1. @KaseyMayer

    Design in the Real World

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    For my DesignBlitz, I found the four following designs. I feel that this design is a good example of message. This is a payment plan poster for the payment plans offered by the Office of Student Accounts. The message is money, needing it and using […]
  2. @KaseyMayer

    Thoughts on Design

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    I actually found this reading very interesting. I knew advertising was more than simple pictures and text but I didn’t realize there were so many different aspects to design. Massimo Vignelli says that the three most important aspects of design are semantic (meaning), syntactic, and […]
  3. @Eric Dorman

    Design thoughts

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    Looking at Vignelli’s book and modern design software it is very clear that many concepts have transitioned well into the age of digital design, especially visual concepts such as contrast and proportion. Vignelli hit many nails on the head and talked about many of the concepts and methods that are used today even though he […]
  4. @Eric Dorman

    Designblitz

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    Function This sign keeps the message plain and simple. “Do not Enter”. Its presence is to tell people who are trying to enter the wrong way through that path that they are entering the path the wrong direction. Symbolism This flyer talks about Intervarsity sports meetings. Alongside the text are several sports balls to add […]
  5. @lshaikh26

    Design Blitz

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    1st design blitz The sign is a good example of color. The use of dark background with a font of light color grabs the attention of people. These color combinations are not used because the author/librarian likes this color, but it is used with an intention to grab the attention of passerby.   2nd design …

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  6. @lshaikh26

    Tattoo!!

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    Create a tattoo design that represents your superpower or explains what you would do as a superhero. This tattoo best describes my superhero. My superhero has the power to go invisible and this invisibility cloak reflects it.
  7. @Ms_AmandaP

    Branding Gossip Girl

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    For this assignment I used Canva.com to create a logo that could be used by New York City’s Upper East Side blogger of Manhattan’s elite. She is an anonymous blogger, but could use this logo as an icon on her blog or social media pages. I chose the pink and curvy font to be more feminine […]
  8. @lshaikh26

    Minimalist design!!

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    Create a tv/movie poster that captures the essence of the story through the use of minimalist design/iconography. I used the website of noun project to get this icon and used canva to make this show’s poster. The show is about the doctors who b...
  9. @Ms_AmandaP

    Character Wordcloud

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      For this assignment I created a wordcloud using wordclouds.com .  I used words to describe my character Madame Polygraph who is a crime fighting, mind reading mom. The website was super easy to use and I liked the way you could customize the shape, font and colors of the cloud. I chose more feminine colors […]
  10. @Hannah Woehrle

    Week 6

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    And the design week comes to a close. I actually really enjoyed this week, it was more up my alley than some of the stuff we’ve done. I started the week by Reflecting on Design, looking at Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou’s videos. Then I tackled the “Super Tattoo” assignment, worth 2.5 stars, linking it to my superhero character. …

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  11. @lshaikh26

    Guess the movie!

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    “The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple icons, four of them.” For this assignment from design bank, I used noun project to find all my desired icons needed to tell a story. After downloading these icons, I used the …

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  12. @lshaikh26

    Sunlight!

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    “You’re a super hero and you have shown us your super powers… but what can bring you down?” In my third and last tweet of the week, I posted the picture of sunlight, because Sunlight takes away my superhero’s power of invisibility. looses its power of going invisible in the presence of sunlight….#tdc2097 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/7tLualt1dH — …

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  13. @lshaikh26

    Smiling vegetable!!

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    In my second tweet of the week. I replied to the theme ‘Make a vegetable smile’ using the picture below. I used the combination of Peach, Capsicum, and Carrot to make a smiling face. @ds106dc #tdc2094 pic.twitter.com/JeyxPoRnon — Lai...

UMW Spring 2024 (Bond & Groom)

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