Yoga Personas

KCAILearningUser Experience

February 1st, 2012 • 1:55pm

Sarah: The Fitness Sergeant She sees yoga as a great way to keep a healthy body and mind. She’s certified with YogaFit, and has over 200 hours of yoga teacher training under her belt. She’s contemporary and trendy, playing popular music in her class and keeping a sense of humor. Her upbeat and vigorous class  Read More

The Web is Changing

Information ArchitectureKCAILearningRead&Respond

January 30th, 2012 • 7:50am

The big point in this A List Apart post that I really find interesting and exciting is that web design is no longer just print design made digital. It’s become its own medium. Pages are becoming less static. In fact, users can move things around now! That’s a far cry from the ’90s internet I  Read More

Experimenting with Evolutionary Typography

KCAILearningTypography4

January 28th, 2012 • 1:42pm

Something I’ve been thinking about the past couple of days is what experimental typography really means. By definition, experimental typography is a process of discovery. It’s not just an unconventional method of communication; it’s utilizing the scientific method. The goal is to learn and break new ground. Experimental type is not planting seeds in the  Read More

Subcultures and Ethnography

KCAILearningRead&RespondUser Experience

January 27th, 2012 • 11:32am

Our culture as a whole has evolved from  being one mass market, to being a collection of lots of niches, subcultures, and genres. This is why research is important. No one will fully understand a subculture by just assuming. We’re all vastly different. We have to immerse ourselves in aspects of those subcultures to find  Read More

Yoga: Balance of Body and Mind

KCAILearningUser Experience

January 26th, 2012 • 10:35pm

Yoga basics: http://www.yogajournal.com/basics/820 The word yoga translates to “union” or bind. People who practice yoga are yogis (males) and yoginis (females). History of yoga in the United States: http://www.yogajournal.com/wisdom/467 Yoga got popular in the 1960s when the hippie movement was getting started. There was already an atmosphere for challenging western ideology, so eastern culture and yoga were  Read More

Semester Thoughts

KCAINarrative/Sound&MotionOnline Presence for the ArtistTypography3VisLang

December 2nd, 2011 • 11:06am

I’ve been reflecting on something that was discussed earlier this semester about whether it’s more noble to focus our time and energy on making something aesthetically beautiful and refined, or making something where we essentially muck around in a fresh, steaming pile of our own newfound knowledge. Each has their own merits. Aesthetically beautiful work […]

Final Logo Build: Occupy KC

KCAINarrative/Sound&Motion

December 2nd, 2011 • 4:17am

My main idea behind doing this was to push myself to learn a few brand new things. I wanted to combine motion capture with 3D (all in just a few days!) and somehow make it all work out. I wanted to use 3D and motion capture to better convey the feel of having a crowd of […]

WHERE KOENIG?!

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December 2nd, 2011 • 3:52am

He’s right here! Koenig by Neil Jackson | Make Your Own Book Real photos coming as soon as I get my book jacket printed.