Posted: April 3rd, 2010 | Author: Gritchelle | Filed under: goals | Tags: bikes, fonts, wants | No Comments »
Until I complete #1 on my To Do list, there’s no way I’m going to be able to buy any of these goodies:
Eames Century Modern font by House Industries,
Memoriam script,
Or this gorgeous Cinelli Gazzetta frame. Building a bike is also on my to do list. I would absolutely love to build a single speed bike (with a flip hub–coz maybe I’d wanna ride fixed one day?) with this frame! This frame however, is a wee bit out of my price range and with the components I want, it’ll leave an even bigger hole in the pockets. Some day…
In the mean time, I’ve also been looking at more affordable options. Mission Bicycles offers a frame and fork for a much more affordable price. Until the big bucks start rolling in, I’m considering a frame from them as an option.
I love this baby blue color and would like to build something similar to this (visually, mine would have different handle bars and perhaps black tires with the white deep v rims).
Posted: February 1st, 2010 | Author: Gritchelle | Filed under: Graphic Design, Information Design, Printed, School, posters | Tags: bikes, Eames, Information Design, South by Southwest | No Comments »
I had the awesome opportunity to take Information Design (DAI 523) with Prof. Trogu. If you’re a DAI student, I highly recommend this class. It’s a great introduction to info design. We learned how to gather information (through researching and web scraping), organize the data and the various forms of visualizations. If you’re new to this area of design, check out the site Many Eyes to to get your feet a little wet. Also, if you want to see some really rad examples of info design, check out Good Magazine, Information is Beautiful, and Info Aesthetics.
As you might have remembered, I posted a concept map I did in the beginning of the semester. More has been done since then:
This was the final assignment, which was my favorite (and scale wise, the biggest) project of the entire semester. Aside from the fact that we finally got to design information, I liked the fact that it entailed designing a large poster (34 x 44 in) that can be folded down to 8.5 x 11. I really would have loved to have been able to design more large scale pieces at SF State. Yes it’s a little costly, but I enjoyed (and want more of) the challenge of designing at a larger scale.
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