Just for Fun...

Thought you all might be interested in seeing this... put it together just for fun.
Enjoy and happy designing!
~arh

DM Minutes -- April 9th, 2008.

Hey guys, here are the minutes for the meeting held on April 9th, 2008.


* Speakers- (If you know people, ask them if they'd like to talk about their experiences int he design field, graduating, taking commissions-- ANYTHING! At least, ask them if they'll write a post that we can post on the blog.)



* Contracts/Work- (Need to figure out prices, what we can and cannot do, and how we'll agree to do it. If you have any experience with this, please help us out!)



* Portfolio- (We're working on making a Flickr account for the club, so send in your design work, layours, art... anything you want to show off, and we can start building on our blog, and shedding a spotlight on what we are capable of.)



* AASU Day- (We can't pass up an opportunity to continue the momentum we've built up after the Outdoor Arts Festival. Let's do everything we can to make our booth at AASU exponentially more killer than our first. There's a booth design contest, and I think we can easily win that with all the things we can bring to it, and the people we know. We're looking to use what worked from the Festival, and apply it to AASU Day-- such as greeting cards, popcorn, and brownies this time, instead of cookies. If you have any ideas, please let them be heard!)



* Club Strength- (While looking forward and planning for festivals and fairs is great, we need to focus on other stuff too. What work can we do, how can we get our name out there, and if we have nothing to do, let's find a way to keep keen and keep ourselves busy with design. Be it critiques, club contests / challenges, or more. Mrs. Horne suggested shopping our name out there, and possibly taking on one project a semester for the school board or the community as a pro-bono (no pay) piece, so we can make ourselves known.)



* Welcome Back! Bash- (This was our last meeting of the semester, but that definitely doesn't mean we're finished for the summer. For our first meeting of the next semester we're planning to do a "Welcome Back! Bash" for our club members-- old AND new. All we have planned right now is to bring in design / artwork that you've done over the months of break, so we can see what people have been up to, and some food to liven things up. Naturally, we want to celebrate what very well may be the last year for some members, and hopefully the first year at Armstrong for others.)




And most importantly--

SPREAD THE WORD
&
LET US HEAR YOU.


Please e-mail us at DesignMattersAASU@gmail.com .

We really want you guys to have a hand in where this club goes and how it grows, so don't pass up that opportunity.


~LX.

Sup folks! We had a great time this Saturday at the Outdoors Art Festival. We wanna thank all of our members for attending if not to at least stop by. This weekend's success couldn't have been done without any of you....and speaking of success:

The club earned a total of $132.17 to be exact!!!! Great job everyone! Not a bad start for our debut. Not bad at all! Mrs. Horne also said we received a lot of great feedback on the manner in which we conducted ourselves at the booth: very professional. Be sure to check out the pics Alex just dropped too. Lets keep up the good work, and until next time, Happy Designing!

Raphyel M. Jordan

The Outdoor Arts Festival: A Recap!
(The pictures are linked through my blog, so you might have to click through to see them larger.)

As many of you know,

We’ve been slowly trying to gain some momentum, creating a foundation to build upon, and it all came to a head this weekend. Our first public showing at the Armstrong Annual Outdoor Arts Festival. We put some of our work up, showing what even the few of us are capable of. We sold some designer cookies, popcorn, and greeting cards. Take a looksee:

There you’ll see our President and Vice President in front of our awesome board of accomplishments, where we sat, doing our damnedest to show what we can do, and trying to entice any passerby and staff members to let us do their next business card or letterhead— or anything else!!

You’ll also see our cookies in the final stage, Chris has a bunch of pictures of our troubled but successful making, baking and frosting of them. Not bad for our very first attempt, I’d say!! We made 39, and we sold 35, and only a few of those we bought ourselves. :p

Hey, they looked (and were!) delicious!!

Besides that, there are also pictures of all the greeting card designs we had for sale… not QUITE as popular, but definitely still worth the effort. As well the popcorn machine we rented. Even at 50 cents a bag, we made a killing with it.

Speaking of which,

All in all, we made about 133$, and raised a fair amount of interest in our services— which is FANTASTIC for our first showing.

I think many of us were expecting to be absolutely bored out of our collective minds, but I actually had a lot of fun. A lot of that is due mainly to the people that comprise our humble club, I’d say. There was much laughing, and smiling, which I’m positive was good for business. Chris and I had the foresight to bring sunscreen and bug spray for everyone, which I’m sure also made a big difference. :p I can’t remember another time in which I spent a good 3 to 4 hours in the beating sun and not coming away like a blackened lobster.

Aside from all that...

Some of the performances were definitely notable, and one act had most of us ROLLING for about an hour. PuppetPeople sent over a Pirate to entertain us, and he was hysterical. He ran around giving people lessons on how to speak like a swashbuckler, putting his massive hat on people, and making them say “Yar” and “Yo-ho!”

Even here, pictures are sometimes stronger than words, so check him out:

There he is, running up and down the aisles, making idle buccaneer banter with most of us. In the pictures, you see Mrs. Horne, a fellow member as much as she is our advisor and mentor; and Raphyel getting shown the finer points of the pirate’s life.

It’s not the best video, but it still makes me titter— at one point, music was playing for one of the other kids’ performances, and the pirate busted out into some KILLER moves.

Yes, that’s me giggling like a little girl in the back.

I honestly couldn’t contain myself, but anyone who knows me is aware that inability to control my laughter is a bulletpoint that defines the entirety of my character.

Aside from that, Chris went out for a break, and came back with a totally sweet moustache. I guess when you can’t do it yourself…

That other thing on his cheek is “Optimus Prime with a bowler hat on.” What an imagination on that guy. Everyone knows Optimus only wears feather caps. Silly.

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