Why My Dear Dr. Watson

Why My Dear Dr. Watson

by @AJSt0rm

| designassignments, DesignAssignments511, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

Do you remember any of the stories that your parents would read to you in the evenings or when you were going to bed? My father liked to read stories to us at the dinner table. I remember many an evening sitting, listening to him read The Tales of Uncle Remus, The Phantom Tollbooth, and …
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My Merch

by @AJSt0rm

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1767, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

Have you ever tried to create a t-shirt? Perhaps your school team needs a new shirt and you are invited to help design it. Or perhaps you want to design a specific shirt for a friend’s birthday. I personally had never designed a shirt before this week (though I had helped to vote on a …
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Design Blitz

by @MoB4884

| Blog, designblitz, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

Below I have included photos of some elements of design I found this week! It was a bit challenging this week to find design elements around me, as I recently moved and have only had time to go from home to work in between unpacking boxes. So, I did the best I could with what […]
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Design Illustration

by @AJSt0rm

| designblitz, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

As I mentioned in my article “Design: Taken for Granted,” there are many elements of design in the world around us that we often ignore. This week, I set out to find and capture several examples of these. I specifically looked for examples of Color, Typography, Minimalism/Use of Space, and Balance. Here is what I …
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Design: Taken for Granted

by @AJSt0rm

| designthoughts, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

How often have you looked at a stop sign? You’ve probably seen a ton of them in your lifetime, even if you can’t drive. However, have you ever considered that someone, at some point, had to design that sign? How about the title scene to your favorite movie? Do you realize how much thought and …
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My Design Blitz!

by @mcarney__

| designblitz, My posts, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

This week I was to carry my camera with me and take photos of objects, ads, signs, etc that illustrate: dominance typography minimalism & use …
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Design Thoughts: Reflecting on Vignelli, Kidd, and more…

by @lucyschraff

| designthoughts, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

After reading the Brain Pickings article about Kidd (including the other hyperlinked articles within that page) and Massimo Vignelli’s booklet, it’s hard to come to a clear concise reflection of […]
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TikTok Pasta

by @mcarney__

| My posts, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

I am not a huge fan of TikTok, mainly because of how easy it is to get sucked in, but I do appreciate the many …
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The whistle has been blown #COACHLIFE

by @SchallerJasmine

| Syndicated
March 5, 2021

I chose this weekly assignment because I am a soccer coach, and this coming week is the necessary training before the season starts. So, I made a flyer for that event. This weekend is the equipment pick up. I used Canva to create this event poster. I found a cool black and white soccer picture, …
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My Mix for Week Six

by @trippthrumylife

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 5, 2021

This week was definitely a busy one! I feel like everyday I was being tested to be more creative than the last, to come up with something better each time. I started off my week by reflecting on my experience with design. I think I realized that I’ve always loved it, I just didn’t know… Continue reading My Mix for Week Six
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A Week In My Life #6

by @OliviaM44107328

| Blog, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

This week was all about design. I did 4 design assignment banks to start off. The first one I did was Event Poster. I created a poster for a made […]
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Design Readings

by @OliviaM44107328

| Blog, designthoughts, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

I read The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli and Brain Pickings article about Kidd and his book by Chip Kidd and I got to learn a lot about design from […]
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If only this is how you could purchase pets

by @mcarney__

| My posts, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

For my design assignment number one, I was to turn an image into a barcode (Barcode Transformation). I decided to look up a silhouette of …
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A Design Blitz from the Comfort of my Room.

by @trippthrumylife

| designblitz, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

Today I did my Design Blitz from the comfort of my room! It was pretty fun to see how different design principles play a role in my day to day life. Let’s see what I saw!
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Week 6: Designing My Story

by @Conner44769274

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummaries
March 5, 2021

This week we focused on design. I really enjoyed learning more about how design goes into almost everything. While I had fun with the assignments this week, they weren’t my favorite nor am I super proud of any of them. I’m not sure if I was just having an off week or if I’m just […]
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Deep Thinking on Design

by @sunglasses260

| designthoughts, ds106, General Posts, Syndicated, Week 6: Design
March 5, 2021

Although I haven’t ever really thought about becoming a graphic designer, and I don’t think that’s what’s in store for me in the future, thinking about visual design and reading and watching this week’s assigned material was quite fascinating for me. The first couple things I checked out were the videos “Movie Poster Expert Explains […]
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FOOD 4 LIFE

by @SchallerJasmine

| Syndicated
March 5, 2021

My sister always gets all these food magazines and right now she is on a travel nurse job and so I always have to pick up her mail for her and put her house. So I see lot of covers for very unique food categories I one of those is begun food categories. When I …
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Vikings are the CHAMPS! #footballposter

by @SchallerJasmine

| Syndicated
March 5, 2021

Ever since I was a kid I was indoctrinated to be a vikings fan. Many Sundays were spent cheering on The Vikings even though they never make it to playoffs but as fans we keep watching. My dad group Minnesota so as a young boy he had to cheer for The Vikings and even though …
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Dying to be “healthy”

by @SchallerJasmine

| Syndicated
March 5, 2021

This week I picked the body image but cover weekly assignment because I think it’s very important topic especially for young girls. I have a lot of younger cousins that are currently middle school dealing with unrealistic body expectations in having low self esteem so I wanted to create a visual image of what “healthy” …
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Logo’s make me loko!!! #designblitz

by @SchallerJasmine

| Syndicated
March 5, 2021

The lotion bar is heavy with symbolism. The bees are very important to nature in general and the fact that it’s on the lotion bar is trying to relay how natural a good for you the lotion bars is. The fact that the lotion bar text is in yellow is relaying again symbolism for the …
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Its all about discipline #designthoughts

by @SchallerJasmine

| Syndicated
March 5, 2021

The most interesting thing about the kid chip article was The part where he talked about the practical aspect of design and that that throughout history real problems are solved by design. I always looked at design as a frou frou type of creative artistic thing. However, I never recognized that it had such a …
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Van Gogh, but Make it Animal Crossing

by @jclark22umw

| blog posts, Daily Creates, dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

Daily create #3! Used the Animal crossing art generator. I chose Van Gogh’s “Irises” because they are my mom’s favorite flower.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: The Pursuit Happyness

by @actuallyjonathanpulido

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1974, Syndicated
March 5, 2021

This movie is definitely in my top 5 movies of all time. So, I had to do the right thing and snag a quote from it. I really wanted to keep this picture simple and I think I did a good job of achieving that. I used Pixlr again, because […]
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Daily Creates

by @MoB4884

| Blog, Syndicated
March 4, 2021

Here are my three daily creates for this week!!
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Motivational Poster For Coronatimes

by @lucyschraff

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1887, Syndicated
March 4, 2021

For one of my design Assignment Bank assignments I chose to do the Motivational Poster assignment. I thought this assignment was applicable because as UMW students without a spring break […]
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Hairspray

by @MoB4884

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments1974, Syndicated
March 4, 2021

One of the assignments from the assignment bank this week was to find a quote from our favorite movie and place it over an image from that movie. I chose the movie/musical Hairspray, because for as long as I can remember I have been OBSESSED with this movie. I love everything about it – the […]
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A New Cereal on the Shelves: Razzle-Dazzles

by @lucyschraff

| #DesignAssignments1735, designassignments, Syndicated
March 4, 2021

For another one of my Assignment Bank design assignments this week, I chose to do Design Your Own Cereal Box Cover. For this assignment I chose to make a cereal […]
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Design A License Plate: North Carolina Style

by @lucyschraff

| designassignments, designassignments1645, Syndicated
March 4, 2021

For one of my design assignments from the Assignment Bank this week, I chose to do Design A License Plate. I chose this assignment because I thought it would allow […]
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60’s vibes, logos, posters: Week 6 Summary

by @madelinek106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 4, 2021

This week I was able to create designs and explore more editing tools. I think so far this week has been my favorite because I really enjoy creating color pallets and designs. I have had experience with photoshop in highschool and we would complete similar assignments. This week I was able to challenge myself by learning new design […]
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Daily creates!

by @effyuwawa

| Daliy Creates!, Syndicated
March 4, 2021

@ds106dc #tdc3340 this beauty right here! pic.twitter.com/gifoHMPvJT— Che. ; (@EffyuWawa) March 6, 2021 @ds106dc #tdc3338 literally all I see pic.twitter.com/nk8EloDWOk— Che. ; (@EffyuWawa) March 3, 2021 @ds106dc #tdc3336 as rec...
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