First Attempt: Organizing the Data.

Translation – This information needs to be understood by two different people.  They need to hear/see what they want so that they will spend money.  Georgia is fine with creating two seperate versions, but I think that it will be a good and possible challenge to create just one.

Here is the I was given.

 Here is my first attempt

It needs to communicate how the companies technology and material will save the consumer money in the end.

Georgia and I talked about using a set of colors or symbols to carry through the booth.  I was thinking that red (warm) could represent solar and blue (cool) could represent wind.  As far as information of this chart goes I don't think this idea works, but I do like the changing of color to show the information change.  I don’t want the chart to show solar to wind but rather show the comparison of the technical and the simple.  The colors still work in the sense that blue is more calming and red is more intense.

And my second is in progress...I think it will be more simplified but maybe too much.

I don't know that either is the answer but it will come.

Inspiring Designers (August)

Here are a couple artists that I stumbled upon in my searching for graph inspiration.  I have found Michael's resume before but I am glad I was able to find him again, his website is pretty amazing.  I love the transitions.
Michael Anderson
Bryan Christie

AmeriCorps

I just had m first AmeriCorps meeting. I am way excited about some of the benefits that AmeriCorps will provide. I am hoping that they will be able to pay for both the trip to Amsterdam and possibly a design conference during this school year.

I already want to do AmeriCorps again at some point.  I think that the benefits are wonderful and it would be great to work with the homeless or for the Cathedral Home.

Graphs, Corporate Design, Charts, and Technical Terms

I never thought that I would really desire to work on a project that involves charts and graphs (and if placed in the wrong hands could look like an poorly designed engeneering poster or worse). They are the type of project that seemingly is just organization and not much creativity. This is the type of project that I am starting with and I am excited. It will be a challenge to make eye catching and strong. I have been looking at examples and it seems like this type of project has been done well in the past, so it I possible.

Here is some of my research.

This site shows that not all graphs and charts are boring. That is a good start but I bet we can find better.
Some good graphic images
When and why to use graphs.
Some way good stuff!
Some More

Training Week

After the first week I am extremely excited and a bit nervous, for my internship. I am excited about working with the Works of Wyoming gallery, their events and my client work. I am not sure how much I will be doing with each part of the organization. I think that this internship will be a good combination of art and design. I love both. This week I was also given a quick introduction to Joomla. I think I will pick it up fairly quick but it will be a challenge. It seems more complicated than what is necessary.

I really enjoyed last semester’s internship and I am excited to learn more about another gallery and gain experience. I have heard about some of the gallery’s events in the past but never really knew much or exactly what was going on. That being said I am in a good position to promote WOW to the art department through Student Art League. I am looking forward to becoming more involved with the gallery and hopefully will be able to produce some work for a juried show.

In addition to the gallery, I am excited about working with my first client. There will be a lot of work that she will need. (Hanna was able to complete her logo.) I will basically be designing a booth for a trade show.

There will need to be promotional material, maybe a video, and trinket type handouts. We talked about coming up with a theme that will travel throughout the booth, as well as various ways to make the company’s booth stand out.

I am going to begin with a chart that Georgia has given me. The chart is a bunch of circles that touch each other in an attempt to show the two factors (material and technique) that go into the product and produce a way for the consumer to save money. This task seems like it will be a challenge. We discussed the possibility of using color and maybe some icons to depict this information to two different audiences. One is the tech-savvy engineer and the other is the businessman who cares about it working, not really how. This portion could lead to some design and images that could carry throughout the booth. If this plan of action works the design of the other material and the rest of the booth should fall into place. After this work is designed, I will be starting on the design of their website. I am a bit nervous about this aspect but I think it should be doable. It is one area of design that I don’t think I have learned much in but want to learn.

After the first week, I still have that nervous feeling I always have during training for a job. The nervousness that maybe I cant do this. I have always been fine in the past so I can assume that this will go fine as well. The feeling of excitement is always just as strong as the nervousness and thankfully that is true in here as well.

This is the advertisement for Coffee News that I completed during training. WOW also needed a poster for a workshop. Hannah and I had a free hour before meeting with my new, Hannah's old, client. I don't like having to work this quickly; these are not my favorite posters ever.

Intership Questions

For my last internsnip, I was given a series of questions and figured they would be beneficial for this internship as well.

Why did you choose this site?
I chose the WWBC for several reasons. It seems like I will have a wide variety of experiences. Designing logos for businesses will be a great way to build my portfolio. I think I may be able to force myself to learn more about website design (even if it is just various WYSIWYG editors). I am really excited to work with the individuals and the art gallery. After my internship this summer and my internship last semester I think that this internship will be a wonderfully fun learning experience.

What are you expectations for this internship?
I expect to learn more about the business side of art and design, to create some pieces for my portfolio, learn more about website design, be surrounded by art, build relationships with interesting women and people, and hopefully be able to use my creativity.

I expect it to be challenging at times. Twice over the summer when I was able to work for clients on a specific project, I had a nervous doubt about my skill. I would forget the simple fact that I wouldn’t get projects if I wasn’t capable of completing them. They of course ended well and the nervousness was just doubt not truth.

What do you expect to learn from this internship?
I hope to learn more about website design.

What profession are you pursuing?
I know that I want to work with people and do some sort of art. Graphic design is a good combination of the two. You get more interaction both with business professionals and other creative individuals. My dream is to run a music venue that caters to troubled youth and has shelter capabilities.

One part that I would want this venue to have is an art gallery and an area for these kids to work on art therapy as well as graffiti art. Ideally I would be the one designing promotional materials for small local bands and the venue itself. This could include t-shirts, fliers, posters (my favorite to design) and whatever else seemed necessary.

In the process of starting this gallery I would love to fund it through freelance design. The largest difficulty with freelancing seems to be finding clients. WWBC may offer some helpful techniques in this are.

How does this internship relate to your future professional goals?
One of the areas that I don’t have a lot of experience in is that of business. I was able to talk to a designer Sara Nelson this summer and she suggested taking business courses. I was also given the chance to work in a small business as an in house designer. It was a great experience to learn about the business side (and print production side) of graphic design. I do think that this internship will help me to become well rounded as a designer and artist.

In addition to the business aspects, I will be able to work in the Works of Wyoming Art Gallery. I am extremely excited for this because I love art and would enjoy working/volunteering at a gallery. Gallery exposure is great for art and graphic design in the sense that it is an amazing and constantly changing sourse of inspiration, thought, and dialogue.

Pre Internship Post

I start training for the Wyoming Women’s Business Center tomorrow afternoon. I am excited to begin. I think that the plan is to meet with my first client this week.