I began working at CreateHere in mid-August of 2008, and to be honest, when I took the job I had no idea what they really do. I tried to do some research before my interview and I got the general impression that they were a non-profit trying to get creative people to come and live [...]
Hi, I’m Jessi. I’m a freelance graphic designer living and working in beautiful Chattanooga, Tennessee. Read more »
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My First Design Job Comments Off
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Competitive Artists Comments Off
My class of Senior Visual Arts students read an article called “Against Competition” by Marc Fischer and a discussion centered around competition amongst artists, artists’ collectives and the impossibility of a “new” idea. These are my thoughts on the article: Competition is inevitable, it’s a survival instinct. It’s the reason I cried louder than my [...]
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Creating my Personal Website { 2 }
I have been looking forward to this, finally, not just designing but building my own personal website! Since creating my personal brand last semester, I have been thinking about how to translate my designs for the web. As always, my design process went in several directions, allowing me to flush out all the undesirable ideas [...]
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Web Standards and Accessibility Comments Off
A week after ending the spring semester I am back in class! I am really excited and (I’ll admit) intimidated, to be taking Web Design. Before taking this class I had heard about Web Standards and Accessibility, but other than knowing that they were good & important I was in the dark on what [...]
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Take Root Comments Off
MARCH 20, 2008 TAKE ROOT PROJECT SYNOPSIS For the past 2 ½ months our class has been intently focused on the Take Root project. Take Root is a non-profit organization formed by a local leadership class seeking to raise funds to plant trees in downtown Chattanooga. For many of us this was our first opportunity [...]
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Self-Branding Comments Off
Creating my own personal brand has been quite a challenge. I wanted the look and feel of the material to express who am as a designer without boxing myself into a particular look or style. I used intricate patterns in combination with bold geometric lines to reference my love for both artisan and modernist design. [...]
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Class Tour of National Print Group Comments Off
Our class recently was given the opportunity to tour the National Print Group/Retail Merchandising Group in downtown Chattanooga. After touring a newspaper press that was all about timeliness, it was interesting to see the NPG/RMG presses that are all about quality control. The equipment they have housed throughout their campus of buildings is stagaring itself but the output [...]
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Visiting Professionals Comments Off
Richard Beeland, with the mayor of Chattanooga’s communications department, and Janis Hashe, an experienced freelance writer and editor, provided our class with some very valuable information regarding press releases and marketing. This topic might seem out of place in a graphic design class, however the jobs of writer, marketer and designer often overlap, so it is critical [...]
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Visiting Artists: Mark Andreas, [dNASAb] and Ryan Wolfe Comments Off
The most recent visiting artists that came to UTC took some time to talk with our class and discuss their ideas and methods. The non-traditional mediums used by these artists provided a new and interesting context for our class discussion with Mark, Disney and Ryan. I was inspired by their exploration into [...]
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Chattanooga Times Free Press Tour with Frank Anthony Comments Off
Frank Anthony, an executive at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, was a very enthusiastic guide for our tour through the facility. The historic building housing the staff and press is full of interesting architecture and has been beautifully maintained. The press itself was a very impressive flexography printer that was truly stunning to watch in [...]