The Best Design

Out of all of my designs I feel the centered Conquer on the blue background, and the Green and Red stair step design do the best to illustrate the definition of the word. The use of the orange C in the blue design creates a pop between foreground and background, and forces the C to jump forth along with the darker pink letters, and create a sense of weightiness, which adds to the sense of the definition. In a similar way the placement of the letters in the center of the design helps intensify this weightiness.  The use of color in the stair step design also creates a recession of space by opposing the usual rules of atmospheric perspective. The stairs change from a hue of green at the bottom to the fully saturated color at the top. The placement of the colored blocks also adds to the definition of the word, by visualized the sense of conquering a mountain, or hard to reach objective.

Type Faces

Each typeface has its own unique characteristics, which with the right knowledge makes them easily discernible. The differing weights and sizes of descenders, ears, and serfs for example create a font with personality which can improve or hider a design. It is important to pick the right typeface to achieve the best outcome in a design

Intense definition

adjective

1.

existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.

2.

acute, strong, or vehement, as sensations, feelings, or emotions: intense anger.

3.

of an extreme kind; very great, as in strength, keenness, severity, or the like: an intense gale.

4.

having a characteristic quality in a high degree: The intense sunlight was blinding.

5.

strenuous or earnest, as activity, exertion, diligence, or thought: an intense life.

 

 

Pathfinder designs

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Conquer

con·quer

 /ˈkɒŋkər/ Show Spelled[kong-ker]

verb (used with object)

1.

to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.

2.

to overcome by force; subdue: to conquer an enemy.

3.

to gain, win, or obtain by effort, personal appeal, etc.: conquer the hearts of his audience.

4.

to gain a victory over; surmount; master; overcome: to conquer disease and poverty; to conquer one's fear.

Writer's Toolbox

Writing allows you to formulate ideas, and keep track of them. Using techniques such as development maps helps organize this process and allows for greater production. Overall the Writer’s Toolbox reading was helpful in learning about the different types of mind maps and was a great tool to learn from. However the format made reading difficult and unappealing, in short, it was poorly designed.

IDEO Deep Dive

IDEO has formulated a brainstorming tactic that has changed the way the world of design works. They use a mix of group formulations, with a broad mix of people who specialize in differing fields, such as marketing, biology, or linguistics. They are charged with the task of redesigning a shopping cart in 5 days, with special interest paid to safety and the problem with theft. They use a process called Deep Dive to immerse themselves into the project. They consider the ideas produced focused chaos, which allows them to break though the wall of standard ideas into great ones.

Photos of Wallet Prototyping

Here are pictures of our first two wallet prototypes, and the origonaly wallet design.