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Formstorming: Tia Caton
In the graphic novel, What It Is by Lynda Barry, we are exposed to a variety of different illustrations and collage like images that help depict parts of her childhood. Throughout the pages the reader learns of her dysfunctional family growing up … Continue reading
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Formstorming: Alex Gutzwiller
In the graphic novel, What It Is, Lynda Barry explores the ideas of what are images and how are they created. Throughout the novel, Barry seems to illustrate the difficulties a designer faces while developing the concepts for an image. … Continue reading
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1: Formstorming – Michelle Francis
Graphic Design the New Basics walks us through style of conceptualization called “formstorming”. I would describe formstorming as repeatedly re-conceptualizing a familiar subject in numerous ways while retaining the functional integrity of the symbol. My favorite example of formstorming, shared … Continue reading
Formstorming: Javin Nash
Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips describe the term “formstorming” as an act of visual thinking to unlock and deepen solutions to design problems. In the second edition of Graphic Design the New Basics, they say formstorming moves the maker through … Continue reading
Formstorming: Angelica Tibule
According to Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips define formstorming as an act of visual thinking (13). Formstorming is a way for designers to dig deep into their imagination and challenge their creativity. By reading … Continue reading
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Formstorming: Nikki Aviles
In Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips second edition Graphic Design the New Basics, the term “Formstorming” is described as a tool for visual thinking. This tool forces designers to think outside of their comfort zone by repeating the same subject over … Continue reading
Formstorming: Elise Detloff
The first 50 pages of the graphic novel, What It Is by Lynda Barry, explores very heavy ideas such as the loss of innocence and imagination that comes with age. Many of the pages feature text that asks questions … Continue reading
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Formstorming: Logan Quaranta-Rush
In Lynda Barry’s graphic novel, What It Is. The reader is moved from page to page by a collage of images and different texts pulled from magazines, newspapers and other handwritten notes or essays. We see a repetition of this … Continue reading
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Formstorming on the line of creative drivel, Conor Reich
In the first 50 pages of “What it is” Lynda Barry hosts a procession of superfluous philosophical questions related to creativity. If you are like me, this book may seem like a collection of creative drivel backed by a well … Continue reading
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Formstorming: Toree Boutz
In the graphic novel, What It Is by Lynda Barry, we learn about her life as a child, growing up ignored in a broken household. During this time she found solace in the cheery posters on her wall and in story books. The childlike … Continue reading
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