Serif.

I changed the type to a serif thinking maybe this would be a middle ground between the clean thin sans serif I started with and the monospaced courier I went to second. What does everyone think? Better solution?

Catalog

Page Size 11.7" x 16.5" A3

Collection.

changing the type face, size, alignment and shape of the text helped a lot - the text matches the images much better now i think. an index would be nice at the end but do i have enough objects for that? this is ready to print soon. i'll print on cardstock and glue bind it.

Catalogue beginnings - musical equipment

Here's a few pictures of my catalogue design, showing the instruments and musical equipment I have with brief descriptions/back stories. I'm not happy with the layout so far, so you can expect it to change in the near future.

Liv Varney: Catalogue sample - Collection of hats

So I have been working on a few collages, so far I have done two. I don't think they're finished yet but I figured I would stop with them and go back to them if need be. I am showing an image because I'm pretty sure that the paint on it will not be dry enough to carry to class tomorrow. I started off by cutting 7 sheets of paper down to 8.5in x 8in. All of the pages will be the same size that way it will be easier to scan them in without having to adjust their size digitally. I have a lot of scrap paper that I've been using and I printed out some images of my hats in black and white.

Design Types - Ulrich Response

When reading through Ulrich's writing I was kind of surprised. As he was describing the different ways that designers work, I found out that I use more than one type. In my own design process I combine hierarchical, casual relationships, parallel exploration, and existing artifacts. It makes me wonder if anyone else uses more than one type of exploration in their work, or do they limit themselves to one type? I think they must combine things, as I'm not really sure how one could possible only use one exploration method.

Ulrich Response

I found this text different than many of the readings I've done about design while in school. This article took a much different approach than I was use to be describing design in a more industrial and engineering context rather than straight graphic design. I think that design has such a broad spectrum that using any niche in the design field as an example to explain the process of getting from problem to solution through exploration would have sufficed. However, I appreciate that in this case it was not in the context in graphic design, maybe it held my attention a little better to read about familiar concepts in a light that I don't usually see them in. I agree that this is a valuable text to read as a practicing designer because without the process - there is generally no solution. It's almost impossible to come up with the 'right' solution without any background understanding or trial and error. I believe that's just the nature of the field. I appreciated the way that Ulrich talked about drawing abstractly to get across the point of view for the purpose of exploring through representation and abstraction. It solidified for me that as a designer trying to come up with a solution - this type of drawing is all that is proficient for the process. 'Good abstractions suppress details that have little relevance for the central design decisions at hand.' p 41