I am a 2012 graduate from Ferris State University, having earned a BS in graphic design within the College of Business. Public relations, professional selling, and management courses are built into my design education. My degree stresses design as both visual communication and strategy.
I give and take from my experiences because design is inevitably derived from personal exposure. Study abroad trips to France, Greece, Italy, and Turkey are held dear to my heart. Through these experiences I have gained perceptive views of culture, functionality, and human interaction. Exposure like these—in addition to design professional lectures, conferences, and studio tours—have shaped the interpersonal skills I hold today.
These perceptions are applied to my design process to obtain the ability to visually and verbally communicate. Having been subjected to a broad-based design curriculum, I have the knowledge and understanding to approach and implement a project in the most effective way possible. Personal interaction is a strength of mine, allowing me to observe, listen, understand, and communicate the needs of prospects.
I give and take from my experiences because design is inevitably derived from personal exposure. Study abroad trips to France, Greece, Italy, and Turkey are held dear to my heart. Through these experiences I have gained perceptive views of culture, functionality, and human interaction. Exposure like these—in addition to design professional lectures, conferences, and studio tours—have shaped the interpersonal skills I hold today.
These perceptions are applied to my design process to obtain the ability to visually and verbally communicate. Having been subjected to a broad-based design curriculum, I have the knowledge and understanding to approach and implement a project in the most effective way possible. Personal interaction is a strength of mine, allowing me to observe, listen, understand, and communicate the needs of prospects.
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This is great stuff and reminds me a lot of my 2steps project!
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Designing Happiness
I read this article and could’nt believe how much it related to my 2 Steps project.
Eric Martin, the newest member of the Elefint team, inspired by TED, ponders the connection between design and happiness.
How does design affect your happiness? We just watched another interesting TED talk that asks how design relates to our happiness on a daily basis. Though probably an under appreciated and rarely noticed factor in our personal contentment, design in its various forms affect nearly all of our interactions with the world.
What makes you happy? How many of those things involve design of some sort? In our increasingly complex society, more and more of our experiences involve other people and when it isn’t your friends or family or a kind stranger, that person is probably a designer. Stefan Sagmeister, an Austrian graphic designer, asks how many of your happiest moment in your life involved design? He talks about riding his motorcycle up a mountain road with his favorite music playing through his Walkman when he was younger and how nearly his entire experience that day related to design. While I don’t think real happiness can come from consumer goods its hard to separate the two completely. Products that tap in to how we experience pleasure, fun, and excitement, can certainly enhance our well being.
Although we don’t create tangible products here, our designs are meant to have affect on people. People want to feel connected to the world, and to the causes they care about. Our goal is to bridge that gap. Working with many non-profits and social businesses to create something that resonates with the target audience and allows them to understand the cause is a challenge. Having an understanding of what makes people happy from a design perspective helps us to create a powerful logo, infographic, or website. Simple design principles that engage, excite, and appeal to our ethical intuition are what we focus on at Elefint Designs. -
Why good causes need great design
“Great design is an essential component to the success of nonprofits and socially responsible businesses. Great design means more than nice collateral materials and clever logos; it’s about telling a compelling story in a clear and consistent way. “
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