Process Book

Tonight, I'm trying to get all the last second pieces added to my process book for our project, "What is Good Design?". The whole process of this project has been a bit stressful, but it was a lot of fun being able to design a poster. I think I may have been a little bit more interested if the project was over a group of objects that had good design; I think it may have been a little easier to do with more objects....but with more objects it could get messy and cluttered. I am happy with how my poster turned out and how my process book is looking! I am going to try and keep up with the process book a little better with the next project so I can have it done more in advance. My favorite part of this project was being able to use InDesign and take the poster in almost any direction we want. Below is a picture of my finished project and the title page of my process book!

Hallmark Symposium: Timothy Archibald

"Timothy Archibald is a San Francisco based editorial and commercial photographer. His personal projects have appeared in the collections of Videotage in Hong Kong, The Australian Center for Photography, The Museum of Sex, NY, N.Y., and The Catskill Center for Photography in Woodstock N.Y. In his recent book Echolilia: A Father's Photographic Conversation with his Autistic Son, Archibald used his camera to create an emotional bridge with his son."

The note above is a short description of who Timothy Archibald is and what kind of work he does. Going to his lecture was surprisingly really fun. He opened with a project that was titled "Sex Machines" and it was about people from all around the U.S. that made and/or sold actual 'sex machines'. He made it very humorous and was extremely open to discussion about his thought process and where he got the idea to do such a taboo topic. He then went on to show us another project of his about his son, who has autism. I was able to relate to this project more on a deeper note because I am very close friends with my figure skating coach whose son has autism as well. It was interesting to see how Archibald took photos of his son, some doing everyday activities and some not so normal. At the end, when students were asking questions, he was very open to discussion and made everything as if it were a one on one conversation with him. He connected with the audience to a great extent and made the lecture not so lecture-ish..!

Reflection on Reading Response #1: Understanding Design

For this reading response, there were a few different sections from three different books we had to read. Usually, I don't like reading...but this was actually some very interesting material to read. I read excerpts from "Understanding Design" by Kees Dorst, "Toothpicks & Logos- Design in Every Day Life" by John Heskett, and "By Design" by Ralph Caplan.  I enjoyed reading these and I am taking them into consideration while choosing my five, well-designed objects. I thought Dorst's book/excerpt  was the most intriguing. I was the most involved with that book mentally and in my notes. All of the points he made about what design is and how to describe it are ridiculously accurate, and help with how I think about design. How design is problem solving, evolution, learning, etc. I would eventually (when I have the money..broke college life!) like to get the full books of these and read all the way through them to dig deeper into their thoughts and works with design! 

Color Lecture

I really enjoyed the color lecture. I liked learning about all the different terms of colors like Hue, Value, Chroma, etc. At first I thought it was confusing because everything was so similar...but once I started taking pictures for my homework I was able to actually understand what it meant. I also liked seeing examples of the different artists that used the limited palettes because I really like that look on paintings or photographs. I also like the use of neutrals because it is calming and can be relaxing. Below are some of the pictures I took as examples of the color unity strategies.