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PNC Arena: Home of Raleigh Athletic

PNC Arena is not only home to Wolfpack Basketball and the Carolina Hurricanes, but it is also a multipurpose arena meant for bringing entertainment throughout the community. Throughout the concourse, you can find many different designs that fit the color scheme of both NC State and the Carolina Hurricanes (conveniently). The arena bowl itself is…

Wild Design – February

This is a sticker off of my laptop that I purchased at a small boutique here in Raleigh. I like this design because of its simplicity, but it also carries a larger meaning. This design is using the design form of text silhouettes, where the text is arranged in a shape that gives meaning to…

Tropes in the Media: Husbands vs. Wives

The trope that I chose to study was the dynamic between husband and wife. These roles within a family have evolved throughout the years, but at the start, specific identities were given to the man and the woman. This trope does not even take into account the different types of families that are emerging now.…

The Athlete Trope

Tropes In The Media – The Athlete           The position of the athlete is defined as usually the cool kid due to their glory when winning trophies and awards for their specific school. But with the Athlete status many people have define the athlete kids many different ways. For example for…

Tropes in the Media – The Union Jack

The union jack is the national flag for Great Britain or the United Kingdom, which consists of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  However, no law has ever been made to officially make the Union Jack the official flag of Great Britain, it has become the symbol of the United Kingdom through precedent alone. This image…

Wild Design

This sticker is a logo for a restaurant in my friend’s hometown. I find the type on this very dynamically interesting with the fl0w of the letters. The restaurant it’s from is on the Outer Banks, so the font itself plays well with the surfboard contextually. The general shape that it follows feels very purposeful…

Little Dutch Boy Trope

The trope that I chose for this assignment was The Little Dutch Boy. What is funny about this story is that it is not from Holland, but was written by American writer Mary Maples Dodge in 1865. In fact, most people who live in Holland do not even know what the story is about or…

Graphic Design In The Wild-Shampoo Bottle

My discovery of Graphic Design in the wild included the shampoo that I use. I really love the design of the bottle, not only because of the font but because of the illustrations all around the bottle. Something I love in graphic design is the use of hand drawn elements and I feel like you…

Yellow Peril in Media

Example 1 (medium=poster): “Yellow Peril” is a eurocentric metaphor that highlights Asians, and more specifically East Asians, as a threat to society. This trope used by the media, Asians as people to be feared, has an extensive history, and the term “Yellow Peril” dates back to before World War One. Pictured below is an American…

Blenny

Blenny was designed by Dalton Maag. Dalton Maag is a typeface design studio that was founded in 1991. The main designer of blenny was Spike Spondike of Dalton Maag, however, they have no official time range or data of when Blenny was created or published for use. Blenny is thought to be a typeface that…

Reenie Beanie

This font, Reenie Beanie, is a playful, loose look created by the talented James Grieshaber. It is based on handwriting, more particularly a ball-point pen look. It is a font that can be used for more casual messages. One piece of information that I enjoyed is that with a little imagination, this font can be…

Ivan Chermayeff – The Pack Rat

In the early 1950’s, upon arriving at Harvard University, Ivan Chermayeff met with the Dean of Undergraduate Studies to discuss a certain request. He was uniquely minded and this was something the school recognized quickly. Ivan explained that he did not want to major in a specific subject. But that he wanted to take many…