Comm Lab: Visual Language

Visual Language: Personal Business Card

October 16, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

This weeks’ assignment was to design a business card for ourselves or our business. We were to consider typography and layout carefully as well as the logo design we developed last week.

Visual Language: Winter Show Poster

October 16, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

For this assignment, we were to create a poster for the 2017 Winter Show.

Visual Language: Color

October 4, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

This week’s assignment was to choose a palette that represents you (at least five colors). Make six compositions within a square and post them on your Instagram and to your blog. For my palette, I chose to use the following:

Visual Language: Expressive Words

September 27, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

Our second assignment for the week was to design three expressive words. After looking at the examples linked in the slide deck, I began to sketch a few ideas in a notepad before jumping into Illustrator.

Visual Language: Airplane Ticket Redesign

September 27, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

This week’s assignment had two parts. The first being to redesign Delta’s airline ticket. I tried to make sure that the relevant information was easily accessible and easy to read quickly. I find that a lot of airline tickets are cluttered, and it’s hard to see what you need to know quickly at a glance.

Visual Language: Signage Research

September 20, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

The assignment for week two, was to go out and photograph four signs. Two that we thought were successful, two that weren’t so successful, and then to redesign one of the unsuccessful ones.

Visual Language: Design Analysis

September 13, 2017 Comm Lab: Visual Language

For this assignment, I chose a reimagining of the Black Swan poster by Hung Trinh. I found the image while searching for an image for the photoshop workshop. On the grid, the separation of the poster is more evident to me. The swan, text, and negative space, are all centered on the page. The upper third of the poster is dominated by the swan, your eye almost immediately drawn to the eye housed in the swan’s body. The left thirdRead More