Graphic Design History Paper

For this assignment I compared the development and design of social networking sites to the International graphic design movement. I needed to research both the graphic design history behind the Swiss movement and the development of social networking. I compared both throughly.

Presentation: Plakastil

This is the non powerpoint I designed for a presentation I did in Graphic Design History on Plakastil. I researched the topic thoroughly and presented a 10 minute overview to my peers. My presentation style includes lots of verbal communication heavy with visual elements. It is not text heavy in any way.

Concept Map: Life Cycle of the iPhone

The assignment was to make a clear and comprehendible concept map. I chose to do a concept map on the life cycle of the iPhone because when we were given this assignment the iPhone 4s was just released. I included the entire life cycle from the development of the idea to the disposal of the iPhone. I did lots of research and tried to include it in a clean design.

Field Guide Book

I designed a field guide for graphic designers who are unfamiliar with the typeface used by different businesses on South Congress Avenue. I chose to do this because I was curious but what typefaces are used. I went with a simple color scheme as not to take away from the typeface being featured. I also made it pocket sized so that it could be taken into the field if necessary. 

Open publication - Free publishing - More congress

Locating Place: Book

I authored two books for the locating place assignment. I aimed to create the books to be non PDFable. I achieved this goal by creating a transitions of vellum in between the chapter sections. This was my first attempt at binding. I chose to do a long stitch which was featured through exposed binding. The focus of my book was to locate what makes people human. I did this by exploring and researching basic human behavior.

Locating Place: Interactive

This is an interactive piece I created for the East Side project. It was a complicated project in which I used Flash, Final Cut Pro, Sound Cut Pro, and After Effects. I interviewed different people from 3 different businesses. I edited the footage added music and added fun effects. Unfortunately I can not get it to upload correctly.

Activity Booklet: TASA

The TASA book came with a series of challenges which I had never faced before. I was required to go through pages of information which I needed to organize. Once organized it needed to be designed into a small book which could be easily read and accessed. I made it pocket size with a center fold out map. It technically is two books which are saddle stitched onto a long piece of paper which includes the cover and the maps.