Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Project No.1
1
Building awareness
. notes, thumbnails,
concepts,
. final design
. analysis
Project No. 2
7
Discovering the relationship
between design and human
experience
. notes, thumbnails,
concepts,
. final design
. analysis
Project No. 3
13
Leveraging life intentions into
organizational intentions
. notes, thumbnails,
concepts,
. final design
. analysis
No. 1
NOTES, THUMBNAILS, CONCEPTS
Figure reference
Letter reference
Color reference
Texture reference
Option 1 Option 2
Study
of
clouds
Option 3 IDEAS
clouds,fog,
mountains,
tress
song lyrics..
cool tone
colors.
No. 1
Final design
Front
Back
Analysis | Project 1
I
n this project, I felt likeI me how impor tant it is to think
learned a lot about being through ideas I might have.
a good listener, and to be I feel like the clouds in my piece
able to generate ideas that are working, I tried to use scale
communicate similar themes and hues of gray to show the
my par tner was giving me denseness in the fog/clouds.
insight to. I wanted to take With more time I would have
the approach of hand drawing worked on the words a bit more,
the images that I would use try to play with scale and how
for me final design, which is they blend into the environment.
not typically how I would star t Overall I feel the piece was
a design. It was a learning successful in communicating
exercise for me that showed the central theme.
creative work reaches deep into our visualize a highly abstract idea
intuitive and unconscious minds, that sources from your growing
into our hearts and feelings. awareness of the deeper aspects
the sea change design process of yourself, in your own personal
helped to define your calling and its voice by exploring design
embedded meaning. elements, typography and diverse
. processes:
now you will examine the ways in
which this abstract idea can be eg drawing, photography, xerography,
interpreted and represented in abstraction, typography, collage,
visual form, offering clarity, textures, sculpture, different types
embedded meaning and of materials: paper, fabric, vellum,
understanding to the viewer. cardboard, metal, wood, foil
No. 2
NOTES, THUMBNAILS, CONCEPTS
No. 2
Final design
Analysis | Project 2
T
he calling intention used the sun as an object that
project was a true life represents warmth. I feel the
pivoting experience for piece had a lot of movement
me. It was difficult at first to which helps the views move
get my head around what it was around the piece, the color also
I was trying to define. When aids the eye to move around
the intention came to surface, I with the use of the gradient.
was pleased with what I learned With more time I would have
about my self and how my liked to keep working on the text
talents can be put to good use. and how it flows with the rest
For the poster, I wanted to really of the sun rays. Overall the
tie in the light that immigrants work is intense and has a lot of
bring to this country, so I energy in it.
No. 3
No.3
NOTES, THUMBNAILS, CONCEPTS
Group members:
Calling Intention:
Artifact:
No. 3
NOTES, THUMBNAILS, CONCEPTS
No. 3
Final design
Analysis | Project 3
T
he group project was fun. views and fuse together a
To be able to think up a great looking logo and identity
nonprofit organization package that captured the
that deals with the awareness essence of the dualism in water.
of water. Our team was able to With more time we could have
think through various ideas and spent more time on the website
come up with a dynamic way to and other possibilities for
show the duality of water, both our ar tifact.
its peaceful, loving state and Overall I feel like the project
the side of it that is possible was very successful regarding
of destruction. quality and sticking to
As a group, we were able our question..
to overcome differences in
Education
2017
San Jos State University
BA, Design Studies:
Graphic Design
Work
2007Present
Freelance Work
Santa Clara County Public
Defenders office,
Logo design
Drive California,
State-wide design campaign
K n o w Yo u r R i g h t s C a m p ,
Colin Kaepernick,
Poster design
S i l i c o n Va l l e y B i k e s ! F e s t
Design direction Programs
NASA/ City of San Jos, Illustrator
Flag for the International Photoshop
Space Station InDesign
U.S. Census Premiere
Outreach poster design
AD Prints Exhibit
Design and printing Gallery Exhibit:
BA Senior Project
2005Present Design 197
Spring 2017
lead designer, Silicon
Valley De-Bug org. Awards
Lead designer for Silicon 2017
Valley De-Bug organization SV@Home
Affordable Housing
Week 2017 Poster Con-
20012005 test winner
staff designer, Silicon Languages
Valley De-Bug magazine English
Spanish
Designing of advertise-
ment materials and layout
spreads in the magazine
How can I build awareness with my How can I nurture acceptance in How can I creatively guide humanity How can I co-create awareness for How can I inspire humility within all How can I transform passion for our
community to preserve wholeness in human beings to help find a sense to discover inner clarity from equality mother nature and her children so we generations so we make peace with inner-self so we can be free to move
the world? of belonging? and tolerance? can coexist and thrive? time? forward and follow inspiration?
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Emilio Rios