Book Design Drafts
My first 3 books are basically complete! Hoping to have my 4th done by tonight. Here is an update on my book designs: Book 1: Book 2:...
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Manda Villarreal
- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
Visit with art librarian Jamie Vander Broek: Julia Chen & other Art Books
This past Monday I had the chance to meet with Jamie Vander Broek, the art librarian at the Duderstadt library on North Campus. Not...
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Manda Villarreal
- Jan 25, 2020
- 4 min
Resource Wrap-Up: Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
With the finishing of my contextual discussion portion of my thesis yesterday, I feel really good about the sources I've been finding to...
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Manda Villarreal
- Jan 8, 2020
- 4 min
DNA Test results! WHOA.
I'm so excited to share more about my DNA test results!! I took a test with Ancestry.com., the same site I've been using to log my...
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Manda Villarreal
- Jan 8, 2020
- 2 min
Semester 2! Quick Update
Now we are in the home stretch - only 80-something days until this thesis project comes to a close. And still so much to do! I just want...
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Manda Villarreal
- Nov 6, 2019
- 3 min
DNA Test & Grant Proposal
Just a little update! I have ordered my AncestryDNA test and it has arrived!! I'm nervous/excited to try it out. I will pick it up...
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Manda Villarreal
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
Birth Control Packaging Design Draft Update
Above is the first part of template draft for the birth control packaging. This will be the box the "PEZ/Lighter" style cartridge will...
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Manda Villarreal
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
Coaster/Wine Bottle Design Draft Updates
COASTERS Here are the finalized coaster designs. I may edit some color choices, (and some outer room fonts need to be updated from...
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Manda Villarreal
- Nov 6, 2019
- 2 min
Kelsey Museum Design Draft Updates
In class we had updates critiques on our way-finding projects. Here's a collection and brief of what I presented. Slide 1: Kelsey Museum...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 29, 2019
- 3 min
Packaging Mid Term Critique
Last week everyone in my class had the chance to present where we are currently, now that we are half way through the semester. Here is a...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 20, 2019
- 1 min
Feedback: Deeper Dives
This is the feedback/questions I received from my classmates during our deeper dive critique. We showed 2-3 projects we developed...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
History of Birth Control: Podcast
After announcing in class that I have decided to do my package re-design project on daily use birth control prescription packaging, 2...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 20, 2019
- 3 min
Wine Tasting... for Research!
Over fall break I had the chance to go to a wine tasting at Spicer's Orchard in my hometown, Fenton, Michigan. After a very productive...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
Deeper Dive IP Projects
Coming back from fall break, today in IP we looked at two "deeper dive" projects, or two more develop iterations of our projects. It was...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 12, 2019
- 1 min
Wine Coasters Research
Next step in my coaster design/packaging project was to figure out which 6 wines I wanted represent on my 6 coasters. After some...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 6, 2019
- 1 min
Gathering Materials
Thanks to Shengyuan I have a come across an abundance of historical and way-finding materials currently or previously used by the Kelsey...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 6, 2019
- 3 min
First Draft of Thesis Proposal
In my IP Project, I will be creating a book of illustrations, maps, photographs, infographics, etc, in order to explore the concepts of...
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Manda Villarreal
- Oct 6, 2019
- 2 min
Ancestry.com and DNA test?!
After our class make-a-thon, I decided my next step into my project would be to start developing my family tree, and to get as much info...
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Manda Villarreal
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
Wine Flight Packaging Concepts
Now that I have decided what I'm doing for my packaging re-design, I can go back and focus more on my other project I will be working on...
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Manda Villarreal
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
Packaging Re-Design Proposal
PACKAGING RE-DESIGN: DAILY USE BIRTH CONTROL PRESCRIPTION PACKAGING PROPOSAL : MANDA VILLARREAL INTRODUCTION Birth control is an evolving...
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