Outdoors Arts Festival status

Greeting/post cards: It turns out I have been using the wrong
term concerning this subject. I always called this our greeting cards post
cards in emails and in discussions, We are making greeting cards for the festival! My bad! (if you don't know what I'm talking about, then disregard the info in bold)

Don't freak out though for those who made your works in greeting card format! This isn't a huge alteration. Actually, it might even be easier. Mrs. Horne did greeting cards, and they were printed on 8.5 x 11 matte paper and folded it in half with the logo ...why don't I just
send an example? We're all visual folk, and I think if I talk too much
I'll just confuse everyone. CHECK attachment above.

Here's an update on our status:

Stickers:Diana has printed out 100 stickers for us saturday. Yay!

Business cards: since most of us are really putting a lot of concentration on the post/greeting cards, Mrs. Horne took the liberty of doing the business cards for us. They look really great! So give a big thanks to her everyone.

Think that about does it. Look forward to seeing you good peeps on saturday. Till then, happy designing!!!

Raphyel M. Jordan

Wed. March 19th Meeting

Sup folks. Here's the list of things discussed in yesterday's meeting:

-Our icing/ cookie party will be next Friday on the 28th at 7:00 p.m. Location and directions will be given later.

-Postcards:
- Everyone will have to print their own postcards. Fortunately, most of us got Mrs. Horne for sumthin this semester. BUT-if not, she has offered the lab during AGD class on Wednesday the 26th (1:30-4:15).

- The paper you can print the cards on is either scrapbook or Staple's matte paper.

-standard post card sizes are 4.25 x 6.00 inches

-the DM logo needs to be printed on the back center and .5 inch from the bottom of the card. The needed size of the logo will be provided by Diana.

-Don't forget the business cards! Standard size is 3.5X2 inches. You can design within the 3.25x1.75 perimeter pf the card. These need to be printed out by Wednesday the 26th (1:30-4:15) as well.

-If you plan to submit a graphic work to be displayed, it ALSO must be printed by Wednesday the 26th (1:30-4:15).

Yeah, so it looks like we got a lot of stuff ahead of us. Still, lets remember this is all about what we plan on doing in the future after college, and having fun along the way. So rest assured, when I say "Happy designing", I always mean it. ^_0

If anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to contact one of the Four (Diana, Alex, Chris, and myself). This is the club's big debut. Let's start tha party with a bang! Next week is gonna be craaaaaazy!.....ugh-in a good way y'all.

See all you good peeps next week, and till next time, Happy Designing!!!

Raphyel M. Jordan

Final Logo Submissions

I know, I know. I already sent an e-mail.

Letting everyone know our final critique for our clubs logo will be held next Wed., February 13th at 12:00 pm at the usual Solms B. Remember, both black and white and colored versions are being requested. Best of luck folks.

See?Now that wasn't so bad now, was it. As always ladies and gents, happy designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan

January 30th's Meeting

Hey "y'all!"

We had a GREAT meeting today, and got a pretty descent push on our logo front thanks to the sketches and comps we got from people. Big thanks to those who helped push us in the right direction!

And what direction is that, you ask? Professional and full of Impact. This is what we're trying to say with our logo. Now no need for frowns for all you folks who couldn't make it this time since this was only a sketch and comp review.

You all can still submit a final design when we meet again the second Wed. in February. Only thing is we need a BLACK and WHITE version of your final as well if you submit a colored version. Don't forget!

On a side note, we (the Founding Four) are juuuuuuuuuuust about ready to submit your official by-laws. Yahoo!

So keep those creative juices pumping, and dat good ole right side of the brain busy. Till next time boys and gals, happy designing! Holla! ^_^

Raphyel Jordan

Upcoming Meeting on 30th!!!

Hello all! Hope everyone's back n2 that good 'ole college routine again, and hope everyone had a great break. We (the Founding Four) have been busy trying to get our club up and on tha go!...ahem, even though we've had a couple set backs along the way (Sorry Alex!!!)

But just for a happy go minder, everyone is meeting on January 30th so we can look at some sketches/concepts for our club's logo! You'll start seein signs being posted up in the next couple of days.

Be sure to bring your game face and a bat!!!!...oh, okay....just-uh, leave tha bat at home-this time.... ^_^

Till then people, happy designing, and see everyone on the 30th!!!

Raphyel Jordan

Meeting :: W - December 12th

Want to know what's been going on, what's next and who's involved?

Please attend a fairly quick meeting Wednesday, December 12th at noon in the computer lab. A few painless but *important* topics and maybe a bit of celebration is involved...

12-12-07
noon
Solms 102B

See you there!

We're almost there!

We're well on our way to becoming an official AASU organization *whoo!*

I'd also like to suggest one purpose for this blog. In addition to it being a place were news about Design Matters is posted, I think it would be a great resource for Design tools and/or inspiration. Whenever I come across something that tingles my design-sense, I like to make a post about it on my personal blog. I think it'd be a great idea for us to do that and just give one more reason for members to visit the blog. And if a member had something that they'd like to post, they could always email one of The Four and have them make a post about it.

I'll start:

D e s i g n T o o l s

A while back I came across a great page that compiled a list of the best fonts for design called "80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design". The site has an impressive list of great fonts to use in design and good examples of their utilization. I've referred to it a few times in the past.

I n s p i r a t i o n

I enjoy watching music videos and, though they don't always come to mind when you think of standard graphic design, I think they can be a great source of inspiration for design work. Really, anything visual can be. The first time I saw the music video for "D.A.N.C.E" by Justice, I immediately felt inspired.

I hope that if anyone finds a useful tool or something that inspires them, thet they'll share it with us so that we may benefit from it like you did.