The objective of this assignment was to create a decision map. I decided to continue with my of the crying maps. When just looking at my artifact map, how would you know which place you should choose? So I chose to make a decision map that eventually told the view which place would be best for them and gave them instructions on what to do when they got to their desired location. I wanted to keep with the same graphic style and color choices in order to make the maps coherent. I wish I would of had better time management in order to make more graphics for this map.

The objective of this assignment was to create an information map. I choses to create a map based on the about of each color of produce that was bought each month. The colors of produce I chose to represent were red, yellow, green, and brown. I think I accurately displayed this information however I wish I would of had better time management in order to make the graphs more appealing.

The objective of this assignment was to create a map with an agenda. I decided my agenda of my map would be the best places to cry alone in South Austin. I spent a lot of time researching and picking the best spots to have on my map. I spent a lot of time coming up with my idea and planning it out that I didn’t get to spend a lot of time actually creating it. I was also dealing with a lot of health issues at this point that set me back. I think I have some good progress so far but would like to still fully develop my ideas to have a completed assignment.

The objective of this assignment was to create a set symbols for a single concept. We had to create abstract and literal symbols and then combine them for our final set of iterations. We then had to choose our top three to cut on the Graphtec. After many iterations I decided to create symbols for spirit animals. Each animal represents something different and each things that is represented has it’s own abstract symbol. My final designs are combinations of a literal representation of the animal along with the abstract symbol of what each animal represents. The bear is combined with the abstract symbol for health, the turtle with the symbol for navigation, and the otter with the symbol for love for others. Each designs is a final representation of the spirit behind that animal. A concern that Tuan brought up when designing my symbols was whether or not the design could be scaled down to a small size and still be recognizable. My concept behind the scale issue is that the symbol has details that enhance the design when scaled to the original size or larger, if the symbol is scaled down, you lose the detail but the symbol is still recognizable and still represents the original idea.

The objective of this assignment was to create a type specimen book based on Beatrice Ward’s The Crystal Goblet, for our chosen typeface. My chosen typeface was Courier & Courier New. I conducted research on my typeface to learn more about it and it’s creation. Using my findings, I created a book that showcased the Courier and Courier New typefaces.

The objective of this assignment was to create a visually stimulating poster for the AIGA event, Things & Context. There was not a lot of instruction for this assignment so they way we presented the text was mostly up to the student. I decided to break the text up into four quadrants, each quadrant having its own purpose. The top left hold the title, the top right has information about the time and date, bottom left has the address, prices, and contact information and then finally the bottom right has information about the event and speakers. To support the Things & Context idea, I chose to incorporate bright colors and graphics to resemble “things” and then had them interact with the context of the poster. If I were to redo the project now, I would most likely focus less on colors and graphics and more on how the text interacts with each other and is laid out, but I still do support my original idea of incorporating the name of the event with the design concept.

The objective of this assignment was to visually represent the sound of a word through manipulation of that word in a given space. I was assigned the word “echo”. My goal was to make the sound legible but also so vibrations that visually represent an echo. I wanted the design to be clean so that I could heavily manipulate the word but have the word still be recognizable. Looking back now, I can see that I was a total nooobie. The project is not very creative but it follows the assignment guidelines and fulfills the assignment.