Below are some of the handwritten notes I took from class and also rewatching certain lab recordings. It has main concepts, meanings and hotkeys for different functions and components of code. Key Takeaways: semantics- gives the meaning, and is reflected by the visual design <meta> sets the responsive format style.css is the…

Collecting Audio Files, and Refining a Script In order to start brainstorming the story of my video, I first went and watched talks that Lotta Nieminen gave, as well as browsing existing videos and interviews people have done with her. There were more talks she gave on stages with a powerpoint presentation, and few professionally taken videos…

16 page booklet about design hero Lotta Nieminen Brainstorming To start designing the booklet, I made thumbnail sketches of spreads for the different sections that created in my essay. These could be background- for giving an overview of Lotta Nieminen’s early life, then style and aesthetics where I talk about her…

Design Hero: Lotta Nimeinen Gathering Inspiration As first steps to begin designing a poster for Lotta Nieminen, I compiled together images of Lotta’s work as well as photographs of her. Using Figma I put together images of her print illustration work, and her graphic design work from fashion company books. Additionally, I…

A research method I chose to analyze was creative toolkits. They are a collection of physical materials and elements that allow users to build, play, and participate in a range of activities. It is an example of a generative design research method because it helps produce an abundance of ideas…

Introduction In this design project, I came up with a way to use mixed reality in order to improve upon the studio experience for CMU design students. To talk about the problem space, Covid-19 and the global pandemic has drastically shifted the way education if offered, and especially for the students…

Homework: Plan and Elevation Practice With this homework, I learned how to translate and do conversions between scale and real life measurements I added swing doors, and details to the windows By making a floor plan, it can be easily turned into the base for a Parti diagram

Sketching Page Layouts — To begin designing a spread featuring my typeface Filosofia, I sketched out some initial ways I could break up my composition. …

Diversity Within A Team of Designers By Shruti Prasanth and Carolyn Youstra Throughout How People Work, we have focused on understanding the diversity of users; through worldview, emotion and cognition, levels of privilege, and accessibility. Because all people and mental frameworks all differ, we acknowledge that design empathy can never be all-inclusive. A core factor that…