The Power of Purpose: Making Your Brand Voice Count on Social Media

Time: April 3, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Speaker: Lea Peck Did you know Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” has the perfect tempo for Hands-Only CPR? Thanks to a single Instagram post by the American Heart Association, over a million people now do. This workshop will explore how aligning your digital marketing strategy with your […]

Building Effective User Interfaces: A Figma Walkthrough & Design System Setup

Time: April 3, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Speaker: Courtney Fleeger Join a step-by-step walkthrough on how to leverage Figma, a collaborative tool for interface design, to bring your UI concepts to life. Designed for both beginners and those experienced with Figma, you will learn more about: This session is ideal for designers, developers, and […]

People who design using social media as a guide are missing key facts about graphic design

People who design using social media as a guide are missing key facts about graphic design. Those facts are the subtle nuances that make a design or a logo good versus great. For example, a subtle nuance like when to use a serif font versus a san serif font. That’s important because fonts have different voices and convey many meanings, feelings, and emotions. Social media is great at supplying a plethora of information. However, learning the tenants of graphic design such as contrast, balance, emphasis, proportion, hierarchy, repetition, rhythm, pattern, white space, movement, variety, and unity fill in the blanks greatly where social media lacks.

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