This timeline shows the evolution of design from 1860 to 2000.
Tag: fall
Locating Place: Book
Throughout my numerous visits to the East Ceasar Chavez neighborhood in Austin I kept noticing the Hispanic culture influence and the splash of color throughout the area. I decided to make my book about just that. I wanted to do something that not only reflect what I noticed in the neighborhood, but do it in a not so direct way. So I decided to do a mystery children’s book that had inspiration from both the colorful neighborhood and film noir.
Type Timeline
This timeline show the progression of writing and typography throughout the years, starting from 15,000 BC to 1954.
Locating Place: Animated GIFs
These five gifs reflects what I noticed the most in the the Ceasar Chavez neighborhood in East Austin. The pinata represents the influence of the Hispanic culture present in this neighborhood. While, the bland background and colorful, moving pinata represents the splash of color in this area.
Identity Serious: Bauhaus
This poster was designed for a fake exhibit in the Blanton Museum of Art. The exhibit would reflect some the Bauhaus school’s production, including furniture, paintings, graphics, and architecture. I designed the poster with the Bauhaus graphic style in mind.
Critical Mass: Rat Attack
This project was a motion piece that had to serve as an allegory for a science concept (mitosis). I attempted to make a story that showed a very simple definiti0n of mitosis. I designed it to be more cartooned like and simple.
Personal Geography
These are three different types (artifact, perceptual, cognitive) of maps that show my route, my senses, and my thoughts to my first class. This project helped me get more comfortable with Illustrator and the pen tool. The only real problem I had with this project was figuring out the color scheme.
Scale: Pop Art
In this “Scale” project I had to make three compositions that respond to a chosen prompt, which was drawn out of a bag. I had to design them with an influence of Pop art
What is service?
What is the purpose of the government?
Material Study
I was assigned a material studies project in which I had to explore different materials. The ultimate goal of this project was to decide upon a material and create our own typeface from it. I experimented with light bulbs, sponges, and springs. I finally decided to choose sponges for my type because of their texture, color, and shape.
Symbols
I had to design symbols for a topic that doesn’t really have classified symbols for it. I chose the subject of rock music. The three subtopics I chose were the music itself, the diversity of rock, and lyrics of rock.
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