Going Google
A couple of weeks ago, OCADU’s student email changed over from its old, clunky interface to a Google Apps setup. I was asked to design posters, web graphics and handbills to inform students of the change.
Raising Awareness
People don’t read. I worked for a long time at various service jobs, and the one thing that sticks out in my mind, as a design challenge, is that people just don’t read things. Could be the sign is there to prevent a loss of life or injury, but chances are it will forever go unread. At my office, we have some rules that were going to be enforced for the first time ever, and I took it upon myself to try and make some placards that would get noticed.
Wayfinding 1
I work front-line support in an AV Help Desk at OCADU. I spend a lot of time in that room, and I have to answer a lot of questions; sometimes it’s the same question over and over. For example, faculty members frequently forget what classroom they are going to be in, so they will ask the Help Desk staff. Until things changed, we had no choice but to point to a grubby photocopy of a photocopy of a map that someone’d blown their nose into. It was time to use design and make things better!
