LJ and Alexis were strangers all through high school. Never a “hello”, wave or anything. They had a couple classes together yet still no communication between them. The reason for this was LJ was very shy. He thought that Alexis was the most beautiful girl in school, but he never spoke to her because he […]

In the Vignelli Canon, by Massimo Vignelli, Vignelli states that there are three aspects in Design that are important to him: Semantic, Syntactic and Pragmatic. Semantics is uncovering the meaning of the design. Syntactic is the discipline that controls the proper use of grammar in the building of phrases. This can be seen within graphic … Continue reading →

I liked this week! I also feel good about myself because I did ALL of the daily creates for this week. I think design is a really interesting topic and it was clear to me that after this week that there was a lot more that goes into design than I could have imagined. We … Continue reading Weekly Summary #6

The fifth design assignment I did was Create your own logo for 2 stars. I created a logo for myself if I had a brand. I used “Stand Up” because my last name is Stanbro and I think this has a good message. I chose purple and black because they’re kinda intimidating yet cute colors […]

The fifth design assignment I did was Create your own logo for 2 stars. I created a logo for myself if I had a brand. I used “Stand Up” because my last name is Stanbro and I think this has a good message. I chose purple and black because they’re kinda intimidating yet cute colors […]

Daily Creates: This week I completed six daily creates. I did not realize I had done six until Sunday. Here are the links to each individual daily create for week 6. Within the blog posts I have links of that specific daily create to my twitter and flickr. All of these daily creates were photography … Continue reading Weekly Summary 6

This week, we had a Visual Assignment required within our Design Assignments. Love at First Shot asks you to take an image of a couple obviously in love and tell their story, With a twist from Dr. Polack we also had to use a photo editing software to change something significant about the picture. I […]

For my next design assignment I chose a 3 star entitled Children’s Book Cover. The assignment was to recreate a children’s book cover using shapes. The best way to do this from what I read in other blogs was to use Paint. Which was good news for me because that’s what I usually use for […]

Massimo Vignelli gave some incredibly useful tips in his small book about design. Although he did write this in a pre-Internet age many of his tips about design still hold true today. As I was reading Vignelli’s book, you can tell that he takes his profession quite seriously and I am not sure if I have […]

Howdy-doodle Alrighty, not gonna lie. I’m ready for this class to be over. I feel like I probably have no creativity left in me at…

“Take/Find a picture of a couple who are obviously in love. Use the picture to tell a story. Give the story some background and maybe even create a dialogue between the two or tell the story from each point of view. Just give it some detail and create a background to your photo! It can … Continue reading →

I had to create a Design Blitz using some of the design techniques which to me resemble a lot of the techniques I used for my Photo Blitz. I took 8 pictures but am only using four. 1.Color Color means a representation of a certain color that draws someones attention in on the one color making the object stand out.

This week we also had to complete a DesignBlitz, with an objective similar to that of the PhotoBlitz from last week. I really do feel that this assignment reinforced my understanding and new knowledge of Design and its various elements. Like I have said in previous posts this week, I have very much enjoyed Design […]

Here’s the original assignment: Cartoon The Head Assignment When I think of beautiful scenery and animals I of course think of Johnny Bravo. It’s a shame that the Johnny Bravo TV series didn’t incorporate nature into their show more so I took the liberty of doing that myself. Behold. “Hey Baby”

The three primary elements of design in Vignelli’s opinion that are expressed in his book are semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic. Semantic is the meaning behind the design. Syntactics includes the overall structure, grid, typefaces, text, headlines, illustrations, etc. Pragmatics is the idea of a simple design that requires minimal explanation. The quote “creativity needs the support of knowledge … Continue reading Vignelli Canon

Hey folks! The final DailyCreate of the week. I needed to describe in picture form what my packaging would look like if I were a…

Daily Creates This week’s daily creates were fun and I talk all about them here. Design Assignments The design assignments I did were creating a business card, designing a license plate, a DS106 PostSecret card, the required suspect board, and I made a movie trading card. The design assignments were all generally easy and when I did have difficulties it didn’t … Continue reading Weekly Summary 6 →

Don’t sleep on the Sloths this year. They’re a shoe-in for this years title. Here’s the original assignment: Sports Team Logo Assignment

Reading The Vignelli Canon gave me new insight and knowledge into the world of design and the essential elements to it. He starts by talking about the three most important design aspects to him which are semantics, syntactic and pragmatic. He goes through and explains why each one of these aspects is important and I find this … Continue reading The Vignelli Canon Reflection →

Greetings from DS106-2.5 Stars Tell us where you are, where you’re from, or simply where you’d rather be and build a greeting card. I think postcards are pretty cool so I was excited to find an assignment that allowed me the chance to make one. The Work Itself   The Story Behind the Story I […]

Not finished yet. My daily creates: Through My Window, ET (Atari 2600) Packaging, An uncomfortable, comfortable chair, Apple + Amazon = Applezon. Design Assignments: Digital Story Flakes [3 stars] The Deadline: Trading Cards [4 stars] Quality work.. I think not!  [2.5 stars] Where is Shaniqua? [3 stars] Visual Assignment: Cloud & Tifa [3 stars] Design Blitz I didn’t learn much … Continue reading Week 6

Color The green of the grasses and plants is all-encompassing. A bird’s eye view of an otherwise boring image. The prominence of a base color is what stands out in this photo. Minimalism My neighbor’s house. A completely yellow house, with one side window. They can peer out into the world from this humble abode. … Continue reading Read, set, design blitz!

Here is my fifth assignment called Make a maze worth 3 stars. The assignment was simple create your own maze using a pen and paper or a computer program.   Finish Start Here are my Steps: Went to the ds106 page and clicked on the Design Assignments page.  Went to page one and clicked on the assignment called Make a

This past week I took photos that represented “balance, unity, typography, and color”. This assignment “DesignBlitz” asked to take photos of objects, ads, signs, etc. that illustrate at least four of the ten concepts listed. Balance: This photo is of me practicing a yoga pose. Balance is essential in yoga and I learned that I need to practice … Continue reading Design Safari

What the Font-4 Stars A common exercise in design school, take typographical elements (perhaps even the words of a story) and bring them to life. I remembered seeing typographic portraits done by people in my high school and always wondered how they did it. This assignment allowed me to gain the knowledge on how to […]

Here is my fourth assignment called design your own cereal box worth 3 stars. This assignment was to create your own cereal box cover, pretty simple. Here are my Steps: Went to the ds106 page and clicked on the Design Assignments page.  Went to page two and clicked on the assignment called Design you own cereal box cover.  I went

I used a simple photo editing and cropping tool to make this shirt. It’s definitely not pretty but I think the idea of is pretty funny. I’ve been watching a lot of old Simpsons episodes lately, as everyone should, and so that show in particular has been on my mind. There’s a lot of clever … Continue reading Emergency Advice From Homer