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-11 posts tagged "design"
Ruby Le | Friday, April 5, 2019
Among businesses and companies, there has been a disenchantment and even skepticism toward graphic design as a component of content marketing. They are missing a huge chunk of communication opportunities. 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text. Before the audience begins
Thomas Murphy | Thursday, April 4, 2019
From the fog of social media, group chats and phone notifications, a new app called “Mustrd” has recently gained visibility on Notre Dame’s campus. Created by senior Kevin Dingens and first released on March 9, the app has been building momentum since bright-yellow Mustrd merchandise first appeared at student parties, bars and across social media
Marirose Osborne | Thursday, February 7, 2019
For the past five years, the Saint Mary’s Mother Pauline Society (MPS) has been hosting a student design competition for cards sent to society members as expressions of gratitude and well-wishes. While the message sent in each card is itself meaningful, the student-designed card makes it all the more special. “We want to showcase student-focused
Diane Park | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Attendees laughed in agreement as the women on the “Women in Entrepreneurship” panel at the recent IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) Women & Design Summit asked if the few men in the room have ever had to consider if their skirt, shoes or shirts implicated the “wrong vibe.” The pressure of personal presentation in
Nora McGreevy | Thursday, April 26, 2018
A giant, lurid video projection of the sun flickers and pulsates against a blank wall. Detailed posters and life-sized models of grocery store shelves present informative graphics about food insecurity. An interactive app encourages users to take a deep breath. A mounted deer head wears a muzzle, an earring, and a ripped “The Doors” band
Meagan Bens | Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Some people may adore him and his work, others may despise him with every bone in their body and want him behind bars. Some may view his work as fine art, while others may see it as straight-up vandalism. Personally, as a Visual Communication Design major, I view Banksy as a modern-day hero. As an
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Senior design major Mary Kate Healey said she tries to think of her major as problem-solving. In the spring of their junior year, design majors propose an idea for their big final project. Healey said when coming up with an idea she mulled through the things she was really passionate about and eventually decided she
Samuel Chan | Monday, February 2, 2015
Monday night marked a major milestone for the Design for America (DFA) candidate chapter at Notre Dame, as it entered round two of the four-step application process to become an official studio by hosting a creative workshop. The two-hour event at West Lake Hall focused on ways to reduce food waste in the dining halls,
Katie Galioto | Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Robert Sedlack, associate professor of visual communication design, and a group of students from Notre Dame’s Department of Art, Art History and Design are creating a campaign to help HIV victims in South Africa by designing resources to inform and educate local communities. “We’re in a class called ‘Design for Social Good,” senior Colleen Hancuch
Samantha Coughlin | Monday, November 10, 2014
I have yet to write a paper this semester, a suspect statement for someone who has justified her complete lack of a social life with the ultimate excuse: thesis. My coursework this semester consists entirely of “making,” which is both an incredibly freeing and extremely frustrating framework. I’ve oscillated a bit between majors and departments