Month: June 2023

This week we heard from Eitti Wahl, the director of the movie “She the Creator”. We got our blog assignment from her. The assignment was to, in the coming week, to find a moment in the natural world that inspires us and why it speaks to us in that way. A few weeks after the original assignment I did just that. I was taking the light rail to my friends house in Columbia City when I experienced that moment. There was a man sitting in the seat across from me. The man was wearing large baggy black denim jeans matched with a pair of black Asics running shoes. He also wore an elongated t-shirt with a zip up hoodie that was much to small for him. Printed on the back of this black hoodie was a white corporate tech logo I didn’t recognize. It looked as if he had gotten it from a Christmas party from his employer. I thought it was beautiful. On a surface level I care a great deal about clothing and I love the black, but something spoke to me on a deeper level than that. My favorite type of designs are the ones that utilitarian in nature. Design that only exist to serve a purpose and not to look good or impress anyone. This is also my favorite type of clothing to observe on people. People who don’t even think about what they put on in the morning. For them clothing only serves one purpose for them and that is to cover themselves. Did this man on the train ever expect or believe that something he had put absolutely zero thought into have such an impact on someone? Probably not.

This week we were asked to create a mood board for an automatic dog treat dispenser. For my mood board I tried to show the who I think the person who would buy this product would be. In my mind this person is a tech-bro adjacent person with to much disposable income. To demonstrate this I used images of over expensive coffee makers and craft beers. This person also shops at Nordstrom, but purely for the aesthetic and not because the quality of cloths matters to them. I chose a black and white color pallet and a stainless steel texture because that is what I feel is most commonly associated with these people. I also used a picture of those copy and past “modern” apartments you see around Seattle because this seems like the person that would live there and even enjoy it.

For this weeks blog post I had to research the pros and cons of working for a graphic design agency. There are many pros of working for an agency. One of the benefits is if you work at an agency you will be working with other designers. This will mean the expectations will be high and you will be forced to produce the best work you can in order to keep up. Another pro is you can focus all your attention on the design work instead of managing client relations and the money aspect as most freelances will have to do. However there are also some negative aspects of working for an agency. One of those negative aspects is the rigorous work hours. At an agency you have strict deadlines that you are expected to meet, this could mean working late and at times you didn’t account for at first. Another con is there is a risk of job security. If an agency feels it has to many people at any given time for the project they are working on they could put you one temporary leave or even lay you off entirely. Below are 3 listings to agency work I found on the internet.

https://designjobs.aiga.org/jobs/522730/Junior-Graphic-Designer

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=088337d17a550c80&tk=1h1t9ppb92nlh000&from=serp&vjs=3

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1f5bb025152bffb2&tk=1h1t9ppb92nlh000&from=serp&vjs=3