Palatino is a highly functional typeface that can be used in in any setting, for any purpose. It’s widely used as a corporate typeface, for advertising headlines and text, as well as other display purposes Palatino is the name of an old-style serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf, initially released in 1949 by the Stempel foundry. Named after the 16th-century […]

For our project with Kyle, we were given a task to pick a font and design three iPad prototype screens using a font out of the list that we were given. I started this task by brainstorming lots of ideas in my sketchbook until I found three that I liked. I tried to make sure […]

During this week’s lesson we learnt about the important of typography and colour in IXD. we were asked to experiment with a letter of our choice on sigma to show us how a simple letter can be made so complex when we put our minds to it. I chose the letters S and K and […]

this week we looked at Da Vinci’s Golden Ratio this is considered the perfect example of the Fibonacci sequence. The Golden Ratio is the number used when two quantities are divided in a way that their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger one of the two quantities. the […]

For todays class we were asked to watch a talk by Wilson Miner called “When we Build” and write down our thoughts on it.  This talk really motivated and inspired me to make the most out of what I do. Wilson Miner is a well known digital designer from San Fransisco who has changed the […]

This week’s focal point was building our visual vocabulary. These include the terms Point, Line and Plane which we will continuously refer back to over our career. Point ‘When we jump straight onto the computer and begin pushing pixels around in Photoshop (or our weapon of choice), we’re jumping several stages ahead in the process, […]

What is a manifesto? A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer. It is a battle cry to inspire you when things get tough. “a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate”   Manifestos to me are inspiring as […]

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For today’s lecture we looked at the history of typography. Learnt that Johannes Gutenberg was a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with his mechanical movable-type printing press. Before Gutenberg, books were either copied out by hand on scrolls and paper, and even a small book could take months to complete. they […]

For our first week, Paul took us through what would be happening over the next 12 weeks as well as how to use the basic tools that come with BB Learning. this was very useful, as since we are online this semester it is very important for us to know how to use our available […]