The objective of this assignment was to design a personal memento for someone who would go on an adventure using directions I made. The directions’ purpose is to make a reader feel a certain emotion while doing the adventure. I made 2 instructions for 2 adventures, and so I made 2 packages containing mementos and instructions. The mementos I made were buttons. The choices for packaging reflect the emotion desired, as well as contextual elements from each location.

The first adventure is the cemetery and the desired emotion is solitude. I chose a dark and muted color scheme due to the nature of the emotion. I chose a typeface which supported the theme of the cemetery. Adobe Illustrator was used for all the packages and memento designs. For the memento, I went with a cross that I repeatedly saw at the cemetery.

I chose a photograph that supported the feeling of solitude in the cemetery.

The Blanton Art Museum was the second adventure, and the desired emotion was wonder. I decided to use an eyeball as the memento because its the main sense that someone would use to view the museum. I used a paint texture for the packaging. The font I chose looks hand-made and therefore goes with the context of the art museum.