Hey Mariana and Chelsea!

Hi Mariana,

Just wanted to say thanks for a very helpful typology. You really ran with what I asked for and I appreciate it.

I had a really hard time finding information about your region, probably just because I'm not there. So thanks!

-Tey

Hi Chelsea,

I don't know how helpful my typology to you was, but if you want more information I definitely have it. As you can tell, most of the photos are from the internet, but that's because a lot of the trucks have been shut down or gone out of business. Also, they tend to only be available during fair weather.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me!

-Tey

About Me

Hey Nebraska!  My name is Mariana Serrano and I am currently finishing my last semester of my undergrad at San Francisco State University doing graphic design.  I grew up in LA and have now been in the Bay area for about 5 years. I just got back from a semester abroad in Dublin, Ireland which was awesome. I am interested in many different aspects of the field mainly typography/ lettering, identity/ branding, editorial design, illustration. etc. What I love about the design field is that it combines so many of my interests into one like photography, painting and drawing. I am really looking forward to looking more in depth at the relationships between California and Nebraska in regard to food and water. I am currently doing my final research project on urban gardening so I think this collaboration will help me look at it from a different perspective!

Two Postings

Research & Destroy
Upon reading this piece, I noticed a lot of placed where I agreed as well as opposed. I want to highlight a main point that I think all designers should know. The exchange between client and agency (or in our terms designers) has recently arose with tension, threatening "with extinction". This is due to the fact that "designer and client avoid the confrontation." In the era of more free lancers than you can count, this is a large issue. A client would rather go to a free lance designer with the same skills or better rather than deal with the multiple chains and hoops they have to go through to get to the creative ideas. I love this new finding because I have been doing free lance work for about three years now. This has really inspired me when I read it to start taking on new tasks that I never knew I could grasp hold of. The main take-away from this article is that us as designers need to redesign ourselves to appeal to a target market that we are best at working with. This does not mean stay comfortable in a setting and never leave- explore, yet make a name and creatively craft it.


Omnivore's Dilemma
It is interesting to find that with abundance of one thing, more ideas and new inventions follow. This can be new jobs for making the products, or it can be a health downfall in relation to the new abundance such as diabetes, cancer, or even disease. This article proved points that I thought my grandparents were lying about. The medicine for anything was whiskey and the pain for anything was whiskey. Alcohol was and still is a man/woman's best back-stabbing friend.

Me, Myself, and I

How I think I look.

How I actually look


Hey my fellow art enthusiasts. My name is Alexandria Morgan Angelina Justina Anderson... you can call me Ali. I enjoy long and hot baths, petting my two dazzling felines, scavenging for something random to do, and well -of course- eating. I grew up in a small town outside of Lincoln, Nebraska called Wahoo. I have lived in Lincoln for four years and plan to move (ironically) out to San Diego to stay with my sister who has been living there for the past ten years. I want to say I have a plan for myself ahead, but I really just go where the wind takes me... and I hope that wind takes me to a breezy beach. 


The low down...
School:
I am a senior majoring in Advertising.
Minors/Concentrations: English, Sociology, Graphic Design

Work (current):
-Lazlos Bar and Brewery: I server awesomeness

Creative work:
-Body Innovations/ BRIN: Created flash mob and guerrilla advertisement
-Latino American Commission: Annual (for two years) Convention Commencement- flyers, post cards,  brochures...
-More fabulous creations can be found on my website! AlexandriaAnderson.com

My names is Chelsea, I am majoring in Visual Communication Design. I grew up drawing and painting, taking many art classes from a small child and continuing on through high school. After studying Andy Warhol in high school, I knew that I wanted to become a graphic designer. I am very passionate about art history as well and would eventually love to do graphic design work for an art museum or gallery. I get inspired by art and design that I come across on a daily basis. I even become inspired by art done by children, they have such great imaginations! 

One of my favorite quotes is, "If the horse you are drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog." -Unknown

I am inspired  by my classmates, by architecture, and by fellow graphic designers. Some of my favorite graphic designers that have helped influence my designs are David Carson, Neville Brody, and Steven Heller, to name a few. Art inspires me as well, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns are some of my favorites. 

I would love to merge my love for art history and graphic design together through working for a gallery one day. I also dream of working for Mucca Design in New York. I would love to travel the world, getting inspired by new cultures.

A Brief Intro

My name is Mandana. I am a graphic designer, visual artist and a dreamer from Tehran, Iran. I moved to Oakland California in 2007, where I now live with my husband and our two beloved cats. I've been on a long journey pursing my dreams and documenting them with my camera, or anything that I can write, draw, or paint with. I love working for/with nature that has been a major source of inspiration and energy for me on this planet.

Foster: the Myth, the Man

   Foster is not just a man, but an idea. His formative years were spent in a hick suburb outside of Sacramento, California. It was there that he went through several lifestyle choices until he moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State University. He is currently working towards a degree in visual Communication Design with a minor in human Sexuality. He has done freelance for work for several bands, music venues and events around the city. He also works as a very small part time graphic designer for Super Duper Burgers. 

    His interests revolve mainly around culture, fine art, music and concept. Influences include Barbara Kruger, M.I.A., Experimental Jetset and Jenny Holzer. He enjoys working with structured, ruled out layouts with a touch of psychedelic, utopian influence. He enjoys the qualities of print, but also the possibilities of working on electronic-based media. His goals are to work in fine art, but use his graphic design sensibilities to create work that has an influential and subversive tone. 

Hello!

     Hi everybody! My name is Nick Baldassini and I am a 5th year senior studying Visual Communications here at SF State. I grew up in San Diego and decided to move to the city because I was tired of being in a small boring town and wanted to be where all the action was. I recently spent a year abroad at the University of Technology Sydney where I had the best time of my life. I totally recommend studying abroad, you won't regret it. I just got back about a month ago and am hoping to graduate this spring and hopefully find a full time job doing graphic design for a magazine company or a small start up here in SF. 

     When I'm not at school or doing school work I like to hang out with my friends and have a drink or two and explore the city. I really enjoy going to music festivals, especially the big ones. I've been to festivals all over California, Australia, and even Europe and want to keep on going. Traveling and music go hand in hand for me and if I could somehow make a job out of that I would.  

     I look forward to meeting and working with all of you this semester!

Hello

Hello. My name is William Pauley. I study Visual Communication at San Francisco State University (with a minor in Marketing). I listen to music, exercise, take pictures, draw, watch Star Trek, design things, collect records/books, bake, etc. I was born and raised in California, and plan on working in the Bay Area after I graduate next Fall.

Hello!

Hi everyone!
I'm a senior at SFSU majoring in Visual Communication Design and minoring in Marketing. I transferred to SFSU from Sacramento City College in 2010. Currently I work part time at a hotel restaurant in San Francisco and live in Oakland. I was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to California when I was very young. I grew up in a small college town in northern California, and chose to go to college in San Francisco because it's so different from where I grew up, but still not too far from home. What originally got me interested in design is my love for art.
I also have an 8 year old dog named Lola and she is awesome :)

Things I like to do:
Drawing, stencil art, silk screening
Going to the beach (I was really excited to find a star fish at the tide pools that day).
Camping and hiking
Playing the piano

-Sarah Jacczak

About Me

Hey y’all! My name is Ted Davis, and I am a 5th year visual communication design major at SFSU. I spend a lot of time on campus this semester, dividing my time between my coursework and a design job I landed here doing posters for the residence halls. In my spare time, I love to play music and make art. I play in a local band called Hot Flash Heat Wave with 3 of my best friends. I grew up in Northern California, and moved into the city about 5 years ago when I started school. Since moving to the city, I have faced some of the hardest trials of my lifetime, but getting through it all, I think I am a better person because of it. I am determined to keep my dreams and my artwork and creative expression as my highest priority in life, and use these mediums to create positive change in the world around me.

About Me /Ingrid Alfaro @ SFSU

 

 

My name is Ingrid and I was born in El Salvador. Moving to San Francisco, CA at the age of thirteen was challenging and difficult; meanwhile the process of learning a new language and culture became a norm of survival. Once I started to adjust to my new life I was fortunate enough to come across the right people who were able to guide me in my journey of pursuing a higher education. While I was in high school I was preparing myself to face the real world. I decided to apply to several universities even though I didn’t know at the time how I was going to be able to pay for it. Coming from a low income family I knew that even though my parents wanted to help me out it was impossible since they were not lucky to have an education; since family responsibilities took over their lives. My parent’s struggle has become my motivation and I am very proud to be the first generation to attend college. My journey has being long and difficult, I have worked hard since I was seventeen to be where I am today. Now as a student and as a mother of a beautiful 6 year old daughter, who has brought more motivation in life to reach my goal on finishing my program in Visual Communications at San Francisco State University; last but not least I am a very mellow and outgoing person who loves painting, listen and dance to reggae music, hip hop, as well as Latin music.

About Me

Hi! My name is Judy Chu and I am a design and industry major, focusing on visual communications at San Francisco State University and also minoring in business accounting. Originally I had plans to become an accounting major but had a change in heart when I entered SFSU, where I ended up majoring in vis. comm. instead. But I couldn't allow myself to drop accounting because I enjoy working both sides of my brain and one without the other wouldn't make me feel whole.

Born and raised in San Francisco, I get inspired by the history and culture of the city, which motivates a lot of my work. I was self taught since middle school when the Adobe Photoshop 5.0 came out and since then, I've been surfing the web, taking on mini design requests from strangers, learning as much as I can and taking it to school to be refined. Currently, I am working as a senior graphic designer for SFSU's Cesar Chavez Student Center, which I am very thankful for having because this has come a long way from the days when I designed signatures for strangers.

I have taken this course a year ago and was drawn back to the class because unlike many of the classes I've taken in the past, I feel that I can take the knowledge from this class into a real life work scenario. It's not only about doing a project and leaving it once it's done; we dive deeper and deeper into the subject matter and are encouraged to explore, which becomes a huge motivator.

I look forward to working with everyone at UNL exploring different ideas, concepts and getting a different perspective in regards to food and water.

RESEARCH AND DESTROY

I edthought his point that “invention and a design represent different stages of a technological development, but unfortunately, these concepts are being confused with one another.” Am I a problem solver or do I just aesthetically refine an invention?

“Is a designer someone who thinks up ideas, designs, produces and sells, or someone who holds a mouse and drags objects across a computer screen?” A designers is an “artist, editor, author, initiator, skillful rhetorician, architect…” I think it’s an interesting thing to consider the value of ones ideas. To me a designer is someone with technical, aesthetic, innovative and ideation skills. There may be two wonderful designers, but each will produce something different and that’s where the value lies, in our differences.

OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA

I really enjoyed learning about the history of American farmers. Overproduction became a threat in the 1820s and it’s a huge threat to our health now. I think its interesting that the outcome of public drunkenness, violence, family abandonment and disease was linked directly to whiskey, the child of corn. However today, I feel people are not putting the pieces together as clearly between obesity and the abundance of cheap, processed and harmful foods.

I was unaware the density of energy in processed foods and their outcome being diabetes and obesity. Our bodies are overwhelmed and our metabolisms are working against energy dense foods. Currently corn is the cheapest and most abundant form of energy, finding its way into every part of our homes.

I think we need to consider a few questions. Will the cheapest calories ever revert back to being healthy, not just fats and sugars? Will the 500 extra calories per day since 1970 ever go away? Will high fructose corn syrup ever be taken out of our diet, or will we continue to consume it in more than just sweets?

Hello fellow designers! I am thrilled to be collaborating with everyone over this topic of food. I find it fascinating and rewarding to be informed about what we are putting into our systems. I know that the research and visual information done over this semester will fuel my passion for both health and design.

A few of my most recent favorite things | antique stores, bookmaking, package design, Kansas city, half marathons, asking good questions, overnight oatmeal and sunshine, however that one isn’t very new :]

Omnivore's Dilemma

"One might think that people would stop eating and drinking these gargantuan portions as soon as they felt full, but it turns out hunger doesn’t work that way. Researchers have found that people (and animals) presented with large portions will eat up to 30 percent more than they would otherwise. Human appetite, it turns out, is surprisingly elastic, which makes excellent evolutionary sense: It behooved our hunter-gatherer ancestors to feast whenever the opportunity presented itself, allowing them to build up reserves of fat against future famine. Obesity researchers call this trait the "thrifty gene." And while the gene represents a useful adaptation in an environment of food scarcity and unpredictability, it’s a disaster in an environment of fast food abundance, when the opportunity to feast presents itself 24/7. Our bodies are storing reserves of fat against a famine that never comes."

This just makes me wonder, and in all seriousness, not at all trying to come across crass or morbid: Couldn't we just engineer a famine? Governments are already working on engineering natural disasters as weapons of war...wouldn't a famine fall under that? I don't mean for this to be a sustainable or even plausible solution, but if we want a band-aid fix so bad, couldn't we just make everyone hungry and expect the "lesson" to be learned? 

I don't know. Just a thought from reading that line.

More seriously, I think the solution is again, education. Everyone doesn't have access to all information regarding nutrition, laws, farming policies, etc. All of the stuff we're leaning in this class some people are learning for the first time. I'm not saying that just because people know they'll immediately change their practices and vote differently, and be more cautious. What I am saying however, is that once people know/see/hear something that can't be undone. Plus they'll at least be aware. They'll think about it. And that's a step.

Research and Destroy Response

This article sounds to me like a push to encourage designers to change the way they approach designing. Heads up: education is my soap box. All roads lead back to education.

That being said, in order for the way we design and the way we think about to change, we must change the way we teach design. My university is a perfect example. There is a journalism college, a fine art college, an architecture college, and a textiles, manufacturing and fashion design college. The weird part? They all have a design aspect until recently, none of them collaborated, worked together, or cooperated to teach students. At some point, designers of various things all need to learn the same fundamentals. You'd think it makes sense to have a design college since we have such various design programs offered...but no. We don't. Instead, we're isolated from one another and left to our own devices to figure out how to navigate as a design student.

Some of the colleges teach certain things really well. The J-School (journalism) teaches the programs really well. They also have outstanding connections to the job market. The Fine Art school (my college :D) teaches the conceptual side of design really well. We also have some amazing instructors with awesome experiences. The architecture college teaches work ethic better than any college I know. And their equipment...don't even get me started. It's beautiful, and I love it. The fashion college teaches design for something other than web, print, and sky so that forces students to think about their designs in a way that none of the other colleges do.

All of that to say that, the merging of the fine arts and architecture colleges is huge step in what I think is the right direction to influence change in the way we design. There needs to be more cross college design education. Like I said, my university is a great example because we have a lot of this going on currently. This university is home to a lot of talented designers. They can be even better with a broader design education to be prepared for whatever they may encounter, especially those instances where they have to be designers for the sake of design.

**This blog was in response to this paragraph, specifically: "It is not so strange that a branch of graphic design has evolved that no longer hangs around waiting for an assignment, but instead takes action on its own accord. It has polarized into the ‘willing to work’, who often have little or no control over their own positions, and the ‘out of work’, who, with little economic support beyond re-channelled subsidies or grants, work on innovation for the sake of innovation."**

Research and Destroy

I personally don't like the thought of designers surrounding themselves in desire. It seems like designers are starting to lose their artist freedom. Designers have the power to change the way people look at things. If the goal of the designer is to do big things, they should focus on the needs not the wants. 

I am inspired by those who design for pure enjoyment, they base their work off their passions. 

A Republic of Fat

This article makes me think of human health in the long run. I understand that eating a lot of the foods mentioned are not the best for us. It really doesn't help the fact that it is some of the most convenient means of food consumption. The pace of life around us grows, and we get caught up in trying to meet that demand of food. Its as if we traded convenience for health. 

Introduction to TeyAnjulee Leon

On this day, I was wearing a maxi skirt. It got caught in the escalator.

instagram.com/teyanjulee

Greetings!

My name is TeyAnjuleé León, and I know that looks scary, but I promise it’s not. It breaks down like this: TAY-on-juh-lee. Cool? Cool. Emphasize the “Tey” and the rest we can figure out later.

I’m a fourth year student attempting a BFA with an emphasis in graphic design. However, I maintain that I’m 21 years old and I don’t know what’s for dinner, so I don’t presume to know what I will do as my career at this time. All I know is that I want to make the world better. My hope is that this class will equip me with some tools to do that.

Originally I’m from Washington State, but as a kid—and even now—I move around a lot because my Dad is in the Army. Home is where my family is, and currently my family is in Southern California. I’m a mama’s girl. I love to travel. I love to cook…and dude I love food. So much. More than money. As much as air. So this food movement is something I stand behind.

I’m excited to work with the rest of you. If you’re not shy, I linked to my Instagram, feel free to follow me. Nothing crazy, lots of food, baby, and cat photos. If you are shy, that’s okay too. My feelings won’t be hurt. I look forward to e-meeting you guys and learning more about you and your work.

About Me

Hello, i'm Kris. I'm a transfer student from Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk Virginia. Currently this is my second year at UNL, i'm a Fine Arts major with an emphasis in graphic design. My hobbies are soccer, skateboarding, music.

This class will be interesting for me because i'm forced to look at food a little different then others. A few years ago, i was diagnosed with Crohns, so it is important to my health that i eat right. This class has been helpful with my understanding of our country's food, and the process it goes through to get on our plates. I will continue to show my view on food through my artwork for this class.