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RECREATED

FLYING ENIGMA (BAG DESIGN)

1. THE EMPHASIS OF MY DESIGN IS ALL OF THE UFO'S THAT ARE LOCATED AROUND THE BAG. I MAKE THIS EASY TO SEE BY PLACING A GLOW AROUND THE UFO'S MAKING IT EASY TO SEE THEM.

2.THE UFO'S ARE ALSO THE ELEMENT THAT IS LEADING THE VIEWER AROUND THE BAG. THEY ARE PLACED IN A PATH THAT LEADS THE EYES ALL AROUND THE BAG.

3. A DESIGN IDEA THAT MADE MY PROJECT UNIQUE WAS THE WAY THAT I TOOK TWO WORDS THAT WERE AN OPTION TO DO THE PROJECT ON AND INSTEAD OF CHOOSING ONE I COMBINED THEM AND CHOSE BOTH. THE PHRASE BECAME FLYING ENIGMA.

4. MY DESIGN DESCRIBES THE PHRASE THE I USED BECAUSE THE OBJECT OF FOCUS, OR EMPHASIS, IS A FLYING OBJECT THAT IS PUZZLING TO MOST PEOPLE. UFO'S ARE SOMETHING THAT IS PUZZLING TO MANY PEOPLE, SO THEY PERFECTLY DESCRIBE A FLYING ENIGMA

PHOTOSHOPPED FACE

DESIGN

LAYERS PALLET

GOOD POSTER DESIGNS

IBM

Paul Rand

NEW YORK CITY'S PUBLIC THEATER

Paula Scher 

DISCOVER SAN FRANCISCO 

Gee+Chung Design

THE BAUHAUS

JOSEF ALBERS

PAUL KLEE

WASSILY KANDINSKY

LASZLO MAHOLY-NAGY

QUESTIONS:

1. WHERE WAS THE BAUHAUS SCHOOL LOCATED?

WEIMAR, GERMANY

2. WHEN WAS IT IN EXISTENCE?

1919-1933

3. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE BAUHAUS' DESIGN WORK FROM DESIGNS THAT CAME BEFORE THAT?

THEIR WORKS WERE DESIGNED TO SHOW A REIMAGINED VIEW OF THE MATERIAL WORLD AND THE UNITY OF ALL THE ARTS.

Examples of Good Design

Examples of Good Design

HANDMADE

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS HANDMADE FOR THESE REASONS:

LINES: THE LINES ARE CLEARLY NOT PERFECT
THE SMUDGE: YOU CAN TELL THAT THE SMUDGE WAS CLEARLY HANDMADE BECAUSE IT IS ALL OVER THE REST OF THE PAGE TOO
OUTLINE: THE OUTLINE IS NOT COMPLETETLY STRAIGHT OR FULLY COVERING THE OUTLINE
SYMMETRICAL: THE DRAWING IS NOT SYMMETRICAL WITH ALL OF THE LINES
SIZE: THE SIZE OF ONE END OF THE "D" IS NOT THE SAME AS  THE OTHER HALF OF THE "D"

STABLE

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS STABLE FOR THESE REASONS:

SYMMETRICAL: ALL THE PIECES OF THIS DESIGN ARE SYMMETRICAL
SIZE: ALL OF THE WORDS ARE THE SAME SIZED FONT
FONT: ALL OF THE WORDS ARE THE SAME FONT, MYRIAD PRO
PLACEMENT: ALL OF THE WORDS ARE PLACED ON TOP OF EACHOTHER TO PORTRAY STABILITY
COLOR: THE COLOR IS THE SAME ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE PAGE

IMPLIED

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS IMPLIED FOR THESE REASONS:

CHOPPYNESS: THE INITIAL WORD IMPLIED IS CHOPPED UP INTO PIECES SO IT IS IMPLIED THAT THE WHOLE WORD IS IMPLIED
FONT: IT IS IMPLIED THAT ALL VERSIONS OF THE WORD ARE IN THE SAME FONT
SHAPE: IT  IS IMPLIED THAT ALL OF THE LETTERS THAT CONTINUED TO MAKE THE WORD IMPLIED WERE ALL THE SAME SHAPES
SIZE: THOUGH THE SIZES OF ALL THE LETTERS WERE DIFFERENT SIZES IT STILL IMPLIED THE SAME WORD, SHAPE AND FONT WERE USED

QUIET

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS QUIET FOR THESE REASONS:

OPACITY: THE OPACITY IS A TABOUT 10%, SO THE WORDS ARE CALM 

COLOR: THE COLOR OF THE BACKGROUND IS A LIGHT PINK, WHICH IS OFTEN A SIGN OF CALMNESS

SIZE: THE WORDS ARE SIZED SMALL AND SMALLER, AS WELL AS LOWERCASE

REPITION: THE WORD QUIET IS REPEATED... ONCE IT IS BIGGER, BUT LOWERCASE AND ANOTHER TIME IT IS SMALLER AND LOWERCASE

SPACING: THE WORDS ON THE PAGE ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE PAGE, LEAVING LOTS OF NEGATIVE SPACE

CAMOFLAUGE

Text Designs:

THIS DESIGN IS CAMOUFLAGED FOR THESE REASONS:

BACKGROUND: THE BACKGROUND IS A TEMPLATE MADE FOR CAMOUFLAGE 

LETTERS: THE LETTERS IN THE WORD BLEND IN WITH THE BACKGROUND

COLOR: BOTH THE LETTERS AND HE BACKGROUND ARE THE SAME COLORS

SIZE: EACH LETTER IS SIZED SPECIFICALLY TO FIT IN ITS COLORED AREA

SHAPED: SPECIFICALLY FOR THERE AREA PLACEMENT

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

PAST TIMES

1997

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

BLACK ON WHITE

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS BLACK ON WHITE FOR THESE REASONS:

BACKGROUND: BLACK; WHITE IS ON TOP

COLOR: THE COLOR OF THE WORDS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF THE WORD THEY REALLY ARE.

WORD PLACEMENT: THE WORDS ARE PLACED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TO CONVEY BLACK ON WHITE.

LINES: THE LINES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE OUTLINED IN WHITE 

OUTLINES OF WORDS:THE OUTLINES OF EACH WORD IS THE OPPOSITE COLOR THAN THE COLOR OF THE WORD ITSELF.   

ACTIVE

Text Design:

                                          THE DESIGN IS LOUD FOR THESE REASONS:
                       MOVEMENT: THE SWIRLS MOVE YOU THROUGHOUT THE PAGE
                       FONT/EFFECT: THE FONT AND EFFECTS ON THE LETTERS LOOK LIKE                       THEY ARE MOVING.
                       GRADIENT: THE GRADIENT ALSO MOVES YOU THROUGHOUT THE PAGE GOING FROM DARK TO LIGHT AND SO ON IN A PETTERN.
                        ARRANGEMENT: THE LETTERS ARE MOVED THROUGHOUT THE PAGE IN A DIFFERENT ORDER THAN IT IS SPELLED, WHICH SHOWED IT IS MOVING

LOUD

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS LOUD FOR THESE REASONS:

COLOR: BOLD; BRIGHT

SIZE OF LETTERS: LARGE IN HEIGHT AND WIDTH

SHAPE OF LETTERS: EMPHASIZE THE DESIGN ASPECTS

FONT: BOLD; POPS OUT

LOCATION: MIDDLE OF THE PAGE; LETTERS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT IN A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT

NOCTURNAL

MY SECOND WORD FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOCTURNAL.

NOCTURNAL: DONE, OCCURRING, OR ACTIVE AT NIGHT.

SOME SYNONYMS ARE: NIGHT; NIGHTLY; NIGHTTIME

WHISPER

MY WORD FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS WHISPER!

WHISPER: TO SPEAK SOFTLY USING ONE'S BREATH.
                     A SOFT OR CONFIDENTIAL TONE OF VOICE.
                     DONE FOR PRIVACY.

SOME SYNONYMS ARE: MURMUR; MUTTER; MUMBLE;  

UNFORTUNATE EVENTS IN THE FRONT SEATS OF THE RING OF MADRID

FRANCIS GOYA

AND IT CANNOT BE CHANGED

FRANCIS GOYA

BAZAN GRANDE! WITH DEAD

FRANCIS GOYA

DESIGN RESEARCH-GAGE MITCHELL

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

THE STOP MOTION VIDEO

Stop Motion Hw (Cutting Board)

COLORS DESIGN
EMPHASIS: The swirled flower patterned shape in the bottom center of the design. 
THEME: This design relates to my theme of chaos because of the amount of action that is going on within. There are lines and shapes of all sizes, widths, and color that make for a complex and chaotic design.

PATTERNS DESIGN
EMPHASIS: The black quarter circle in the bottom left corner of the page.
THEME: This design relates to the theme because of the complexity of the design.  Al l of the different patterns in the background make for a very complex, and maybe confusing design.

THE GRADIENT/FILL/SHAPES DESIGN
EMPHASIS: The white star in this design is the emphasis.
THEME: This design relates to the theme of my book because of everything that is going on. You have color variation, lines going all over the place, and random shapes that make the design slightly chaotic. 

THE FINAL FINAL LINE DESIGN
EMPHASIS:In this design the emphasis is the swirls that are reaching out from the bottom of the page.    
THEME:The design relates to my them because there is so much going on it gets to  the point where it is  very chaotic. This design has multiple lines and swirls and color variations that it gets very complicated and somewhat hard to follow.