POSTERS

Mouline Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891

This poster is important due to the fact that it was what was displayed outside theaters to advertise the cabaret. The art design of the poster was typical of the time, with flamboyant images and colours that would grab the attention of anyone passing by. This represents the colours and big and bold entertainment the cabaret would put on. The purpose of the poster was to advertise the cabaret and persuade people to come and watch, hence the bold and stand out imagery, text, and colouring.

Your Country Needs You

Alfred Leete, 1914

The poster was important as it became part of a patriotic and proud nation. It symbolised how everyone could help in the war. The context was that there were not enough men or women in the military at the start of the war, so this poster encouraged young people to join the forces and help in the war in whatever way they can. The design was simple: Lord Kitchener pointing at the viewer asking for help. The great thing about the poster is that whichever angle you look at the poster from, the finger and eyes are always aimed at you.

Jaws

Roger Castel, 1975

This poster is an important step in film design, as it moved away from a lot of text mixed with imagery. The title of the film was bold, and clear, and the image used gave a very clear image of what the film was about. People at this time were becoming less worried about threat from extraterrestrial life, and the science fiction of space and aliens was running thin. But this film brought a new fear to people as it was a realistic threat that could happen.

Being the film poster, it has one job: to persuade people to watch the film. The lack of text leaves and element of mystery and further still, the shark image is something that would intrigue people, as it is a natural horror that was and still is seen by very few people.





Sources:

Jaws Movie Poster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JAWS_Movie_poster.jpg
[Accessed 27 Oct 2016]

'Your Country Needs You'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10218932/Your-Country-Needs-You-The-myth-about-the-First-World-War-poster-that-never-existed.html

[Accessed 27 Oct 2016]

Moulin Rouge Poster

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lautrec_moulin_rouge,_la_goulue_(poster)_1891.jpg

[Accessed 27 Oct 2016]

PROJECT CYBERSYN

Project Cybersyn

In the early 1970s, a British theorist, Stafford Beer (1926-2002) joined with Salvador Allende (1908-1973), who was the Chilean resident from 1970 to 1973, and they together created Project Cybersyn.

The goal of Cybersyn was to achieve management that was sophisticated, decentralised, and that was part of a socialist economy. To achieve this, Beer proposed a system where as much information as possible was collected from as many sources as possible, analyse them at the time, and make decisions based on current circumstances, instead of long-term plans.

The Operations Room (Ops Room)

The Operations Room was designed to create an equal and fair working environment where people from all backgrounds and career areas would come and give data needed in order for the government to make decisions. Chairs had controls and there was no table, meaning that no notes could be taken in or written down during meetings, which may have caused there to be a structure of power, based on the amount of paperwork one party may have been holding.

Something created as part of Project Cybersyn was Project Cyberfolk, which tracked the real-time happiness of the Chilean population which were in response to the ops room decisions. To show the results of Cyberfolk, a screen in the ops room displayed the future state of the Chilean economy under many different conditions, and changed based on what decisions were made and when.


The end of Project Cybersyn came when Salvador Allende ended his own life in 1973, three years after his election. His last words to his people were: "Long live Chile, long live the people, long live the workers."

Sources:

99% Invisible
http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/
[Accessed 19 Oct 2016]

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn
[Accessed 19 Oct 2016]

ADA LOVELACE

Ada Lovelace - 'The First Computer Programmer'

Lovelace got this name due to her comments on Charles Babbage's invention, the Analytical Engine. She introduced a number of computer concepts, thus resulting in her being considered the first computer programmer.

This is an image of the Analytical Engine as developed by Babbage.

It wasn't until over 100 years after her death that the notes she made about Babbage's invention were republished and have now made the engine become recognised as an early computer model, with her notes being a description of the engine, and software.

  

Ada Lovelace

Her notes on the engine is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a computer.

Sources:

http://www.biography.com/people/ada-lovelace-20825323

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Lovelace.html

http://www.i-programmer.info/