Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Bulletin Board in Vincent


This bulletin board is found in Vincent Science Hall by the Psychology office. It is really intended for those people who are pyschology majors. The bulletin board, which has several famous psychologists names posted in the middle with pictures and dates and descriptions around the outside, is an informational one that was made interesting by being designed as a sort of matching game for those who see it. I think that overall the bulletin board is actually pretty good because it is a sort of game. There is a lot of information on it that people can learn from, but at the same point I think that the descriptions of were made as breif as they could be, having the smalles amount of information possible for it to be effective. The pictures and the large lettering the introduce the board really bring attention to it, and students may actually enjoy it, not only aesthetically, but intellectually as well. The pictures were large and clear, which was nice. The title of the board was large enough to catch attention and was created in the mixed case lettering. The lettering was in a font that may not exactly be highly recommended because of the curls in some of the letters, but still was pretty legible so I have no complaints there. Also, I liked the way the bulletin board has different casing for the title, then the names and dates, and then the descriptions of the people. Another good thing is that the pictures, title, and boxes of information were neatly organized on the board, leaving equal space between each and creating a nice balance. Unfortunately, there was a good bit of white space at the bottom (but I do not think the picture really captures that). Another thing I found a little bit awkward was that I felt as if there should have been another box on the one side because that is the only thing that really takes away from the balance. I also feel that if whoever the designer of the bulletin board was would have use more color, that would have made it stand out a little better. It uses very drab colors, nothing that really stands out to the eye, but still follows the rules of not using too many colors, so I guess that is good. All together, I found it to be a pretty decent bulletin board with only little things that could have been corrected.

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