Week 6B

Aaris Sherin presented in our class today about sustainable thinking and design and how it could positively effect and impact our world. She gave us many examples but I think the main one that really stuck out to me was the illustrator that she brought up named Chris Haughton. The fact that he illustrated characters then made them into stuffed animals that helped his neighbors and community positively in an economic way by giving them jobs. I never really thought of doing something like that and how it could really effect those around me.
It really opened my eyes to the fact and design isn't just UX, coding, and technology based. Design can also be those crafts/illustrations that people like me make, just on a larger scale. I personally just can't get into the technology side of graphic design. My heart is into creativity so it was just nice to see this side of design.
Also I feel the point that she brought up about packaging and how it's such a huge waste in our world really got me thinking. What if their was a design where when we have products we just don't have that extra packaging for it. It's something that has sparked my curiosity and makes me want to DESIGN!!!

Overall it was a really enlightening and inspiring conference and I enjoyed it 100%!

We also got the introduction of what our next project will be. It's pretty much the 3 second animation of a brand/logo of a company. Our prof. gave us examples like ABC news intro and CBS etc. I chose my own personal logo that I made last year for my Typography I class.