This year was my first year making an inspiration board. I wanted to do something that would inspire me when I’m feeling down. I’m also considering making an inspiration journal.
I thought I would break it down more to discussion my goals for 2019.
Read MorePersonally, I think that I can see influences of the movement throughout our society today. The idea that we should have craftsmen who rely on less machinery and a focus on well designed, handmade items that involve small businesses and less mass produced items, makes me think of Etsy. And how there is a growing trend towards shopping ‘small’ and local.
Read MoreI was able to attain free membership to Linkedin Learning this past year and so I’ve made it a goal to complete as many free courses as possible. This month in January I’ve completed 22 free courses, including some content marketing courses.
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I was able to attain free membership to Linkedin Learning this past year and so I’ve made it a goal to complete as many free courses as possible. This month in January I’ve completed 22 free courses, some of which have been UX design focused. Here are some of the certifications that I’ve completed to share.
Read MoreGoing back to my nonfiction streak, I recently read this fascinating and horrifying book. My OpenDrive hometown library system happens to have a LOT of nonfiction history books centered around WWII. I have no idea why, maybe that's what a lot of people request,
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For one of my design projects back in college, we had to create a poster using only typography that represented the layout of a place. We had to take at least 1,000 steps around it and we had to design based on what we saw or heard and turn it into a visual representation.
For my place, I chose a Barnes and Noble out in West Des Moines, IA. I made mine well organized and laid out to represent the different sections and areas of the store. And to reflect the book-ish-ness of the area I was in.
That day was a particularly exciting day as they had a live violin performance and I think I brought one of my friends along with me. Using my journalism skills, I brought my recorder with me and a notepad and took lots of notes around the area. I also interviewed some shoppers there.
Overall, it was a fun assignment and I really liked the challenge. I enjoyed having to go out in the town and do a bit of research in person instead of sitting at a screen or desk all the time. My classmates also did some really interesting work so it was cool getting to see all the different variety that came from this project.
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash
I accomplished a lot in 2018 despite some set backs. I hope I will continue to improve and grow in 2019. To help, I have listed out my goals here as they say speaking them out loud will help them come true. Happy New Year!
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I write about a poster I made in 2015 for the Des Moines Metro Opera. I actually like how this turned out although I would fix a couple of things.
Read MoreFor a class project one time, we had to create 3D maps of our school campus. We did research into 3D shapes by first looking at shapes online, then printing out a map of our campus. After that we traced it and built it up using legos. Once we understood the logistics of it, we set out to build our maps in illustrator. We started with flat images and then built it up into 3D shapes based on our lego blocks as a guide.
The goal of the project was not to come out with a finished map, but instead to get an idea of how building 3D shapes in illustrator worked to apply it to future projects.
For a graphic design sprint project, we had to find a paper airplane to create and design instructions for it. On top of that, we had to have a random selection of users to test how easy or hard the directions were to follow. At the end of the week, we made our own paper airplanes and tested them.
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