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Absolut Until
Baudelaire asks "what with?", the natural assumption is that he
refers to alcohol when he says "drunk". A great way to
emphasize this to the reader was to arrange the text around some alcohol
related image. The Absolut emblem is an easily recognized symbol in the world today. We used the adolescent preoccupation with sex, drugs and alcohol to capture their attention. Also the knowledge that Absolut ads are popular to collect, we felt this would be the best selection. The design is fairly basic: we used the traditional Absolut bottle with a simple text around the outside. We felt this approach was best for our first interpretation: straightforward, yet visually appealing. This arrangement of the passage is the most appropriate adaptation to introduce the reader to our website. |
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The Drunk Pages Here we used a visual
interpretation of what the text was saying to help the reader grasp the idea
that there was more to what Baudelaire was saying, that he meant “drunk” in
a broad way that is different from our social connotations today. Thus, we allowed
ourselves to get abstract and creative. With the The fifth and sixth pages are very strange, hallucinogenic
even. That's why they were chosen actually. When you reach a
state of drunkenness odd things are viewed in a different
perspective. The fifth
page is meant to be seen as if who ever was being asked: the wind,
the wave, etc., sat in the floating chair. Then on the sixth
page, from another chair with it's back to us emerges the
answer: "It's time to get drunk!" The final page ends it simply,
intending to leave the reader in a stable frame of mind to comprehend the
things they have just read. This optimizes the understanding of the
passages, as well as enhances the visual creativity achieved by the computer. Also, because there are eight different pages, we chose to use frames to make navigation as easy as possible. Putting a link bar on each page would’ve been obtrusive and unpleasant, taking away greatly from the poetic side of the text. We tried to keep the link's frame as small as possible and distinctly separate from the rest of the text. We viewed each page in frames to make sure that nothing was lost and we feel we have solved the navigational problem. |
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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 is one of the most beloved and timely passages of the Bible. People have been quoting these verses for ages and we felt this was the perfect opportunity to redesign them...to visually enhance their meaning. Since the passage has strong ties to Christian roots, we chose to build on this theme and arrange the text in the shape of a cross, the ultimate symbol of love. Like the Absolut version of Baudelaire's drunk passage, our arrangement of the Corinthians verses are simple yet meaningful. Since the cross is so widely known, we hoped to appeal to a majority of the population by using something comfortable and familiar. The layout and design were fairly simply to arrange, but its very difficult getting all of the text to align alongside an imaginary edge. We understand that the cross, being a key symbol of Christianity, may not appeal to those readers that share other faiths. For this reason, we knew that the focus of both interpretations could not be entirely religious, even though the passage was taken directly from the Bible. To once again put emphasis on the visually poetic arrangement of text, we decided to lay out our second variation in such way that would focus on Love, the act and the emotion -- not necessarily the source of the passage. |
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The Love Pages Love is universal: it would most likely be safe to say that almost everyone on earth agrees that Love exists in some form. This biblical passage attempts to define a concept that few of us grasp by telling us what Love is, and what Love is not. True, this is Love by Christian standards, but few would argue the points made in these verses. We did our best to visually represent the meaning behind the words; to emphasize and enliven the text so that it surpasses the everyday mediocrity and becomes like something few people would normally see. On these pages, we made use of the wide variety of colors and fonts available to us. We tried to represent themes using associated colors and word arrangement, which we hoped would add to the overall experience had by the reader. The best representation of this is probably page four. "Love does not" is one of the phrases we kept uniform throughout this string of pages. 'Evil', in the phrase "delight in evil", is bold and bright red to emphasize a subconscious association with the darker side of life. In contrast, the word 'truth' in the phrase "rejoices with the truth" is bold and purple. For centuries, purple has been a representative color of royalty and regality; righteousness, to some degree. On this page, the passage is saying that evil is bad, truth good -- hence the color coordination of this main point. As you can see by navigating through the Love Pages, we tried to use as many of the tools available to us as possible. In the parts where it gives a list of the things Love is or is not (3, 5), we arranged a table, with the center being the "is" or "is not" phrase. Around the edges of that word, we put those words that corresponded to the definition of Love. This both eliminates redundancies and makes for easier association as to what Love should be. All in all, we used appropriate emphasis and carefully planned text arrangement to enhance the viewer's stay on our website. We feel this second interpretation of the Corinthians verses has increased the universality of what Love is, as opposed to the entirely Christian theme which may alienate some of our readers. Hopefully, we have achieved this goal and these text arrangements have been enjoyed by all. Feel free to visit the Assignment page to gather info about who we are and why did this. Thank you all for your time and appreciaton. |
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