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Pictured here is the album cover of the most recent album by the Swedish metal band Sabaton that came out last July. The songs within the album are dedicated to stories from the First World War from both the Entente and the Central Powers. This war…

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 is the logo that NC State Athletics Creative Services made after the women's basketball team won the ACC Conference Tournament this year. This graphic is very special not only because it highlights the women's success, but plays part to the…

This week's readings talked about both realism and the advertising of street art so I chose this image I saw tagged all over Prague last summer. “Fuck Wars” is across the top in the “Star Wars font” and underneath is what I think is man kissing a…

This is the logo that my brother-in-law designed for Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, one of Charlotte's oldest local breweries. Based just on the spelling of "Olde", this brand is intentionally drawing on their history as a long-time Charlotte brewery. The…

This is a map of the blue light system on NCSU campus. This map is supposed to show the locations of every emergency blue light phone on main campus. However, even I as an NCSU student have no idea what this map is trying to show without context;…

In this photo I have my guitar amplifier which is a Line 6 Spider 3 modeling amp. It has a lot of effects and the person operating the amplifier and adjusting tones to their liking has to have some understanding of what different effects or tones do…

This is a picture of Renaldo Rivera’s monument to Juan de Onate, sometimes referred to as the ‘the last conquistador’, in Alcalde, New Mexico. This monument is one of a few dispersed around New Mexico and Texas, which were built around 1998 to…

The Xbox one controller is the latest iteration of Microsoft's attempts at controller design. The standard controller come in a matte black color, but is available in others. The two features that stand out the most visually are the A, X, Y, & B…

The Roku remote is a device that requires visual literacy due to the fact that it is relatively different than most normal remotes. If you had not used a Roku before, it is likely you would not completely understand this remote at first glance. Aside…