Intro to Layout

Time constraints are quite the nightmare. I have long known this, but it always becomes especially apparent when I am faced with something that I want to spend substantial time yet don't have the time to do so. Additionally, I have realized that, at least in the fleeting moment, my creativity does not tend towards the layout side of things. Reviewing some of the truly exceptional example designs for the book design project has made this at least partially clear. Combine the above factors and you get a slight hint of disappointment. Justifying lack of effort as anything other than a lack of effort (for whatever reason) always amuses me, whether in response to my own weak attempts or to those of others. My favorite moments are when something poignant or astounding comes out of someone essentially improvising fake reasons for why a creative choice was made. In the case of these books, a substantial number (if not all) of my design choices were made in the interest of completion...

My prior resume is quite colorless. Part of that is due to the attempted minimalism of the overall design, though I realize in retrospect that a lack of color and a simple, sleek design are not mutually exclusive. It is also because this resume was created for Business Communication, a course that emphasized uniformity, formality, and straightforwardness, to say the least. This played a part in the uneventful design choices compiled here. My main goal for a new and aesthetically updated resume created with InDesign will be to keep the structured and central design of the text while adding tasteful flavor and uniqueness (hopefully without going overboard). If I am not able to find a satisfactory way to meld the two approaches to resume layout, I may keep the above resume in some form in order to utilize it for much more formal job or internship applications. I would then reserve the more creative design for circumstances in which it would work better. Ideally, that will not be nece...