World war II-The Atomic Bomb

Atomic warfare

• Survivors

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Dr. Michihiko Hachiya and his wife survived the Hiroshima bombing in 1945 and lived to tell the story in his diary which was translated to english and published in 1955.

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived both the atomic bomb raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945.


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• Aftermath

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A victim suffering from radiation poisoning.


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Children born with birth defects due to radiation.

Anti-Nuke Posters and Campaigns

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Illustration

The Influence of Japonisme in Western design 

Anime

• A drawing style that originated in japan which consists of vibrant and colouring graphics
• Usually shows characters in in action filled environments with themes such as fantasy and futuristic

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Traces of this art style can be easily identified in modern films and video games, especially from the start of 2012 up until now, where by modern films directors started bringing comic books into motion pictures, thus becoming a trend, one can see that this was easily inspired and influenced by graphic novels such as Death Note and Apple Seed, because they where one of the first comics to be brought into motion picture.

Manga

•  A style of graphic novels or comic books developed by the Japanese aim at adults and also children dating back to the 12 century.
• The characteristics of these comic style is that the characters have a very western influence to them and illustrated with exaggerated emotions.

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If one looks at contemporary art, one can see the influence from manga, the same way western art influence manga. The key aspect in this is the use of exaggerated features to convey a message or to bring focus onto something.

Otaku

• A term used to describe major fans or followers of manga and Anime
• they are stereotypically believed to be anti social and untidy.

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This type of life style is quet popular in todays world, a perfect example would be hard core gamers such as myself, I can spend hours locked in my room gaming. This has influence the art of gaming and game design in a huge way because the more people practise this life style, the high the demond on the quality of video games.

Kawaii

• This Japanese term simply means "Cute" 
• its also used to describe men who have a cute personality (androgynous)

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This has became a movement in todays world, everything is becoming cuter by the day especially in fashion, a simple example would be a proudly South African Street wear brand Called GALXBOY, one can see "Kawaii" in the brands identity, the use of cute illustrations.

Japan helped western artists to fully break away from classicism, paving the way for modern innovations. Japanese art was seen as a model of “economy, simplicity and functionality”. Later the West started to use these principles in their advertising materials to make them more effective. These principles have become increasingly global in its reach. For instance Japanese contemporary art takes many forms such as: architecture, advertising, video games etc. The Japanese art and design is very urban and offbeat. That is why they have such an immense influence and contribution in design and modern art in general throughout the world. Many of the design work in Japan is sleek, futuristic and very minimal. Also on another level, are many of their designs super cute, childish and wacky. All of these aspects mentioned is clearly noticed in Western contemporary design.(carienvermaak: 2012) (source)

When we look at kawaii, there is no doubt that it has influenced the Western design. Look at the toys and games that are manufactured. Everything has this “cute” aspect to them. This style is also seen within advertisments, magazine layouts and especially posters. (carienvermaak: 2012) (source)

The collapse of the space and time continuum

Exercise 3.c

• Authors
• Motshaki Msweli
• Mphiwa Nendouvhada
•  Tebogo Selepe
• Obakeng Kgaje
• Done by Motshaki Msweli

• Transportation

• Airplane

The first Airplane by the Wright brothers

   

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Wright Military Flyer 

 

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• Boats     

The Egyptian reed boat

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The development of the Egyptian reed boat

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• Trains

The first steam train

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Locomotive steam engine

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Communication

The Telegraph

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The written word

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Contemporary Transportation and communication Done by Mphiwa Nendouvhada

Contemporary Transportation

Airplane

Military airplanes

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Luxury airplanes

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Uss enterprise

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Luxury boats

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Metro rail 

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Bullet trains

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Contemporary Communication

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Faxers

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Nokia 3310

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Iphones

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Text messages

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The Rapid Advancement Of Transport and Communication On a Global Scale 

Done By Tebogo Selepe

Railroad Transport

This mode of transport dates back more than 500 years ago (Wikipedia, 2016). The initial function of railroad transporting was to transport minerals such as coal back and forth for those working in the mining industry. It was only in 1820 that people  were introduced to using this mode of transport as a means to go from one place to another in England. Through modernisation, this invention escalated from operating on coal to operating by electricity. In South Africa, our current commercial railroad company Metrorail adopted the use of electrical trains although it isn’t the newest technology it remains modern. The Gautrain, however, is the country’s newest railroad system which also travels underground and harnesses current railroad technology that helps with the acceleration at which the train travels. This is a great example of how the railroad transport evolved in the shortest amount of time.

Water Transport – Boats

Ever since the stone-ages, boats were a means of helping the transportation of humans and products over dams, rivers and lakes. These weren’t the big ships or boats which we are familiar with today as they were more primitive and it took the rawest materials to build these contraptions i.e rafts. A slightly more contraption that followed the raft was the canoe. It was estimated around 40 000 – 45 000years ago that boats able to carry a fair amount of humans were created to transport them to Australia ( Wikipedia, 2016). Slave ships were created as an advancement to those boats to export people from their countries overseas to be traded off to slave owners from around the 15^th to 18^th century. In 1681, inland canals were developed in England. Throughout all the innovations and the evolution of ships, newer materials were introduced in their manufacturing. Special metals and navigational systems were brought in place to help with the sustenance and travelling experience of the ships. In the military, these new improvements plus the addition of weapons helped many countries with their defence in war. In 1912, The Titanic, which was a luxury passenger liner which was the largest boat afloat in its time before the most devastating sinking disaster to strike the Atlantic Ocean.

Land Transportation – Cars

Pre WWII, the use of cars that were steam powered reached their peak in the 1930s. These were easier to operate and quite economical at the time. The 1950s introduced a new system in which these vehicles operated as the steam turbine vehicles were introduced to the market for quite some time. Their designs were of a more square shaped manner as it suited the fashion of the time. Electric cars became more popular around the late 19^th century and early 20^th century. These were seen to be more economical. The 20^th century gave rise to the hybrid automobiles which operate on both electric and  gasoline which is seen to be more eco-friendly.

Air Transportation – Airplanes

In the 1920s – 1930s a big step in the air transportation field was taken by the Douglas DC-3. This was the first airliner that transported people via the air and the advancement of cities and towns building airports to help accommodate this invention during WWII. After the war, airliners were now categorised in either private or commercial. The 1960s introduced airliners which were more lighter and quieter when traveling. Ever since then, liners have been growing in size to help accommodate the amount of people travelling internationally and the size of private airplanes have grown smaller and faster in size (private jets).

Communication

Morse-code, used by troops to help in war, was the first form of long distance communication in WWI. Troops would read a series of dots as a code that conveyed a specific message. Shortly after that was implemented, the telegraph became the newest advancement that helped send messages at a greater distance in words to help modern man converse with those who were really far away. The telephone was then created to transmit voice messages at an instant to allow rapid back and forth communication between two people via landline. From telegraphs, one can say, fax machines evolved that could transmit messages on paper from one person to the next even at an international gap in distance. The cellphone emerged from the telephone. This invention was more portable as it had no wires or cables as it operated on battery power. It served the same purpose as the telephone and later it would be used to send text message via the Short Messaging System. Cellphones later grew into a more convenient invention as other elements were brought into it as the internet was created. Pictures and videos could now be taken via cellphones. The internet was now accessible via a smartphone which enabled people to video call others from other countries and even send emails.

Facebook survey and feedback Done by Obakeng Kgaje

The survey on Facebook

• The Questions

First question : What is transportation

Second question: Do you think cars and cellphones are necessities?

Third question: What role does transport serve in the community

Fourth question: What role  does communication play in the society?

Fifth question: Do cars  and cellphones impact our economy in a good or  Bad way?

Sixth Question: Are cars  and cellphones significantly imperative to human lives, if yes state why.

Seventh Question: Estimative, how many hours do you use your cell phones?

Eighth Question: Do you think theres going to be an evolution to transportation and 

communication in the near future?

• The feedback

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First Feedback: Simphiwe Msweli Says  Transportation is a means of getting from one place to another with no effort.

Second Feedback: Simphiwe Msweli Says would assume that in this day and age they have become a major tool in completing the little and large tasks in life which makes them convenient enough to becoming necessities.

Third Feedback: Alban Gamuti Says Transport allows us to get from point A to Point B this can be anything from a private jet to a skateboard.

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Fifth Feedback: Izzy Selepe says Cars and cellphones do impact our economy in a good way as financial transactions can be performed over phones and in that may contribute to a country's economy. Computer applications that are used to regulate and look over the financial standings can be used on smartphones. Cars also impact the global economy in a food way as cars are also are a product of demand which people spend large amounts of money on.

Sixth Feedback: Izzy Selepe says In today's world communication is key. Especially if one wants to stay in contact with those who are far away. Cars can be used to drive to places of interest and cellphones can utilise the Internet to stay connected with those in places which can't be reached instantly.

Seventh Question: Mzwakhe Booi Says i estimate that i use my cell phone for almost 13 hours of the day, it is honestly the most efficient form of communication i have, except for speaking obviously.

Eighth Question: Mphiwa Jaysean Says Evolution in transportation will definitely Occur! If one looks at the world of Today! We have hover Boards! Nobody would have thought we'd have Such!