Global Warming Concept Map

Organizing a concept into a visual map is much easier said than done. The visual representation needs to be in line with the concept, while the flow of content must also be easily understood. My biggest hold-up was that I really wanted the flow to look organic, as my chosen subject was global warming. In trying to work with organic shapes and lines, the hierarchy and flow of content was not as clear. I had to find a way for the map to be organic, yet structured.

Dada Poster and Buttons

This project required that we really focus on creating a visual system. The poster for our movement along with the series of buttons had to work together visually. Developing the content was difficult as well. I needed my images to clearly convey the Dada movement, but I didn't want to mimic the pieces exactly. I decided to focus on the social mockery of Dada, so I created images to mock modern society. For each age group of Blanton admission, I picked out a negative quality to "make fun of."

Kitchen of Meaning

Each student was assigned a conceptual word to use as the design basis for a poster advertising a gallery exhibition. The methodology used began with production of 30 studies of our word, perhaps the most challenging part for me. My word, morphology, is about the structure and form of things. I learned a lot about how to use and idea as a design theme.

Design Culture Now poster

This was my first poster project, designed to teach us about hierarchy of text and use of typography in communication. I learned how to work with negative space and text to create something informative and visually appealing. It was especially challenging to find just the right way to place different groups of text within the space.