The Weekly Half-Way Point

The Weekly Half-Way Point

by @kspeonygarden

| ds106summer2018, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Hello, everyone! At the start of this week, I watched the two Ted Talk videos by designers Paula Scher and David Carson, and then I completed a series of tutorials on the Canva website, which I discussed in more detail in this post here. I found all three resources to be rather interesting, in terms... Continue Reading →
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It’s All by Design

by @dsamanda2

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

Design is everywhere and after these past few days I can’t stop seeing design elements all around. It’s like when you are shopping for a certain car and you start noticing that car on the streets all the time. I can’t un-see all of the designs around me! Although it is annoying, it’s also interesting! […]
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Successful Design Play

by @dsamanda2

| design reflection, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

In this talk, Paula looks back on her career and discusses the idea of “serious play”. It starts off a little slow, but starts to really kick in around the 3 minute mark. Scher recognizes that often the best work comes from serious play. The unfortunate thing is that when we create good work from serious […]
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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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What The Notebook Wants

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Today’s daily create allowed me to change the mood of a movie scene by changing the music! I think it came out great and it was fairly simple to do! I wanted to make sure that the music I used would contradict the movie scene a lot so I first thought of a serious movie. […]
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This is Where I Live!

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Today’s daily create prompted me to draw a picture of where I live! I decided to draw mine using paint (throwback I know) on the computer. I did this because 1) I’m in the middle of moving and don’t know which box my art supplies are in and 2) I am waaaaaaaay better at using […]
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My Problem with Time Travel

by @dsamanda2

| question of the week, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

I have always hated time travel books and movies. Changing even one small thing in our pasts can have a huge snowball effect. It is unrealistic to think that a character can go back in time and hang around without altering the future. The worst is when a character goes back in time to fix […]
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Learning about Design

by @dsamanda2

| Considering Design, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Canva is website that makes it easy to design presentations, graphics, and more. They have tutorials to help you to understand how their website works while also helping to improve your design skills! It is similar to the “Tips for better photography” but with design instead! I was instructed to choose 7 tutorials to complete […]
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