August 2010
7 posts
Day 21 (Supposed to be)
Lesson 8(continued): Hierarchy
Damn it. I’ve fallen behind. I don’t know if this warrants an excuse for my lateness but I have been designing things for other people and other events, cousin’s birthday invitations and brochures for the facilities commission.
But yeah…
Now onto the lesson. In hierarchy, there is rank, rank of what’s important, who is important,...
Day 11
Lesson 8: Hierarchy
Eeks I’m falling behind on lessons. But I have posted stuff on other days. I need to start dating them:
Before it goes to midnight…
Day 7
Lesson 7: Framing
(Also a day late: I think i’m going to divide Design Problems into lessons. Or should I count them as homework? Help me out here, I’m indecisive.)
Look around, your vision frames the world around you. Look out a window, and you will see a framed scene, the city street, or the country fields. Here’s what I learned:
framing: it’s everywhere, cropping,...
July 2010
11 posts
Day 6:
Lesson 6: Figure/Ground
**Forgive me it’s a day late, for I was at Balch Park camping with my siblings and my family. =) I love the outdoors.**
But now for the lesson on day 6. Another complex topic. Well at least the stuff that I’m reading is more complex than I thought it would be. In a way this is relevant education to me. They may not be classes I’ve registered for,...
Day 5:
Lesson 5: Color
Finally! A lesson on color. Even before I begin the lesson, I just want to say that I’m super excited about this lesson, I’ve never really learned about color aside from the basics in elementary school, primary colors, Roy G. Biv in Science, the prism, rainbows. I’ve always been fascinated by rainbows (figures =P), just the color in them in general, but...
Day 4
Lesson 4: Texture
Forgive me, this comes a bit late, but nonetheless, it counts for Day 4. I got caught up in messing around with Adobe After Effects, <3. I finished my first video, thanks togreyscalegorilla. I might post it later but first!!! What I learned today:
A texture: can be physical or virtual, can be felt, can be seen, different textures reflect different amounts of light, can...
Day 3
Lesson 3: Scale
Oh how ironic, yet so fitting. To begin this one, I wanna preface the post by saying that words and their meanings can have so much impact on the things we say, regardless of whether we intend them to or not. So scale can mean something we weigh ourselves on for to yeah…that stuff, tracking weight and such. Go insanity! Scale, like on a fish, can be a nuisance if you...
Day 2
Lesson 2: Rhythm and Balance
So basically, design is in a realm of expression all its own. It’s neither black or white, night or day, science or art. In design, (haha, no pun intended), designers seek rhythm and balance.
What I learned:
rhthym: regular, repeated pattern, like in books, or in magazines and such, to keep consistency, make it easier for the audience
balance: enough said,...
“All men are designers. All that we do, almost all the time, is design, for...”
– Victor Papanek | Design for the Real World
One year starts now...
There are 365 days in a year, and even more than that is the number of thoughts that run through my mind.
My name is Joseph Aaron Racca, Jr. I am 20 years old, an undergraduate at UCLA working towards my bachelor’s in anthropology. Since my life in LA has changed me a lot over these past two years in college, I consider myself a SoCal boy. There’s not too much in that name, no...