Sorry Comic Sans, I couldn't resist

Today's post was brought to you be the letter M

This week project for Intro to Layout involved yarn, cardboard, a camera, and a walk. (Yes, I am a college student.) I had to make a letterform – from any typeface, from any material. If that wasn't enough fun already, I also had to take pictures of it. My mom was gracious enough to come with me as I took my carefully crafted M to the park.

It played in a tunnel...

...on a swing...                      

                                           ...on a bridge...










 

...and with my cat.












The photos I submitted for the assignment can be seen here.

A (Brief) Rant from a Design Major

To begin with, here are a few facts about me:

        1. I like writing 

      2. I like editing

So, when I saw this poster on Pinterest, I was immediately intrigued.

 

But there is another rather important fact about me.

         3. I am a graphic design major

My inner designer would like to point out that while the top of the poster clearly puts the writer on the left and the editor on the right, the list of characteristics are opposite! This is visually confusing.  However, I didn’t pick up on this at first because there was a little something I couldn’t get over: the use of Comic Sans. Don’t get me wrong, Comic Sans is a sweet little font, but these posters sum it up quite well.

Orientation Week

Well, I survived. After five days of orientation activities, I was ready for school to start. But there were a couple special events sprinkled among games like Ninja, Cat and Mouse, and Human Knot. One of those was the service project. My orientation group of four guys and fifteen girls was assigned to Urban Homeworks, an organization based in North Minneapolis that purchases foreclosed homes, fixes them up, and rents them back to families in the area. We got to help with the demolition process. The particular house we were at needed the chimneys removed, backyard raked for glass, and bathroom pulled out. It was hard work, and the hot, humid weather certainly didn’t help. We all survived though, albeit rather dirty.

But at least we got free T-shirts.