Theories of design.  CONCEPT + FORM = Magic As a personal reflection of the semester, I think I grew more then I thought I would, but it took longer for the growing the kick in then it should have.  The prior knowledge of design that I had was holding me back on the possible growing [...]

Is this the poster I should send to print?  I have re-shot (once again) and got rid of the distracting highlight at the bottle tops, Made the background a different shade of yellow… This time I was also trying to incorporate the teddy bear as a representation of a child and have a ray of [...]

The growth of my poster entry for the reach out and read poster for the Kansas City AIGA chapter is shown from top to bottom.  Ideas from the bottom most post will be included with the illustrated version… Transitioning from book, book, book, bottle, book to— bottle, bottle, bottle, book, bottle.  Although I find the [...]

Reach out and read first draft posters

We have just finished the monogram and layout, assignment for typography.  We were assigned an element from the periodic table, asked to research its properties, and create a monogram and layouts for both print and web.  We explored the limitations and new technology in web safe typography.  All while applying the grid-like structure from the [...]

First draft of my type web layouts for my element KRYPTON

I found this amazing site for balsam studio which is using a very nice grid layout, as well as a beautifully designed flash site.  The site is very interactive and has very smooth usability, but I found it interesting that the 7 column grid is used in there site as well as in there actual [...]

Here is some process of the process for creating a monogram for the element Krypton, which is represented by the letters KR.  The two main topics I was trying to communicate was the stability of the element and it’s natural gaseous form.  I chose the top monogram as my final version because of the organic [...]

In the article Speak Up examines artist Laura Fields juxtaposition of the Tiffany Co. Ad and the news article found on page 3 of the New York Times.  The constant juxtaposition often creates an unexpected emotional response from Fields who looks at the interaction daily, and creates an artistic awareness to its interaction.  This interaction [...]

Kansas City AIGA, A REEL DESIGN FILM SERIES, hosted TYPEFACE a film about the Hamilton wood type museum in North East, Two Rivers, Wisconsin.  The film addresses the struggle of a dying practice of wood type printing.  The digressing nature of a experiential process, the efficiency of printing with wooden type blocks is getting overthrown [...]