Capstone Civic Engagment

Recipe Website

This project was assigned as a technical project to learn about Dreamweaver. We were to create a website explaining how to make something while incorporating a text link, image link and image map. I chose to do chocolate chip cookies and created a pattern as well as type treatments in Illustrator.

http://myweb.stedwards.edu/smartinf/

Concept Map

For the concept map project we were given a list of topics to choose from and I chose to do a map about crime scene investigation. After researching the topic I chose to organize the information by the people that are involved in processing a crime scene. each group of people has an icon.

Locating Place

This project was created to explore how we locate place. In the first part of this project we were to create a minute long motion piece about our first impression of East Austin. My concept behind this piece was hidden beauty throughout the Eastside. I chose to portray this through a poem by Edgar Allen Poe that I felt captured the aesthetic of what I was trying to get across. The text of the poem is inlayed with photos of the textures and hidden treasures that can be found throughout East Austin.

For the second part of this project I chose to focus on the four main sections of central Austin, North, South, East & West. I collected photos, poems, articles and song lyrics to try and recreate the aesthetic and general feeling that you get while visiting each part of Austin. As you move through the book the reader has to flip it to reflect the orientation of each part of Austin; i.e. to read the "South" section the reader must flip the book upside down.

Research Paper: Gdes History

This is the research paper I wrote and laid out for graphic design history. It is about the origin of the phrase "form follows function" and how it applies to design today. I chose minimal designing because the point of the phrase is to convey information as effectively as possible.
Form and Function

Image Analysis

For Image Analysis we were instructed to find anything that was created within the last year or two and analyze it for all possible graphic design references. I have always had an interest in wine packaging design because the design not only directly impacts a buyer's choice but the designs are usually very interesting. I analyzed the wine label for "Strong Arms" and found upwards of ten references. Instead of doing a poster I chose to create wine charms to describe the references to graphic design history. Each reference was labeled with a letter that corresponded to one of the wine charms.

GDES History Presentation

This is my presentation for Graphic Design history. I was assigned Swiss Style and spent weeks researching the movement and preparing for this presentation. I chose to create my presentation in InDesign and then pdf it. This presentation was type-set in Helvetica and reflects Swiss Style in its strict grid structure and asymmetry. I also handed out gridded paper that allowed my classmates to design something Swiss-like during my presentation.
Swiss Style