IG Live can be pretty hit or miss. But what makes it miss? During quarantine, we watched a ton of our friends, families and colleagues take to Live and took notes on what did and didn’t work. There are some user-behaviors we saw we could streamline, but the actual user interface was an obstacle in itself too. We took time to design around the issue and were able to produce a fun IG Live show that was sharp and entertaining to watch.
And if you haven’t already:
Write-up & Video by Kuya David
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Let’s Design Poetry: How to Make Visual Art From Poetry
Originally live-streamed 5th of August 2019, we took the text of a poem and went through the design and build process of turning poetry into a visual for Instagram. This was our first time live-streaming a Photoshop work session, so we’re still learning how best to present and record this type of content. That being said, thank you for bearing with the low-res footage and look forward to us doing this again hopefully on a weekly basis!
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Poetry “Slam” In The Quarantine Era
Virtual open mics and slams via IG live: Not great. The video quality, audio quality, lack of atmosphere, and most importantly the live aspect are all stripped away. My question is: What would the ideal digital open mic and slam look like in the quarantine era?
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Poetry Clash: Mic Ting vs Treesje M. Powers
2018 Individual WORLD Poetry Slam champion Michael “Mic” Ting takes on the 10-year poetry veteran Treesje M. Powers. With the rising star of the Bay Area outshine? Or will the lioness of the Inland Empire hold down her crown?
