Trends in design come and go. One of the rules of design is to ignore fashion and not follow trends. This makes sense. If you try and create something that is based off current trends, it won’t be able to be used when that trend is out of style. Whereas if you create a brand…

The Sampson House is a digital marketing agency that I have followed for a while now. I love keeping up with the projects they are working on as well as looking at past work from the campaigns they work on. Everything they create seems effortlessly beautiful and sophisticated. From their website designs to their photography…

Typography is something to be used as an image would be in design. But, I want to take a second to cover the effects of typography in body copy. In Layout class we watched a video that expanded on this topic in the context of magazines , newspapers, and books. Naturally when one sees a…

This week in Layout class we watched videos that walked us through some of the basics of layout. Starting with the blank page, a canvas which we have to create something from nothing.  A force of influence. This is something I never noticed but logically it makes sense. The influence of a blank page occurs…

This past weekend I did my first engagement shoot. A friend knew I was going to school for media design and had seen some of my work on my social media. They reached out in need of someone to take a few engagement photos while hoping to give me some experience. I was grateful for…

So far this summer I haven’t done much design work. I work a full time job at the children’s center at my church. I love the time I get to spend with the kids. But I haven’t had time or gone out of my way to design. A little break from it has been nice…

Out of all the classes I took these past few semesters I took an interest in my design classes. At first I struggled with the concept of design. Going into the class I had the idea that design was like art and you can just make it look pretty. Well, it wasn’t long until the…

My name is Emily Muilenburg. I am currently a student at Southeast Technical College pursuing a degree in Media Design Technology. I have always loved art since I was little. So I knew I wanted to pursue something that involved being creative. When I toured Southeast Tech for the Media Design program it felt like…