Jamin Hegeman

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  • Design School 2007,
    Me in 2008, and a Blizzard

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    Happy new year +3! What follows is my experience in 2007 as a graduate student and the opportunities it afforded me, as well as what I will be doing in 2008. Finally, I mention the blizzard that is about to hit Mammoth Lakes, California, where I currently am. Design School and 2007 Two thousand and…

  • Identity Design

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    According to BusinessWeek, it’s all about me in 2008. Identity will replace experience in design. This bodes well for my thesis project, which is all about identity design. I’m so ahead of the curve.

  • How I Became a Designer

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    This post is inspired by Jack Moffet’s Mystory, which was inspired by a recent IxDA discussion on when/where/how you decided to become a designer. To answer this question, I could go through my life story—army » engineering » poetry » journalism » web producer » editor » web developer—but that would be rather long and…

  • Service Design Deliverables

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    After 13 weeks of working with the UPMC Neurosurgery Clinic, directed by Dr. Amin Kassam, we have decided to produce a small communication design piece. Compared with other projects, which have mostly focused on technological solutions, producing a booklet feels a little uncomfortable. I catch myself thinking, “This is it?” Well, actually it’s not. In…

  • Thesis Paper Abstract v3

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    After my Thanksgiving thesis paper writing blitz, I realized I needed to once again revise the abstract to more coherently attempt to express the aim of my paper. While I’m still not 100 percent happy with it, the following abstract represents my latest direction for my paper. It is difficult to talk about the design…