First Assignment


There are three things I want from this class. One is practice. The more opportunities I get to design, the better I get at using the software tools and the better I get at creative problem solving. The second is to hone in on the epistemic nature of being a designer. We are constantly thinking about the relationship between the audience and the message we want to convey. How do I learn to better find that solution? In this, one obstacle will almost always be, having to “fix” your ideas, which leads me to my third want; learning how to deal with “editing” yourself without taking it personally.



Besides what I've voiced already in the above paragraph, there isn’t a concern I can think of at the moment. As of now, I believe in this, I will not know what I am fully capable of until I am in a position where I must make decisions. I’m not afraid of that idea; I have confidence in my base education and skills to this point. The thing I can do help myself now as a designer, is to practice design. 



Design Brief

Project
Create a series of four commemorative stamps of famous graphic artists that have past.

Client
US Postal Service

Specifications 
Each stamp will be on a 7 x 9 inch document
Full Color
Style-digital-representational
Artist 1: Muller-Brockmann
Artist 2: Duchamp
Artist 3: Van Doesburg
Artist 4: Hohlwein