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13 February 2020, Rome Italy - Mediterranean Diet principles for Agenda 2030 - A call from the past – Ancient knowledge for a sustainable management of land and water resources, FAO Headquarters, (Sheikh Zayed Centre).
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Pier Paolo Cito. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO
In each block I have tryed my hand at conveying each principle of design.
Check out my blog for a poem I wrote to also go with this month's theme: www.artistholiday.blogspot.com
Materials used: Canson 11x14 Mixed Media Sketchbook , pencils, pens and acrylic paints.
Competency I
Use service concepts, principles, and techniques that facilitate information access, relevance and accuracy for individual or groups of users.
My work in creating the Info Kiosk for asynchronous reference service best demonstrated the principles behind Competency I. My goal for the Textures Info Kiosk was to provide texturing resources to assist in the creation of 3D virtual projects by fellow classmates and all users of SL. My prior experience with the learning service project made me realize how difficult finding suitable textures for projects can be. I sought to help others by creating a kiosk that organized my findings.
I implemented the same service concepts and principles used to create a library pathfinder to build the Textures Info Kiosk. First, I identified the user need for easily-assessable quality 3D building tools. Navigating Second Life can be daunting and time-consuming for the newcomer. I hoped to gather the best texture resources freely available to the SL user in one location, which may be accessed at user's convenience.
I also identified:
A. The three libraries of free textures: (a) the library of textures found within the SL resident's inventory, (b) two regions dedicated to providing free textures as well as other building tools.
B. Search terms that can be used in the Second Life search function to find additional free textures.
C. Two forms of multimedia, online video tutorials and inworld displays, offering texturing tutorials.
D. Open source free software that can be used to create and modify one's own textures.
Creating the kiosk provided valuable design experience as well. In a virtual world, careful consideration to the visual impact of displays is an important factor as text is difficult to read and is non-distinct from its surrounding objects. I designed the kiosk based on the metaphor of a customer shopping for fabric. Many of textures in real life come in rolls or bolts; vinyl floorings, carpets, paper, fabric, wall paper and sod. I thought this concept would transfer well in a virtual environment. The final product consisted of a large simple woven basket filled with five bolts of textures. Upon touching each bolt, the user receives a folder filled with the category of textures specified on the corresponding bolt. When the user touches the basket, the user receives the pathfinder in the form of a notecard, listing the above research information and a landmark to Harbinger's Haven.
I gained design experience that will be helpful in creating future informational kiosks, real or virtual world. I learned that the items built in Second Life can be duplicated in real world, as measurements of virtual objects are given in meters. The ability to cycle quickly through design iterations and to present 3D project models for viewing by others is a major benefit of Second Life. I now have the knowledge of a valuable cutting-edge educational tool that will assist me in my career as a librarian.
I had the honour to shoot Aleks, Tina and Hanna while doing some areal acro on a beautiful sandy beach in Thailand's little paradise called Koh Phangan.
Portrait of African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina while addressing during Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Signing of Principles by Financial Sector Players in November 2018, at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Landscape 1
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Objective 3: Elements and Principles of Design
The principles of design demonstrated (describe the use):
Balance- The dark part of the picture where the buildings are balances out the very interesting sky. If the buildings were brighter and you could see their features more then it would be distracting to the sky which is the main focal part of the picture.
The elements of design demonstrated (describe the use):
Shape- The dark shadows merges some of the buildings in the picture into what seems like one shape instead of multiple different ones. This creates a 2d look rather than 3d. The shapes of the building are also emphasized because they are placed against a colourful background where as they are dark. The buildings are geometric shapes, where as the clouds are organic shapes that have no specific form.
Space- The negative space in the picture is the dark shadows where the buildings are and this draws attention to the positive space which is the very colourful sky in the top 2/3 of the picture.
Objective 4: Lighting
Type of lighting and why:
Objective 5: Post Production (ex. dust/spot removal, resize, contrast, white balance, sharpening, borders, etc.)
Corrections/adjustments made AND/OR techniques applied:
Reduced the noise so that the picture would not look as grainy
Brightened and Increased Saturation of colours in sky to make stand out
Adjusted tone curve to darken shadows
Checked whites and blacks to make sure none in the photo
Added a vignette to darken sides of the picture and add focus to the middle
Japanese Garden Design.
Below are a few of the guiding principles of Japanese garden Design. Read these before we visit the Japanese Garden at Cowra.
1.Nature is all important. You must recreate nature, even if symbolically. You cannot have items not found in nature i.e. a fountain (but you can have a waterfall) or a square pond (but you can have an irregular, natural shaped pond) etc. A pond or even the sea is often represented by raked gravel.
2.Balance or sumi is important. You cannot have a large rock in a small space. Rocks can be used to symbolise mountains. But the scale must be correct for the size of the area. Pools can represent lakes etc.
3.Emptiness or ma is important. Japanese gardens often have empty spaces as space or emptiness defines the other elements around it.
4.Wabi or sabi is another basic principle. Sabi is about capturing the ideal image of an item and wabi is about capturing the spiritual essence of an item. So a perfectly plain round boulder in a garden has no wabi or sabi, but an irregular, lichen or moss covered boulder typifies a rock in nature.
5.Time is an important feature of Japanese gardens. The garden must have attractions for all four seasons of the year.
6.Enclosure as a feature of Japanese gardening. To be a retreat to nature, the garden must be fenced and gated to keep out interference. The garden is a separate world, and gates have spiritual meaning. Fences, hedges and screens are meant to also hide items which then suddenly become revealed. This is called miegakure.
7.Flatness is important. Flat areas are used for meditation, often in front of temples or shrines. These areas are Zen in style.
8.Formality is another principle. Although tea gardens are always informal and often have rustic huts and chalets in them. A focal point is always the tea pavilion.
9.Rocks are the backbone of a Japanese garden. Stones are usually, but not always set in groups of three. They can be vertical or horizontal in form. Stones set in the ground are used for stepping stones. A wide stone across a path tells us to stop there and admire the view. The pathway represents the pathway of life.
10.Water is an important feature of a Japanese garden. Waterfalls, ponds, and the bamboo deer scarer which fills the water basis for ritual washing are all important features. Water flows through Japanese gardens and bridges are important. The movement of water symbolises the passage through life from childhood to adulthood and maturity. Crossing a bridge takes you from one world to another world. Some bridges are purely ornamental, but most cross flowing water. Carp are obligatory in ponds as they are part of nature.
11.Plants play a secondary role to stone in Japanese gardens. Common plants for a Japanese garden include pines, bamboo, cherries, maples, camellias, azaleas, water plants, grasses etc. Some Japanese gardens are almost monochrome and entirely green. Evergreen trees like pines symbolise eternity.
12.Stone lanterns, stupas and basins are important elements for the garden.
13.Above all the garden must have atmosphere, simplicity and elegance and this is often obtained through the use of extensive pruning and the shaping of plants.
Michael Nolan rides Baizically to second place in the Champagne Louis Roederer Handicap Chase at Cartmel.
Principles created the Blue Blindfold brand and the 'Don't Close Your Eyes' campaign for the UKHTC to create awareness of the problem of human trafficking. This is one of many posters created for the campaign. MadeByPi, our digital division, created the website:
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Principles created the Blue Blindfold brand and the 'Don't Close Your Eyes' campaign for the UKHTC to create awareness of the problem of human trafficking. This is one of many posters created for the campaign. MadeByPi, our digital division, created the website:
Like what we do? Want us to do it for you? Call Chris Woods on 0113 2262222 now or email chris.woods@principlesagency.co.uk
DENNIS MCNULTY
Projected from first principles, 2010 (1st Floor)
Two HD projections, metal, 3 two-way mirrored glass panels, mylar & sound