Mujeres Empoderadas Final words and the impact of Mujeres Empoderadas - a self-initiated project Mujeres EmpoderadasMy self-initiated project, called Mujeres Empoderadas (Empowered Women), proposes an online platform and a product to empower women on fighting for equal rights and on seeing the value on themselves. As women,
Mujeres Empoderadas Ethical guidelines for graphic designers This is a personal list of ethical guidelines for graphic designers, in three categories:Social: always use design to help other people, never to harm or to lie/mislead; treat everyone as equal,
Mujeres Empoderadas Designing for t-shirts - the process The Design ProblemThe nature of the design problem is the need to find new and empowering ways to support women on marches and protests, to make their voices more powerful and to connect
Mujeres Empoderadas Visualisation of a project: moodboards - my design process MoodboardsThe most effective means to visualise my project, is by creating a moodboard that includes the essence of my idea, as well as real photos of women’s marches and t-shirts. This type
Mujeres Empoderadas Project assumptions - what people might think about t-shirts It is important to consider the assumptions people might have about the medium used on a project, specially so we can refute them and create a better product. Regarding my medium, women’s
Mujeres Empoderadas Logo designs and adjusting a brief of a self-initiated project WET > MEWhile I started this project with the idea of creating a brand called “Women Empowering T-shirts” (WE or WET), the research has led me to focusing the project to Spain. Since
I have started a YouTube channel! And with it, a new design challenge: 10 projects in 20 weeks! Who's ready?!
Mujeres Empoderadas Some questions and a bit of research - my design process My ideaThe problem that the brief identifies is a need to support and empower women on social issues that concern their rights and opinions.The solution I offer is to design unique slogans
Mujeres Empoderadas Women Empowering T-shirts: a self-initiated project The briefAs part of a new module on my BA (Hons) Graphic Design, I have started a new project called Women Empowering T-shirts, or WET. The brief I have written for this project
Mujeres Empoderadas Brainstorming the initial ideas of a self-initiated project - my design process IntroDuring three months, I will be working on a new university module called Major Project: Self-Initiated Briefs. After learning what a self-initiated brief is, and its importance on the career of a graphic
Robots, Artificial Intelligence and design The word robot “entered the English language in 1923” (Long, 2011) after Karel Capek used it in 1921 on R.U.R., Rossum’s Universal Robots, a play about artificial people. The word
A video about my design process During the last 3 months, I have been working on a university module called Self-Promotion and Packaging, and most of my assignments have led me to consider my design process and to show
Technology and design The Digital Revolution, which started on the 1980s, “refers to the advancement of technology from analog electronic and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today.” (Techopedia, n.d.) This era has revolutionised
Design Field Guides As part of a university module, I have started a new project that I will be developing in the future. It's called Design Field Guides: A6 notebooks in the style of the famous
My Ephemera Collecting brochures, maps and postcards from my trips is one of my hobbies. However, storing all that ephemera can be a problem, because it ends up in piles of papers on some box
Travel journals as containers of memories José Naranja is a Spanish aeronautic engineer who left his job to start travelling the world, and who has been living a nomadic life for 13 years. Ever since he started this adventure,
Inspiration Currently reading: The AIGA Guide to Careers in Graphic and Communication Design, by Juliette Cezzar On this guide-style book, Juliette Cezzar navigates design topics, from the most basic questions any graphic design student would want to ask a senior, to a deeper level of information and experiences through
University A day in my life in icons The task. As part of an university assignment, I have analysed my daily tasks as a freelance graphic designer, and listed them to choose the ones that talk more about my passion for
Welcome to my blog Welcome! It's great to have you here :)My name is Virginia, I am a Spanish woman living in Oxford and studying a Graphic Design online degree. If you want to know more, follow