Hi Mom, Hi Dad! (**yes, I know they will REALLY see this! I’ve shared my web address with them!) Week 4 at Camp MacGuffin was Design Week! Learned lots and accomplished a lot, but still lagged by a day or so. So here’s an overview of what the last week held for me in ds106: ...

Metaphors and Symbols in design are a simplistic way to communicate in a “universal” language. When using symbolism, it is not always necessary to use words. For instance, with street signs, one is not required to know how to READ words on the signs, but rather to know what the shapes, colors, and symbols or ...

This was my favorite assignment I did this week for sure. I always see these things all over the internet especially on Facebook but I had never done one myself. I used the website http://uthinkido.com/ which was suggested in the assignment description. I … Continue reading →

It was difficult to decide on a picture to use, I searched through the creative commons on Flickr for a while before I decided on this one. I got the idea for the text from my friend, her  big saying was always … Continue reading →

I chose to use a Camelot theme for my postcard because I watched the Movie King Arthur recently so it was fresh on my mind. First I got a postcard template from google and put it into a paint. I … Continue reading →

First I got a picture of Dr.Oblivion off of google images, then I used paint to create this poster. I thought this was a cool quick assignment I used red because I think it makes the poster seem more urgent.

This was a fun assignment. It took me a while to decide what I was going to bring. The first thing was a bow and arrow for hunting I chose this because you can reuse arrows so they will last … Continue reading →

This is a photo I took yesterday on our way back from Lexington. This beautiful mountain valley scenic overlook off of I-64, showcases Mother Nature’s design rhythm. The majestic, tree covered mountain range has a fluid movement about it, with it curves, evaluations, and spacing. It tempts your eyes to flow the curves, texture of ...

For Design Assignment 593, we are directed to review the best design assignments from DS106 at DS106 Inspire. Pick one of the examples and write a blog post in which you articulate what makes this completed assignment a great design example. (2 stars) I chose linda3dots’ Berry Splash, because it jumped off the page of ...

Dominance simply sounds like a controlling, authoritative word. In design, it holds the same meaning. Creating dominance in design makes creative use of size, color, density, value, and white space to create the effect of one object being larger than others, hogging the space, begging for attention. In this image of a building on Princess ...