Communication design

At the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver lurks a huge blue bear outside of the building. A local artist named Lawrence Argent created the blue bear out of alloy steel and fiberglass. Argent’s sculpture is titled I See What You Mean also known as The Big Blue Bear. The bear stands 40 feet tall and was installed in 2005. Argent was born in England and went to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, in Australia to train in sculpturing. Currently, Argent is a professor and Head…

Growing a Graphic Design Business and Customer Loyalty A growing body of research on building a graphic design business is an indicator that is a topic of importance to the business world. Upteen amounts of small businesses are working towards having their companies grow and become a well developed franchise. A extensive amount of researchers and educators are demanding a way to identify the certain variables their business can have, in order to gain more clients and have a repeat of customers…

to $90,000 a year (Graphic Design). They create visual content using computer art software to sell their products. Selling their designs means they have to go up against different Graphic Design companies to create the best design. Having a career in Graphic designing takes education, training, and experience in a college. This Paragraph has information about a Graphic Designer's Career. Graphic Designers create layouts and select colors and images to use in their designs (Summary U.S.). They…

When looking at the history of graphic design its clear how impactful design has been. There has been plenty of inspiring designers who have continued to embark creativity. There have been designers such as Stefan Sagmeister, who developed “Lou Reed” poster design, Michael Bierut, “The Architectural League of New York Light Years” poster design, there is also Massimo Vignelli who created “New York City Transit Authority” subway map. From these innovative designers the main connection they share…

variant thrust stage with semi-circle seating. This space causes for a very intimate set design and causes the audience to feel and respond as if they are a part of the show. Michael Schweikardt was the set and puppet designer of the show. The set was a display of naturalism with parts of realism and expressionism. Theater can never be fully realistic because of the presence of the “fourth wall”. The design had curved facing with a cartoon-like street painted on the front of it with a bacon…

My first inspiration for wanting to go into fashion came, when I was with my friends. We would always talked about our outfits for the day. Since then, I always had a passion for fashion. I love how fashion can attract others’ attention. I love how fashion can show their own personality characteristic. I see fashion as an art. Designers express themselves by what they make. Consumers express themselves by what they wear. Since then, I’ve been dreaming about pursuing my interest and future in the…

Concept Response Project Blinkenlights by Chao Computing Club (CCC, 2001), which aims to encourage communication between the city and the citizens takes place in Berlin. It has allowed passersby to input data and show any animations and images they want to, on the building. The way that Project Blinkenlights decorates the city of Berlin shows how much the CCC love the city. This idea inspired me to create an interactive artwork which make the connection between Vancouver and the residents. I…

Annand in 1936, was one of the cover for “The Home” magazine at that period. This cover design for The Home really shows the strong principle of modernism as well as (small amount of) minimalism in it. A very simple face of a female office worker was made out of found objects such as pencils, rubbers, typewriter ribbon, a piece of string , a beads match and a cigarette. It’s a very minimal and innovative design that reflects the strong modernist influence in culture. The use of modern and…

Architecture and Design Profile Ten years directing all aspects of a multidisciplinary design consultancy Twenty years leading design projects in the disciplines of architecture, product design and branding Extensive experience in all aspects of design and production in both architecture and industrial design Experience in all aspects of creative direction including defining the design agenda, team building and management to achieve the highest quality, on time, and within budget Design…

As a small child I can imagine running around my living room pretending to be Britney Spears. I even have a picture of me, posing like Britney from the cover of her Oops!... I Did It Again album. But until this class I never considered the reasons behind album artwork. I always assumed artist had to have one. Of course, I have my favorite album artworks for my own bias and, sometimes, subconscious reasons; it’s time to analyze the artwork the artist made a choice to pair with their music. I…