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Poster Remix Critique: Sydney Elliott

Between my colleague and myself, I chose to critique this poster from the Poster Remix Project. I chose this poster because though my others were creative, this poster flows the viewers eye about the page in a compositionally sound way. I … Continue reading

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Figure / Ground and Framing: Anna Villatoro

I chose has many elements. The first thing is the word “JAWS,” which is the first thing that your eyes get caught on, reason being that it is bolded and it is at a much bigger font compared to the … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Mark Midgett

For this blog post, I chose to go with a piece that really took the typographic elements of positive and negative space as well as framing and cropping and stretched them in ways outside of the ordinary designer. When looking … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Maryssa Beare

Choose a visual example that again primarily consists of typographic elements. Analyze all identifiable elements in the composition in terms of positive and negative space and the other terms from your reading that refer to these concepts. Also note how … Continue reading

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Too Cool to Spend: Jeff Williams

For this blog I chose an 50000 Lao Kip banknote. From what I’ve seen I haven’t come across a single type of currency that I didn’t like. Both because of the design and it’s money. I think one of the … Continue reading

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Too Cool To Spend: Stefan Lindeman (Blog #2)

Prior to reading the article “Do you have change for a Bowie”, I had no idea that there were forms of currency based on art. What visually struck me the most was the intial photo of the bill with psychedelic … Continue reading

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Too Cool To Spend: Alden Paguada

For my blog I have chosen the 50 euro bill. The reason it caught my attention is because its got a very unique look. It looks so modern and slick. The design is based on a common theme ” Ages … Continue reading

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Too Cool to Spend: Khiabett Contreras

After reading Do You Have Change for a Bowie I instantly remembered the currency from Costa Rica. This summer I studied abroad and I was basically forced to use their currency for a whole month. This was a bit different … Continue reading

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Too Cool to Spend: Jacob DeLeon

If I ever received this bill as cash back I would save it forever! The colors that are prominent within the note are two of my favorite color combinations. It reminds me of 80s style of computer graphics. There are … Continue reading

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Figure/ Ground and Framing: Ryan P Schimack

The visual example primarily consists of typographic elements as well as positive and negative space. This picture strongly emphasizes negative space to highlight the positive space which is the type. There is just enough positive space (black) that the reader … Continue reading

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