Fundamentals Of Design by Daniel Van-Dien

  My social justice topic is anti-homelessness because it is a topic I'm pretty passionate about. I chose this topic since its a common topic of discussion with my brother and we can talk for hours about it. I used this to share about statistics of homeless people and a story on someone experiencing homelessness. I think that this should be talked about more instead of letting it be shoved under the rug.

  My call to action posters are on poverty to send a message about how there are people who struggle to find anything while other people can have whatever they please. I want to push people to advocate for those who don't have as much as we do. Bringing attention to this cause can help bring to awareness how big a gap there is between classes.

  This poster overwhelms the eye because of how it's shaped. The words are squished together and it looks like a wave. It's a little hard to read.  This poster creates a central image with the glass being enlarged to be the main focus. The title and background make the glass seem more important. The poster makes eye contact with the woman winking towards the viewer. It can attract the viewers attention too because they made eye contact. This poster manipulates scale because King Kong is huge compared to the text above him. The text seems to be less important as well with a much bigger emphasis on King Kong's size. This poster overlaps the text over the face. The text goes over the eyes and covers them.

 1. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Designing Peace Exhibition combines visual installations, symbolic objects, and interactive displays to explore design’s role in fostering peace. Through imagery like the Teeter-Totter Wall that spans a border fence and giant text installations such as “ACT NOW,” the exhibition visually dramatizes how design interventions can challenge conflict and spark dialogue. By juxtaposing vivid photos, maps, and objects from global projects, it translates complex issues about division, reconciliation, and collective humanity into accessible, emotionally resonant visual experiences that engage viewers beyond text. 2. Seeing how Designing Peace uses strong visual metaphors inspires a data visualization approach that foregrounds narrative and emotion as much as numerical insight. Instead of only showing numbers or charts, I would think about how imagery can make data feel tangible — for example, using everyday objects or relatable scenes to rep...

 I think the reason for this trip was to show us how architecture design can look like. A few key images from the trip that I remember were the wool cowboy hats and the lion head. The structure my team made was a room that was both cozy and entertaining because I want to have an environment that can provide people with ways to entertain themselves and also be calming. This trip can be useful for a design students because it can show them other options other than graphic design. 

https://homelesslaw.org/statement7242025/ https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/ https://nchv.org/veteran-homelessness/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/nyregion/hostile-architecture-nyc.html https://ndc-md.org/news-and-stories/understanding-hostile-architecture-the-cause-and-effect-of-restricting#:~:text=What%20is%20Hostile%20Architecture?,all%20together%20in%20public%20spaces. https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/Design-Against-Humanity_Hostile-Architecture-paper-2023.pdf I will use charts to show my data I'll use numbers to show my data as well. For my design I will be using work from and taking inspo from sarah ross