Blog 1- First Day of Class

Whyis it important for Communication majors to study design?

Ibelieve that it is extremely important for communications majors to studydesign because design is a way of communication. When studying how tocommunicate with publics, people, elders, businesses, or clients, not allcommunication has to be verbal, in fact, most of it is nonverbal. This is hugebecause sometimes what we can say in a design can be more than any words cansay. If we know a lot about design, then it broadens our characteristics to beable to deal with new parts of communications. Being able to make a brochure,or poster, or slideshow can be a make or break decision from a client whenthinking about picking someone to represent them.

Whydoes good design matter?

Gooddesign matters to me personally because it can be a way to communicate to thepeople without actually communicating. If somebody has bad design, it couldresult in clients or customers not thinking the business are reliable. Gooddesign could make a whole Public Relations campaign be successful. But it canalso make a campaign fail is the person is not able to come up with gooddesign.

Writeabout a favorite piece of design that you’ve noticed. This can be a poster, apackage design, a billboard, a menu, a brochure, etc. What do you like about it?Why do you think it can be considered good design?

I know it maynot sound like a poster that people would normally say would be good design,but I think that the poster for the movie Scarface is one of the most memorableones in my mind. Not only do I have that poster hung up on a wall but I alsohave it in other places. The half black and half white design is classy in everyway. I like how Al Pacino is wearing a white suit, so on the white half of theposter you can really see what he is wearing, but on the black part, it comesall together and shows that he is a kind of tough mobster.

Any otherimpressions you have after our first class meeting.

I thought itwas interesting to find out that video about Comic Sans font. I never used tonotice how much it is used in hallways, restaurants, bars, and everywhere. Ithink that the public has just got used to it and accepted it as a kind of non-formalfont. I think in certain places it can be used very well, but in others, it canbe a big downfall in an advertisement.