It’s all a lie. Nothing you know is real. The end is near and doom is inevitable.
JK it’s just some tricky design work. Come find out how to be more self-aware.
Category: Incidentals
Protest bad design
What do the images and icons used by a protest group say about that group?
Back to the future
How did we begin thinking faster than time?
False making
So I got this mug for Christmas, great gift, I love it and my mom knows me well. It’s a mug with an outlined illustration on it that I can color with the supplied markers and bake so that it is permanent. Then I thought about it, the business that makes these mugs buys illustrations from other artists to use on their products.
Before the stress sets In – survival tips
Transitioning back into a fresh new semester can be quite eventful with new classes, new projects, and new information flooding the mind. There will moments filled with anxiety and pressure- thesis writers I’m talking to […]
It’s Friday so why not
Always, always pay attention…for we are surrounded with typographic joy.
Pointy analogies
Pencil is digital and pen is print.
Mini cows are a thing
I never thought my research in design would lead to the discovery of mini cows, but it did and I am a much happier person for it.
Critiquing systems of critiques
we sit in near silence while watching presentations on loop and write our critiques in a shared Google Document
Hero
I went and saw Moana opening week with my family. While watching I felt a slight humor in seeing Campbell’s Hero’s journey strikes again! the journey is our hero lives a normal life. Something causes […]
I can see your future
we all leave a trace of ourselves over the Internet – find out your future by using this tool
Meat is in vitro meat is…
It is interesting to reflect on how learning more about something through research can help separate your visceral reactions from the head logic.
Print is dead. What about paper?
Students in Denise’s type class got to attend paper school this fall. In our digital world, paper sometimes feels like a novelty.
Alien text
What do graphic designers really see at the movies? The work of other designers, of course. Sometimes all it takes is a vision and some inspiration to make imagination a reality.
The art of choosing the right paper
Jessica and Anna, paper reps from Lindenmyr Paper Merchants, visited our Information and Publishing Design Systems class. What an amazing opportunity to learn about paper production and options for creative printed projects!
Let’s make (and break) those connections
Let’s make (and break) those connections A key skill utilized in this semester’s design as cognitive artifact studio is to summarize research in visual/textual form via concept mapping. Early in the semester it became apparent […]
Drowning in paper
I got a little carried away and may or may not have made a mess.