DESIGN UNITED

My Favorite 5 Photoshop Trends of 2018

1. Double Exposer Duotone. I’ve seen this a lot even on Instagram and twitter, where people use apps to double their images with red and blue halo-like effects. Designers are also able to create the same effect on Photoshop by turning off the red, green or blue…

The Importance of Creative Community

Creating alone is easy. You have your thoughts, your vision, your idea, you know how to make it happen. You can go about your work without being questioned until its finally complete and you feel confident with the result. If there is a problem along the way it can…

INSTAnt Fit

Hi! My name is Gracie Giannosa and I am a freshman at Grand Canyon University majoring in web design and minoring in marketing. My senior year of high school I had to think a lot about what I wanted to do with my future, but I never really had a specific major that stood out to me. My sister used to read…

Abby here!

I’ll just jump right in by saying this: the biggest thing I’ve learned in design school is how to fail. Well, actually, I’ve always known how to fail (I’m a human) but for the first time I have understood the importance of failure.

The Transfer who “hates” design

Sienna Privat

Senior ‘18

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hello, my name is Sienna Privat! I am majoring in Advertising and Graphic Design here at Grand Canyon University. I am a transfer student and…

Kayla Anderson Branching Out

Being the Brand Manager of Design United has definitely been the highlight of my past two semesters at GCU. One of the biggest projects that I’ve been able to be apart of was Branching Out. If you don’t already know, Branching Out is a company that provides counseling, coaching…

Rolling with Design United

Friday, January 26, 2018

Hello! My name is Jordan Randall. I’m a marketing major here at Grand Canyon University, and I’m enjoying it, but I feel that it’s not quite what I want to do as a career. I was struggling and trying new things and to find something I have a…

Camille Pfaff, written Friday November 10th, Design United product design

The design concepts I came…

Camille Pfaff, written Friday November 10th, Design United product design

The design concepts I came up with to support Arizona Humane Society were inspired by the style of design in our logo. This way it represents us as a design agency as well as the organization we are…