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Why, Why, Why? ... Out there! After considering the more utilitarian and functional aspects of my poster design, even if they are not finessed or finalised, its time to look at the deeper context and meaning making encapsulated in its creativity. Its time to ask the important questions like: Why is the design important and… Continue reading Fourth Blog Post →

Happy Contrasts and Happy Couples … Now that I have settled on a colour palette of 4-5, with one of those being a monotone contrast I wanted to lock in some font and typeface style.  There are many fonts and distinct typefaces and they can be used to strong design advantage if paired effectively and… Continue reading Third blog post →

2nd blog post Serious Play .....   ‘Oops! Chair’, Jake Cress 1997 As many a great designer has advised, good design is serious, not solemn and we should think latitudinally and not be afraid to play with design. However, Week 3 of our learning materials sees us examine the importance of design in the business… Continue reading Second blog post →

1st blog post Hierachy of Needles … In Tim Brown’s words in his video presentation, week one of our TP,  this blog attempts to create a small humble design movement ( University of Michigan 2010),  regards the brief for our first assessment in Teaching Unit DDD10007: Introduction to Design Principle and Processes.  By designing a… Continue reading First blog post →