Design
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There are a myriad and one ways to look at design and a plethora and two areas of design. This 10 page paper gives an overview of design with an emphasis on what makes for good design and who determines what that is. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Designer Analysis: James Victore
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A 7 page design analysis of James Victore’s work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAjmv.rtf

Designing a Brochure on the Desktop
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A 15 page paper looking at the process of creating a promotional brochure from the designer's point of view. Covered are such topics as brochure types, design psychology, and the intricacies of the printing process in today's age of pre-press technology. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Desktop.wps

Designing Computer-Based Instructional Materials
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A 5 page research paper that examines the several of the design elements that should be considered in creating computer-based visual instructional materials. The writer focuses on use of text, color, and selection of font style. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfont.rtf

Designing Product Packaging for the Visually Impaired
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A 36 page paper discussing how graphic designers can better serve the visually impaired in designing product packages. The paper traces the difficulty the Diabetes Division of the American Federation for the Blind had in gaining any cooperation from insulin manufacturers in including tactile information for the blind on insulin vials as an example of how difficult gaining cooperation can be, despite the wealth of information available from the Royal National Institute for the Blind. A review of typography in the 20th century reveals we have moved from sans serif to more stylized forms in cycles; we are currently moving away from sans serif to forms less legible for those who are not totally blind. The paper recommends combining the Moon raised lettering system with standard styles, so that product packages can be attractive to the sighted while being functional for the visually impaired. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: KSprodPkg.wps

Digitized Images
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A 6 page paper which discusses different technical aspects of digitized images. The paper discusses why it is necessary to digitize images, how it is done, and what factors influence the images. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: RAdigitze.wps

Economic Strategy: Hollywood During the Golden Age
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A 9 page overview of the economic strategy launched in film production and promotion during the 1930s and 1940s. This strategy, in part, included the dynamics of film production (dynamics of the producer-unit system) and the alliance between studio systems and exhibitors, alliances established through vertical integration. One of the most important inclusions in this economic rationale, however, was the "bankable" star system. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPfilmEc.rtf

Ethnography -- “the study and systematic recording of human cultures” of Rubber Stamp Artists
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This 11 page report discusses ethnography and serves as an ethnographic report of the unique “social world” of artists who create their art with rubber stamps. The ethnographic review of one person’s particular “social world” can be considerably simplified when one thinks more of the many passions most people hold and those in which they participate in that passion with a group of fellow enthusiasts, fans, creators, collectors. Or, they are members of distinct ethnic, religious, cultural, or social groups. In other words, people who are brought together and connected in ways that they have chosen rather than groups of people who are born into a certain group. Such factors as a common activity, unique vocabulary, socialization, identities, and relationships are considered in the context of rubber stamp artists. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Fascias
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A paper which considers the development of fascias and signage, with reference to the change from hand-lettering to mass produced signage and the current trend towards making signage appropriate to the environment. Bibliography lists 9 sources
Filename: JL2fasc.rtf