Emotion Design, Emotional Design, Emotionalize Design: A Review on Their Relationships from a New Perspective, Amic G. Ho and Kin Wai Michael Siu In this article, Ho and Siu (2012) discuss and explore “basic concepts and definitions of emotion design, emotional design and emotionalize design” which assist in furthering our understanding of how they are related to … More Response 3: Journal Research

Instructions Each team will design up to four versions of the one (same) quote as a single-page ‘poster’ that expresses the quote typographically. Each version explores a different range of aspects and constraints and their effect on the visual and communication outcomes. Each team member will be responsible for one version; however, the team is … More Project 2: Quote Me

Place branding is essentially finding the most powerful image or visual representation of a particular destination to entice millions of travellers to that one particular place. “Place branding has to reflect, engage and activate the people of the place.” (Salzman, 2016) Two examples of place branding is New Zealand’s ‘100% Pure‘ campaign (Tourism New Zealand, 2016) … More Task 2.2: Design Language

Font: Capture It XL Font L Font Letter placement test Tracing letters on with pencil Wood burn WIP Final Result of wood burn

No Vacancy, created by Inkahoots, is a poster campaign for homelessness in Brisbane. It is a form of design activism, which Thorpe details in four basic criteria (2011, p. 6) as evident in the poster. The poster frames Homelessness in Brisbane as a real and challenging issue, which Thorpe (2011, p. 6) details as the first … More Response 2: Design activism

Well, after some back and forth with a few ideas & chatting with some other students, I have settled on a rotten piece of wood with the word ‘corrupt’ carved into it. Below are some initial sketches, inspo, font ideas & the piece of wood i’ve discovered to use! Haven’t given much thought to the … More Week 2: Rotten Wood

Data visualisation is the act of presenting information in a visually appealing way, engaging with the viewer in order for them to understand the data better. The human brain processes information shown visually quicker than complex data and allows the user to grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns they might not see otherwise (SAS … More Task 1: Data Visualisation

I found the tone of the First things first manifesto 2000 to be very proper and almost elitist. The authors are strangers to me, which made me question the validity and importance of the manifesto itself. I don’t know of these people or their designs, are their arguments still valid or void? Who are they to tell … More Response 1: First things first manifesto 2000 and ‘Ten footnotes to a manifesto’

Research & Ideation Word: Corrupt Material: Wood   Material for letters: Wood woodchips/mulch matches treated timber wood ashes from burnt wood woodburn technique Possible Themes Light & Dark – Opposites attract Burnt matches to a certain point spelling out CORRUPT. Darkness of corruption & the lightness of wood (nature, forests) Strong vs Weak Wooden letters … More Word & Meaning: Research

Final version of my submitted vector planes for Digital Design. I didn’t enjoy the planes assessment as much as I did the splash screens, purely based on my designs being too fiddle-y – especially drawing that man so many different ways (I really don’t like drawing people I’ve decided) I’m excited to continue working in … More Final – Vector Planes