PROJECT ONE:
This project brought about a challenge that you don't often face when dealing with other types of work. There was a stronger emphasis on the layout and size of the book and not just how the content was designed. In order for the book to function, I had to think of it more so in its finished form than normal. I would say that the overall layout of the book was successful, however I would change the graphic images on the chapter titles to reflect what the chapter was actually about, or maybe even have the images build up to something that isn't complete until the final chapter.
PROJECT TWO:
The biggest struggle that I had with this project was the integration of the text and the image. What made this so difficult was the different constraints on the size and scope of the project. I am personally a designer that likes things to conform to a predetermined system. In the end, I ended up letting go of some of that control and letting the images fall wherever they worked best. I think the final result turned out to be very effective in breaking up the text without having the images seem too repetitive. The only thing that I would change is the cover treatment so that it fit better with the rest of the catalog.
PROJECT THREE:
Going back to my tendency to put things in determined places, I decided this semester was going to be my time to step far outside of my box. For this project we needed to redesign a magazine for an iPad and I brilliantly chose Seventeen. When I originally started formulating ideas for this project, I was really excited and had a lot of things that I wanted to do. Once I started messing with the content, however, it became really difficult for me to step out of that box that I was in. After looking at several different Seventeen articles and other preteen magazines, I re-approached the project with a new eye. Out of all the projects that I did this semester, I think this is the one that I am most proud of. Once I started to get things to function outside of what I normally do, it was easier for me to create something that worked. That being said, there is still room for things to be even more chaotic, especially considering it's Seventeen.
PROJECT FOUR:
The most difficult aspects of this project was splitting up the work and the time constraint. Trying to make sure that the report and the presentation related to each other wasn't the easiest thing to do when Kayli and I were both working on them separately. However, I think that we established a pretty successful design theme early on. That helped to make sure that everything that was designed for both components would fit together. I wish that we had more time to be able to get together to work out different kinks as a group because I think it would have made the report and presentation that much stronger. However, I think that everything turned out very well in the end and it stayed true to the main design objectives that the entire group agreed on during our first meeting together. Out of all of the projects, I think this was the most useful in showing us how graphic designers deal with clients for the future.
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