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  Lynda Barry’s graphic novel, What It Is, features a series of images (or collages rather) that help to support the idea of formstorming, a term Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips describe as an “act of visual thinking” in Graphic … Continue reading →

In Lynda Barry’s novel called, “What It Is” she seems to use a method of formstorming in many of her pages and her pages combined in general. Formstorming is a tool for designers to unlock and deepen solutions to basic … Continue reading →

“Formstorming moves the maker thought automatic, easily conceived notions, towards recognizable yet nuanced concepts, to surprising results that compel us with their originality.” stated in the book Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips, perfectly … Continue reading →

In the beginning of her graphic novel, Linda Barry starts out by talking about the notion of time. It seems as though; she sees time as something we can travel to back and forth. This notion is carried throughout the … Continue reading →

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 →

  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 →

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 →

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 →