http://portfolio.jonobr1.com jonobr1 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:58 +0000 http://portfolio.jonobr1.com en http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/The-Voting-Machine http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/The-Voting-Machine Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:58 +0000 jonobr1 661 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080429.LosAngelesCA.0036.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080429.LosAngelesCA.0036_o.jpg" data-mid="884" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080520.LosAngelesCA.0104.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080520.LosAngelesCA.0104_o.jpg" data-mid="885" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080520.LosAngelesCA.0111.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080520.LosAngelesCA.0111_o.jpg" data-mid="886" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080522.LosAngelesCA.0124.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080522.LosAngelesCA.0124_o.jpg" data-mid="887" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080528.LosAngelesCA.0008.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080528.LosAngelesCA.0008_o.jpg" data-mid="888" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080529.LosAngelesCA.0018.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080529.LosAngelesCA.0018_o.jpg" data-mid="889" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080529.LosAngelesCA.0028.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080529.LosAngelesCA.0028_o.jpg" data-mid="890" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0019.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0019_o.jpg" data-mid="891" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0023.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0023_o.jpg" data-mid="892" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0024.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0024_o.jpg" data-mid="893" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0025.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0025_o.jpg" data-mid="894" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0032.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0032_o.jpg" data-mid="895" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0041.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0041_o.jpg" data-mid="896" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0042.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0042_o.jpg" data-mid="897" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0078.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0078_o.jpg" data-mid="898" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0091.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/czliao.20080605.LosAngelesCA.0091_o.jpg" data-mid="899" border="0" align="left"/> The Voting Machine was an experiment in democracy carried out by a group of 20 students at UCLA's Design | Media Arts school in the Spring of 2008. The students worked together for 8 weeks to produce a fully functional voting machine comprised of 20 individual modules. The modules communicated with one another through either physical or electrical signals which carried a vote through all 20 modules until its final destination where it was counted. After many diplomatic and not so diplomatic discussions, two coalitions were established and the final form and function of the machine fell into place. On (date) the final product was successfully deployed in a race between two entirely conceptual political parties, The Dreamers of Decadence and Redesigning Humans. Project moderated by C.E.B. Reas and Michael Kontopoulos. For more visit The Voting Machine The second to last module is the resting place for the pennies. It counts the votes and provides an ironic reference to antiquated technology. This process illustrates and reinforces the idea that the past is the foundation for the future.<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/2575962987_0b71eeb8cf_o.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/661/2575962987_0b71eeb8cf_o_o.jpg" data-mid="986" border="0" align="left"/> http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/The-Lighthouse-Project http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/The-Lighthouse-Project Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:57 +0000 jonobr1 566 The Lighthouse Project was a term long project for brand lab at UCLA. The project was to resolve and create a means to communicate with aliens. This promotional video is the description of our project. Video, illustrations, and motion graphics come together to create an optimistic outlook of the newest wonder of the world. The Lighthouse Project. THE PROJECT / RESEARCH The Lighthouse Theory is a temporary name for this Voyager update project. In a nutshell we want to mark our territory. This post is sort of the social connotations and implications of this effort. Before I get into the specifics of the social contextualization, I want to first iterate why this idea of marking our territory is so compelling for us. Curiosity Humility In thinking about why we want to communicate with an alien life form we realized that there is no way to really come up with anything practical. The alien could be in the spectrum of our imagination, but most likely is something outside of that limited bandwidth of the imaginary alien. This forces us to look within at our own Earth and Solar System. Aside from us not being able to imagine or comprehend what we could be communicating with. There are some humane implications that our group felt were worth considering. The first being that any sort of artifact blasted into space, particularly with contents from our earth (a la KEO and Voyager), could render whatever life form overwhelmed. A literary example would be Ice-Nine in Kurt Vonneguts's Cat's Cradle. A commonplace example would be the episode of the Simpsons where the Simpsons go to Australia. The last scene in the episode finds a Koala Bear on the plane that carries the Simpsons back to the United States. Subsequently the United States becomes overcome with Koala's. The inclusion of these examples is to bring up the notion of colonialism. This overwhelming of an element or some other artifact from Earth could damage and possibly hurt the recipient of our message. This is something we do not want as we desire a friendly or at the very least platonic relationship with these aliens. The result is to look within and make our own planet the message. So, we're not looking to pillage like Western Europe has for the few hundred years. Well not yet at least. However, this message isn't intended to be so egotistical that we get stuck and stare at the pond like Narcissus. The contents of the message is still up in the air, and for the message itself is not as important as making some kind of connection. That is why the driving force behind our idea is curiosity. This is not like the 60's where we were in hot pursuit of the moon to be better than Russia, this is an age of Web 2.0. This collective knowledge is a powerful symbol of humanity and the curiosity that drives this is what our group wants to harness for this project. Contextualization So what exactly is it that we're doing? Well we're marking our territory. More specifically, we want to create a lighthouse for the rest of the universe. A beacon stemming from our planet or solar system. We see this in many forms from a dog peeing on a fire hydrant, to pheromones, to the yellow stickers German Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. The Lighthouse of Alexandria This lighthouse describes our marking system the best. Not for its physical qualities, but for the social qualities it happened to exude. The wikipedia article goes into further depth, but here are the main reasons for choosing this marking system. It was a navigational beacon. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Catullus-Carmen-5 http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Catullus-Carmen-5 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:52 +0000 jonobr1 679 A visual translation of the first half of Catullus' 5th poem. Vivamus mea Lesbia, atque amemus, rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis! soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda. my translation: Let us live and let us love, my Lesbia, and let us wager all rumors of jealous old men to that of a penny! Suns are able to fall and able to rise: When once the brief light falls for us, one perpetual night must be slept. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Punctuation http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Punctuation Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:49 +0000 jonobr1 663 Punctuation. explores various meanings of the word "period." http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Pumpkin http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Pumpkin Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:46 +0000 jonobr1 664 The Pumpkin is a prototype for a playpen for a child and up to five friends. Powered by a single fan, the Pumpkin is an engineered inflatable toy made from ten 10' X 4' strips of plastic. The pumpkin is lit from within to accommodate children during the day and during the night. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Stop-Motion http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Stop-Motion Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:45 +0000 jonobr1 671 I stood on a protractor and measured out 10 feet from myself which is where the anamorphic box is placed. From there another 10 feet is measured from the box to the camera. I would change the rotation two degrees every 15 minutes. The product is over the span of 24 hours to make a completely seamless loop. There are 2 loops in the video to show context. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Visual-Music http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Visual-Music Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:55:43 +0000 jonobr1 682 Create a live, visual accompaniment for a sound composition. Each participant will select an audio composition from a provided list and will spend 10 weeks developing and documenting a visual performance. This project focuses on iterative development and the process of creation. Music : Flexen by Microstoria Performed: May 2006 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/682/ticket.jpg" width="670" height="442" width_o="670" height_o="442" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/682/ticket_o.jpg" data-mid="1058" border="0" align="left"/>Invitation and Ticket for the event. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Paul-Strand-x-Sam-Taylor-Wood http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Paul-Strand-x-Sam-Taylor-Wood Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:11:52 +0000 jonobr1 645 {image 1}{image 2}<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_2.jpg" width="670" height="430" width_o="670" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_2_o.jpg" data-mid="850" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_2_updsidedown.jpg" width="670" height="430" width_o="670" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_2_updsidedown_o.jpg" data-mid="851" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_3.jpg" width="670" height="426" width_o="670" height_o="426" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_3_o.jpg" data-mid="852" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_1_1.jpg" width="670" height="430" width_o="670" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="882" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_1upsidedown_1.jpg" width="670" height="430" width_o="670" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/645/154b__Page_1upsidedown_1_o.jpg" data-mid="883" border="0" align="left"/> This project compares and contrasts a traditional photographer, Paul Strand, and a contemporary photographer, Sam Taylor-Wood, through typography. 22"x 34" foldable posters dissect the image into typography as well as incorporate critical analysis of the decisions chosen for each dissection. The result is my own photography aiming to merge the two photographs together. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Good-50x70 http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Good-50x70 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:11:47 +0000 jonobr1 665 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1-1_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1-1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="937" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1-2_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1-2_1_o.jpg" data-mid="938" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1-3_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1-3_1_o.jpg" data-mid="939" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1_1.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="670" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="940" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/2_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/2_1_o.jpg" data-mid="941" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/3-1_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/3-1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="942" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/3_1.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="670" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/3_1_o.jpg" data-mid="943" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/4_1.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="670" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/4_1_o.jpg" data-mid="944" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/5_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/5_1_o.jpg" data-mid="945" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/8_1.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="670" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/8_1_o.jpg" data-mid="946" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/9-1_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/9-1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="947" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/9_1.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="670" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/9_1_o.jpg" data-mid="948" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10-2_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10-2_1_o.jpg" data-mid="950" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10-3_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10-3_1_o.jpg" data-mid="951" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10-4_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10-4_1_o.jpg" data-mid="952" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10_2.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="670" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/10_2_o.jpg" data-mid="953" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/12-2_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/12-2_1_o.jpg" data-mid="955" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/12_1.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="670" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/12_1_o.jpg" data-mid="956" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/13-1_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/13-1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="957" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/13_1.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="670" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/13_1_o.jpg" data-mid="958" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/19_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/19_1_o.jpg" data-mid="959" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/21_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/21_1_o.jpg" data-mid="960" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/23_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/88/665/23_1_o.jpg" data-mid="961" border="0" align="left"/> THE PROJECT THAT HELPS SOCIAL COMMUNICATION. If you ask most people, they'll say that advertising, and the communications industry as a whole, sells people things they don't need and can't afford. It might be occasionally entertaining, but by and large's fundamentally wrong and unnecessary. As we work in it, we'd prefer to focus on the positive side. The communications industry is also the best in the world at grabbing people's attention and getting them to act on what we say. The aim of Good 50x70 is to use these skills to highlight more important things than beer and trainers. It's a competition to raise awareness amongst the creative community of the power we have to be a force for good. There are 7 briefs from 7 charities on 7 issues that affect thousands of people around the world. All you have to do is pick a topic that inspires you and submit a poster on that theme. 210 posters (30 from each brief) will be selected by our jury of leading designers and exhibited around the world and published in a catalog, but more importantly they'll be presented to the charities for their use as a potential campaign. Even if you create communication tools every day, this time your poster might really have a positive impact on thousands of lives. It's time for our industry to give us something back. <img src = "http://jonobr1.com/cargo/_images/electric.jpg" alt = "Environmental Damage" /> The product of my participation for the contest. http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/Aphorism http://portfolio.jonobr1.com/following/portfolio.jonobr1.com/Aphorism Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:11:46 +0000 jonobr1 669 The word aphorism (literally distinction or definition, from Greek) denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.[1] The aphorism here is a light-hearted play on this grim and violent matter.