Field Guide

Open publication - Free publishing - More design

My field guide showed a list of skate spots in Austin, presented as through it were an iPhone app. Challenges regarding this project included working on such a small scale and designing for a touch screen. I found it difficult to display the click stream only using pdfs.

website

The assignment for the we were given the option of either redesigning an existing website or create a portfolio website for our work using html and css. We were given a color palette and type choices to apply to our design and also told you keep user interaction in mind. We were taken through the entire process of designing a website beginning with research then sitemaps, wireframes, visual design, and finally coding to create four functioning pages of a website. The difficulties of this project were mostly in the actual coding like the positioning and alignment of all the elements. As a result of this project, I became more proficient in using dreamweaver, html, and css.

kitchen of meaning

This project was an exercise in really understanding the meaning of a given word and also the world in which that word lives. We had to illustrate the meaning of the word on a poster, while advertising a theoretical exhibition in the Fine Arts Center.

dada poster

We were first given a specific art or design movement and did research to fully understand it.We were then instructed to create a poster advertising a showcase of that movement at the Blanton museum using buttons. I created a system in which the exhibit was open Wednesday through Sunday for 3 weeks, where members received  buttons on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday and non-members on the other two to play off of the exclusivity of the Dada Movement. Each week, the buttons would showcase a different key aspect of the movement. Aside from learning how to assemble buttons, a challenge was designing on such a small scale.

instructional design

For this project, I envisioned this instructional piece to be apart of a series of flipbooks, sold as novelties or coffee table books. I chose a flipbook so users could have something tangible, with written instructions and visuals, but also be able to see the process of folding and unfolding. I believed this would be both fun and instructive for my college student audience.

words in motion

When I thought of the word 'order', I was reminded of communist Soviet Russia. From there, I had the idea of illustrating that notion in the vain of russian constructivism. Furthermore, I illustrated the letters arranging themselves in order though quick, precise movements.



For this piece, I just thought of different things that were playful and incorporated them into the animation. The ideas that influenced this animation were a puppet show, a person playfully surprising another person, and a child playing with toys.

blue squares

Although previous projects forced me to learn after effects and become familiar with motion, this exercise aided in both refining my craft and teaching me new effects.

type specimen

Mrs. Eaves reminded me of a type face you might see in a fairy tale, so that notion influenced the color and design of my book. I made a point to use every facet of the Mrs. Eaves font family to ensure an accurate representation of the type face in this type specimen book.

prototype

The title of this prototype is "Four Square", after the square units seemingly stamped out of each letter.

design culture now

new poster

original

In typography class, our first project was to create a poster focusing on hierarchy while incorporating a contemporary modern design aesthetic. The poster I designed below illustrates the Do-It-Yourself scene prevalent in Austin through a geometric type I created in Illustrator and a charcoal brush stroke on the dates, lines, and designer's names.

I made changes to the original poster in attempt to make it a little bit more refined.