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