reflection. classmate projects.

One of the greatest things about Graphic Design is the ability to go after/design a project based on your views and style. That is something that we were able to explore this semester with Typography 4: experiment type. Even though initially when the class was selecting various examples of typography and a lot of the examples were the same, most of our final projects covered different topics/niches of design and typography. I think that all of us, students also floated towards ideas that connected with each of us and because of that we were able to dive into projects that we connected and thus were passionate about, which helped to further build and transform our typography and design skills.

The ideas that a few of my classmates came up with really connected with me; their projects, end piece and design may not have been close to my style, but the concept clicked with me. The actual idea of memories and the way in which some people think and relate memories is very interesting to me. Moreso, it is the psychology part of memories that interests me…the connotations that we have with words, colors, smells, anything related to our senses, as well as what we have learned as graphic designers, the overall idea of color, shape, or type relation.

I was also interested in the idea of working with children and how at a young age, we could possibly start to develop design terminology and graphic standards. I think that children are often a better topic to study than we may give them credit for. Yes, children are young and inexperienced in the world, but they often also give us those unbiased/untainted opinions.

The idea of engagement and interaction is another idea that is fascinating to me. This is also a topic that connects to design as a whole, the idea of getting people to think or act or react to certain situations or content.

As far as direct relation of the above ideas into projects or ways to push further; I feel if anything it would really be reworking those ideas to fit my style of design and my way of thought. I think there are ways to bring those three things above together or at least singularly into design practices. But, to just simply spout ideas seems unsuited and not helpful; I really believe that all the ideas that students focused on in class can and do relate to some part of design, either small or large impact. If there were given situations, it would be easier for me to connect to a real world use, but as that is in the air, there is no way for me to just jump from idea to product or projected project.