All About the Wire:  Design Week 6 This design week was about reaching down and finding your inner artist.   I struggled with Photoshop but after a few days and reeducating myself through YouTube tutorials I managed to hash out  a few good assignments: Designs: First design that I did was the  Wire Human_Animal Hybrid Design …

For my final daily create I drew how I’m feeling right now. Not only did I go home and only get one or two things done. I got back and

The thing I liked the most about the booklet by Vignelli was the first thing he said about Semantics, Syntactics, and Pragmatics. He opens by saying, “Semantics, for me, is

Week six was just as brutal as the first five weeks. The work is definitely enjoyable, a transformative experience learning of all the concepts that collaborate to convey the designer’s message. Still it was just too much with having to learn the in’s and out’s about the different tools to make it all come to […]

The design blitz that I started out with had three items the first item was a light clip pen by ENERGIZER battery company when I look at this I see two things design construction and asethic as well as brand.  For me this was a double dipper.  To me this pen spoke volumes because number …

I had a lot of fun with the Designblitz. I left for the weekend to handle some business so I decided to do mine at my house. It was fun

Vignelli Cannon Thoughts and Commentary In reading this weeks Vignelli Cannon the biggest aspect which was brought out was the fact that he states in his cannon that if you design something and no one understands it then the design is completely useless.  It is important in considering such occurrences because through my designs this …

Hello again ds106-masses!  Another week gone, and that means: Another Weekly Summary!!!!   This was a busy week for ds106-ers: a designblitz, 15 stars of assignments, 3 daily creates, and reading various resource materials.  So when I list it all out, it really doesn’t sound that bad.  Well, let’s get into it!   DesignBlitz:   […]

I really enjoyed this week topic of design. Although I had a hard time with the aspect of design I really got the hang of it by the end of the week! Most of the assignments I completed with Photoshop and I have to say I really like using it to create the different images.…

Form/Function/Message I wanted to focus attention on this concept of design because it is used very often in marketing. The first image to came to mind was the FedEx trucks. Although the logo uses bold colors and typography that definitely demands attention; it is the embedding of the arrow that speaks to their marketing message. […]

    Yes, I do realize that I just dated myself by bringing up “Designing Women” so let the judgement begin…I brought it on myself. Week 6 was much easier for me to get through than the week of sound. … Continue reading →

^Since we’ve been dealing with Typography this week, check out some handmade typography found here. Design Assignments Wire Stars: Sketch a Picture (2), The Wire is All Straight Lines (2), A McNulty How To (3), The Wire Banner (4): 11 stars Regular Stars: Dear… Continue Reading →

Episode 9: I thought it was interesting how right off the bat I realized that they weren’t aiming so they weren’t going to hit their targets. Did I think a stray bullet would go through a second story window? No, but anything can happen when you don’t aim. I also thought the fade from the […]

For starters, before even thinking about the content, I thought the opening of The Vignelli Canon was really well done. It was wonderfully simple (I love that), yet really sharp. Just awesome, and a great start to the booklet. Semantics,… Continue Reading →

So this week was our design week, and just like last week where we had the photoblitz, this week we had a designblitz. There are many  different elements to design and we were supposed to find different ads around campus that showed different elements to design. My first instinct was to go to one of…

Here are my images for the DesignBlitz this week and the elements that they represent (or mess up) in my eyes. Typography: Typography is supposed to be bringing words to life. The reason I like this sign is because you can see how the word “love” is emphasized. In this case it is emphasized using […]

On Friday’s video discussion about The Wire, we were asked an intriguing question: What separates the visual element from the element of design? And to me, the difference lies in intention. When looking into inspiration for my visual assignments, I could rely on anything that caught my eye. Natural color, form, and general aesthetic appeal […]

Website Banner |Similar to the Website logo, create your own website banner! This will go on your website like your featured image. Have fun with this and be creative! Worth 4 stars. If Season two of The Wire were to have… Continue Reading →

Overview This week was a very busy and hectic week for me. With mid-terms, projects, and papers closing in along with work my week was packed with events! Upon hearing news about my sick dog, I was also very stressed about his health. On Wednesday I participated in The Wire…

For my final design assignment of the week, since I only need a few more stars of Wire related design work, I decided to make an alternative epigraph that applies to this class. This quote is from the season one finale and is addressed to Carver. However sometimes I feel like this can apply to […]

Design Blitz After reading the doc about the different elements of design, I grabbed my phone camera and looked around my friend’s room to find objects to describe some of these elements. Some were easier to find than others, but I included some of the best below. I realized that…

Another week down. Wasn’t too bad of a week. I was able to get some more of the work done earlier in the week but it was still a tough week with all of my other classes trying to cram everything in before fall break.  Speaking of fall break…. I wonder if we will get […]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! Once again we have made it to the end of another thrilling week! As usual, a lot of stuff has happened this week, so let’s begin. The Wire Okay everyone, I have seen a bunch of wild stuff in The Wire, but this week really took the cake for me. I […]

I’ll be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of this reading. I tend to not enjoy readings that are about something I am not truly interested in. Design is not my forte nor my inspiration. I try at times to make good designs but it’s just not for me. I would have to say the […]

Design Assignment #4: Paste Someone’s Head on an Animal (3.5 stars) For this assignment, I wanted to portray Stringer Bell as a predatory, but cautious character. Stringer is smart, but lately on The Wire he has been calling the shots and making incriminating decisions. The worst part is, no one…

I definitely feel like I stepped up my ds106 game a bit this week and put more effort into my assignments. Here’s what I’ve done this week. Video Discussion I participated in my second video discussion this week. I did season 2 episode 10 where we all chose 2 screenshots of the episode to take… Read More

  So for the assignment “Take a Picture of Something Interesting!“, I decided to take a picture of my research lab.  In particular, the electronics behind my research.  WARNING:  IT IS A JUMBLED MESS!!!!!   No joke, it took me a good two months at the beginning of my research project to determine how the […]

Design Assignment #3: You’re Invited… (3 stars) After watching Season 2, Episode 10 of The Wire, I felt like Kima and Cheryl needed a baby shower invitation. This assignment reminded me of my high school days of Photojournalism, where I would play with colors, fonts, and design. Using DaFont I…

Typography is the “visual component of the written word.” Signs, logos, it’s all topography. I chose to show this element of design with the F-150 logo of my dad’s truck. I believe this represents the car brand because it uses a bold font with a heavy weight. You wouldn’t want to use this for a… Read More

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/take-a-picture-of-something-interesting/ This is a picture of the light in my room. This picture has not been modified and this is the actual picture. I started taking random pictures of interesting things in my room and then this happened! Randomly, this looks black and white, but it has not been modified by my camera or any […]