After my PR publications class was challenged to find the elements of design in the world around us, I sat in my room and noticed that many of the elements could be found within my own space. Design can be found wherever you go, as long as you open your eyes and take time to realize … Continue reading Design is all around you →
The three games I chose to play for the Typography assignment were Shoot the Serif, Type Connection, and Poster Letters. Out of those three, my favorite was Shoot the Serif. For Shoot the Serif, I played a few times and eventually made it to the Middle-Weight Level. While it was my favorite, eventually I […]
Today I went outside and took pictures of some things. Design is an important part of architecture and nature, and I found several examples of design elements throughout campus. COLOR I love the way the paint is chipping on this old emergency telephone. The once-vibrant blue is fading to reveal the red underneath, creating a […]
Typography is an important factor in publication design because typography is the technique of arranging words and fonts in a way that promotes clarity and accessibility. This week in PR Pubs we played some typography computer games to increase our knowledge and skill level. The first typography game I played was Shoot the Serif. In…
So, I’m not going to lie.. These games were a blast. Even though I think I am a little computer game challenged, I managed to play each of them and can truly say I learned something from these simple games. Shoot the Serif was hilarious because I was sitting in one of my classes playing […]
Design Blitz was hard. It was difficult to go out and look for specific design elements, when in other…
Poster Letters was my favorite because I’m sure like many, I was certainly over-confident. I felt silly afterwards when I…
“Do you like learning about typography?” “YES” Just by uppercasing the word ‘YES’ you immediately feel a sense of impact or a burst of emotion. Letters, fonts and capitalization are all apart of typography. Typography allows for words or letters to take on a “persona” and conveys emotion to the consumer. For this PR Publications assignment, we were given the […]
I was challenged with undertaking a “Design Blitz” where I utilized five different design concepts and found examples of each around OU’s campus. The concepts are illustrated through advertisements, flyers, sidewalk chalk etc. This assignment challenged me to take the literal meaning of various design concepts and apply them to the “real world”. The concepts I […]
Kern Type: I’m a perfectionist, so while playing the game Kern Type, I was set on achieving a perfect score. I was surprised that it took me a couple of times to get the hang of it, but once I did I was pretty consistent in my scores. When I got a 100/100 I was finally … Continue reading Typography
