This thesis describes the work process in creating a design concept for a website to a company in the graphics industry. It stems from a human-centered design perspective in creating the concept for the website. A big part of this work has been the preparatory work in creating a target group definition and develop strategies to create a concept. Proven methods in interaction design have been used with focus on prototyping. The result is presented in the form of a graphic profile and a visual design proposal of a website which has been based on user testing prototypes. This thesis discusse the importance of a human-centered design perspective when creating a concept of a website. By using a human-centered design perspective the user is kept in focus throughout the whole design process which also promotes the created products. / I denna uppsats beskrivs arbetsprocessen i att ta fram ett designkoncept för en webbplats till ett företag som arbetar med grafisk produktion. Denna studie tar upp designprocessen utifrån ett människocentrerat designperspektiv i framställningen av en webbplatskoncept. En stor del av detta har inneburit ett gediget förarbete i form av målgruppsdefinition samt framtagna strategier för att skapa ett koncept. Beprövade metoder inom interaktionsdesign har genomgående använts med fokus på prototyparbete. Genom att använda ett människocentrerat designperspektiv håller man användaren central genom hela designprocessen, vilket också främjar de produkter man tar fram. Resultatet av arbetet presenteras i form av en grafisk profil och ett visuellt designförslag av en webbplats som motiverats utifrån användartestade pappersprototyper. I arbetet diskuteras vikten av ett människocentrerat förhållningssätt i konceptutveckling av en webbplats

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Applied Arts: Graphic Design, Durban University of Technology, 2017. / This study explores connections between masculinity and homophobia in a Faculty of Arts and Design at a South African university. Connections between masculinity and homophobia may have consequences for the visual representation of the male body in graphic design. Literature suggests that gender is socially constructed and performed, and that masculinity and homophobia are connected. As such understanding this connection might assist graphic designers who are often tasked with visually representing gendered bodies. The study uses critical theory as the research orientation for inquiry, which is then related to masculinity studies. Photo elicitation using context-free images of male body language in focus groups is the main data generation strategy. Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis with particular reference to participants’ personal stake and interest in masculinity are employed as analytical tools. Overall, the research data reveals four discursive ‘positions’ in relation to visual perceptions of body language: human or situational performance of masculinity, socially gendered performance of masculinity, effeminate or ‘gay’ performance of masculinity, and homosexual performance of masculinity. However, in the data these positions overlap and combine when participants manage their stake or interest in masculinity. The thesis of this study is therefore that homophobic visual perceptions of masculinity may permeate gender performance as ‘fault lines’. Although the study finds these homophobic fault lines in visual perceptions of masculinity, there is also evidence of acceptance of non-mainstream forms of masculinity. / M

As a student enrolled in the Claremont Colleges, there are a variety of different ways in which I can engage with the greater Inland Empire community. The community-based programs, classes, and projects offered by the Colleges all have specific focuses, whether they be community service, community studies, or language improvement. This Media Studies Senior Thesis focuses on two community programs offered by the Claremont Colleges, the first being the Spanish Practicum program offered at Pitzer College. This half credit course places a group of three students with a “Promotora” (Promoter) or a Mexican immigrant residing in the Ontario community. Once a week, students are expected to travel to their Promotora’s house, speak with her only in Spanish, eat meals with her, and explore her Ontario community. Secondly, I will include a section about Huerta del Valle, a community garden in Ontario, California, which was created by a teacher of the Spanish Practicum program and a Pitzer alumnus. Even though this garden functions completely separately from the Claremont Colleges, Pitzer students have the opportunity to enroll in the Ontario Program and complete a semester studying urban garden, social engagement, and community planning alongside Huerta del Valle volunteers and organizers. This Media Studies project completed in conjunction with the Spanish Practicum Program and the Huerta del Valle program is a photographic essay about my personal experience as a student of the Spanish Practicum program, an article recounting the history of the Spanish Practicum program from the perspective of its creator, and a transcribed interview and series of photographs of the founder of Huerta del Valle as well as a student participant/leader/alumnus of the Pitzer Ontario program. These collections of writing and photographs are presented in the form of a webpage with multiple sections that I have coded as to experiment with visual storytelling, color, and design techniques. Furthermore, through this project I explore the communal significance of personal narratives, and the work they do to construct and contribute to a shared understanding of a program, event, or experience. These personal narratives that I have collected as oral histories will serve to give the community-based programs offered at the Claremont Colleges a human face, illuminating the tendency of dominant histories to discredit their intimate back stories.

Föreliggande arbete har utförts i samarbete med det nystartade företaget Eklundens källa. Syftet med undersökningarna har varit att ta reda på hur en grafisk profil samt en användarvänlig hemsida bör framställas för att spegla företagets vision samt kärnvärden på lämpligast sätt. En semi-strukturerad intervju genomfördes med uppdragsgivaren för att få mer kunskap om företaget. Genom omvärldsanalyser skapades en bättre förståelse för hur konkurrenter profilerar sig, samt hur deras hemsidor är uppbyggda. Genom två olika enkätundersökningar framkom värdefulla åsikter och resultat som låg till grund för framställningen av Eklundens källas nya grafiska utseende. Den grafiska profilen framställdes efter Sless' modell för informationsdesign. Resultatet av arbetet blev ett förslag till en mer användarvänlig hemsida åt företaget samt en ny grafisk profil innehållande riktlinjer för logotyper, färger, typsnitt, grafiska element, korrespondensmaterial och webben. Respondenternas svar visade på att det nya materialet i stor utsträckning förmedlade företagets kärnvärden trygghet och kompetens, samt att det var anpassat till branschen. / This work was conducted in collaboration with the startup company Eklundens källa. The purpose of the studies was to find out how a branding manual and a user-friendly website should be made to reflect the company's vision and core values in the most appropriate manner. A semi-structured interview was conducted with the client to get more knowledge about the company. A visual content analysis was performed to get a better understanding of how competitors are profiled, and how their websites are built. Two separate surveys revealed valuable opinions and results as the basis for the production of Eklundens källas new visual identity. The visual identity was made after Sless’ model measuring information design. The result of this work was a proposal for a more user-friendly website and a new branding manual containing guidelines for logos, colors, fonts, visual identity imagery, correspondence materials and web for the company. The respondents' answers showed that the new material largely conveyed the company's core values of safety and competence, and that it was suited to the industry.

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The goal of this thesis is the analysis of ways of graphic form of algorithms and their editors, design of editor for making kopenograms from source code and implementation of this editor what will work as part of plugin made for the NetBeans IDE. In the beginning of the thesis will be described a principles of structured programing, enlisted used ways of visualization of source code -- modeling language UML and other possibilities of graphic form of algorithm like flowchart diagrams, Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams, Jackson diagrams and especially not as well-known kopenograms. In the second part of the thesis is described creation of editor used to visualization of kopenograms. In the chapters is described structure of creating of application, the editors what are available for its creation, phase of creating editor and final testing for approve of the success. Part of the thesis is also a user guide for beginning with this program. Application what was made in this thesis is part of the plugin BJ2NB and will be used for education support of programming and algorithms on The University of Economics, Prague.

La investigación enfoca su objetivo principal en identificar los elementos gráficos del diseño ambiental que intervienen en la productividad aplicada al trabajo remoto. Por lo tanto, se propuso la hipótesis de que los elementos gráficos del diseño ambiental que intervienen en la productividad aplicada al trabajo remoto son el color, la iluminación y los materiales y herramientas visuales. Se llevó a cabo un estudio de tipo transversal descriptivo en el que se analizaron espacios laborales en el hogar impuestos por el contexto de la pandemia. Entre los principales hallazgos se identificó que la mayoría de los espacios examinados son áreas compartidas del hogar. Por lo tanto, existe cierta limitación en la optimización de la aplicación de los elementos gráficos que conforman el diseño ambiental. Sin embargo, aquellos espacios que están determinados para esta actividad tienen mayor flexibilidad para personalizar su espacio, agregar herramientas visuales y la oportunidad de integrar elementos del diseño ambiental. Así, se concluyó que en el marco de la emergencia sanitaria existe dificultad para proyectar un espacio de trabajo en el hogar. Sin embargo, se confirma que los elementos gráficos del diseño ambiental que intervienen en la productividad aplicada al trabajo remoto son el color, la iluminación y los materiales y herramientas visuales, ya que estos deben estar consignados en favor de la optimización de la experiencia de trabajo. / The research focuses its main objective on identifying the graphic elements of environmental design that intervene in productivity applied to remote work. Therefore, it was hypothesized that the graphic elements of environmental design that intervene in productivity applied to remote work are color, lighting, and visual materials and tools. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in which work spaces in the home imposed by the context of the pandemic were analyzed. Among the main findings, it was identified that the majority of the examined spaces are shared areas of the home. Therefore, there is a certain limitation in optimizing the application of the graphic elements that make up the environmental design. However, those spaces that are determined for this activity have greater flexibility to personalize their space, add visual tools and the opportunity to integrate elements of environmental design. Therefore, it was concluded that in the framework of the health emergency there is difficulty in projecting a workspace at home. However, it is confirmed that the graphic elements of the environmental design that intervene in productivity applied to remote work are color, lighting, and visual materials and tools, since these must be consigned in favor of optimizing the work experience. / Trabajo de investigación

Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka vilka portfoliotjänster som är mest effektiva för nyexaminerade grafiska designers till att framhäva sin portfolio, i syfte att väcka intresse hos rekryterare på reklam- och kommunikationsbyråer. Idag finns en stor mängd olika portfoliotjänster som erbjuder funktioner och verktyg för att bygga portfolior. Som nyexaminerade grafiska designers är det svårt att veta vilka tjänster som är lämpligast att välja och är mest effektiva i syfte att visa upp sina verk för en potentiell arbetsgivare.  Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med reklam- och kommunikationsbyråer har vi undersökt vad rekryterare anser är viktigt att tänka på vid skapande av en portfolio för att väcka deras intresse på bästa sätt. En enkätundersökning har genomförts för att få en bild av vilka funktioner och tjänster studenter inom grafisk design önskar vid val av portfoliotjänst. Även en innehållsanalys av 20 portfoliotjänster har genomförts för att ge en inblick i vad de vanligaste portfoliotjänsterna har att erbjuda. Resultatet presenteras uppdelat utifrån de olika metoder som genomförts i arbetet. Studien har visat att reklam- och kommunikationsbyråerna lägger mindre vikt vid vilken portfoliotjänst som används och större vikt vid hur relevanta verken är utifrån byråns preferenser. Det är uppskattat att göra en unik och anpassad portfolio kopplad till reklam- eller kommunikationsbyråns stil och uttryck. Att sätta en viss personlig prägel i designen på portfolion kan vara till fördel, men bör inte ta över fokus från de presenterade verken. / The purpose of this study was to investigate which portfolio services are most effective for newly graduated graphic designers to highlight their portfolio, with the purpose of arousing interest among recruiters at advertising and communication agencies. Today there is a large variety of portfolio services that offer functions and tools for building portfolios. As newly graduated graphic designers, it is difficult to know which services are most suitable and most effective in order to present the work to a potential employer. Through semi-structured interviews with advertising and communication agencies, we have investigated what recruiters believe is important in creating a portfolio to awaken their interest in the best possible way. A survey has been conducted to get a picture of what functions and services students in graphic design want when selecting portfolio services. A content analysis of 20 portfolio services has also been made to give the authors an insight into what the most common portfolio services have to offer. The result is presented divided according to the different methods that have been implemented in the work. The study has shown that the advertising and communication agencies place less importance on which portfolio service is used and more emphasis on how relevant works are based on the agency's preferences. It is advantageous to make a unique and adapted portfolio based on the style and expression of the advertising or communication agency. Putting a certain personal touch in the design of the portfolio can be beneficial but should not take over the focus from the presented works.

<p>Critique is an essential skill of professional designers to communicate success and failure of a design with others. For graphic design educators, including critique in their pedagogical approaches enables students to improve both their design capability and critique skills. Adaptive Comparative Judgment (ACJ) is an innovative approach of assessment where students and instructors make comparisons between two designs and choose the better of the two. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between instructors’ and students’ critiquing practices. The data was collected through think-aloud protocol methods while both groups critiqued the same design projects. </p> <p>The results indicate that it took students longer to finish the same amount of critiques as those completed by instructors. Students spent more time describing their personal feelings, evaluating each individual design, and looking for the right phrases to precisely express their thoughts on a design. Instructors, with more teaching experience, were able to complete the critique more quickly and justify their critique decisions more succinctly with efficient use of terminology and a reliance on their instincts. </p>

Rakhyvlar är en produkt som i grunden har samma funktion för både män och kvinnor, men vars förpackning könskodas för att attrahera de olika könskategorierna. Följande studie syftar till att undersöka hur rakhyvelsförpackningar skiljer sig åt beroende på om de riktar sig mot män eller kvinnor. Vidare avser studien att utreda hur en förpackning för rakhyvlar kan utformas för att uppfattas könsneutral. I denna studie definieras könsneutralt som något som inte riktar sig till ett specifikt kön. Studien begränsas till att undersöka förpackningarnas färg, typografi, grafiska element och form.  För att besvara syftet har strategierna kartläggning och Design and creation tillämpats. Beträffande kartläggningen användes datainsamlingsmetoderna litteraturstudie och visuell innehållsanalys. Litteraturstudien genomfördes för mer djupgående förståelse om ämnet och utgjorde grundläggande riktlinjer för utformandet av ett eget designförslag. Innehållsanalysen genomfördes för att fastställa hur dagens rakhyvelsförpackningars utformning skiljer sig åt beroende på om de riktar sig till män eller kvinnor. Inom Design and creation användes Sless’ arbetsmodell för utformningen av det egna designförslaget. Två enkätundersökningar genomfördes för att testa och utvärdera designförslaget på målgruppen.  Innehållsanalysen konstaterade att det råder en kraftig polarisering vad gäller rakhyvelsförpackningars utformning och uttryck. Slutsatsen fastslog utseendemässiga skillnader beroende på om förpackningarna riktade sig mot kvinnor eller män. Studien besvarar även hur en förpackning för rakhyvlar kan formges för att uppfattas könsneutral. Detta presenteras i form av två designförslag och ett antal riktlinjer för hur en könsneutral rakhyvelsförpackning kan formges. / Razors are a product that basically has the same function for both men and women, but whose packaging is gender coded to attract the different gender categories. The following study aims to investigate how razor packages differ depending on whether they target men or women. Furthermore, the study intends to investigate how a razor package can be designed to be perceived as gender neutral. In this study, gender-neutral is defined as something that does not target a specific gender. The study is limited to examining the color, typography, graphic elements and shape of the packaging. To answer the purpose, a survey and Design and creation have been applied as strategies. A literature study and visual content analysis were used as data collection methods within the survey strategy. The literature study was conducted for a deeper understanding of the topic and provided basic guidelines for designing a own design proposal. The content analysis was conducted to determine how the design of today's razor packages differs depending on whether they are aimed at men or women. Within the strategy Design and creation, Sless' working model was used for designing our own design proposal. Two surveys were conducted to test and evaluate the design proposal of the target group. The content analysis found that there is a strong polarization in the design and expression of razor packages. The conclusion determined differences in appearance depending on whether the packaging was aimed at women or men. The study also provides answers on how a razor package can be designed to be perceived as gender neutral. This is presented as two design proposals and a number of guidelines for how a gender-neutral razor package can be designed.