Bio Journey Project

Assignment:

Create a timeline depicting your “bio journey” using the modalities of:

• research

• information design/data visualization

• expressive typography

• image, graphic composition

• advertising

You will start by “looking inwards” to first investigate yourself– answering the overarching question

“what is it that makes you human as a designer?”

You will decide for yourself what you want to share with your audience (peers, clients, educators passerby)

Parameters

You have been provided with an InDD template for a poster

The poster should fulfill the following parameters

• Stick to template size of 8in x 12in

• Incorporate modular structure in some manner to depict 6 sections

• Use 2 typefaces (one for display/expressive and one for body copy)

(Typography used within graphic elements such as timelines etc is separate is at your own discretion)

• No more than 5 images to be used

• Use of glyphs, icons, and graphic encouraged

• Color and texture to be used as content (as opposed to decoration!)

• Body copy (if incorporated) to not exceed 200 words

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PT.2 Assignment:

Design a box that represents an abstracted form of your bio journey/timeline

The box will be a visual representation of your bio journey

You have the license to interpret and manipulate the box through material and texture and move beyond mere surface print parameters

You have been provided with an InDD template for the flat box (4in x 4in when built) along with a physical box template

The box should fulfill the following parameters

• Stick to the template size

• Use typographic expression, images, color, texture, and graphics in any format

• The box should show some elements of interactivity through crafting and materials

• The box can be closed or openable. Either way it should reflect meaningful objectives

The project will be evaluated on the following criteria

• How much have you explored beyond surface print

• How do the images and type move across planes

• Your effort in exploring dimensionality across the surface, plane, corners, and depth

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My approach to this project was to try to really think about the key aspects of my life that I feel play a major key in my life.

I also really wanted to make sure my personality was communicated. I tend to think of myself as an introverted extrovert, I am very choosy on when and how I want to show my boldness.

That’s where I believe my color palette comes from, the contrast of muted colors against bold bright colors here and there. I also wanted it to feel very feminine because women inspire my work heavily.

Lastly, I wanted to show how there are so many pieces, or sides, of me. This is especially important to me because I feel like in my life I am playing different roles depending on where or what I’m doing, and sometimes they overlap a bit. For example, I am one way when I’m with my kids, as their mother, and another when I’m with my female friends just being me unfiltered.