Wheatfields, yo.

website, check it.

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Haha, I completely forgot how to work this bad boy! How do we join Tad's blog? Assistance puhlease :) 

It's doneeeeeeee!

Round 1: After Effects

BARE WITH ME PEOPLE! :) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RozYjuM38dY

Inspiration with a sexy accent.

TED website, I feel, is laid out better than Good.is. I think it is easier to navigate through and understand the concept as a whole. Though it doesn't have as many interesting inputs, the structure makes more sense to me.

"Yes, design can make you happy!"
"I know it's incredibly boring to hear about other people's 'happinesses'." -Stefan

What is your inspiration? I never really sat and thought about utilizing things that make me happy as inspiration within my projects. Examining a simple experience with an abstract and open mind can open up creative elements that never crossed your mind. I dig Stefan, he knows what he's talking about & I really want to try the empty conversation bubbles and see what people write in them.

Comedy keeps me intrigued.

"Can I do more of the things, I like, in design & do less of the ones that I don't like to be doing. . . "
This is so true. I find myself striving to do certain project and ideas and it's hard to break out of that norm. This is something I'm working on. I'm also big on changing up the scenery. This After Effects project might be tough because I have to work in the lab and this will be a great task for the A.D.D. student.

"Everything I do always comes back to me."

P a u l a S c h e r bugs me. I can't pin-point why, but I couldn't watch the whole video. . . sorry!

How Good is Good?

"Strong Design for bad causes or products can hurt us even more." 

This article really focuses on the designers utilization of their values and happiness in designing. If it is going to harm someone, is there a point? Also, all the different aspects that design brings upon itself: to remember, to unify, to simplify, to evoke safety, to evoke happiness, to inform, to raise money, etc. All in all, having a great design paired up with a great cause creates the most successful pieces. 

Flash Website

www.people.ku.edu/~addz18/index.html

Poster/definitions

Oh, James Brown. This poster holds great emotion. Automatically I am drawn into his beautiful white teeth and the the way the typography is manipulated to illustrate the curves in his face.
This poster caught my eye. The utilization of typography and image interacting really work well. This iconic symbol (James Brown) has a denotation of his lovable and interesting facial expressions. This poster could reveal a connotation that James is a man of many words or that his personality is full of many many things. The poster is exaggerated with the colors and extreme facial expression. It is altered as it doesn't depict his actual picture, but a rendering combining both text and graphics (could be considered a simile). James Brown represents soul power, strength, comedy, music. Metonymy, using the name of one thing to stand for another, is presented as all the type describes him and his career while creating a visually appealing layout.