Messmer's Musings

  Productive Public Discourse - Video essays about Art & Culture  

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What is art? How do you know when art is goo?

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Welcome to the Reboot.

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Sound Design | Art/Design/Culture 008

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In Praise of iPod Scrolling | HB Art.Design.Culture 0007

Whether your on Windows, Mac, or Mobile, you're going to end up scrolling. And though there's nothing wrong with scrolling on the typically scrolling interface on these devices, they are all inferior to the iPod. I think that the iPod click wheel, which first appeared on the iPod mini, is fine art; let me explain.

Music is Leafless Quince Tree by Rolemusic (rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com)

Josh Messmer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkCw04qoBIGSHsaPoVVO7hw The Hand Book: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpfM9MWA-MbbvyXrh4YvS6g

Twitter (The Hand Book): https://twitter.com/The_Hand_Book Twitter (Josh Messmer): https://twitter.com/JoshMessmer Behance Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/joshmessmer Tumblr (The Hand Book): http://thehandbookvideos.tumblr.com/ Facebook (The Hand Book): https://www.facebook.com/TheHandBookVideos

Video made w/ After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Blender3D, Audacity

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Helvetica is widely considered to be the best typeface to ever be crafted. Comic Sans is without a doubt the most hated font in existence. I'd says that Comic Sans is better than Helvetica... kind of.

Music is Leafless Quince Tree by Rolemusic (rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com)

Josh Messmer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkCw04qoBIGSHsaPoVVO7hw The Hand Book: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpfM9MWA-MbbvyXrh4YvS6g

Twitter (The Hand Book): https://twitter.com/The_Hand_Book Twitter (Josh Messmer): https://twitter.com/JoshMessmer Behance Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/joshmessmer Tumblr (The Hand Book): http://thehandbookvideos.tumblr.com/ Facebook (The Hand Book): https://www.facebook.com/TheHandBookVideos

Video made w/ After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Blender3D, Audacity

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Industrial Design | HB Art.Design.Culture 0004

Industrial Design is the process of creating physical objects under set of restrictions and requirments with the aim of improving functionality, looks, and feel. It is both a science and an art.

Music is Leafless Quince Tree by Rolemusic (rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com)

Josh Messmer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkCw04qoBIGSHsaPoVVO7hw The Hand Book: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpfM9MWA-MbbvyXrh4YvS6g The Hand Book News Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz1mT0wd4nrnplZ1LJvgxSw

The Hand Book Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Hand_Book My Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshMessmer Behance Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/joshmessmer HB Tumblr: http://thehandbookvideos.tumblr.com/ HB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHandBookVideos

Video made w/ After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Blender3D, Audacity

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Print Sans Ink | The Hand Book 005

How is literature doing in the digital age? Let's take a look at the 21st Century rebirth of newspapers, books, and comics.

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This Is Blue | HB

Colours seem like a definite thing - they are what they are: ROYGBIV, pink, brown, black, white. But it turns out that different cultures and languages perceive them differently. The English speaking world can't even agree on where the lines are drawn!

Music is Leafless Quince Tree by Rolemusic (rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com)

The Hand Book Twitter: http://bit.ly/HB_Twitter My Personal Twitter: http://bit.ly/Twitter_JM Behance Portfolio: http://bit.ly/JM_Portfolio

Video made w/ After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Blender3D, Audacity

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