2010年3月9日星期二

assignment 4


This assignment our task is interview. This assignment asks us to interact directly with ordinary people in the form of interviews. We can take notes, sketchs, video and so on. We have a lot of topics that we can choose one of them. I choose the ' How do magazines influence people's ideas of design and taste?'

When i went to the coffee shop on weekend, i saw a man sit in there by himself,. So , i am very polite to asked him if i can take interview with him, and just some few simple questions. He was very nice and asked me sit down. Well, actually, it is a difflcult question. Because when i asked him are you usually read magazine ? he told me just sports. Then i asked him How do magazines influence your ideas of design or taste? He thought a long time, and told me. Wa~ it was a hard question to me. Because i am a business man. I don not know. Maybe, I just heard from other people and magzines said this product is good, then i will buy. I always follow mainstream. I believe them. So if it has the bad value or evaluation i will not buy it. So it is my taste. After his answer, I thought a lot of well-known brands, such as apples, Lv, Chanel and so on. Many of my friends and relatives will think it is well-known brands. Something good quality, high credit, it would be to buy those things. Then, i keep asking him, How magaznine influence your other aspects? Do you like read magzines or how often you buy it? And are you think you benefit from it? He was very patient with me, and answered me. Reading sprots magazine is his hobby. He can get some useful and funny imformations from it. It can waste his time and he can relax himself in it. He is not sure it can influence his life or something. He buy it just once a week. Then i thanks for him and went away.

Next people is a teacher that i meet her in the library. I asked her what difference between magazine and other things like newspaper. She told me the magazine's readers do not like the newspapers large, but smaller categories, professional and strong. Readership and target is so clear. Magazine's contents have a greater tendency, professional, different magazines, generally in the vast regions, with different and relatively stable level readers. For example photography magazine, readers to photography-based industry and amateur photographers, so the photographic equipment ads posted in photography magazines, advertising object with the magazine's readers closer to effectively fight these readers become the purchase with this product customers.Magazine is the publication on a regular basis, issuing a longer period, there are weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or even annual, thus affecting the advertising spread. Then i asked her How do magazines influence your ideas of design and taste? She told me she is a drawing teacher. When she read the Film magazine she always focus on Humanity and drama. The audience's entertainment-oriented design applied to her own works.She was very fond of film posters. Because it is a graphic design works of art. Areas with limited space and materials to express all the film is all about. She will pay attention to the film character's clothing, there are different scenes and props. These will have an impact on the design. She often read fashion magazines. She really like see the different pictures , key words, sectense in that magazine. It include colour, pattern, material and so on. It will tell you that fashion elements, trends, change. You will have selectively applied to your design. When she read a travel magazine, when she will pay attention to the new fashion item. Will also note that some natural beauty of the photos, flowers, trees, fish, coral, volcanoes and so on. The structure of these things, colors, are very beauty. She will also look at some well-known buildings. Because it is the old masters. From the texture, physical sense of observation of all aspects. This inspiration will come. She is really a good speaker.
So I felt that magazines, newspapers, television all the media. But their functions and features are different. 1.Watch TV on the eyes and has hurt the newspaper does not look 2.Newspapers recently reported that day are what happened and television reports are always happening around us 3.Some newspapers will make a number of false reports and television will not

Then i also meet a man in library. He really like cartoon magazines. Because he told me it is the Youth culture. Sometimes he will also look at some economy magazines. Purpose is simply to obtain information that will help finance and investment. See more of this magazine will help you observe, analyze and sum up things. Look at the problem from different angles. This can open up thinking, a better understanding of customers. Relatively strong commercial design. When he saw the photograph magazine, he will absorb the patterns, the static images made of dynamic animation.


Finally, I think the magazine to a group of people feel is the pastime. They just followed the trend of progress. Not have their own ideas. Reading magazines will not give them what grade on the increase. And those who think that reading magazines is a way to capture inspiration. At the same time will be according to their design to refine the design elements appropriate for their works.

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