Design Lecture Poster

the final poster. 

My intent was to work with the layout of the text within the building architecture.

hierarchy week 2.

My first focus was on using text structurally, but pulling in the visual aspects of Greiman and her work. I played with using the text to almost construct a building, but bring in the almost overwhelming at points aspect of some of Greiman's work.

week iteration 1.

My focus was on the overlapping of images that I had first connected with Greiman. I brought the text in secondary and just tried to work with the layering of the text and images.

week iteration 2.

My focus was to make the text work with the architecture of the building but attempting to replace parts of the building with text. I also tried to add some more dimension in my text by trying to work with the dimensionality of the building edges. With the imagery I moved more away from the bold overlapping images.

week iteration 3.

My focus was to bring the architecture of the building to the typography. I tested having the secondary text make interesting forms with her name. I also experimented with using a different typeface for her name to help bring more emphasis to her name, as well as visual difference to the straight edged building architecture.

week iteration 4.

This layout focus was on the way the the buildings came together to make the architecture more interesting. I also attempted to incorporate the text to run better with the building to add dimension and move away from the flat levels of the text on image.

my growth/final statement

I first connected with April Greiman and her work back when I started researching her. It’s rare for me to feel some kind of bond with someone, let alone be it with someone via research. The first obvious connection is Greiman having graduated from KCAI. We have a similar taste for images to overlap, the need to tell a story and bring in all the important aspects. Greiman believes that “all form is content.” This is one of the ideas that I fully embrace. Design is not just simply made without reason, each piece holds a particular piece to the overall message. Design is not just there, it is fully backed by reason, which is the way it should be – otherwise design would simply be art.

A few of the concepts that I have taken from Greiman revolve around the further advancement of my design skills. I knew going into this semester that typography is something that I struggle with. Then with this project add in busy overlapping imagery and my struggles expanded. I had realized prior to the start of this project that I can work separately with typography and imagery well, but together it can often appear as if I don’t know design at all. With that knowledge the way that I had looked at projects was type and image, not type with image/image with type. I had viewed it as two separate objects, which is represented in my early designs for this project; my pieces were flat two, simply text on image. The further that my design iterations went, the more that the text and image started to work with each other, using one to continue the idea expressed in the other.

pop identified: cultural icons process post 1

four words to describe Ziggy Stardust.

essence statement to describe David Bowie + Ziggy Stardust.

photograph.

illustration.

pictograph.

logotype.

lettermark.

symbol.

swatches.

Design Lecture Poster Iterations 6

Here are the options I had prior to the full-size colored tile critique.

Final for class and guest critique.

Design Lecture Poster Iterations 5

Based off of the feedback I received I am going with the bottom option. 

Communication Model Digital Version

sketches for digital communication model.

finalized digital version for class.

For my digital version I focused on the easy ability to read each component and the way that they connect to one another. My analog version focused on image where as my digital focused on text. I had some difficulty in trying to figure out how to successfully structure the terms, but I feel I was more successful than my first sketches.

Communication Model Analog Version

I am metaphorically representing the communication model as the process in which one listens to music in a closed circuit via headphones and an mp3 player.

The headphones work as communicators in the fact that they relay information that has been established by another communicator. The message that is being communicated is located in their lyrics as well as the choice in which the music is being represented.

The background of the listener, which is illustrated through the images and bubble wrap, is representing the contextual factors in this piece.

The noise is represented by the bits of aluminum cans and wire showing the noise of the environment that the listener is in.

Feedback is through the viewer’s ability to change the song or volume, as well as the ability to rate the song that would connect back to the band.


The channel is the headphones cord.

full view of Communication Model.

close-up of top of the model. 

close-up of the noise.

close-up of the bottom.

Design Lecture Poster Mid-Progress Iterations

Below are some screenshots of what I have been working with for poster design changes.

*These were thrown out for being too Swiss and moving away from my approach.*

Communication Theory Layout Iterations

Possible options for the layout of project 3: Communication Theory Definitions.

option 1.

option 2.

option 3.

Design Lecture Poster Iterations 4

Based off of feedback in class I was to come up with at least three poster iterations furthering my concepts.

These are some screen shots of trying to get the text and building to line up as well as add in more needed whitespace.

class critique version.

two different options I was looking at for a bit and then scraped it.

class critique version.

These are some screen shots of trying to get the text and building to line up as well as add in more needed whitespace.