The Work Itself: For this week I had to complete a four star design assignment of my choice. This assignment appealed to me right away when I saw “cartoon”. I am bad at drawing, but I enjoy reading comic books, so I thought it would be a fun assignment.             … Continue reading “Reel It In” (Cartoon You)

Here is sixth and final assignment for the week called Long Distance relationship worth two stars. There weren’t any directions on how to complete this assignment so I used the example they gave and re-did it to fit what I believe. Here are the steps I took: Went to the  design assignment page on the ds106 website. I clicked on

Suspect Board- 3 Stars Have you ever seen those crime shows that organize a case using a suspect board? Like Scandal or Blacklist? Well, that’s exactly what this assignment is. You will create a suspect board (or a board that connects different characters) to show interaction between the people. Feel free to add text, objects, […]

Vignelli’s Booklet was an informative reading and helped me understand design in a more concrete way. He talked about three major principles of design being syntactics, pragmatics, and semantics. These three concepts he noted were the foundations of design and they should be considered and almost kind of have to be considered when designing anything. He wrote … Continue reading Vignelli Canon

My second design assignment was also 4 stars. It is called Cartoon You. The assignment was to make yourself or someone you know into a cartoon character. I decided to cartoon my roommate because she’s gorgeous and I just finished a volleyball match and needed a shower. The first thing I did was look through […]

Here is the original assignment. They were best friends as kids. They told stories, and made promises to one another. All was fine until the war began. Cloud joined the military so Tifa would notice him; this is an important memory to him. Tifa: Talk to me. About anything, some important memory to you… Now that … Continue reading Cloud and Tifa

Hey guys and gals! THE ASSIGNMENT This assignment required us to make a funny newspaper article! As always, I had to use my dog. Because…

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Love at First Shot 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 […]

Hey guys and gals! THE ASSIGNMENT This was a required assignment for everybody and because of something that happened to our dog, Reagan, I thought…

The first design assignment I did that we got to choose was 4 stars. It’s called Animated the DVD Menu. The assignment was to choose a key scene from a movie and make a GIF that would resemble the start menu on a DVD player. I choose the movie Time Lapse because I just watched […]

Hey everybody! This week we had to do a whopping five design assignments worth at least 12 stars. I was really interested in doing this…

Honestly, when someone thinks of a photograph that captures love this is usually it. It’s iconic. This famous kiss took place after the victory over Japan Day. It was taken August 14, 1945. I like this photograph because it’s candid and not like today’s candids where they’re planned candids, but the photographer spontaneously captures this […]

Color Apart from the sticker on the cover, the colors catch your attention. There are a lot of colors but they all go together and the title of the book, “Macroeconomics” is written in a thin black font to stand out from the other colors on the cover. Typography This canvas has more than one … Continue reading Design Blitz →

Here is the original assignment. Do you know your favorite cereal? Maybe it’s a sugary kind like Reeses’ Puffs or Fruity Pebbles; or, maybe it’s a healthy kind like Raisin Bran or Special K. Either way, you have probably identified over the years one that you love and cherish. This article is not about your … Continue reading Digital Story Flakes

Here is how I would package myself if I were a toy. Bright, yet simple and to the point.

Here is the actual assignment. Enrepreneur.com states that no one should work more than 80 hours in two weeks. One reason for this is that the quality of the produced work will suffer due to worker exhaustion. You might think that working beyond normal hours would only slightly reduce the quality of production. This is not often the case as detrimental contributions … Continue reading Quality work… I think not!

March 19, 2012 We were celebrating 4 years of being together. He planned an extravagant cruise ship  getaway for  just the two of us. After lunch we walked out onto the bow of the ship where there was no one else around so we could be alone. He held my hand and little did I … Continue reading Love At First Shot →

Another week, another lesson, this time in Design. It was a pretty interesting week, since I’ve never thought about design before now. I learned a lot, I think, although in the end I’d have to say that design? Not really my thing. But it’s always fun to try new things, and I think I’ll be […]

So, for this designblitz, I decided to stick to the variety of stuff I have around my apartment, because it is gross outside, and I have a lot of stuff in my apartment. It wasn’t too difficult to find designs that captivated some of these concepts. Let’s begin with: Typography This is my roommate’s big Hershey’s […]

Here is the original assignment. My favorite novel of all time is The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management by Tom Demarco. This book is about software development, management, and all the politics involved in producing successful software projects. As a kid, I loved to play the card game Yu-Gi-Oh!. I used an online tool to … Continue reading Deadline: Trading Cards

My daily create on October 4th. This is my fourth daily create of the week. I had to create the packaging I had if I were sold in a toy store. My toy store packaging for #tdc1365 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/Bo9pZ01pqv — Ben Brady (@BBrady92) October...

If I could package myself, I would come as Batman. He is my favorite “superhero” even though he does not have super powers. I like to pretend that I have the same qualities as Batman. Here is the link to my twitter and flickr.

Here is the original assignment. I walked out from my room. A long hallway stood between me and happiness: a window that peered off my deck onto the grassland and roads below. How could I cross this impeccable distance? There were so many distractions in the way. First, I stumbled over my cat. Meooow! “Jeter, what … Continue reading Through My Window

Here is the original assignment. Have you ever heard of ET for the Atari 2600? It could quite possibly be the most famous video game in history. Nearly every single sold copy was returned to the manufacture. The games were then aggregated and dumped collectively into a landfill in New Mexico. Read more about it. The … Continue reading ET (Atari 2600) Packaging

Have you ever wanted to try something different? One thing you could try doing is flipping your computer chair upside-down, and then sitting on it. You may quickly realize that there is only one sure way to orient a computer chair, and that is with all the legs closest to the floor. However, for those adventurous souls, go ahead … Continue reading An uncomfortable, comfortable chair

Here is the original assignment. If I could merge two companies together, I wouldn’t merge Apple and Amazon. The two companies provide vastly different services and products to their customers. I would, however, combine their logos into an epic melding of the two. Behold all that is Applezon.

This week’s group work on our radio show consisted of us creating a logo for our show. The name we chose was Wacky History and Rachel created a logo. The kind of show we decided to do was to each have a separate segment talking about a specific item.

This week was all about DESIGN! I had a great time with my design assignments, and also I learned so much more about each element. Daily Creates: Combining 2 logos: Which Mexican restaurant will you choose? Upside Down Day: I chose something that looked cool upside down. Daylight Savings Time is soon approaching, and for … Continue reading Weekly Summary 6

This little booklet explains the what design is and how to work with design in order to create something amazing and timeless. That’s one of the first points I noticed that really stood out: a rant on how design is made to withstand time and despises obsolescence. I found this statement to be a little […]