Last week, I spent 30 minutes trying to crop and edit a picture of a keyboard to add a creative element to my resume. When I showed my work to my sister, she admired my idea but criticized my goal, as she recently completed a business communication course in which she had learned that resumes …
Tag: Design
Effective Presentation Design
I believe that the way information is presented has a lot to do with how it is received, so learning how to make better presentations should be an important consideration in relaying information. I edit training presentations at my job, so I have been able to see firsthand what works best and what distracts from …
Balancing Content and Design
In Kristen Welch’s article "Poetry, Visual Design, and the How-To Manual: Creativity in the Teaching of Technical Writing”, she described her experiences as a professor teaching students technical writing. Although this article is an explanation of the teaching process, I found it to be a useful piece in thinking about technical writing and design, and …
What Can I Do with an English Degree?
My main struggle coming into Wayne State as a freshman was deciding what to major in and what to do with the rest of my life. This is, of course, a concern of almost every college freshman. I knew that English was, and always had been, my favorite subject, but I was unaware of what …
Redesign of a “Course Sampler”
The Wayne State English department created a course sampler to give students a general understanding of what they can expect from different courses. It is useful in understanding the basics of what a class is about, what will be expected from the instructor, what sort of assignments there will be, and other helpful information. However, …
Thoughts on Website Design
When I thought about going shopping on Black Friday, the first thing that I did was pull up the Target website on my phone to search for deals. Of course, I was immediately deterred from actually going Black Friday shopping after watching a YouTube video of shoppers getting pepper sprayed in a fight over discounted …
Visual Elements Analysis
In this report, I identify visual design elements of several examples from the brand Chaco Footwear. The purpose of this is to examine what is effective to a user when designing a document, and what is not necessarily useful. Chacos Analysis
Contemplation & Communication 