Hello again! I am officially done with classes as of yesterday and to celebrate I feel it is time for a definition of my favorite design term "macrap".

You've all been subjected to it, fliers on bulletin boards, posters for concerts, emailed brochures, and tv commercials...now, you know what to call it.

Macrap is design created including all or some of the following:

• wordart. Wordart simply put needs to go away. Your rainbow effect type on a beveled curve should not be subjected to anyone.
• stretched typefaces...someone spent hours creating that typeface...do you really need to screw it up?
• pixelated imagery...72 dpi is good for web, not for print. :)
• stretched imagery...hit the shift key, it's not hard!
  
• misspellings

Here is an example of "Macrap" from the term's inventor himself Jim Watson

So now that there is a term for it, lets make a revolution against it. Educate others.

and remember

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Here is a photo I forgot I had. I always am on the look out for good designs, well placed people friendly signage, and concepts that make me go wow!

Here on campus we have all sorts of signs, being tobacco free there are no smoking signs every 30 feet, pistol pete posters, building wayfinding and street signage. This sign is my favorite. I will precurse this photo with over the past few years OSU has seemed to become less than enthused with the non-sidewalk walking college crowd who dare to go across the grass and have since put up tons of black chain fences around the grassy knolls to keep us out. I admit, for me they are like a challege waiting to be played with. So, I routinely walk over them, jump over, or walk just next to them as often as possible...not quite sticking it to the man, but it amuses me.

Well once games started on campus I wasn't the only one on the grass, apparently those crazy tailgaters thought grass was a great place to put there tents, so signs were placed around to keep off the grass.

Nothing amuses me more than this: meet construction vehicle digging up precious grassy knoll. We met on the way to class, I keep this photo on my phone for a good laugh. So without further ado I give you 'Environmentally Sensitive Area, Please stay off the grass'.


(and yes...this area too is surrounded by the black chains of encouragement.)

Well Bush and Quetzalcoatl made it...did you?

Ok, well actually they were on my wall, but this afternoon was so exciting to show everyone my work! I was incharge of the food for our show. Being that we used a playdoh theme I decided best to go all out and use kid foods too!

On the menu: alphabet shaped sugar cookies, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches shaped like animals, ants on a log, and Koolaide Bursts! I think it was not only a record breaking attendance, but probably the most kid-friendly show ever. We even had a playdoh counter set up for the kids who visited.

Here are some photos from the show. It was great to show off to my family and friends. Nick, my boyfriend of 3 years was there at my side. My parents, sister and brother all came....here is a photo of my brother and I. I think him being taller than me even with my 3 inch stilletos...slightly unfair, I am 8 years older than him :)

Here is a photo of some of the fantastic designers from the show. The fabulous 3 some...and myself. My friends from right to left me, Mattie, Leah and Erica :)


And, last but not least, here is a photo of me and my work :) I had my own wall!