After 8 months. (Yeah, i made it in!)

It took me only a few days to set up this blog, but months to start with a post. I guess i was very much anticipating my semester in the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) which kicked off three weeks ago, and now, lectures within the chosen subjects and my Major in "Information Design" is slightly in order.

I'm totally excited over a project we'll be working on this semester, "Newspaper Design". What was required was not primarily a Newspaper as an end-product in the end, but an in-depth research on this medium, especially when the threat of the Internet has long existed. In the documentation, i'm working with another teammate on the Threats of the Web, Digitalization on Newspaper. On the other hand, each of us has to work individually or in a group for a practical project — a radical form of a Newspaper: Format, Design or Content.

My theme will be on "National Identity of Newspaper", bringing back the Pre-WW2 Newspaper when it was in many aspects; Design (i.e. Typography — Black Letters vs Nazi, where one had to be politically correct when Typefaces were used), Journalism (Content — more substance but less unnecessary infographics, illustrations and advertisements), Technology (affecting the speed and quality of Newspaper Materials). Generally, it used to be more distinct than what it is now in the 21st Century (i.e. Most German/European Newspaper looks ALL the same, except for a few others like Le Monde, The Guardian, Corriere della Sera & etc). Researching if timelessness actually exists in Newspaperdesign.

Till next time!