Thursday, 21 February 2013

1) Attempt to define the term based on your own existing knowledge.


a) I know that the term Zeitgeist is the spirit of time, but I do not actually know what that means. I think it means that in every era of time in history there is a certern feeling(spirit) to it. For instance in the world war era, the theme(spirit) was cold, angry and death. . .

b) I first thought that it is the country Ethiopia, but clearly I was wrong. I learned that Utopia is the place where everything is perfect. It is the same as seeing a mirage(You see what you you want to see)
I don’t think this will ever be possible, to have the perfect place, because every persons needs is different

2) Define the Terminology making use of an internet keyword search and explain how it relates to design.

According to the Oxford dictionary the words are described as follows

a) Zeitgeist(German)(’tsaitgaist) a spirit, attitude  or general outlook of a specific time or period, esp as it is reflected in literature, philosophy, etc.

b) Utopia(ju:’teupia) n (sometimes not captical)  any real or imaginiary society, place, state, etc, considered to be perfect or ideal.


Zeitgeist relates to design in what the design consist of. The certern time it portrays and what the attitude is of the design. For instance if the time and era of a design is world war, the design should consist propoganda or something to do with the theme. The design shouts out its own personality

Utopia relates to design in the fact that there will always be a better design. Without a vision of something better, something that inspires, the chance of social progress is low; and the clearer the vision, the better the chances of achieving it.

3) Run an internet search and open the first ten relevant results



What information did I find?

How did you go about selecting the most  reliable and relevant?

I opened up basically everything because I did not know what is was in the beginning, and in the beginning was everything relevant. But after I got a clear understanding what it meant, I only opened the sources that was relevant, by previewing the source beforehand. 



First 10 relevant sources

 a)
b)

 1)Utopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 2)Home | UTOPIA

 3)Utopia by Thomas More

 4)Utopia - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 5)Utopia, Inc.: Global Enterprise Data Solutions Provider

 6)Utopia Records

 7)Utopia | Define Utopia at Dictionary.com

8)Images for Utopia

9)Utopia (Dover Thrift Editions): Thomas More: 9780486295831 ...

10)Utopia Temple: Formatters, Calculators, News and Forums




Zeitgeist pictures


Spirit of time






Zeitgeist Art




Zeitgeist Media Music


Zeitgeist Art



Utopia Art


Utopia Art


Utopia Art


Utopia Art

  
Zeitgeist 2012 video

Which of the sites most interested  you personally?

a) I know it is not the best site to find info, but I really liked wikipedia. It is a website that gives anyones opinions, but what I found was basically the same everywhere.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist)
Another website a really liked, is googles own website that explains it (http://www.google.com/intl/en/zeitgeist/)
 Disciplinary Art Centre explains it beautifully with pictures and images of art forms 
(http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/)
This website has more statistics and news update about the world
(http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/)

b) Utopia
I also used Wikipedia for this term
another one is
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utopia)

What key words helped you to refine your search

a)Zeitgeist
b)Utopia

a) Movement, Art, Time, spirit, atitude
b) Perfect, art, world,society

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