Mitsuo Katsui — Design an informational poster for someone who knows nothing about your design hero. Gather, curate, and craft text, images, and typography that best tell the story of your hero and their work. Three candidates:

Prompt: Design a 60-second video that highlights the unique characteristics and personality of Tisa in the context of its use. Take advantage of sequence and motion in visually describing and comparing the various forms and attributes of your typeface. Music & Storyboarding When looking for music, I wanted to highlight Tisa’s lively, playful…

Tisa — Prompt: Create a two-page spread highlighting the unique characteristics and personality of Tisa. Part 1: Research and Writing

ReelAbilities Film Festival — Prompt: Using visual hierarchy, design a poster that communicates a story/message of a local event to a specified audience. Part 1 — Research & Understanding Hierarchy _________________________________________________________________

Project 3 — Prompt: Using modules, grids, and patterns, design a space and experience that tells a story, aids usability, evokes emotions, entertains…etc. Experiment with scale, color, and lighting to shape user experience and perceptions in space. Think about… Form and structure in a range of scales. Designing with intent. How does your…

Project 2 — Prompt: Using three different methods of construction, translate the natural form of a shell, a computer mouse, and a hybrid design. The three methods of construction are: Subtractive (Foam), Additive (Plasticine Clay), and Sheet (Paper). Think about: How can you develop a 3D form which has meaning and is aesthetically…

Animation — Prompt: Create a stop-motion animation that speaks to the relationship between the animals and their environment, with a focus on the behavior of your animal. Think About: How will you represent the form and behavior of your animal effectively? How can you show movement and tell a story with a…

Plastic Model — Out of industrial plastic, design a physical model of an endangered species that reflects proportions, characteristics, and movement. Think about: How can you represent proportion and form in a 3D model? How can you reuse pre-made designs in your construction? How can you devise a methodical process to making decisions? Part 1 …

7 Color Poster — For our first project of the second semester, we were tasked to design a 7 color poster that combines both visuals and text to tell a story about our endangered animal and its habitat. My assigned habitat is the Sahara Desert, and I chose the Struthio Camelus, or the common…