Final Speech: Casey Stengel

March 3

"Graphic design can be a contribution to our audiences"

"That only through change can we continue to push ahead in knowledge and expertise, theory and expression, continually building our collective knowledge of the process of communication. These convictions were formed early and sustain me today."

When this new type of design emmerged it was exremely controversial. No one had ever seen anything like it before and therefore people disliked the new style. This does not seem fair to the designers who searched and attempted new solutions to their problems. Everyone is always trying to search for something new, but are we now limiting people to solutions within parameters?

Feb.24

I never realized how important writing skills are especially as a designer. A designer not only have to make their work visually appealing but the piece also has to flow and have good grammar and sentence structure. This might be difficult for some people to understand why a designer would need to have good writing skills. The layouts that the designer makes might be beautiful while the wording is not as fluid. Many audiences who view the work of designers are not trained to look are the visually quality of the work but will immediately catch a spelling error.

After Effects Speech

Typography Walk...

Design Observer Articles

Thirteen ways of looking at a Typeface...Michael Bierut worked for a designer who limited his usage of varying fonts to 5. When Michael left this job and ventured into the world of Graphic Design on his own, he went crazy and exerienced a font OVERLOAD! Every typeface seemed so new and beautiful, but after his initial high on "type" he realized that there are 13 ways of looking at a typeface. Why do you chose the font that you do?
1. Because it works
This rule seems the most logical to me of all the rules. Why not use it if it works and it's successful!
3. Because you like its name
This one I have found to be very true. Sometimes when a font has a catchy name or a familiar title, it is much easier to use that particular font for a project.
13. Because you can't NOT!
This rule was the funniest to me...it's so true!

Design Matters

"what is your first memory of being creative?"

Debbie Millman is a host of a talk show which interviews designers. On episode that I listened to she was interviewing Meira Kalman who is a designer and illustrator.

"Serendipity of the world"

Design matters is a talk show where designers and other people in the creative field are interviewed on their life stories and design in the world. Debbie Millman, the hostess, is very likeable and seems easy to talk to. It seems like the guests on the show enjoy her company, and feel comfortable talking about everyday life situations with her. When I first started listening, the introduction was monotone and a little long, I was afraid that the entire interview was going to be like this but I was pleasantly surprised when the conversation became more lighthearted.

"AH HA moments"