Image Analysis

For this project, I chose a piece of contemporary design to analyze in relation to the various artistic and design movements throughout history. From the Blues Brother movie poster, designed by Olly Moss, I identified visual components referencing aspects of the Plakatstil, Sachplakat, and Suprematism movements, as well as the Post-Industrial and Digital Revolution eras.

Presentation

Graphic Design History Presentation: Illustrated Books

Within the Graphic Design History course, each student is required to research an assigned design/art movement or style that has been influential in the development of graphic design. This is the powerpoint presentation that accompanied my oral presentation on Illustrated Books.

Written Exercises: Exhibition Response and Research Paper

Solar Powered Paper Dolls Exhibition Response

Research Paper

These are two writing assignments from History of Graphic Design. The first example is a response to a gallery exhibition held in the St. Edward's Fine Arts Gallery during the fall 2010 semester. The essay details my general reactions and observations from visiting the exhibit. The second example is the research paper component of the course. My assigned topic was labeled as "The Art and Act of Persuasion Design," and investigates the development of persuasion design through history.

Fair Trade Chocolate Activity Booklet

Fair Trade Book 2

The objective of this project was to organize and design a children’s activity booklet with content that coincided with an interactive educational program that introduces children to fair trade resources. Basic project constraints included designing an age-appropriate booklet that was informative and cost effective to print by both distributors and individuals taking part in the program.

Instructional Design: How to tie your shoes

How_To_Book

A form of instructional design, this book was designed to help children learn to tie their shoes. The book included an interactive component so the child could practice while reading through the instructions and learning the various steps involved.

Locating Place: East Side Book

Locating Place: Lynch Text

Locating Place: Grody Text

Built from the text of two authors, Kevin Lynch and Steve Grody, this book focuses on the eastern region of Austin, Texas. Broken down into two components, the book highlights Austin’s east side from two very different perspectives: architect v. community. Cities are continuously developing and changing. Springing from this concept, I wanted to explore the the roles that different groups have in city development; the notion that the community is just as influential as the architect and that design does not end with the professional.

Locating Place: Digital Postcard

Digital Postcard: East Austin from Rebecca Williams on Vimeo.

The objective of this project was to visually communicate personal reactions that unfolded from visiting an unfamiliar area (the east side of Austin) by designing a motion or interactive flash piece. This video, designed in After Effects, visually communicates my reactions to a very colorful and vibrant environment.

Concept Map

This concept map was designed to illustrate the spread of disease through populations and specifically focuses on 14th century Europe detailing the spread of the Black Plague.

Recipe Website

As a Dreamweaver introduction, I was instructed to choose a recipe and create a website based on the content of the recipe. I chose a recipe for banana nut bread chocolate chip muffins. The site, while very basic, includes a rollover image, text and image links, and an image map. To visit the website online, follow this URL: http://myweb.stedwards.edu/rwilliaa/

Blanton Museum of Art Commemorative Buttons

These buttons were designed to represent the Dada movement. They were created to coincide with a fictitious History of Graphic Design exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas. I designed six buttons (one for each day of the week the museum is open to the public) intended to be distributed to guests during the exhibition.

Blanton Museum of Art Commemorative Button Poster

LATCH Weather Report

Weather Report from Rebecca Williams on Vimeo.

This motion piece, composed of three different phases, displays the weather conditions of four different cities within the time frame of a single weekend. The organizational structures of each phase were derived from the LATCH concept: Location, Alphabet, Time, Category and Hierarchy.

Black Squares

This motion piece was created in AfterEffects using objects rendered in Illustrator. The video is comprised of three different compositions. Each phase was designed to project the meaning of a specific word: playful, order and increase.

Blue Squares Exercise

This motion piece was recreated using AfterEffects.

Kitchen of Meaning Poster

This Kitchen of Meaning design series poster conveys the essence of the word tautology.

Critical Mass

This collection of imagery represents four postcard designs. The postcards were designed to illustrate one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy.

Interface Design

Transformations

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt

These photographs represent a progression by means of visual connection. Each photograph is linked to its successor and follower through various elements of art and design.

Personal Geography: Perceptual Map

Personal Geography: Cognitive Map

Personal Geography: Artifact Map

Symbol Methodology

These symbols are the result of an intensive design process exploring the subject of Navigation.

Duck

Vector illustration drawn in Illustrator.

Type Specimen Book

Rebecca Williams Type Specimen

Type specimen book created to explore the typeface, Myriad Pro

Design Culture Now Poster

This Design Culture Now poster was designed to introduce a design lecture series showcasing four artists.

Prototype

Typographical prototype design restricted to a specific grid.