Let’s think about how important recording daily life, feelings and history are. Nearly all people around the world use some kind of tools such as photos, diaries, or audio to record what they are interested in and save for uses. Where to display those memories? Traceback to 1945, from the article “As We May Think”,…
Hermione Bonus Writing 2
Ada Lovelace was called the first author of a computer program. When 1833, Charles Babbage, as known as the father of the computer, invited Ada to see the prototype of the difference engine. This machine changed Ada’s life. Her talent for intellect and analytic skills made Babbage named her “The Enchantress of Number.” Also because…
Hermione’s Manifesto: Let’s design something meaningful!
Three years ago, after 1 year of my Industrial Design program, I made a decision that changes my life, adding interaction design as my second major. A lot of people around me thought I was crazy. My ID chair refused to sign on my application for he didn’t believe that I could finish two majors…
Finding Errors by Hermione
The movable type was invented during 1041-1048. Is not a historical issue, but on 0:53 the press with Chinese letter were mirrored in the wrong direction.
Connections between Renaissance & Movable Type and Design
Renaissance is a French word that means ”rebirth.” Increasing interaction between different cultures is one of the major causes. It’s clear to see how Christianity and feudalism influenced each other when the Silk Road was opened. With the exchange of goods, people from different cultures learned from each other. Designers should be careful when designing,…
Research Essay: the importance of the design language
In the journal Design Languages: A Powerful Medium for Communicating Designs, the author Kay Kyeongju Seo and Andrew S. Gibbons point out that design language is an important term to form, express, and communicate design. The more complex the design is, the more design language will be needed. When identifying the design language terms, useful…
The connection between the Hamburger bar icon and the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
I always think about how our ancestors count. Early humans used bones as counting tools. These bones probably are the earliest evidence to show how human beings use lines to count. Been known as one of the earliest human beings invented symbol, The Egyptians used the combination of the fence and a group of three vertical…