Color I definitely think this flyer shows color. It attracted my eye when I first saw it and makes me want to read flyer. The use of color draws the attention when you use bright and contrasting colors. Typography This flyer for a saxophone recital uses fun typography instead of the normal Times New Roman. … Continue reading Design Blitz →
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Writing Effectively
Writing with clarity Poor: The cup fell off the desk full of water. Better: The cup full of water fell off the desk. Reducing clutter Poor: The girl got a bad grade on her test due to the fact that she didn’t study. Better: The girl got a bad grade on her test because she didn’t study. Sentence variety Poor: Kevin […]
“Design Blitz”
Throughout this unit, we learned about several design concepts. We were then challenged to find examples of these in our everyday lives and give our analysis on them. The concepts I chose to focus on were: Color, symbols, typography, minimalism and unity. Color: During the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII, a power outage at…
Design Blitz
Our task for this assignment was to take pictures of images that we see throughout our days. I found many flyers around campus with color, typography, symbols, message, and use of space. Here is what I found: Color: Color is the property that is obtained by an object, where different sensations are produced on the eye. In my opinion, I think that if one is advertising a product or an event, a good choice of color will help make that effective….
Design Blitz
Design, for me, is something that has always peaked my interest. But, this last year, I developed a love for photography and videography that I never knew I had. I talked about Instagram in an earlier blog post but I am going to touch on it again right now. Instagram is my favorite social media … Continue reading Design Blitz →
Typography
After this lesson and playing the games listed, I learned how important font and typography are in how people understand and feel about a certain product and logo. The meat of the design was actually in the smallest detail, like the kern type. The imbalance in the type was distracting and unsettling until it was … Continue reading Typography
Typography Games
What an exciting week learning about fonts!! I have a love for handwritten letters and hand lettering as an art form (I’m super bad at it but I still like to do it) so this was super fun to see the differences in all of the different aspects of font. The kerning exercise (kern type) … Continue reading Typography Games →
Typography
It was interesting exploring the influence and types of fonts. This is how my experience went: I shot the serif: I felt like this game was politically incorrect. Just because these letters had tails does not mean they deserved to be shot to their death. Honestly, I’m just kidding. This game didn’t really give me … Continue reading Typography →
Typography Games
Game 1: Shoot the serif – I felt like this game didn’t really give you much information at the beginning so I was left with a gun and no inclination of what to do with it. However, eventually I was able to figure out the gist of the game and began to recognize the serif…
Typography
For the typography assignment, I chose Type Connection, Type War and Kern Type. Each of these games had different objectives, yet were all able to show the importance of the written word and effective communication. Elements such as the positioning of letters and their fonts have a much larger effect on the message than people […]
