AASU Day 2009

Makin' Brownies for
AASU Day
Lexsie, Mike & Nancy












DM's Booth as Part of AMT
Prez Raphyel & Vice-Prez Sam




Plz Buy a Brownie?
Lexsie, Nancy, Mike & Lizzy

Mardi Gras Captain and.....a Mime?
Prez Raphyel & Mallory the Mime

Nom Nom Nom.....WIN!
Vice-Prez Sam








The Pink Boa Totally Makes the Outfit
Scribeperson Jenni, Carolea & Andrew

Minutes from October 14th Meeting - Draft

DESIGN MATTERS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th, 2009

AGENDA

I. Call to order
II. Approve minutes from last meeting
III. Discussion items
a. AASU Day:
i. AASU day is next Wednesday, October 21st. We’ll make brownies at Jenni’s place the
day before, Tuesday the 20th. Directions to follow.
ii. Decorations: some are provided by AMT, we’ll set up the black board and hang work,
possibly have a section set aside to doodle/draw on? Lexsie and Lizzie are working
on decorations like beads, masks, Nancy has some gold beads to donate. Sam will look
into finding cheap beads we can give away at the booth. Alex might want to make that
an AMT-wide thing?

b. T-Shirts: Raphyel has priced 4 places to get t-shirts and will email out the price list so
DM can vote on where to get the shirts done.

c. Laser Tag! Saturday, October 17th at 3pm meet at Starcastle for Laser tag!

IV. Additional Items

V. Next Meeting:
Next meeting will be Monday, November 2nd at noon in Fine Arts 131

VI. Adjourn

Minutes from October Meeting - Draft

DESIGN MATTERS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2009

AGENDA

I. Call to order

II. Approve minutes from last meeting

III. Discussion items

a. T-Shirts: Final designs were voted on and Raphyel’s design won.

b. Board outside Mrs. Horne’s office: We will be putting stuff up there including: graphic design/computer artwork, upcoming events, articles and pictures from previous DM events. Please put your submissions into the Dropbok site.

c. Black plywood board: Justin will get the board from Mrs. Horne and store it at his house.

d. Guest Speaker: Jill Phongsa will be speaking Wednesday, October 28th at noon. DM voted to use club funds to purchase the pizza and members signed up to bring other refreshment items.

e. Laser Tag! Saturday, October 17th DM will do laser tag sometime in the late afternoon or evening.

f. AASU Day:
1. DM will combine with the AMT’s booth which has a Mardi Gras theme. Jenni is doing face/body paint, Mike can do caricatures, we’re making brownies (possibly with colored powdered sugar), have cookies (colored as well?), beads, possibly candy, handmade knickknacks by Lexsie. Need ideas for costumes. The theater department is helping with props and the music department is having a Jazz parade.
2. DM was asked to create a poster and flyers for the AMT booth. Justin, Mike and Jenni will create designs by the end of the week and put them in the Dropbok account.

IV. Additional Items

V. Next Meeting:
Next meeting will be Wednesday, October 14th at noon at Godfather’s. Jenni can meet a few folks on campus to give a ride if need be. BRING YOUR $10 DUES IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY!

VI. Adjourn

Minutes from September Meeting - Draft

DESIGN MATTERS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

AGENDA

I. Call to order

II. Approve minutes from last meeting

III. Discussion items

a. AASU Day: Ideas were discussed for the booth theme; Mardi Gras, 80’s Retro, Futuristic (space). Brownie-making will take place at Jenni’s house and Lexi and Lizzy have volunteered to work on props for whichever theme we decide on.

b. T-Shirts: Jenni, Raphyel, Andrew and Jamaal brought in comps of T-shirts, discussion was had on favorites and any possible changes. Raphyel will look into where to print and prices.

c. Posters: Raphyel, Andrew and Jamaal brought in posters and were voted on by the members. Raphyel’s design won and so will be posted on campus as well as on the board outside Mrs Horne’s office.

d. DM Presentation: Last Wednesday a meeting was held for those involved in the presentation. Right now Sam is speaking, Jenni is creating the content and Nancy is creating background graphics for the PowerPoint presentation.

e. DM Commercial: Great idea but is put on the back burner for now since DM has a lot going on this semester already.

f. Taboo! – Discussed possibly getting together to play Taboo!

g. Tutorials- While Sam’s tutorial idea is a GREAT idea, Mrs. Horne explained that the software he uses for his works aren’t in the lab. The decision was made to do Adobe product tutorials instead.

h. Geekend: Tech conference November 4th and 5th in Savannah that DM members might be interested in attending. Registration fee is $40 but there might be a group discount.

i. Fees: Don’t forget to bring your $10 fee for the club! Fees will go to our Treasurer, Justin.

j. Fun Stuff: Possible laser tag outing in October. Look for dates.

IV. Additional Items

V. Next Meeting:

Monday, October 5, 2009
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Fine Arts 131

VI. Adjourn

Aug. 26 Meeting Topics

Heya DM. Sorry for the delay! Here are the minutes for Design Matters' first meeting of the 09-10 school year. Be sure to check out the blog if you ever need a reminder on what's currently going on in the club. The meeting went as follows:

* Introductions were made by officers, members and new members.
* President gave a brief background about DM and it's founders.
* Past DM events were discussed
* We plan to have a guest speaker this year, Jill Phongsa, as well as
possible other tutorials on graphic design software.
* President discussed DM's rules and regulations which boiled down
to: Monthly DM meetings are mandatory and there is a $10 club fee.
* There is a T-shirt design contest among DM members to design a new
tshirt for the club. Finished concepts are to be ready for voting on
Sept 14th.
* Also, one of our first projects is to create a poster or flyer to
advertise DM and recruit new members. Finished designs are to be
ready for voting on Sept. 14th.
* NOTICE: the cork board outside Mrs Horne's office is now officially
DM space for us to use! We are trying to dig up photos from past DM
events to post on it.
* Another project discussed was the DM members being asked to do a
PowerPoint presentation for the Intro to Graphic Design class. We
need to get this ready ASAP. Volunteers: Justin, Jenni, Sam (kinetic
text/video?) and Nancy (animate logo).
* End of meeting, more pizza consumed...

1st Meeting

Ohhhhhhhh snap! It's about to get started! Hello good peoples! In case you haven't gotten emails or saw the fliers around campus, here's another heads up to our first meeting coming up this Wednesday (Aug 26) in Fine Arts Hall Rm. 131 at noon. Oh yeah...I think I remember sayin sumthin about free food last time, right?

We got a bunch of great stuff on the roster and we're lookin for a good few boys and gals to step up to tha plate and give us a helpin hand. Will YOU be one of them? DM hopes so! We don't wanna be stingy with all the fun now, do we? So we'll see you this coming Wednesday folks, but till then, happy designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM prez

Portfolio Review!? ...Ohhhhhhh SNAP!!!!

Sup DM! Long time no hear. I just got this info from Mrs. Horne, and I figured you'd good peeps would wanna hear about it ASAP.

Horne's Advanced Graphic Design Class will be having a portfolio review, and DM's been invited to participate!

The review is scheduled for Monday, May 4 from 1:30-4, the last day of classes. It will be in the gallery.

On top of that, she has touched basis with our Career Serives, and they will provide a chart of when the reviewers will be here so we can begin a sign-up sheet. Keep a good look out on that, k?

So here's the time to show your guns to tha big league. Lets brush up, get on dem game faces, and have a ball! ^_^ Till then, Happy Designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM prez

ps.hey, isn't there sum MOVIE NIGHT thing goin on this Friday? (wink wink)

OAF 2009 Pics

Sorry for tha delay folks. Meant to have these up sooner. Anyway, here's sum pics Mrs. Horne managed to shoot of us while we were at the OAF this year. Sigh, chyeah, we good ^_^

Raphyel M. Jordan
dm prez

Extracurricular Events

Hello DM! Great news: we're officially having our first Movie Night! Yayyyyyyy! Movie Night will be on Friday, May 1st, in the Science Hall room 1405 at 7:00 pm. Spread tha word, tell sum friends, and be sure to look up fliers and posters. Till then, happy designing!

We're also gonna have our final shindig that following Sunday (May 3rd) at the bowling alley! And who knows, our own honorable adviser might make a surprise visit. What!?

Speaking of Adviser: Mrs. Horne would like to treat us out to dinner before the school year is over! Hurray!....well....kay so maybe the whole "treatin"us out thang might be a pushin it...but hey! Food's involved right? And who hates that!?

We DO have one final official meeting after all. Apologies for the misunderstanding. We will be deciding who our future/replacing officers will be, so be sure to show up to vote and recommend, kay?

Two of our proud own , Chris and Alex, will be in the Senior Art Exhibition next week. The reception is on May 24th at 5:30 pm, so be sure to show up and give em your support!

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM pres

Cookie Extravaganza

...Well-LX says it's not really an extravaganza...BUT THAT'S BESIDES THA POINT! Cookies for Outdoor Arts Festival! Yayyyyyyyy!

Make sure you good folks check your emails for directions. Oh! And be sure to bring your black tee shirts from AC Moore's too. The cookie madness begins around six o'clock tomorrow upon our hosts' requests. Hope to see yaz there! Till then Happy Designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM prez

p.s. seriously though....for pity's sake, have a "password" for the door. (0)_(0). Bump, bump bahhhhhhhhhhhhh. J/K.....or am I?

T-Shirts for OAF

We're finally gonna make DM T-shirts! Ohhhhh snap! ^_^ Because of budget issues, the Armstrong Outdoors Arts Festival won't be making t-shirts this year....soooooo, what better time than to make our own!?

The costs for t-shirts is just five bucks, so we're asking all members to be kind enough and pay for their own shirts. I'll be picking up everyone's shirt money next week. Oh! And be sure to tell me what size you wear, k? Thanks a bunch folks, and see yaz next week! Till then, happy designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM pres.

Thank You From Rebuilding Together Savannah

Sup DM! I just got a forward from our former DM pres, Diana! She was given the following message:

Rebuilding Together Savannah's Board and all who have seen the brochure are really tickled with the content and the design. We use it for all our information/public relations opportunities and are very grateful for the efforts of you and the design group who worked with us on that.

I would like to be able to provide for any who would like a copy or copies for portfolio purposes. Please tell me how many and where and when to deliver. Or send me a list of snail mail addresses and I will send to each and all who need one.

Again, our thanks for a brochure that meets your expectations and ours for effectiveness, quality, and design!. Thanks.

Ellen


So here's a big thanks to DM members Amie and Jenni on doin a job well done ^_^

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM Pres

Brochure Proposal- An unanimous decision was made to accept Dr. Cato’s brochure proposal. Jenni, Sam, and Alex have volunteered to be the sub committee in charge of the project. We need to know any specifics Dr. Cato would like and what the size of the brochure is.

New Life Website- I sent an e-mail to Ms. Campbell this weekend after not hearing anything in regards to the website. She did send a reply back to me, and she plans to contact me at the end of the weeks so we (she, the pastor, and myself) can sit down one on one so something can be reported back to the team.

Outdoors Art Festival- We went into further detail as to what items we were going to present this year at AASU. The greeting cards, stickers, and DM cookies are official items to bring. The stickers are in short supply, so we need to see what needs to be done in getting more printed out.

Jenni talked to a place that offered temporary tattoos. We’d have to order them by 1,000, and the price might be $20. She also mentioned rubber bracelets, which could be 2 bucks each.

I noticed BCM, a fellow campus club, had a cotton candy machine last week at the carnival. I asked them what we could do as far as looking into renting a cotton candy machine, and they pointed us out to a place on Stephenson called Rent It All. I’ll check the place out and see what the prices are.

We’d like to know what the price would be in renting the popcorn machine again this year. If it’s within a reasonable price, we’ll definitely consider taking it again.

Our cookie party will be Friday, March 27th, the day before the Outdoor Arts Festival. It will be hosted by our very own Chris and Alex! Yayyyy. Actual time will be given out later via em-ail and this blog.

Ind. Project- We’ve decided to make DM tee shirts as a fun volunteer side project. Chris suggested we could make the shirts ourselves. The designs should be economic friendly (easy on the color palette).

Justin also recommended a place on Highway 80 called Patrick Uniform in case we wanted an alternative option to making the shirts ourselves. If we do go with the second option, he has agreed to go to Patrick Uniform and get more information.

Movie Night- DM helper, Rhiannon suggested we look at a Lecture Hall in the Science Center to show Helvetica. She spoke to some people, and directed me to a Ms. Cathy at Victor Hall who’s in charge of approving rooms for students and student organizations.

Ms. Cathy said all we needed to do in order to get a room was have a faculty member (like an adviser) sign out for the club, ask for a room and a particular date, and submit a request to the campus calendar, which Ms. Cathy is in charge in. She also said that no fees would be necessary, and if we can’t, for whatever reason, get approved for the room requested, they will try and find another room that can still serve the same function and purpose for the momentary use.


And that's everything! Yet another successful meeting for DM! stay tuned to hear more about the upcoming Outdoor Arts Festival, the DM cookie party, and more.

~LX.

Sorry for the late update, folks. For those of you aware, and unable to make it, here is what will be discussed at our meeting at Godfather's Pizza on March 2nd.

A Possible New Project

New Life Covenant Church's Website Revision

Outdoor Art Festival

Career Fair

Guest Speakers

There will be a comprehensive update on this blog following the meeting that details what all was talked about. Keep an eye out!

~LX.

Typography Project Update

Hello!Going off of what Alex said in concerns to the free typography project: we went ahead and made a drop boks folder for you guys so you won't have to get confused about sending some stuff to one place and other stuff to another. That's all folks! Enjoy your weekend, and till then Happy Designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan
D.M. Pres

Creative Commons--

It has come to the attention of the Four that the focus of the Design Matters club may have shifted just a touch too much towards production and school-related happenings only. Our interest in these things is by no means a BAD thing, but after talking about it-- we want to reincorporate some of the more lighthearted aspects of the club.

For many of us, there is a lifetime ahead of contracts and professional projects, so we want to bring some more fun to the club, to give our beloved community something different to do. We really do have a great group between us at DM, and although it may appear dwarf in comparison to other student run organizations at AASU, we have to remember that we've already accomplished a great deal and grown together through Design Matters.

SO, in an effort to inject a small dose of creativity beyond what we have already demonstrated in our projects, I suggested that we have some small little creative one-offs, not unlike what Mrs. Horne has had us do in some of her various classes.

In essence, they will be similar to what we attempted during the previous summer, but I know everyone is up to their eyeballs in work, and stuff for school and this and that. (At least, I know I feel that way most days now.) so, I want to bring attention to one crucial difference...

There will be no concrete deadlines for these exercises. These are merely for fun and to share with one another. Don't feel obligated to do them at all, especially if you're swamped with stuff to do for school, work or family. But if you've got some free time on a weekend, and feel like flexing your design muscle... well, that's what this is here for.

As they come in, I or someone else with blog access will post them up in appropriately titled entries, which I'm hoping will also help bring more traffic and activity to the blog.

*deep breath*



That being said, here's the first one.

A while back, Mrs. Horne has us make some posters for Typography. We were to take a phrase from a book, a movie, TV show or song, and convert it into a poster, using only text.

Here's what I got then (those of you in the know will recognize this perfectly written line from one of my favorite movies EVER, Ghostbusters.)--


Here's the challenge-- pretty much do the same thing, but to loosen the requirements a bit, feel free to use some visuals. Your entry need not be 100% text as mine was.

Remember, this is just for fun!

SO GO HAVE FUN!

Email your submissions to DesignMattersAASU@gmail.com and we'll put them up accordingly!

Take care everyone!

~LX

February 16th Meeting

Whew! We had a load of stuff to cover this meeting. Big ups to everyone showing up or contacting me prior to the meeting. Great job! ^_^

Beyond the few poster comps we discussed, One Life Campus Outreach has unfortunately decided to stick with their original logo after all (frown.) We decided, and Ms. Campbell agrees, that we should move onto the church's website. There'll be more info presented later after Ms. Campbell gets in touch with her pastor.

Open House is this Saturday at 9:00 am.....annnnnnd everybody beyond Sam has to work! I mean-wowwwwww. Don't worry Mr. V-P, if push comes to shove, I'll use my own vacation time to give you a hand ^_^.

The Big One is just around the corner: AASU Outdoors Arts Festival will be here on March 28. We had a VERY successful debut, probably getting the most $ out of any club there! Here's to another great one.

Some ideas we threw out for more success was putting a little more attention to the interior of the greeting cards. A lot of people loved the exteriors, but immediately put the cards down when there wasn't anything inside.

Jenni suggested we find a way to make temporary tatoos. Dat'd be cool.

We're gonna see if we can get the popcorn machine again this year. It did us a world of good last year! And cotton candy anyone? Mrs. Horne suggested we look and see how much it would be to rent one out at a party place.

Who loves popsicles? You do? I do? We ALL do! Unfortunately, we can't use the freezer in the conference room, but Chris did have a good idea and suggested we use dry ice. That might just work...

Mounted work has been an issue when it comes to...gravity. We might want to avoid putting our stuff on black mounts because it's just too heavy...as hard as that's to believe. Chris suggested we just use sum good ole fancy tacks, and I think it would be a good idea to use matte paper for the sake of maintaining some sterdiness.

Our original DM poster is getting retired....awwwwwe, but wait. There's hope! Sam has agreed to print us out a new one! Hurrrrah! ^_^

Jenni needs some help with her independant study project. Lets give our fellow member a hand, eh!? ^_^ Check out the drop boks area and drop items in the folder titled "4 Jenni"....ugh....er...for Jenni, k? ^_^

Tee-shirts...nuff said, but more will be discussed.

We're goin mobile next meeting! Remember, we decided to go to Godfather's. The time will be usual. If anyone needs a ride, just lemme know.

That about covers it. If anything else comes up, we'll be sure to update everyone on the news. If you have any questions, you know how to reach your leads ^_^. Thanks folks! Till then, Happy designing! ^_^

February 2nd Meeting

G'day folks. Subjects that got covered yesterday included the following:

Mrs. Horne has given the Four the charge to reinforcing the attendance policy, which states only two unexcused absences are allowed. Not wanting to show up or forgetting is not considered excusable.....ahem- So PLEASE, PLEASE, if you can't make it to a meeting let one of the Four know. Otherwise, try your best to make it to the meetings....PLEASE! I hate having to approach members and giving them a warning because they aren't attending! Hate it! Hate-IT!!!! Don't make me have to do it! ....kay? ^_^

Every member is going to get to make his/ her own poster and flier to advertise DM. It'll be a great way to make sure every member gets at least one of his/ her works shown throughout the campus. Expect an e-mail giving the requirements soon. I'm thinkin this will be a fun one! ^_^

We thought of some places to meet beyond campus. We wanted the places to be relatively close to the campus, and that didn't have a huge crowd. The ideas that came to mind were Starbucks, outside the cafeteria, and Godfathers. If anyone else has anymore suggestions, let us know what's on your mind.

AASU is having an Open House on February 21st. Clubs are going to be having booths up similar to the ones held at the Block Party. We're looking for 3-4 volunteers to man....ahem...or woman the booth ^_^. Gimme an e-mail if you'd be interested.

Alex gave a great suggestion when the Four met on Saturday. We should have movie nights! Mrs. Horne thought this was a great idea. We were hoping to make this a full-sized campus event and use the AMT Theater, but she explained we can't use the theater and calling for such a sized event might require some bucks on our end. So She suggested we try to keep the movie nights within the organization and host them at members homes, at least for a start. Rest assured, we'll be talking about this much more.

Mrs. Campbell wasn't able to meet with her group last Tuesday in concerns to the One Life Outreach logo, but she said they would meet this Tues...oh....uhhhh...today ^_^. I'll let you folks know when I hear something from her.

You should already know this by now, but all members got a forward of our drop boks (I know, "box") account. ID and password were included. So, from here on out, be sure to send your comps and finals to that, kayyyy? If you didn't get the e-mail, just lemme know ^_^.

A few of us will be meeting tomorrow (Feb. 4) to have lunch. We'll be going over the things discussed yesterday again just in case anyone had any questions. We'll meet up at Solms 102 b at 12:00 and head on out afterwards. This isn't a required, but optional meeting. If you missed Monday's meeting, I would STRONGLY encourage you to join us....besides, who hates food!?

We, the Four, promise to use the blog more often to keep everyone posted. If you need to see what's on the current agenda, be sure to check this area out. But if you got any questions, you're always free to email us. Thanks everyone. Look forward to our next meeting! Till then, happy designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan
DM Pres.

January 26th Meeting

Hello peoples! Here's what we discussed this lat meeting:

Ms. Campbell sat in at the beginning of the meeting to see what comps we had for her One Life Campus Outreach organization. She was very pleased and excited about what was presented, and she will have a final decision in concerns to their logo by the end of the week.

We have a standard drop box set up thanks to Chris. More information as to how it will be accessible will be brought up at next week's meeting. Still, shouldn't be dat hard, right?

We discussed what the meaning and right to the "attendance exception" rule was. Is it fair to have a member sit to the side for a semester because of time complications such as work even when membership fees for the year have been paid? On the other hand, what are the responsibilities of an "excused member" if he/she cannot attend meetings?

Next week (Feb 2nd), we'll discuss the AASU Open house event, and will probably be getting more in depth with the One Life Outreach project. We'll also brainstorm about some places we can meet beyond the lab ancd campus. Oh yeah! And I think I gotta fun side project we'll all probably wanna tackle (grin).

I noticed participation in the Outreach project was very slim this week. I understand we're all very busy with our families, jobs, school work, graduation planning, etc, but we all should do our best to help DM spread its wings. Being an active member in Design Matters goes beyond just attending the meetings and sitting in. We're trying to develop skills that'll help us outside the classroom, ya know? PLEASE, lets all try to put on those creative thinkin juices outside of the mac lab and have sum fun, k? I KNOW we can do it! ^_^. C yaz next week!

Happy Designing!