Timeline

The purpose of this project was to first get us to think critically about  two historical, designed artifacts through a comparative essay, then to get us to create a book design that would show and enhance the content. I compared Eric Gill's The Four Gospels and Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and argued that despite the large gap in the times of their publications, they had a similar impact on design.

locating place

The book part of this project was a lesson in interacting with local businesses and book binding, while the animation portion reinforced our knowledge of after effects and/or flash. My book, East Side Story, displayed the Kevin Lynch text we were given in addition to a case study and essay focusing on the gentrification occurring in Austin's east side. I compiled information from the case study to create info-graphics to aid the readers understanding.

 

personal geography

perceptual map

In creating this version, I wanted to convey both the intensity and duration of each sense. I used opacity to express the intensity of certain events, where the more opaque icons represent more stimulating things or feelings. The rectangles represent the duration of each sense.

cognitive map

My cognitive map was created based on some of the decisions I make on my way to class and their relationship to various factors. As seen in the map, each determinant influences my decisions, and thus produces different outcomes, or events.

artifact map

For this map, I was influenced by my actual drive to campus and the feeling that I was driving in a single direction on the interstate, ignoring its actual shape and direction. So, in creating the map, I opted to eliminate curves and solely use lines.

critical mass

For this project, I used the automotive industry as an allegory for genetic modification, where the cars were metaphors for genetically modified crops. Rather than illustrating the entire car manufacturing process, I thought it would be interesting to juxtapose the cars with various images of cells as well as the syringe.

material studies

For this project, we had to explore various materials through the creation of typefaces. In constructing the various letter forms, we were forced to analyze the materials and notice the nuances that set it apart from others. For example, I took advantage of the malleability of plastic toothbrushes after being boiled. I ended up choosing the keys as my final material because of the fact that they could actually be used once the letters were constructed. Thus, I chose to illustrate that in the form of an animation.

illustrator excercise

This exercise was our first real lesson with the pen tool in illustrator. We had to learn to use the anchors and handles correctly to essentially trace over the image of the duck.

symbol methodology

My topic for this project was agriculture, which I broke down into growth/tending, organic farming, and genetic modification. Each subtopic was transformed into a symbol through a series of drawings, illustrations, and vectors.

scales: russian constructivism

Do you take baths or showers?

 

What annoys you most in others?

What is religion?

For this project in Image Methodology, we utilized our skills in Photoshop as well as various images we generated to answer a set of questions in a specific, historical design style or movement. This particular set was to be modeled in the vein of Russian Constuctivism. To do so, I used geometric shapes,  black and white images as well as a pale yellows and bright reds, a color palette found in nearly every Russian constructivist poster. The questions answered are listed above each work.

scales: tactile

scavenger hunt

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