Meredith Davis

This article confused me, I felt like there was a lot of rambling and it was hard for me to fallow. What i did get from it was Graphic Design has been taught the same way for many years but technology has been changing drastically so it is off balance. The teaching methods for Graphic Design are behind and not caught up to how life is today. I'm not exactly sure if that is what she is saying or not and thats why I'm interested to talk about it tomorrow so i cant fully understand her point. I don't have any links because I'm still not positive on the issue that is being discussed. I know for me Graphic Design is being taught several different way by different teachers. I have one teacher saying "never do this" when thats all my other teacher wants to see! The teaching methods can be so different and I have gotten confused and even second guessed myself because I don't know what's right and wrong anymore. The best way that I learn is when someone shows me how to go through a process step by step so I'm retaining it. I am a beginner in Graphic Design and I need to be shown what to do and how to do it before I go off on a project independently. I'm very curious to see what the class says about this article because I would like to understand more! 

GROUP PROCESS

When this project got assigned i was extremely happy to be a part of a real event. This was not only my first event project but also working with six other group members. It did get challenging working with so many different ideas from so many different kinds of people but overall I thought we did a great job! We didn't assign different parts of the project to certain people, we all just put our heads together and came up with the concept, sketches, and designs together. The hard part about that route was not everyone got to do as much as they wanted because one or two main people did the work while the others were just like "put that there" or "no change the color on that." The good part was we all knew our concept and what we wanted our finishing goals to be so we were all on the same page throughout the project. As interesting and fun as the project was I wouldn't want to be grouped with six members again (thats why Im really looking forward to the homeless project.) We all worked together nicely though and we all gave input so what more can I ask for? I learned how to work with people and communicate well so we were all on the same page throughout the process. I think communication is very key when your working with others and i realized that through this process. I also learned how to work quick and efficiently because we did only have two weeks to finish! In a career with graphic design i think there are going to be times when there will be a tight time limit and you will need to be able to crank out a project in a small period and it will need to be just as successful as if you had all the time in the world. Overall I thought passion for fashion was a great project and I worked with some outstanding designers who had great ideas. I would eventually love to do something like that again by myself so I could use all my ideas and concepts (this is me just being selfish) because there was so much I wanted to do but with six people sometimes I couldn't get all my ideas across. I thought for only two weeks we did a damn good job together! Thank you group! 

Here is a more funky poster that hayley did that I love! i think the yellow is a really strong color that we should of stuck with. 

This is another one that I had done with darker purples and pinks just to tone down the baby doll look from the last one. 

I went home and messed around with more girly colors because personally thats what catches my eye as a woman. I feel that pink and purple also scream the color fashion but I think it might be too much on the girly side? 

Just messing around with color options 

This is the rough draft of our poster in progress. We incorporated the mannequin, the birds, the stage flowers, and the title "Passion for Fashion." 

FINAL HANDBILL - I think we could have gotten a little more creative with the handbill but it helped that we cut it into a shape of a bird, i think that will catch peoples attention  

FINAL WEBSITE! woo hoo! I'm pretty happy with this end result 

second attempt of the website - looking better but not there yet! 

first attempt at the website - not looking very good yet 

ride side panel for the stage 

Here is what we came up with for part of the stage. We incorporated our two main colors of green keeping that background white and simple.  

flower ideas for the stage - We wanted to keep it simple so the main focus was on the models going down the runway and there wasn't to many distractions. 

Here is the title with color - we chose green because of the sustainability aspect of the show and also because green has always been a color of fashion as well. I think the bird next to the title is very strong and has a strong inviting feel. 

  PASSION FOR FASHION! started messing around the font and how we wanted to present our title 

birdie ideas!! 

Here are the swallows wrapping the ribbon around the mannequin (where the inspiration of cinderella came into play) 

first sketch idea that incorporated the mannequin with the swallow 

Going back to the idea of cinderella and the birds wrapping the ribbon around the mannequin we thought that we should incorporate the bird as our main logo because it is a sustainable fashion show and represents nature, peace, and sense of fashion as well. This swallow is very feminine and welcoming and that is what we were going for to draw all kinds of women no matter the age. 

Here are two ideas for mannequins that my group new we wanted to incorporate into are main idea for "passion for fashion." Our inspiration came from cinderella when the birds were wrapping ribbon around a mannequin. We thought that every woman no matter the age could relate to our idea since a mannequin does represent fashion and childhood memories. 

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

After reading this article my first thought was how these steps sound like 43 lessons to life. I agree with most of them strongly such as, allow events to change you, forget about good, think with your mind, and remember. These are good phrases to go back and read every now and then and reflect on your life while its speeding by. I think that most of these "lessons" can relate to your job as well. For me personally, i always want to be growing, learning, making mistakes but succeeding in the end when Im a graphic design artist. I think this article speaks to me and Im going to apply a lot of the knowledge from it to my work in design. 

First Impression

Going into this class (art 224) i was not really sure what we would be doing and what projects we would be working on, but i was impressed the first day. I'm excited about the projects, they seem interesting and very productive. I think the fashion show is a great idea, my group gets along well and we have all came up with some good ideas that has got me excited for the business school to look at. I'm looking forward to this term and hoping to get a lot of knowledge and creativity under my belt!