Design is - my statement

Design is an expression created from a thought or emotion. It is more than just an artistic ability, it contains great purpose. May involve research to attract a specific target market. It is constantly changing but is never wrong.

My dream vacation

Ever since I was a little one my ultimate dream was to see the world. Last summer it was my first time out of the country and went to Colombia to visit family. It was an amazing experience and after that I made it a goal in my life to travel to at least one place a year since then. My dream place to travel to would have to be Dubai. Why Dubai you may ask? My reason is because Dubai has such amazing architecture. The hotels, mosques and homes are designed so different and their way of designing is so futuristic. They are so much more advanced with their way of designing architecture it blows me away each time I see images. The video above is of a new building that is currently being planned to be built. It will be a building that will be constantly rotating and changing its shape, amazing huh?

here is another video with more indept information:

Dubai's Dynamic Architecture

Technology is all around us!

Reading week is over and throughout my week off from school I calculated how much time I spent with different forms of technology. Its insane to see how many hours I spend doing each but then realized that were living in a very technology driven world and the world keeps changing due to technology. The technology around now will most likely be improved upon in the next few years considering the fact that since the year 2000 we have experienced more changes then the world has seen before. Here is my technology usage for the week:

1. Reading a)books b)newspapers c)magazines
2. Listening to a)radio (internet or transitional)
   
3. Listening to music (via Itunes or mp3)
4. Watching TV, DVD
5. On email (# msgs)
6. a)surfing web b)social media Facebook
7. Video games (web or system)
8. a)mins on cellphone (#txt msgs)

Calculations:

1. 3 hours spent on reading (on the bus and at home)
2. 30 mins spent on listening to radio (in the car)
3. 54 hours spent on listening to music (via Itunes and mp3)
4. 8 hours spent on watching TV, DVD (shows 90210 and bachelor, DVD the breakup and legally blonde)
5. 20 mins spent on email (2 msgs)
6. 45 hours spent on surfing web and Facebook
7. 2 hours spent on video games (web and brothers mario games)
8. 32 hours spent on cellphone (86 txt msgs)

= 145 hours and 50 mins spent on reading week using technology.

Jazz Cd Design

My class was assigned to design a cd design for Humber's Jazz Ensemble new cd which would be called Prologue. I was excited because I thought it would be a fun and interesting assignment but at the same time I knew a lot of research would have to be done because I know nothing about Jazz. I have never listened to Jazz and am not a huge fan of the genre so in order to design this cd I had a lot to do before creation of the design. My process included:

• Listening to Humber's previous Jazz cd.
• Read and understand the definition of Prologue.
• Brainstorm rough ideas/sketches.
• Look at different fonts and colors that represent Jazz.
• Took breaks in between to eat and surf the net to refresh my mind.
• Design a rough concept on template given.
• Critiqued numerous times by Heather.
• Fix design with suggestions made by Heather.
• Find the right image of stage curtains for design.
• Print final cd design at Canclone.
• Present cd design to Jazz Band Director.