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For this week I chose a photo of several road signs to represent visual literacy. While road signs were created to send messages to people while they are driving, the color, use of wording, and pictures upon each sign mean something different. The…

This is a picture of a parking sign in Downtown Raleigh. The reason I chose to use this photo is because it contains many directions in very few words. It is not in the picture but above the sign there is another sign describing how long the parking…

This is a mural in downtown Raleigh, it is in fact one of many murals in downtown Raleigh. Murals are excellent examples of street art that stems from graphic design. Recently, I fell as if murals have become a trendy art piece popping up in popular…

The Cathedral is a modern building but has design concepts with historical features. It is made primarily of brick but has stone features built in as well. The heights of the building is numerous stories and can be viewed from distances due to…

This is a stemless wine glass that I got for a friend on Amazon. The plastic is designed to turn from clear to holographic rainbow when there is something cold in the cup. The point of this wine glass is to be fun and whimsical. Stemless wine glasses…

This outside scenery appears gloomy yet emanates beauty due to the presence of the rainbow in the background. Near the bottom of the photo, there are windshield wipers and surrounding cars nearby on the road indicating that this scene was captured…

Since this week was focused on graphic design and included Sturken & Cartwright's chapter on perspective, I chose to look at the cover designs of two video games that depicted different types of perspective. On the left is the original Star…

This photo is clear about the point it wants to bring across. The photo is quite haunting in a sense but is also showing a sliver of hope. First, let's bring some context to the forefront and shed some light on this subject:

These are the bumper…

This is a building in Prague I saw when I went last summer. I believe this fits into the postmodernist category because of the nonfunctional adornments on the facade and the stacked roof. Postmodernism was a rebellion against the uniformity and…

This house is located in the center of a residential area north of NC State's campus and its architecture stands out starkly against the other houses in the area which are more traditionally styled. Where Modernism was intended to be sleekly…