Now that this project is over I feel like I have learned a lot. I feel like I am starting to get a little better grasp on design. I learned a lot about designing for a system and not just a piece. I learned a little bit about this working in my internship when we were working on the catalog because it was all a system and had to function like that. I felt like it was difficult to make things different but still feel like it belonged to my magazine. I have always enjoyed magazines and book formats and designing for things like that so this was the project I really looked forward to. It was a lot of work and a lot of time put into it but I think it was well worth it in the end.
I am happy with the end product of my printed magazine but I'm just not sure on the mobile app. That is a different world to me and I wish I could have researched good mobile apps and magazines in particular. But being a college student you have limited resources and money so that kind of limited me. I hope we get to work more with technology based design like web, apps, etc (even though it is not in my area of interest at all) because it is becoming a huge part of our world but I still love the printed design and something you can hold in you hands.
As I have gone throughout this semester I keep waiting to feel confident in my design. I wonder when that confidence is going to come into play. I have done well on my assignments and received good grades and feedback and I feel like it has made me grow. But with every step of every assignment I haven't gone into it confidently and just knowing that what I made was good and I was happy with it.
