Design Brief #5 Final Design

While working on this design my first thought was to have white space so that it did not look too cluttered. I also wanted it to look friendly and easy to ready. So what I did was selected a readable typeface with a readable font and enough leading to make my design look professional. My audience should feel ease while reading this design, and should not be overwhelmed. The typeface selected for this design was Trebuchet. I like this typeface because its easy to read, but at the same time it grabs your attention. I left the bacteria in the circle because I like the look. It gives a science look to it, and since that's what this design is about I didn't want to take away from it.
I learned that visual hierarchy is important in all designs, white space as well. If you follow these two important steps, people should be able to understand you design.

A Design I Respect

I respect this design because of the creativity. I don't think I would be able to produce this design if it was asked of me, in fact I know I wont.

I like it because of how the shoe looks. I don't like tennis shoes but I feel like I should go and get these. That's how amazing this design is. I feel that there is visual hierarchy, because the design is so crisp. You are able to see the small details of the shoe, even the laces stand out.

Awesome design

Design Brief #5

This design brief is something that I'm excited about. I had to work with instructions in my ENG 206 class, and will have to work with them in the future. I'm excited to learn, but once again a little worried. The first draft is when I'm usually the most concerned. After this I get ideas from others and improve my document. I'm excited to learn about the layout, and how that works. This design brief should be interesting, and I hope to gain all the knowledge I can for future references

At the moment I don't have any questions, but I'm sure I will along the way. I will ask the instructor, and my peers for help and feedback

A look back into the Semester

Today we got a chance to look back at the work that we have done through out the semester and I couldn't help but laugh. I felt embarrassed to turn in what I did. I think I have improved my work from the beginning. Something I felt I improved the most on was visual hierarchy. I didn't understand this until the reading and class discussions, and that's when I felt my work started to change. Another strong improvement for me is the typeface that I selected. I liked the bubbly and big typeface, and I can see that in my earlier work. I noticed that after the feedback from my peers about it was when I change my typefaces. I'm glad that I changed it, because it made my work look unprofessional. Another improvement I made is the overall presentation of my work. I remembered the first boards I brought in with the edges all jagged and ruff. Now I look at my boards and the ends are a lot better. That was a learning experience for me.

Some things I felt I struggled with, and still do is repetition, and figure and ground. I was always afraid to have repetition in my work because there is a such thing as too much repetition. Now I did add some to my work but I feel that I maybe more can be added
My struggle with figure and ground is that I always want everything to be seen. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is when it come to my work. I always emphasize the wrong thing. This is something I feel I am getting better at but can still work on. I know the figure is the most important, but I don't know how make the ground as important.

Brochure

Working on my brochure was exciting. I was afraid in the beginning because I didn't think I would be able to make a decent brochure. I am happy that I did not let my fears get in my way of creating my brochure.

My brochure design is simple, but at the same time gets the point across. I tried to make crazy shapes and boxes, but it just looked weird. I like my brochure because its not to much to overwhelm readers. The text I used was Bookman Old Style. I like it because its easy to read. The text I choose for the Title was Broadway. I like this text because its so big and bold. Others may disagree, but I decided to keep it.

Making this brochure was a experience I will never forget. There were many times I found myself frustrated and upset, but I learned something so I am grateful for that!

A design I like

This is a design that I found on google. I like it because its so simple. I like the visual hierarchy, and how what is suppose to be seen(Which is the alphabets on the right) is seen. Then it goes into other designs but is still using the same letters. If I was told to create a design with the alphabets, this wouldn't come to mind. This design is simple and covers what we talk about in class. I like it for that reason.

Design Brief 4

After reading Design Brief 4 I have multiple concerns. The first is to actually make the brochure. I'm concerned that I will be unable to design one. Another concern is the use of repetition. I'm a person that sometimes takes advice and run with it, so I'm afraid that I will either use too much repetition or not enough.

I am really nervous about this brief. The brochure's that I saw in class were amazing, and I don't think I could produce something of that caliber. I'm usually confident about briefs, but not so much with this one

I hope I am able to create something that is decent and presentable. I hope my fear doesn't hinder my ability to create an awesome brochure

Revising Flyers

After class on Tuesday I was excited to go home and revise my flyer's. The feedback that I received was very helpful. I was able to revise my flyer's and I think they look better now. My original though while working on my first draft was to make sure that everything was seen, even the small text so that what I did. The feedback that I received was that all three of my flyer's were covered in words. So I focused more on the hierarchy of what was important and made the adjustments. I also focused on the visual path, and made sure that the order of what needs to be seen is seen. I also test out my flyer's on my mom asked her the first five things she saw, and it worked. I think my flyer's are definitely better than the first. I'm looking forward to class tomorrow so I can receive more feedback, and hopefully continue to improve them before the final version is due

Visual Hierarchy

While reading the required text I was able to pinpoint what I felt the most important. It’s the design. The design is what people look at, and what carries the message across. The reading states that it creates stories, provides data and adds depth to your design. This is something I agree completely and that why I feel it’s the most important point. Some specific guidelines that I will use will be visual hierarchy, and just focusing on how that important that is. The reading breaks down the focal points on how to make the visual hierarchy stand out. It explains font contrast, shape and more. Nothing surprise from the readings. I was happy to learn the new background information about visual hierarchy

Design Brief 3

I'm really excited about design brief 3 because we are going to be working with pictures and not just text. I feel that with pictures its easier to get your message across since most people are visual. The concerns I have about this brief are the same as the prior two. I'm not an artistic persona at all, so this will be a learning process for me. I am glad we get to use pictures though, that way I can be more creative.

Reading about Desinging Forms

The things that I would consider to be the most important about the readings would be the seven principles of design. What I was able to understand from it was the background it gave me on how to make you document legible and readable I never knew that so many specific things go into making documents readable and legible, the contrast, balance, rhythm and more. Its amazing.

The suggestions that I've taken from the readings are creating personality to documents by using certain features, tell a story by using visual hierarchy, the textual aspect of design describes using different sizes based on length of writing and much more

Overall the readings were all very informative and interesting. There was a lot of information on them all so I'm sure I will need to go back to the in the future to remember

My fav Typography poster

This cover is my favorite because of the overlapping, contrast, and spacing. The figure/ground relationship is very visible. There could be an argument that the figure is the dark blue and the ground is the light blue or vice versa The fact that it is speaking with not only the words, but the picture is interesting. It is speaking because the title "Hidden Truth" is hidden. Over all this is an intrinsic piece and I have never seen one like it

Reading about Type

Reading about typography was interesting because it was a term I was unfamiliar with until now. The most important thing I thought was being able to make harmony with the graphics that is being used. This is something that could be difficult depending on how the type is laid and how it flows into the graphics. This is something I feel I will struggle with, but I hope to accomplish. Other points that were address that I feel could be incorporated into my work are making it interesting, overlapping objects, spacing, margins, contrast and more. All of these things can be go into my work.

Final Three Tiles and Design Brief 2 Concerns

I'm unable to upload the tiles, but I will when I figure out how to do so.


I'm really looking forward to design brief 2 simply because the first was interesting. I was off to a rocky start at first and didn't think I would do so well, but after the readings, and lessons in class I got it, and I was able to accomplish the work. With this brief it seems a bit harder. I'm not sure how you can make text look different from how it is. I'm sure there is a way, and I'm ready to learn about it.

Figure and Ground Relationship

After carefully reading all of the required text for this week, the last reading helped me understand the relationship between figure and shape. The figure is what is notice and the ground is not. So the ground is like the background, and the figure is what you design. Even though it may seem like the ground is not important, it is. They both work with each other. If you only focus on the figure then the design wont be complete. These concepts and terms are important because you have to understand them to be able to work in the design field. If you don't know the terms or even worst don't know how to use them, then another career path may be a wise choice. I will use these terms by paying attention to the whole design, since I mostly focus on the figure. I now know to focus on the ground as well. The figure/ground relationship that my design has is it is using most of the ground. The viewer is able to focus on the figure, while the ground is showcased as well

Tile Context

The three tile context that I would choose would be
-Hospital wall
-Transit Station
-Curtain Hall Fountain

For the hospital wall the sick kids will see it as well as visitors for the children, and workers of the hospital, so it will need to be bright and uplifting. With many colors. There will be a bright sun and clear skies, with green grass to show a sign of hope. So the tile colors that I will use will be mostly blue yellow, and green, for the grass

The transit station will be very bright as well, but will have more ads, and different colors to grab the workers, of the station and the people that go to the stations. The tile colors will vary from red to black, yellow, orange. It depends on the ad

The fountain design will be earthy tile colors like blue, green, yellow, and brown. Every time I see it, I get a nice warm feeling, I feel like I should run a play in it. So combining my feelings with the fountain and the colors will be perfect. The students, visitors, faculty, and even people who live in the neighborhood will be able to view this