GD1 mhuebsch

daily journal 8

2010-05-07T03:25:00Z

Today I was awake at like 6am, but didnt really get up until 8am. I had a few things to do before classes. I made some french roast coffee and had a banana on my way to UPS to get some things printed off.

daily journal 7

2010-05-05T03:36:07Z

Today, I was up really early to finish up some homework before class, I had some coffee and poured some to go. The symbol today will simply be coffee.

daily journal 6

2010-05-03T16:02:35Z

All I had today was a donut. I woke up late, was in a hurry, and grabbed one quick on my way out the door into school. I didn't have time to make coffee or anything. Thus, my symbol today will just be a donut.

5/3

daily journal 5

2010-05-03T16:00:17Z

Today I was running a little late but I really wanted breakfast cuz I knew I had a long day ahead of me so I made a bowl of cereal right before I left, and took it with me. After the walk down the stairs I was a little worried on how this would work out, but then I made it to the car and was just fine, so spillage. Todays symbol is a bowl of cereal.

5/2

daily journal 4

2010-05-03T15:58:41Z

I was extremely tired this morning so I stopped at the gas station and bought a red bull to wake myself up on my way to work. I guess it helped a little, but I was still pretty out of it. So my symbol for the day will be some sort of energy drink.

5/1

daily journal 3

2010-05-03T15:57:12Z

Today I made my own coffee (I picked some up last night). Also, I had a donut, so my symbol for the day will be representing coffee & donuts.

4/30

daily journal 1 & 2

2010-04-29T17:13:40Z

When I drive to school and/or work each day, I'm usually always drinking coffee or something. Today I realized I was out of coffee, so I just had an apple in the morning on my way to class. So my symbol for the day will be an apple I suppose. Yesterday I had a half cappuccino, half coffee from the DC gas station. So my symbol from yesterday will be something representing 1/cappuccino/ 1/2coffee.

brochure grid

2010-04-26T21:37:05Z

ch2&3 layout

2010-04-14T03:03:29Z

The use of the grid is one of the most basic fundamentals of design. It has been ever since the first art piece ever made. I liked the last couple pages the best, talking about the different elements of design. Juxtaposition, hierarchy, balance, proximity, and unity are some of these. I think the best and most clever designs are ones that have a strong showing of these elements. You can create a very simple and very effective piece without all the extra clutter if you take your time and keep the fundamentals in mind. Ive always been a very organized person, so I really like how the grid looks, and Im especially drawn to pieces with a very unique grid. I liked the part about the visual center too, the fact that it's not always the very middle is so true. Each piece, I think, has a different visual center and that usually has to do with the layout (grid).

I found the part in the third chapter about the development of the world map over time the most interesting because its very relate-able and we've seen it change in our lifetime. The points made about type size and style are good things to think about too. Ive done it plenty of times where I make everything and do the type last and then I usually end up re-adjusting everything again because type size varies from font to font. I plan on selecting typeface first and setting up a grid before I really get going on each page of my booklet.

google moodboard

2010-03-10T19:33:53Z

here's my google moodboard

im thinking of making a commercial and poster to go with it

google moodboard.pdf

retro contemporary

2010-03-09T17:10:59Z

I found this recent illustration by 'maa designs' and it combines classic pop art with the new digital age, I think anyways. There are quite a few of these on the home site
click here

final poster design

2010-03-09T17:06:01Z

mixed messages

2010-03-03T19:24:05Z

I just happened to find these and thought they were pretty awesome.

click here to see more

magazine article

2010-03-02T02:03:37Z

I found an article in ESPN magazine about athletes Twittering during their games in 2009 and how it has changed everything. The graphics within the article are clever and send the message perfectly. I didn't even need to read the title in order to know what the article was, is says it perfectly in the graphic without any text at all. The font of the title is very "futuristic" and "internet-like," if you will.

statements

2010-02-22T18:04:05Z

One United World

I want to remind all the countries across the globe that this is one united world. We should be reaching out to each other in times of need and remember that we are all connected by this one Earth. The hands reaching out from each continent symbolizes this. The blue background can be looked at as the water that all of us use. I used multiple different styles of type to signify the diversity across the world.

Peace

With this poster, I intend to send the message of "cooperation makes peace." If we cooperate and build with each other and not against each other, we can come closer and closer to reaching the goal of peace. There are 7 triangles are symbolizing 7 continents, and the hands reaching out are symbolizing what we are trying to get, peace.