Holi Festival of Colors

The Holi Festival is a celebration in India. The festival has many purposes. They are celebration a new season, Spring. The Hindus believe it is a time to enjoy the colors of Spring and say good bye to Winter. The festival also has religious purposes. During the festival there are bonfires, wild celebrations, and an event where they throw colored powder at each other.

The part that I found most interesting was the color fight. I thought it was very interesting that this piece of their celebration has moved into other cultures. The aspect of color is very appealing to all cultures. In our culture we have even added color to our athletic events. The Color Run is becoming more and more popular throughout the Unites States.

Website Design

I was searching for websites for that class, I was supposed to find two I liked and one I didn't. I thought that the Crayola and National Geographic were good websites. They are very well designed and easy to navigate through. The design assists the view in finding their way through the website. They both have a cohesive design throughout all the pages. The colors used are perfect for the topic and intended audience.

I last website I found is AWFUL. There is way too much going on. The design aspects do not work well together. The design actually distracts away from the website. The moving pieces of the homepage is hard to find what you are looking for. The background is overall too flashy.

iPhone

Last week the new iPhones, 5c and 5s, were released. I was very excited when I heard the rumors about what was to come. The day the were released I looked them up online and there were very minimal differences. One of the main differences in the new phones is the color. There are also a few new design changes. I found it very interesting that so many people were overly excited completely based on the color of the phone. Design highly impacts people's view on a product. Many people only want the product only because it has a small white apple on it. Apple's brand is so iconic everyone wants it. There are many brands out there that have better products, but still can not compete with Apple.

First HTML try

These are a little late but here they are!

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Type TYPE tYpE

This year I am learning about the world of typography. I never knew there were so many characteristics to a single letter. I really enjoy learning this new information. I like looking at font and seeing so much more! I find myself criticizing type everywhere I go. I am constantly comparing and advertisements, and questioning why the designer chose what they did. It strengthens my own understanding of the characteristics if I continuously look for them. I am excited to continue learning new information about typography.

Introduction

Hey everyone! I am Kylee. This is my sophomore year at Stritch. I am excited to continue moving through the graphic design program! My high school was fairly small so we did not have classes using specifically Dreamweaver and Indesign so I am excited to learn beyond what I have taught myself!