Week 1: Design methods and processes

 

During the first week of graphic design in design methods and process we were introduced to the syllabus. Our first project was the 100 things, at first I didn’t understand anything. We had to choose an object and bring it to class, I had no idea what it was going to be used for. My object was a brush, the class started off with the professor asking us what our objects were. Then we had to create a mind map of what are object is linked to. The next step was experimenting with different mediums to create anything using the 40 words list and linking it to our object. I used a big Bristol paper and created samples of how some of my 10 by 10 things would look like so it would give me an idea of what and how to create it.

Type: Week 3

For the type project I first experimented with figuring out how to arrange two letters together and mostly I focused on showing what each letter was. My idea was choosing bold letters that consisted of thick black lines so it would be easier to make 50 percent black and 50 percent white. However, this was difficult because my letters weren’t getting to the size I wanted them. Then I found out that I had to make the letters into outlines that way it was so much easier to create my type. Throughout the process I learnt a lot for examples the more I tried and created the easier it got so with practice it helped me reach my final. Also I learnt that using Arabic letters was much harder since it has more space. At first I thought this was so difficult but by the end it felt a lot easier and instead of focusing on getting the letters to show I focused on creating a nice design which made my final look a lot better that the first couple of ones I tried, and that’s how my thinking changed throughout the whole process. I attached my final 9 as well as two process ones just to show the comparison.

Design Methods and Processes: 100 things: Week 3

For this project I chose an object and brought it to class. From that object I created a mind map in which I linked the object to. My chosen object was a brush. While constructing a mind map I research different ways of linking my object to other things and how and what it can be used for. I tried thinking of it in an indirect way which made connecting the objects to other things much easier. By doing this I developed more ideas and ways to create my 100 things. I used different mediums and objects to represent the brush. If I had to change something I would improve on making my 100 things more colorful and creative.

I learned that doing the process work helped me a lot in developing my final things, also I learnt that you can be very creative by using an indirect way of linking two materials together. Also the research helped a lot in developing my ideas and linking two things to one another. After this project it helped my change my thinking in a way of making more creative work and develop more ideas.