Category: Design
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Lesson About Cubes
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in DesignEver try to make a cube out of paper? It??????s hard. Add requirements like it must have three-inch sides, fit flat and disassembled in an enveloped, someone should be able to assemble it easily, and the cube should stay intact after assembly, and you??????re talking hours of frustration. That??????s what we did today. We made…
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End of Week 1, and Lunch with Dan Boyarski
Today concluded our week with Karen Moyer and typographic hierarchy. I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but we will have a new instructor who will explore a different aspect of design each week. Next week has to do with 3D objects, I believe. After class we were treated to lunch with Dan Boyarski,…
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Richard L. Gregory and Me
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in DesignOkay, so it??????s day three of design school, and I??????m writing about it yet again. Today I felt even more excited about the path that I’ve taken. I??????m learning stuff and it’s fun. I doubt I will keep up my blogging about the coursework, but I don’t think I really want to, because as I…
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Visualogic and Introductions
Today I was introduced to the idea of typographic hierarchy and visualogic, which was defined as the cognitive relationship between any two lines and groups of text, and the way those relationships are reflected visually. I also received my first assignment meant to explore typographic hierarchy. After years of arranging text into meaningful and digestible…
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Grad School Day 1
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in DesignToday was my first day of classes at CMU. My first day as a graduate student. Weird. Strange. Surreal. But cool. I??????m really excited and happy to be back in school. It??????s hard to believe I completed my undergraduate degree (in poetry!) 10 years ago. I definitely do not yet see myself as a student.…
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SXSW: Designing the Next Generation of Web Apps
These are my notes from this panel, which took place March 14. I’m moving at web speed, I know. George Oates, Producer, Ludicorp Mena Trott , Partner, Six Apart Evan Williams, CEO, Odeo, Inc. Jeffrey Veen, Measure Map Eric Rodenbeck, Dir, Stamen Design Themes of web application design Eric: moveon.org, interactive town hall meeting. 50,000…
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Writing and Design
While my current title is web developer, I have a degree in writing with a concentration in poetry. This often is a bit of surprise to people, because the two are not typically compatible, or at the very least, the path from one to the other is not apparently logical. However I found my way…