22 June. Slow Violence.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Clean-up, 1989 (From the Holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration) 

Today’s Videos
  • Part One: Key ideas in Rob Nixon’s “Epilogue: Scenes from the Seabed.”
  • Part Two: Four seperate videos on the “Principles of Visual Design”

Nixon, “Scenes From the Seabed”


I cover responses to the following in the video :
  • 1. What does Nixon mean by “slow violence”?
  • 2. What makes slow violence difficult represent according to Nixon?
  • 3. What are some examples of ways incremental, environmental change can be represented? How do some examples Nixon cites use visual rhetoric to reach audiences?
  • 4. What assumptions about the future enables slow violence to continue?

Principles of Design

In these videos, I analyze the images below according to four design principles: Contrast, Alignment, Proximity, Repetition.

Design Principle One: Contrast

What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Contrast and what are some ways the designer uses contrast to achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?

Design Principle Two: Alignment

What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Alignment and what are some ways the designer uses alignment sto achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?


Design Principle Three: Proximity

What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Proximity and what are some ways the designer uses Proximity to achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?

Design Principle Four: Repetition

What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Repetition and what is repetition 2-3 ways the designer uses  repetition to achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?

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