Designblitz: Rhythm

Designblitz: Rhythm

by @tiffmooree

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

I took this photo in Occoquan. I have a lot of memories at this specific waterfall. My mom used to take my brother and I here and have lunch, so this photo means a lot to me. Whenever I go to the small town of Occoquan I always stop by here and ta...
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Designblitz: Proportion

by @tiffmooree

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

For this photo, I went outside of the normal interpretation of proportion. Normally, one would put their hands up to “lean the Tower of Pisa” or make it look like someone is jumping into a cup of coffee. For this one, I took it more in...
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Designblitz: Color

by @tiffmooree

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

For my color photo I chose to use flowers. Flowers, in my opinion, have the most beautiful and present color. I had some photos on my Canon camera and chose to dig through them to find the photos for my designblitz. I have an app on my phone that ...
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Design Blitz!

by @CatyWarner

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

Yay! Another something-blitz! I had fun doing the last photo blitz, I hope this one is just as fun. For...
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The Design of the World Around us (in a blitz)

by @CommTweetWithMe

| designblitz, home, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

This week’s reading really emphasized how design touches every aspect of our lives that we grow so blind to it and os oblivious to its all-permeating power. With this in mind, I participated in a “design blitz” this week to reinforce my understanding of fo design principles and challange me to notice and analyze the […]
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Ready, Set, Design Blitz!

by @morgan_ds106

| designblitz, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

Now it is time to wrap the Design Blitz up! I was tasked with taking pictures of just about anything and analyze the design characteristics they held. I chose 4 out of the 10 design concepts that I learned about in class this week. I posted examples of color, minimalism, proportion, and typography. In each …
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Let’s Add Some Color!

by @morgan_ds106

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

This picture is from a dock through another trail I was on on Monday evening. This picture represents color in the design blitz assignment. The sunset was really beautiful that night. The oranges, yellows, purples, and pinks gave the sky a really warm feeling. It contrasts very well to the black surroundings. I was able …
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Less is More

by @morgan_ds106

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

I am all about the “less is more” phenomenon. Minimalism has become very popular and I feel that this picture represents this very well int he design aspect. This is a picture of a friend’s nails that I happened to notice. Minimalism is also very expressionistic in nature. Minimalism can be achieved by using only …
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Blessed not Stressed

by @morgan_ds106

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

I have this quote saved on my iPad as a wallpaper, and I decided to use it for this assignment. This photo is meant to represent typography. Not only is this a great quote, how it is displayed is important to this assignment. The background makes you feel clam and relaxed with the warm colors. …
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Proportion of Depth

by @morgan_ds106

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2019

I am out on trails that overlook the water quite a bit. I took this yesterday and I realized that I could use this for the design blitz assignment! As defined on the Design Resource page, “Proportion is the comparison of dimensions or distribution of forms. It is the relationship in scale between one element …
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Weis Markets Design Blitz

by @FaulconerKyle

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

This week I was given the task to carry around my camera and take photos of different designs, these photos could be of advertisements, objects or pretty much anything I found worthy of capturing. At first I wasn’t sure what to photograph but while at work I had the great idea to capture a few …
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Design blitz

by @OraMyAura

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

This week’s design blitz was interesting. The 4 areas that I attempted to represent are color, rhythm, typography, and dominance. Color: Design Blitz – Color #ds106 #designblitz pic.twitter.com/1lu07Ffokx — Ora Wilson (@OraMyAura) October 4, 2018 This is a picture of a green wall. My son actually chose this color for his room when we moved …
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Design Blitz

by @EmilyHutchins8

| Assignments, designblitz, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

View this post on Instagram Design principles: Dominance #designblitz #ds106 A post shared by Emily Hutchins (@eahumw) on Oct 5, 2018 at 4:08pm PDT View this post on Instagram ...
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DesignBlitz Week 6

by @DigitalStoryTeller

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

DesignBlitz. This assignment took a lot of creative thinking to get the right pictures. I do look at pictures, signs and advertisements in a different way. View this post on Instagram #designblitz A post shared by Julie (@magical_story_teller) on Oct 5, 2018 at 4:58pm PDT This sign photo is in the category of …
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Design Blitz

by @fatolliecat

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

View this post on Instagram #designblitz A post shared by Jess D (@fatolliecat) on Oct 5, 2018 at 4:34pm PDT Symbolism: It’s simple, and pretty clear. It’s also a common pop culture reference, and most people probably don’t need any of the text to immediately think of the lyrics. View this post on Instagram #designblitz…
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Designblitz Around My House

by @Tyra13748487

| designblitz, Syndicated, weekly assignments
October 5, 2018

For this assignment, I took a few pictures around my house and on campus that demonstrates some of the design principles. My first photo shows dominance. When looking at the photo, the viewer’s eyes will go to the Aspire banner and then they will look at the other objects in the photo. The Aspire banner …
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Photo Blitz

by @Alexis54552906

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

This week’s photo blitz assignment took almost all week. I noticed that I spent a lot of time in my Classes looking for the perfect designs to use. The first picture is one that shows rhythm. This is because it has a repeated pattern of boxes with flowers in them. It grabs the attention from … Continue reading "Photo Blitz"
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Design! Designblitz!

by @ArthurDrag1

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 5, 2018

Here’s my designblitz ~~ This was fun. I glad I happened upon some of the things that I found this week. First is my balance picture: View this post on Instagram Balance #designblitz A post shared by DIGITAL STORIES DRAKE (@digitalstoriesdrake) on Oct 5, 2018 at 1:38am PDT It’s an old dead end sign in … Continue reading Design! Designblitz!
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In the Mist of a Design Blitz

by @MaddieM02790291

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

I found this experience to be interesting. At first, I did not really understand what we had to do for it. I also think I got it confused with the Photo Blitz. I thought that it would again be a timed assignment, rather than an on-going assignment. I kind of tried to keep my eyes …
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Design Blitz

by @chloversgarden

| design, designblitz, ds 106, ds106, images, Photos, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

The first one I did was “Minimalistic and Use of Space” I found the wallpaper in the coffee shop to be interesting, there were typical coffee symbols but they hadContinue readingDesign Blitz
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Designs of Daily Life

by @JessicaDS106

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

This week, for our design week, we were tasked with being on the look out for design examples and snapping photos of them. These designs had to related to one of many possible design principles, many of which are explained in more detail in this article, one I found useful for this project. I thought … Continue reading Designs of Daily Life
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DesignBlitz at work

by @suzzcat

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

For this assignment of designblitz, I did it all through the double I worked the other day. I had a few examples that I thought were good ones that follow the designblitz guidelines. View this post on Instagram Unity #designblitz #ds106 A post shared by Suzanne Catlin (@suzanne_ds106) on Oct 4, 2018 at 2:01pm PDT …
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Design Blitz

by @KaraDS106

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

I had fun with the Design Blitz assignment this week. Instructions for this assignment and more information on it can be found here. It was harder than I thought, since I kept overanalyzing everything. And I kept forgetting to pay attention for designs around me throughout the week. These are the four designs I chose to …
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A UMW DesignBlitz

by @FCMaisano

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

Since Saturday, I have trying my best to observe all of the signs, posters, etc. around this campus to make this blog post. Here is what I have come up with! Color View this post on Instagram This is a photo for my DS106 (Digital Storytelling) class. On my blog I talk about the color […]
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Design Let-up

by @justzaying7

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

Did you know the antonym for “blitz” is “let-up”. Yeah me either. Let’s get right into this weeks design blitz! Here’s my first photo: So I wanted to go right along with the hero theme for this semester, and post a picture of my favorite Captain America shirt. To me this perfectly fits the design … Continue reading Design Let-up
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Design and Dash

by @kspeonygarden

| designblitz, ds106summer2018, Syndicated
July 4, 2018

Hello, everyone! Earlier this week, in addition to watching the Ted Talks by Paula Scher and David Carson, and going over the tutorials on Canva.com, I reviewed the eight principles of design on the Adobe Spark website; afterwards, I completed this week’s designblitz, wherein I took twenty minutes and took pictures of various book, magazine,... Continue Reading →
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Design on the Daily

by @dsamanda2

| designblitz, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

These past few days I have learned that elements of design are everywhere! Without even realizing it we see so many different things that have been designed. Even our own homes had to go through a design process and so many design elements had to be implemented before you even moved in. And yet our […]
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Midweek 2

by @tabbycat07

| @ds106dc, color, dailycreate, dailycreates, design, designblitz, ds106, Instagram, midweeksummary, summary, Syndicated, twitter
May 30, 2018

This has been another eventful first half of the week. I first completed 2 daily creates. The first was Fonts Matter. I had take a message and change the font to create a new meaning, so I changed the phrase “the sky is the limit” from a light and happy to thought, to a little Read More
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DesignBlitz

by @JordanC61692137

| designblitz, ds106, Instagram, photography, Syndicated
May 30, 2018

“Graphic design is a highly sought-after skill.”, says Amy Copperman in her article 8 Basic Principles of Design. There are a few key factors that help graphic design look well organized and thought out. These 8 basic principles are Alignment, Hierarchy, Contrast, Repetition, Proximity, Balance, Color, […]
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Designer Dash

by @laasarge

| blog posts, design assignments, designassignments, designblitz, Syndicated, Week 6
February 26, 2018

This week we were tasked with a design blitz, the sequel to the ever popular photo blitz. I luckily went to the grocery store this past weekend, which gave me the perfect material to snap. There were ads, signage in the store and products that […]
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