Names contain so much meaning for something intangible. They contain our identities, they represent us, who we are. We tend to take our names for granted nowadays, but what if your name was taken from you? What if you were given a new name, something entirely foreign? Would you feel your sense-of-self changed, your identity violated?
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For this project, we were tasked with creating a storyboard to illustrate our persona having one of the global goals influence their life in some way – whether negatively or positively. The story is centered around a persona we chose, named Amanda Cho – a young university student with immigrant parents, who is studying industrial design. She is indecisive, overwhelmed with the state of the world, and is an avid discord user and gamer.
Continue reading “UX Storyboard”Marian Bantjes
Working for venerable companies such as Pentagram, AIGA, Stefan Sagmeister, and the New York Times, Canadian artist and typographer Marian Bantjes grew from being a book typesetter to an internationally known designer.
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A pioneer in the digitization of graphic design, April Greiman is a notable postmodern designer whose innovative work helped assimilate digital practices into the design community.
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An innovator best known for her supergraphics, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon fought against the sexism of her time, letting her work do the talking.
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Despite being considered part of the psychedelic wave in the 1960s, Alton Kelley’s poster designs set themselves apart with their art-nouveau-inspired intricate patterns, stylized type, and bold use of colour.
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While working for Doyle Dane Bernbach, Helmut Krone received arguably the most monumental commission of his lifetime: an assignment to advertise the new Volkswagen Beetle. The American automobile market in the 60s was saturated with big, gaudy, “stylish” cars – and Krone was tasked with selling a small, modest, foreign vehicle that didn’t match at all with the public’s taste at the time.
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Colour Spread
Joaquín Sorolla
A modern impressionist artist known for his mastery of light, Joaquín Sorolla is best known for his portrayals of life in Spain, through the use of landscapes, people, and scenery. Sorolla was greatly inspired by Diego Velazquez, as well as other great masters, painting many studies of their works in his early career.
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