This was our second group assignment since studying at St. Edwards. I personally enjoyed this assignment. I think our team worked great and we had very minimal issues. We were asked to redesign Austin Metro's City Rail billboard, but we went beyond that. We decided to create bags. The reason we did so was because we felt it was important to advertise for the Metro Rail, so the public is aware that it is there and ready for use. Also we designed bags because ideally we wanted to be green friendly and what better way than to sew reusable bags. We took the time to screen print on one of the bags. I lead the screen printing process since I have experience in that field.
This assignment allowed me to explore some of my forgotten hobbies, like my love for dogs. I decided to create a field guide that allowed the reader to learn what kind of dogs are found on town lake during a Saturday morning. My conclusion is that most dogs out there are mutts. I went further and decided to create a second section that allowed the reader to compare the mixed breed dog to its pedigree version.
The topic I chose was global warming. I enjoyed this project and am happy with the outcome. Mind you the colors look a lot better after I printed the poster. At first I struggled with organizing the map, but once that was decided everything else came easily.