Wednesday, November 9, 2011

3 Covers

New Yorker 15


New Yorker 2262



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My covers all show relations to the idea of Disconnected Urbanism, which is the way that technology appears to be the source of a disconnection and isolation from society. My first cover shows a huge scene flooded with various characters and vehicles. Within this scene, we can see how much of an effect technology has had on our lives. There are many forms of transportation found in this cover, which shows how people have changed their lives. From this cover, we can see people that are still moving on foot, as opposed to the many other people who have adapted to the new technologies that are available to them.

My second cover illustrates a couple watching television inside of the television. This clearly represents a disconnection from society as these characters seemed to have literally become infused in the television. It has changed their way of life, and now they are living as if they are inside the shows they view, all the while being isolated from the people around them. These ideas show that technology is drastically changing the way that we live our lives. We are starting to revolve our lives solely around technology and everything that we have done for many years can now easily be performed with the new innovations that have come out these past years.

My third cover shows the rate in which technology is advancing. From this illustration, we can see how much our lives have changed since the beginning of time, but this cover also predicts our downfall. If we continue to let technology lead our lives and advance, we can find ourselves in a dangerous situation. It seems as if there are new devices being released every other month, leaving the previous ones obsolete. We are forced to end up buying new products, or else one would be left behind. My three covers all show the changes that are being made by technology, and how this is affecting how we live our lives.

1 comment:

  1. OK--I like the idea of isolation, but I'm not sure I follow the "on foot" idea of the first cover? Isn't that more on traffic and a kind of chaos of early transport????

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