Perpetual Student

Explorations in learning, ideas, and design by E. John Love

Author: E. John Love

On Design: Fulfilling the Urge to Learn and Create 0

art / design / learning

On Design: Fulfilling the Urge to Learn and Create

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs usual, I’m in the midst of a few different processes at the same time, all self-imposed. I moved on from my last full-time job in March, and in the past couple of months, I’ve been going through a personal re-evaluation of my skills as well as my professional identity. It’s that whole “changing my job/career/identity” mental anguish process wherein, periodically, I rattle my own cage and see what settles out from the upheaval.

The Monument for East Vancouver 0

art / design / inspiration

The Monument for East Vancouver

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKen Lum’s public art piece, “Monument for East Vancouver” transforms an ad-hoc symbol of regional pride (or defiance, membership or territorial claim) into a new landmark on the city’s skyline.

This piece is controversial… Some people love it, and some people hate it.

On Design: Visual Literacy in Interface Design 1

learning / research

On Design: Visual Literacy in Interface Design

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring my art education at Emily Carr College in the 80s, I took a unique opportunity to study visual literacy under the college’s Dean of Education, Tom Hudson. This research and study involved developing...