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This is a very useful app for AppState students. It shows which gym classes are taking place every day of the week. Also, it can track your outdoor activities and connect you with other devices, which allows you to monitor your exercises and health life much better. It is very quick and easy to navigate through.   

I found this book absolutely amazing for its creativity with the typography forms and graphic arts. It does indeed play with your feelings... by placing the text in different positions, with different sets of spaces, along with a range of images and colors. Its primary intention is to trigger your memories and perceptions. Very interesting.  

This is a hand sanitizer machine from Purell. Its slogan is displayed at the top of the machine’s support and the instructions for use are displayed above the dispenser, where your eyes can capture very easily. 

Aquafina is a water brand very famous world wide. Many people can recognize it simply by just looking at the graphic art behind the “AQUAFINA.” typeface. Despite its recognition, I don’t really like its design. It could be much more explored and sophisticate (many aspects of it).  

This is an information poster displayed on top of a recycled bin at Appalachian State University library. It explains to people what are the actual materials that can be recycled and the ones that cannot. The design’s organization is very clear and “fast-picking” by people, mainly because of the illustrations and the big, bold, capitalized letters. When a person goes throw something in the trash can, that person probably is not much willing to read long texts of information before doing it so, because he or she is only thinking about disposing of that good and then continuing whatever activity they were doing. Thus, you need a simplistic and clear set of instructions, with illustrations, to help people with the disposal of recyclables.    

This is a hand drawn advertisement poster from YMCA targeting the women. Extremely smart design! It is very feminist, saying that women are also hard workers and that they also deserve to exercise, and take care for their health.  This advertisement (campaign)  was made post Second World War of during. Very interesting how they played with the letter “M” and “W” too. 

This is a trash sign that has the purpose of informing you that that is a landfill trash can, therefore you can dispose what is designated to that category of trash in that can. Thus, besides having the informative function it is designed for the social good, with zero intention of advertisement. A website about the Appalachian State University’s credentials and project towards disposal is displayed along with the sign, with the intention to make you more aware of the disposal processes. 

Coffee cup lids are very functional and useful, because they very often tell you whether your drink, contains cream, sugar, coffee, or if it’s just decaf. Plus, it protects your drink from spilling and burning your skin (not your mouth skin, of course). Thus, we are constantly interacting with coffee cup lids, even when it’s just for the matter of playing with the “cream, sugar, decaf” bumps. It also has the purpose to indicate to the workers what type of drink that is. Thus, it is a interactive design.