Again for my Public Relations Publications course, I’ve been charged with reading Aaron Walter’s fantastic book “Designing for Emotion.” Walter acted as the creative spark behind Mailchimp’s unique experience. In the inaugural chapter, Aaron lays out his case for reaching
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This week, we were asked to design multiple pieces for social media using a browser-based program called Canva. In many ways, Canva was a departure from programs we’ve been using like Photoshop and InDesign. Canva is more user-friendly and doesn’t require anything “from scratch”, per se. Canva facilitates designs, but I feel it also has […]
This week in PR Pubs we were asked to design a Facebook cover, Facebook post, Twitter cover, and Instagram post for a company of our choice. I read Chapter 1 in our textbook, Designing for Emotion for insight on the design process. One thing in chapter one that I agreed with was the fact that … Continue reading Designing for Emotion
This week, my PR Publications course asked me to design four social media posts for an organization or brand of my choosing using Canva. I decided on Nike, seeing as how I am a loyal customer to their brand. I was excited to try out Canva after seeing my professor’s sample posts. I began by […]
For my Public Relations Publications course this week, the class shifted away from Adobe’s heavyweight design programs to the light-and-nimble upstart, Canva. It’s a nifty web application designed to crank out quick and easy graphics. As a no-fuss tool for
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For this assignment, we were asked to create four different images to use for an organization of our choice. For my organization, I am creating for Sooners Helping Sooners. 1. What were you asked to do? We were asked to create four images to use for different social media posts for any organization of our […]
In class this week we were asked to do a social media design sprint. We were to choose a company and create a Facebook cover photo, Facebook post, Instagram post and Twitter cover photo for them. I think that I responded to the assignment well. I was excited to create these. However, it took me a […]
In chapter 1 of Designing for Emotion, I agree when author Aarron Walter says that “preserving the human touch and showing ourselves in our work isn’t optional. It’s essential.” I believe that in order for people to enjoy the work that has been designed, the designer has to be enjoying his or herself while designing that piece. […]
For assignment 10 in my PR Pubs class, we were asked to do a Design Sprint using Canva. We were told to create a Facebook post, Instagram post, Facebook header and a Twitter header for a specific organization or company. For my organization I chose the Center of the Universe Music Festival in Tulsa, and […]
This week, my PR Publications instructor asked us to read the first chapter in our textbook, “Designing for Emotion.” After reading this chapter, I definitely agreed with the author’s point that purchasing goods from individual craftsmen creates a much more personal buying experience as well as a connection between the buyer and the seller as […]
