it’s frustrating that i cannot write this in baskerville — Since our next experiment is based on typography, we were all assigned a font to research. I was assigned baskerville, a “transitional” typeface originated in the 1750s in England. Baskerville is derived from an older typeface, Caslon, and was an attempt by John Baskerville to improve readability. He had no…

cdf experiment 1 — Our first experiment was to use black squares to create thumbnails based on the words order, tension, congestion, playfulness, and comfort. Phase 1: Initial ideation The approach I ended up taking for each word was to create a mindmap using different definitions. My first 25 thumbnails were done with marker…

cdf assignment 1 — It’s so easy to point out horrible design and it’s so fun. I don’t know if being able to fixate on negativity is a human tendency, but it certainly is enjoyable. Ineffective design: I really don’t like the way this Fuku location looks! The signage makes no sense to me…