Matthew
Hand-Lettering
On 30, Sep 2022 | In AR, Digital Drawing & Illustration, Hand Lettering, Motion, Typography | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question: How can a designer communicate the [intended meaning] of a [quote] using hand-lettering and movement?
Special Guest: Cymone Wilder @simonandmoose
Colours In Culture
On 20, Apr 2022 | In Resources | By Matthew
https://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
Colourmusic
On 14, Oct 2021 | In Digital Art Survey & Practice, Interactive Multimedia, Motion | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question: How can non-objective motion graphics communicate the meaning of instrumental music? How can non-objective motion graphics perfectly match individual sounds in instrumental music?
Special Guest: Lead singer of the Oklahoma band Colourmusic, Ryan Hendrix, spoke to students about the meaning of his instrumental music.
Practical Effects: Students were encouraged to film and include “Practical Effects” like smoke, sand, water, etc.
Non-Majors: Some student solutions in this playlist include non-design, non-art, students from majors like chemistry, geoscience, biomedical, biology, and engineering.
See the 12 best student solutions below.
UX/UI Interaction Design Principles
On 11, Dec 2021 | In Digital Art Survey & Practice, Gaming, Interaction, Motion | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question: How can interactive design (UX/UI) components communicate and practice design principles?
Non-Majors: All of these solutions are from non-design, non-art, students from majors like chemistry, geoscience, biomedical, biology, and engineering.
Beneficiary: The beneficiaries are learners new to UX/UI design principles in interaction design.
Click “Read more…” to interact with three of the best student examples.
Read more…Crowdsourcing DataViz App (Fall21)
On 04, Dec 2021 | In Branding, Interaction, Motion, Website Design | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question: How can a crowdsourcing app resolve a user’s complaint by empowering them to input a small amount of data and see the impact of their contribution (DataViz) on a larger community?
Students worked in a group and individually through:Benchmarking, Personas, Pain Points, User Journey Maps, Scenarios, Task Flow Analysis, Wireframes, User Testing, Naming, Branding, Lo-Fi Prototypes, Hi-Fi Prototypes, and an Explainer Video.
See the two best student solutions below.
Risking the Physical and Digital Experience
On 16, Oct 2021 | In Gaming, Interaction, Motion, Website Design | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question: How can the digital experience of playing Risk feel more physical? Within the assigned context, how can the UX/UI be improved when playing Risk digitally?
Read more…Hand Lettering
On 06, Mar 2021 | In Hand Lettering, Motion, Typography, Visual Comm. Design Cap I | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question: How can the design of a phrase communicate its meaning through hand lettering, typography, color, and subtle motion?
It was my pleasure to lead the students below through this hand lettering project at KSU back in Spring 2021. Special thanks to guest speakers Justen Renyer and Pouya Jahanshahi (OSU faculty). Students credit: Abby Swafford, Cameron Wasinger, Emily Graham, Maddie Brown, Mayra Sigala, Meg Brekke, Molly Galitzer, and Sarah Onken.
Sustainable Packaging
On 23, Apr 2021 | In Motion, Packaging, Print, Visual Comm. Design Cap I | By Matthew
Open-Ended Question (for students): What would it look like to take an overpackaged product and reimagine it into something that still protects and communicates while making it more environmentally sustainable by reducing materials and giving said product a second life?
Beneficiary: Future humans.
Open-Ended Question (for the professor): How do I equip soon to graduate seniors with a portfolio project that displays their awesome packaging ideas (packaging being something most impactful when held) when the world is meeting remotely and can’t physically hold their work? My answer was to give them several iterations that led to a final explainer video.
See the seven best student solutions below.