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Larger version:
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Fantastic Informational Graphics Sites:
http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/
http://www.visualisingdata.com/
Advanced Typographic Design. Prereq GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher, and consent of graphic design area coordinator/instructor. Advanced concepts in typographic design within a studio problem-solving format; advanced digital techniques, formal, and experimental applications of typography. This blog is not endorsed or affiliated with the University but it used as an online means of instruction between student and teacher.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Info Graphics
Created by: MBA Online
Larger version:
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Fantastic Informational Graphics Sites:
http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/
http://www.visualisingdata.com/
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Never say these five things in a job interview
By Ramit Sethi
We are terrible at interviewing. We walk into the interview room without preparing. We spend time worrying about "trick questions" and about what shirt we should wear, instead of the things that really matter. Worst of all, we believe an interview is intended for us to simply answer the questions that the interviewer gives us.
I say this as someone who's sat on both sides of the table: as a candidate, interviewing against some of the world's toughest companies (like Google and a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund), and as a hiring manager.
Yet once you can master the interview process, you can secure job offers against other candidates who have many years more experience than you. In today's economy, knowing how to interview is a killer skill.
That starts with knowing what to avoid doing in a job interview, or what I call "5 Interview Killers."
1. "I just sort of... and then... and like... and uh... yeah."
If you ramble, you lose.
Think back to when you last met someone and asked them a simple question ("So, what did you do at Acme Corp?"), only to hear 6 minutes of irrelevant details. How did you feel?
Now imagine this happening in a job interview. Interviewers aren't just evaluating your technical skills. They're using the "Airport Test," asking themselves, 'Could I see myself being stuck in an airport with this person?'
Like it or not, we're evaluated on our personality as well as our skills. And if you can't give a tight, concise answer in an interview, the interviewer will wonder if you'll be able to do it in your job.
2. "Yeah, I helped out with that but it wasn't just me."
Humility is a great trait, but going out of your way to be self-deprecating is an interview turn-off.
You should always be candid about your role, but your interviewer doesn't care about your team dynamics or organizational chart. He wants to know what you did. He wants to know how you think. He wants to know about YOU.
If you keep downplaying your accomplishments, how is a hiring manager supposed to value you enough to hire you?
It's okay to be proud of the work you've done. It's okay to be confident. Try it: Practice saying, "I'm glad you asked about that project. I'm really proud of the results we got, including a 13% revenue increase in 6 months." See how that makes you feel.
Does it feel uncomfortable the first time? Of course. We're not used to talking about our accomplishments without downplaying them. But the fifth time you practice your confident answers, it will start to feel natural.
3. "I left my last job because I didn't really get along with my boss."
We've all had bosses from hell, but an interview is not the place to trade war stories.
Take the high road: "I really enjoyed working at Acme Corp. One of the things I appreciated was being able to grow my skills in email marketing, but now I'm ready to take my skills to a bigger stage. That's why I'm excited to work with you..."
4. "I work too hard."
What's your biggest weakness?
Interviewers love to ask this question because it separates the top performers from the average workers. The most common -- and worst -- responses are trite: "I work too hard" or "I have trouble saying no to responsibility."
Hiring managers aren't stupid. They can see right through these canned responses.
So what is the right answer to a question about your biggest weakness?
Look for the "question behind the question." What interviewers really want to know is that you're self-perceptive enough to acknowledge your weaknesses -- which we all have -- and that you've taken recent action to improve them.
So instead of a canned answer, explain what a real weakness you have and how you've worked to fix it. Include specifics. Point to conferences you've attended or projects you've taken on.
That's how you answer the weakness question and nail the interview.
5. "I made 40K at my last job, so I'm really looking for something more like 50K. But you know...I'll be willing to take 45K too."
Your interviewer will always want to know how much you made at your last job. But it's not your responsibility to tell them.
In fact, you put yourself at a severe disadvantage if they know your salary. For example, if you tell them you make $50,000, and the hiring manager was prepared to offer you $60,000, you've just lost thousands of dollars from one sentence.
Even in this economy, few companies will reject you for simply not answering the salary question. That's because it costs thousands of dollars to recruit the average candidate. If they really want you, they'll make you an offer, and you can negotiate from there.
When they ask for your salary, here's your line to use: "I'm sure we can discuss salary when the time is right, but for now I just want to see if there's a mutual fit for you and me."
Negotiating can be tough, but it can be worth thousands of dollars to you (here's how to negotiate your salary the right way).
There you have it -- 5 Interview Killers to avoid in an interview. Avoid these blunders and watch your interviewing success skyrocket.
We are terrible at interviewing. We walk into the interview room without preparing. We spend time worrying about "trick questions" and about what shirt we should wear, instead of the things that really matter. Worst of all, we believe an interview is intended for us to simply answer the questions that the interviewer gives us.
I say this as someone who's sat on both sides of the table: as a candidate, interviewing against some of the world's toughest companies (like Google and a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund), and as a hiring manager.
Yet once you can master the interview process, you can secure job offers against other candidates who have many years more experience than you. In today's economy, knowing how to interview is a killer skill.
That starts with knowing what to avoid doing in a job interview, or what I call "5 Interview Killers."
1. "I just sort of... and then... and like... and uh... yeah."
If you ramble, you lose.
Think back to when you last met someone and asked them a simple question ("So, what did you do at Acme Corp?"), only to hear 6 minutes of irrelevant details. How did you feel?
Now imagine this happening in a job interview. Interviewers aren't just evaluating your technical skills. They're using the "Airport Test," asking themselves, 'Could I see myself being stuck in an airport with this person?'
Like it or not, we're evaluated on our personality as well as our skills. And if you can't give a tight, concise answer in an interview, the interviewer will wonder if you'll be able to do it in your job.
2. "Yeah, I helped out with that but it wasn't just me."
Humility is a great trait, but going out of your way to be self-deprecating is an interview turn-off.
You should always be candid about your role, but your interviewer doesn't care about your team dynamics or organizational chart. He wants to know what you did. He wants to know how you think. He wants to know about YOU.
If you keep downplaying your accomplishments, how is a hiring manager supposed to value you enough to hire you?
It's okay to be proud of the work you've done. It's okay to be confident. Try it: Practice saying, "I'm glad you asked about that project. I'm really proud of the results we got, including a 13% revenue increase in 6 months." See how that makes you feel.
Does it feel uncomfortable the first time? Of course. We're not used to talking about our accomplishments without downplaying them. But the fifth time you practice your confident answers, it will start to feel natural.
3. "I left my last job because I didn't really get along with my boss."
We've all had bosses from hell, but an interview is not the place to trade war stories.
Take the high road: "I really enjoyed working at Acme Corp. One of the things I appreciated was being able to grow my skills in email marketing, but now I'm ready to take my skills to a bigger stage. That's why I'm excited to work with you..."
4. "I work too hard."
What's your biggest weakness?
Interviewers love to ask this question because it separates the top performers from the average workers. The most common -- and worst -- responses are trite: "I work too hard" or "I have trouble saying no to responsibility."
Hiring managers aren't stupid. They can see right through these canned responses.
So what is the right answer to a question about your biggest weakness?
Look for the "question behind the question." What interviewers really want to know is that you're self-perceptive enough to acknowledge your weaknesses -- which we all have -- and that you've taken recent action to improve them.
So instead of a canned answer, explain what a real weakness you have and how you've worked to fix it. Include specifics. Point to conferences you've attended or projects you've taken on.
That's how you answer the weakness question and nail the interview.
5. "I made 40K at my last job, so I'm really looking for something more like 50K. But you know...I'll be willing to take 45K too."
Your interviewer will always want to know how much you made at your last job. But it's not your responsibility to tell them.
In fact, you put yourself at a severe disadvantage if they know your salary. For example, if you tell them you make $50,000, and the hiring manager was prepared to offer you $60,000, you've just lost thousands of dollars from one sentence.
Even in this economy, few companies will reject you for simply not answering the salary question. That's because it costs thousands of dollars to recruit the average candidate. If they really want you, they'll make you an offer, and you can negotiate from there.
When they ask for your salary, here's your line to use: "I'm sure we can discuss salary when the time is right, but for now I just want to see if there's a mutual fit for you and me."
Negotiating can be tough, but it can be worth thousands of dollars to you (here's how to negotiate your salary the right way).
There you have it -- 5 Interview Killers to avoid in an interview. Avoid these blunders and watch your interviewing success skyrocket.
Welch School of Art and Design Logo Assisgnment
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
Welch School of Art & Design
The Art Department is looking for an official logo that will represent the school in the years ahead. First of all it needs to be representative of the look and feel of what an Art and Design school is for those of us inside as well as advertising who we are outside our own environment.
Typographical treatment is imperative.
Look at what the official GSU logo is first.
How would your new logo for the Welch School of Art and Design look next the University logo? Totally different? Would it merge with it without any problem?
Do you see them separately or are they somehow linked together visually?
That will be your call on this assignment.
Create multiple Black/White typographical logo designs first.
If you so desire you can also design some type of visual icon to mix with your use of type. Your call on this. As in any Branding process these two can be used simultaneously or separately.
8.5 x 11
One per page.
One large one and then one scaled down (remember these have to be used on business cards as well as other types of stationery.)
Think about how it will be in color but only present the Black/White ones now.
This assignment is also being done in my Advertising class with the Seniors.
All will be presented to our new Director, Michael White for consideration.
Have fun with this. Serious fun.
One will be chosen and used on all print, digital and motion media the school produces in the future. I'm working on securing some type of monetary gift for the one chosen.
What does it look like on letterhead? Business cards?
Exterior of the Building? Interior areas of the building?
At school functions like the Arts Fair and Recruitment at various locations?
Due Tuesday September 4th.
After Labor Day. So give birth to a new Art School Logo over Labor Day weekend.
Ringling College of Art and Design is one of the southeastern premiere art schools with a brand worthy of any art school. Recently they changed their brand to something a bit more conservative but I'm still a huge fan of the ones below. Wow!
Courtesy:
www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/this_is_not_your_parents_art_s.php
Here is another logo created by the folks at Ringling for a Design Conference in 2008:
http://mlog.modevisual.com/tag/ringling-college-of-art-design/
and then there is SCAD:
Welch School of Art & Design
The Art Department is looking for an official logo that will represent the school in the years ahead. First of all it needs to be representative of the look and feel of what an Art and Design school is for those of us inside as well as advertising who we are outside our own environment.
Typographical treatment is imperative.
Look at what the official GSU logo is first.
How would your new logo for the Welch School of Art and Design look next the University logo? Totally different? Would it merge with it without any problem?
Do you see them separately or are they somehow linked together visually?
That will be your call on this assignment.
Create multiple Black/White typographical logo designs first.
If you so desire you can also design some type of visual icon to mix with your use of type. Your call on this. As in any Branding process these two can be used simultaneously or separately.
8.5 x 11
One per page.
One large one and then one scaled down (remember these have to be used on business cards as well as other types of stationery.)
Think about how it will be in color but only present the Black/White ones now.
This assignment is also being done in my Advertising class with the Seniors.
All will be presented to our new Director, Michael White for consideration.
Have fun with this. Serious fun.
One will be chosen and used on all print, digital and motion media the school produces in the future. I'm working on securing some type of monetary gift for the one chosen.
What does it look like on letterhead? Business cards?
Exterior of the Building? Interior areas of the building?
At school functions like the Arts Fair and Recruitment at various locations?
Due Tuesday September 4th.
After Labor Day. So give birth to a new Art School Logo over Labor Day weekend.
Ringling College of Art and Design is one of the southeastern premiere art schools with a brand worthy of any art school. Recently they changed their brand to something a bit more conservative but I'm still a huge fan of the ones below. Wow!
Courtesy:
www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/this_is_not_your_parents_art_s.php
Here is another logo created by the folks at Ringling for a Design Conference in 2008:
http://mlog.modevisual.com/tag/ringling-college-of-art-design/
and then there is SCAD:
Monday, August 20, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Typeface: The Movie
In rural Wisconsin, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of the nation's top design talent descend on the sleepy enclave.
In a time when people can carry computers in their pockets and watch TV while walking down the street, Typeface dares to explore the twilight of an analog craft that is freshly inspiring artists in a digital age. The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design. At Hamilton, international artisans meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique. But the Museum¹s days may be numbered. What is the responsibility of artists and historians to preserve a dying craft? How can rural towns survive in a shifting industrial marketplace where big-box retailers are king?
Dieter Roth: Another amazing set of diaries
The Fruitmarket Gallery is proud to present this exhibition of the work of Dieter Roth (1930-1998), one of late-twentieth-century art's major figures. Roth was an artist of astonishing breadth and diversity, producing books, graphics, drawings, paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and installation works involving video, sounds, and recordings. He was also a composer, musician, poet, and writer.
Art and life for Roth flowed readily into each other, and much of the material for his artistic output came from his everyday life.
This exhibition is the first to focus on the theme of the diary in Roth's work. Roth kept a diary throughout his life, and saw all art-making as a form of diary keeping. His diaries were a space to record appointments, addresses, lists, and deadlines but also ideas, drawings, photographs, and poems. They teem with graphic exuberance, and proved a rich source for his work. The Fruitmarket Gallery is fortunate in being able to show Roth's diaries to the public for the first time, as well as the hand-produced, photocopied 'copybooks' he made from them to sell to favored collectors and friends, and two major installation works.
http://fruitmarket.co.uk/
www.keithharing.tumblr.com
One of the most prolific 20th century artist whose work continues to inspire.
Finally we are able to leaf through his private journals that I believe to be some of his most intimate and thoughtful work as he stages work for his next projects or indicates some introspection about his past projects. Just wonderful to see.
When the words you write become the images of your life and beyond.
Those of you keeping journals, sketchbooks, diaries and on line private blogs I salute you.
OMG. This is fantastic! www.typeconnection.com
"So.....Two Typefaces walk into a bar...."
It's a Typeface Dating Site. Yeap.
check it out. It's pretty cool.
Wish I had done this!
www.typeconnection.com
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Self Portraits found in Type
Found at:
http://www.pludia.com/img/portrait.gif
First two type portraits found on flickr done by Elizabeth:
www.flickr.com/photos/8891586@N08/2217456691/
Second type portrait found on flickr done by Judas:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22274570@N00/2131476620/
http://www.kellysevernscurtis.com/student-graphic-design.html
http://www.kellysevernscurtis.com/student-graphic-design.html
found at
http://dataisnature.com/?m=200505
2009 Presidential Election Portraits featured on CNN
How cool would it be if your designs were featured on CNN.com/CNN iReport?
A worldwide audience that not only views your work but also gives you immmediate feedback and "hits" on your work posted on the CNN iReport site.
Four years ago the work by the Advanced Typography class was featured on CNN.com and on CNN as a political story. Several students were chosen to be interviewed along with their work as well. It was a great coup to get the work internationally published.
Take a look:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/
10/28/typography.irpt/index.html
Some examples which should give you an idea of what you can do with the portraits of the Presidential candidates. Think about their platforms, their personality, their leadership, their experience, their inspiration, their persona, their families, etc.
Stage their portrait...making sure the typeface(s) you choose actually exemplify their personality and the context you are creating with them. What is their party affiliation...is it a donkey, an elephant, the planet?
Is it a classic portrait pose?
Is it more of a graphic pose?
The concept is to use the politicians own words found in speeches, on-air interviews, print and then create a portrait of them in any scenario you wish. You can editorialize if you wish but please remember to be respectful and as best as you can to be non-partisan. Your work will speak for itself.
Adventures outside yourself
www.thedieline.com
www.archinect.com/lectureposters
www.ohjoy.blogs.com
www.napcousa.com
www.designmom.com
www.popsop.com
www.cpluv.com
www.mentalfloss.com
www.thepaperplanet.blogspot.com
www.lovelypackage.com
www.brandmediaweek.typepad.com
www.yourlogomakesmebarf.com
www.creativereview.co.uk/home
www.flickr.com/photos/startpropaganda
www.doobybrain.com/
www.evencleveland.blogspot.com
Beautiful Art School Logos: You'll need this soon
Ringling College of Art and Design is one of the southeastern premiere art schools with a brand worthy of any art school. Recently they changed their brand to something a bit more conservative but I'm still a huge fan of the ones below. Wow!
Courtesy:
www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/this_is_not_your_parents_art_s.php
Here is another logo created by the folks at Ringling for a Design Conference in 2008:
http://mlog.modevisual.com/tag/ringling-college-of-art-design/
and then there is SCAD:
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