Part A Consider the touchpoints of your brand in general (to ensure that all the elements work together) and then focus on your packaging. Design a set of Point of Sale elements that will promote your product in-store. The set can consist of however many elements you choose. It can be in any format that … Continue reading Learning Activity – Point of Sale →

Exploration Use sketching techniques to draw thumbnails and hand in your thumbnails as scanned PDFs. Brand integration Choose one of your thumbnails and refine your design. Place it next to your brochure and logo and see how you can merge your design with the brand identity. Also, what fundamentals of the brand can you draw … Continue reading Learning Activity – Packaging →

1.Exploration Use sketching techniques to draw thumbnails and hand in your thumbnails as scanned PDFs.  I started off by doing a quick mindmap to find a name. I was just writing down everything that came up when thinking about dogfood. After writing down different names I settled with goodboy dogfood then started sketching the thumbnail. I tried sketching different … Continue reading Learning Activity – Create a Logo →

  For my research I found the cost of different newpapers and facebook ads. I found out that the cost of ads was much higher than what I expected. I mainly found the price of my local newspaper and a big commercial newspaper as something I would advertise on.   To market my website, I would start by putting a … Continue reading Learning Activity – Market Your Website  →

Create the structure of your web page (from Learning Activity - Put Thought Into Your Design) in terms of HTML files and folders. You need to set these up so that you are ready to code your website. First use a pen and paper to do your planning; then do it on the computer when you … Continue reading Learning Activity – Planning the Structure →

Name three lighting sources and their functions.  Key light: it’s the main light in your photo and, cast hard shadows and highlights.   Fill light: The fill light works with the key light and soften the shadows. The fill light is not as bright as the key light.   Back light: The backlight makes the model stand … Continue reading Learning Activity – Studio Lighting →

  Design a 5-page website or blog to promote your hometown (or any other place if you so choose). Present your design along with a strategy that explains the decisions you’ve made during the design process (keep the six steps mentioned in the lesson Web Design Process: Designing for Web (part 2) in mind). Remember, it’s important … Continue reading Learning Activity – Put Thought Into Your Design →

Copy the exact content from a homepage of a website of your choice. Now redesign this homepage in three different ways. Each design should evoke a different emotional response from viewers. You can choose what you would like these emotional responses to be. I choose to redesign NSB homepage and I mostly played around with different colors and font. … Continue reading Learning Activity – Design Different Looks →

I have made a wireframe for MA05 because I have been sick for the last two weeks and was not able to work on the questions. However, I thought I would practise making a wireframe and try to learn some of the basics. I am going to buy Omnigraffle soon and try to learn to … Continue reading Learning Activity – Create a Wireframe →