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Week 9: Poster 03 & Magazine 03

At this week 9, I started to work back on my event poster process. One of the big problems of my event posters is that the graphic element is too controlling. Thus, I need to add more diversity to my poster.

Valuing Diversity in Design + Technology, an event by Inneract Project

I decided to use different colors and different position to show some different and diversity in my series of event posters.

1. Poster 03

Process 01

In the first round, I decided to change the color of the poster to show some differences in it.

Process 02

In the 2nd round, I decided to not only to change the colors of the poster but also change the position of the posters to see how it looks like.

2. Magazine 03

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Week 8: Billboard 01 & Logo Refinement

This week I began to refine my project logos and decided to work on the billboards. Before I decided to refine my logo, I decided to do some research on logo design first.

What makes a good logo? A good logo is distinctive, appropriate, practical, graphic, simple in form and conveys an intended message.

Simple

Memorable

Timeless

Versatile

Appropriate

《What makes a good logo?》by JUST Creative Blog

1. Logo Refinement

Process 01

After Process 01, I decided to use circle and triangle as the graphic element of my logo. Thus, I designed more visual development to see how the logo might look like.

Process 02

1. Billboard 01

The reason that I decided to design a series of billboards is to promote this project to the public and let more and more people can connect VR with seniors.  

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Week 7:  Magazine 02

From last week’s critique, I found out that my magazine is really busy for seniors to read. Thus, in this round, I decided to reduce some useless details and use just one column for the body text. This time, I tried to make the design looks cleaner with better hierarchy.

Also, in this week, I began to think about how universal design can be applied to my project.

What is Universal Design?

Universal Design is the design and composition of an environment so that it can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people regardless of their age, size, ability or disability. An environment (or any building, product, or service in that environment) should be designed to meet the needs of all people who wish to use it. This is not a special requirement, for the benefit of only a minority of the population. It is a fundamental condition of good design. If an environment is accessible, usable, convenient and a pleasure to use, everyone benefits. By considering the diverse needs and abilities of all throughout the design process, universal design creates products, services and environments that meet peoples' needs. Simply put, universal design is good design.

—National Disability Authority (NDA)

Although the universal design is usually be applied to the environment design or product design, I was thinking about how to make graphic design appropriate for seniors to use and look beautiful.

Round 02_Magazine:

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Week 6: Poster Process 03 & Magazine 01

From last week’s critique, I chose the Moodborad 02 as my visual system direction. In this week, I decided to refine my event posters and also apply the visual system on my other deliverables, for example, the magazine.

What is good design?

“An honest design communicates solely the functions and values it offers. It does not attempt to manipulate buyers and users with promises it cannot keep.” 

—Dieter Rams

Poster Refinement

Event poster_01

Event poster_02

Event poster_03

Magazine Draft 1st

Visual Direction_01

Visual Direction_02

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Week 5: Poster Process 02

01/ MoodboardFrom last week critique, My posters look too obvious for audiences. Thus, I needed to switch my thought to find a way that can express the idea abstractly but also easy to understand. 

Abstract: Art of the Design/ Paula Scher

I watched <Abstract: Art of the Design> this week and began to think about how graphic design can relate to abstract. I think I need to push myself further to find a way create more abstract works.

01/ Moodboard

01 Poster Series

02/ Moodboard

02 Poster Series

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Week 4: Poster Process 01

This week we began to design the first posters. Because I have two moodborads for my thesis. Thus, I needed to design two visual directions to see which one looks better. For the first moodborad, I designed 3 different approaches to see which one looks better. For the second moodborad, I also designed 2 different approaches.

WHY SHOULD YOU USE A DESIGN PROCESS?

Having a design process allows us to be more efficient and transparent when we are designing an app. Since we have a plan laid out that has been tested and refined, we can make sure we’re always moving forward and not having to retrace our steps, and the client will trust the decisions and suggestions that we are making. There is a lowered risk because we’re using a plan that is tried and true — no guesswork needed. This plan also helps to keep all members of different teams on track and able to collaborate easily. When we work this way, it helps us find solutions for problems you might not even realize are there. This forces you to think through an app in its entirety, and makes sure the user is getting an engaged user experience. In the end you will have an app that works well, is easy to use, and is something the user wants to use over and over.

by SAVANNAH BECKLER-JONES, <Why is a Design Process Important?>

01/ Moodboard

Poster 01

Poster 02

Poster 03

02/ Moodboard

Poster 04

Poster 05

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Week 3: Moodboard Refinement & Logo Sketch

On the week 3, my needed to refine my Moodboard and do some logo sketches.

Refinement Moodboard

Direction 01

Direction 02

Logo Sketches

Pencil sketches

Digital Sketches

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Week 2: Personas & Moodboard

In this week, I began to analyze my target audiences. Thus, I decided to make 5 personas card to identify my target audiences.

Personas are vital to the success of a product because they drive design decisions by taking common user needs and bringing them to the forefront of planning before the design has actually started. Personas provide the team with a shared understanding of users in terms of goals and capabilities.

—Segue Creative Team, “What is Persona Development and Why is it Important?”

Personas

Moodboard

I also began to design some Moodboard for my thesis visual development. In this week, I found multiple Moodboard to explore my thought further. While I was finding Moodboard for my thesis, I also start to think what kinds of visual language can work better for seniors.

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Week 01: 2018 Spring Thesis 2 Schedule

At the first week of my thesis development, I planed the final timeline and millstone for each deliverable of my thesis project.

My thesis project is about Virtual Reality (VR) and seniors.

As the famous actor George Burns said: “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” So what can help seniors to enrich their life?

Virtual reality or VR is a good choice. There are many reports and research shows that VR can help seniors to enrich their lives. For example, The New York Times reports learning new technology skills help seniors lessen isolation. The MIT News reports that VR can help seniors who can’t leave the house to build a fun way to re-experience the world again.

In the thesis project “SeniorVRLife”, the first target audiences are seniors who are isolated or have mobility issues. The secondary audience is people who support these seniors, and this audience includes their children, grandchildren and care providers. The main goal of “SeniorVRLife” is to build a bridge between seniors and VR. “SeniorVRLife” will achieve the goal in three ways. The first way is to promote the awareness about the advantages of VR. The second way is to help seniors select the appropriate VR content suited for their taste and needs. In this way, it can make sure they can have a unique and wonderful user experience. The last way is to get seniors involved in VR programs and motivate their interested. With a few of design possibilities, “SeniorVRLife” can expand this amazing field to seniors and enrich their lives.

Virtual reality is a technology that could actually allow you to connect on a real human level, soul-to-soul, regardless of where you are in the world.