BXA Seminar — Spoorthi Cherivirala A space that makes me want to hold it/touch it/act on it In the evening after dinner with some friends on the way to the bus stop we ran across this store on the side of the street. It had an old facade to it, but it was brightly illuminated so I wanted to go in, and I immediately just…

Communications Mini Project 4 — Objective: In a 2-part typeface project, in our next step we design a 60-second video that highlights the unique characteristics and personality of your typeface in the context of its use and in relation to its larger type family, if that exists. Time Frame: 2 weeks Typeface: Eva Logistics: 60-second…

Communications Mini Project 3: Exploring Typesetting — Time Frame: 1.5 weeks Typeface: Eva (3 styles: Maria, Duerte, Peron) Applications: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop Day 1: Initial Type Analysis & Research Research Sources EVA - VOCAL EVA is a font family inspired by banners carried during a1957 women's demonstration in Buenos Aires in front of the…www.vocaltype.co Tré Seals wants to diversify design through typography | Design Week Seals set up foundry Vocal Type - which takes inspiration from past protest movements - in the hope of celebrating…www.designweek.co.uk

Communications Studio Mini: Fall 2021 — Collaborators: Karan Shah Chosen Magazine: Fast Company Specific Publication Analyzed: October 2021 Time-Frame: 1 week Project Objectives from Brief Conduct rapid research to identify content themes and audience personas Identify and understand key components of a visual system Understanding the Mission & Purpose To understand the rationale behind the design decisions that Fast Company makes…

Environments Studio Mini — Client: Carnegie Mellon University Target audience: Prospective students and their families. Context: “There is extensive research and development in wearable mixed reality devices. Unlike virtual reality, which completely immerses you in a virtual world by obscuring your entire view, mixed reality blends real and virtual to create hybrid experiences…For this…

Environments Mini 2021 — Chosen Client: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Objective: “Create a temporary (3–4 week) exhibition featuring an issue currently on exhibit at one of the three museums. The client wants at least one piece of the artist’s work to be on display, but they also want to use digital technology to…

Using clay, paper, and soap to represent natural and unnatural forms — Objectives Translate natural and human-made forms through various mediums Able to translate how individual elements constitute a larger form Develop 3D forms which have meaning and are aesthetically balanced and composed Understand and speak to 3D form aesthetics, semantics, and their inherent meanings Time-frame: 3 weeks Logistics: Creating 2 forms…

Exploring the Dynamics of the letter H and creating a short animation — Day 1: 03. 29. 2021 — Exploring the letterform “h” In-Class Notes: Introduction to project Explore gridding the letter on a printed version Detailed grid versus a simplified grid. The right focuses on the angles and slopes of the h, especially the curve with all of the diagonals mapped out. The second one focuses on grid structures, mapping out the…

Objectives: Consider different levels of representation and interaction in 4D Dissect form and speak to its aesthetics Work with limited color to create meaning Build a relationship between 2D static and kinetic forms, telling a story Logistics: 7 colors maximum Use AfterEffects for the animation Final dimensions: 1920 x 1080px…