as information graphic are graphic visual representation  of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly.

Infographic also use to improve cognition by utilizing to enhance the human visual system's ability to see pattern and trends. 3 parts of infographic is the visual, the content and the knowledge. The visual consists of color and graphic is been divided by 2 that consists of Reference- generally icon that can be used to point certain data and Theme- included in all infographics and represent the underlying visual representation data.

Data visualization are often use in the infographic and make up the entire infographic. There are many types of visualization that can be use to represent the information. There are 5 primarily types of visualization :

1. Time series data

2. Statistical distributions

3. Maps

4. Hierarchies 

5. Networking

Example of infographic:

Image 1: Infographic about geek and nerd taken at http://media.creativebloq.futurecdn.net/sites/creativebloq.com/files/images/2012/02/infographic-design-geek-nerd.jpg

Image 2: a screen shot of infographic book by Randy Krum taken at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaARxppMAnh8s9-Zl7CP6NRSZu-XuRNSrssxAt7gYQ5v4KKV46j8fjYQDrKP1q-7_jSveAp5u8fqRu4qzuTUkhXllYZ3M1xnAP7wMUSjNTPNmw_JPTVmZa5uRpJv6CVadD82r-34RIkJk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-12-05+at+1.11.32+PM.png

Communicating Practise

Communicating Practise

Task C

In this task we learn about the communicating using listening skill, it is important because the art of a good communication is to be a better listener. They are 5 tips to become a better listener.

1. Paraphrase the message

2. Repeat the message

3. Probe the missing information

4. Clarify any points

5. Remember the important points

The notes that I wrote while our module leader read an article to us:

Article 1: Topic: Branding

1. Branding is a term that been use but misinterpreted, now known as the name of the company.

2. Brand is a logo and name. It also known as the face of the company.

3. Brand also intangible and known as a name to any like Coca-Cola.

Article 2: Topic: Brand and Business

1. Brand is a term to marketing and how the business process.

2. It is also a backbone for the business and marketing.

3. Brand also known as core value for the business and invisible for company and audience.

Article 3: Topic: Brand and Societies

1. Company doesn't need to rebrand but adjust way to sell into another way. 

2. For example, Samsung enter the marketing with different approach in Europe and Russia

So, by listening to our module leader, we been told to take note and everyone us has different note and we could not write the same thing that been said by our module leader and we need to write according to our own understanding what she said.

Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies

Task 2: Curatorial Issue

Artwork, Curator and Space

* A discussion about curatorial issue and a visit to art gallery.

On 2 April 2015, we visit Publika in Damansara, Kuala Lumpur to talk to the curator at the art gallery in Publika. We enter one of the art gallery there known as Galeri Chandan and has a small talk about with the gallery curator. She explain to us about what is curator and what we should do when we going to start the exhibitions.

For example, as a curator we can look at the spaces, lightning, the theme of the exhibition and also the size of the artworks. The curator in art gallery and in museum is different from each other because of the setting in the museum and the gallery, where museum is full with artifacts and fragile their will permanently stay there, whereas the art gallery is according to the setting and the time of the theme of the exhibition conducted.

To be a curator, it doesn't have to has certificate, it usually focus your interest and you need to always have idea in setting the spaces and where you want to show the artwork to the audiences.

When we doing the visit, I see some of the curator sometimes doesn't show the artworks properly and the artwork look hidden from the audience. For example, I told my friends about the artwork that attract me and they say they doesn't see the artwork.

The artwork that we see in Chandan Art Gallery:

Picture 1: War Head by Sukor Romat taken at Chandan Art Galley by Alexis using phone camera.

Picture 2: Red Shadow by Hisyamuddin Abullah taken at Chandan Art Gallery by Alexis using phone camera.

Museum Gallery and Heritage Studies

Hakka Village Installation Project

Circuit Of Culture

Circuit Of Culture is a theory or framework used in the area of cultural studies. It was devised in 1997 by group of theorists when studying a village. The theory suggest that in studying a cultural text or artefact that you must look in 5 aspects:

1. Representation
2. Identity
3. Production
4. Consumption
5. Regulation


Hakka Village

Hakka was origin from China, Eastern Guangdong province. The 'hakka' chinese character literally mean 'guest families'. The Hakka ancestor are thought originates from the lands bordering the Yellow River a thousand years ago. Their mass migrations caused them to be named as 'The Jews of Asia'. In Taiwan on 20 Feb it was known as Hakka Day and in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, Hakka people known as 'kuek'(Hokkien).

Hakka people in Mantin comes from Hui Zhou, Guangdong to Mantin to search a better future when the former tin mining boom town 120 years ago. Hakka Village in Mantin also known as 'Kampung Atap' and there are river known as 'Sungai Setul' near the village.

Contemporary Design Issues

Blog post about a website given by module leader.
http://idnworld.com
In this website, we find many designer/artist that created new design. We looking at this website to learn about argument and how we going to talk about their design and why they created and what they inspiration to created the design and what they want to show to the audience.

So, I'm choose a designer known as Thomas Henry Burden. He is a designer that use typography as his main design and also in his artworks. The way he use the colorful and different types of font and he also use a colorful typo in his world as he say that he want to pop years theme that widely used in 80's where the bright color is a popular on that time. He also using old toys design in his artworks to recreate back the pop culture in his artworks.

Thomas Henry Burden:

Picture 1: A image of Thomas Henry Burden taken at http://idnworld.com/creators/?id=ThomasHenryBurden

One of his artworks:

Picture 2: Artwork by Thomas Henry Burden taken at http://files.idnworld.com/creators/files/v21n5/ThomasHenryBurden/16.jpg

I think his artwork is interesting because sometimes designer like sleek and clean design in their artworks and nowadays we rarely look designer using bright colors such yellow, orange, and red in one place. He also recreate back the model because he doesn't want to look real. He like to stylized his own model so that are lot quicker to create or model and have more personality.

Another artworks by Thomas Henry Burden:

Picture 3: Thomas Henry Burden artworks taken at http://files.idnworld.com/creators/files/v21n5/ThomasHenryBurden/9.jpg

A book about Thomas Henry Burden:

Picture 4: Book about Thomas Henry Burden taken at http://idnworld.com/creators/?id=ThomasHenryBurden

REFLECTION

Designer or artist should express their artwork with their own style so that the audience can feel the vibe or understanding the artwork that they want to show to the audience. We also can use any method to presented our artwork and not only focusing in drawing to express our artworks.

Contemporary Design Issues

Critical Awareness

Critical Awareness is also known as critical thinking or how you can be critical. Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. there are 5 skill that someone with critical thinking skills is able to follow:

1. understand the logical connections between ideas

2. identify, construct and evaluate arguments

3. detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning 

4. solve problem systematically

5. reflect on the justification on one's own belief  and values

Critical thinking is quiet compatible with thinking " out of the box", challenging and pursuing your own thinking in creating something. 

3D MODELLING FOR OBJECT AND ENVIRONMENT

BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENT (PROCESS)

In this week, we need to decide about the image we want to create as the building that we want and create in MAYA software to create the 3D model building. This is the image that I build in the software. We creating the the image by using the top view to create the building using the sketches that I choose. I using a basic shape to create my building for example triangle and rectangle.

This the process I do create the 3D building model.

First, I sketch the top view of my building.

Then I import the drawing that I trace in illustrator into the MAYA software.

After that I create a hole in the inside and created 4 set of triangles to create roof

Then I use the first design to be the cover for the roof

Then I start to enter the texture and color into the building model and adjusted until into my satisfactions where I let the building and the triangles set a bit transparent and around the building I put the grass, small bushes and flower bed.