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INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION

Hello everyone. My name is Hana Tahiri.  I was born and raised in Prishtina for 18 years now. I live together with my parents and my sister in a house in which we moved in 2 years ago.  Recently, a new member joined our family in this way adding more joy and fun to us, especially to me. That member is Bruno, a German- shepherd dog, brought to me as a present for my 18^th b-day.

As for my childhood, I used to be very hyperactive, meaning that I liked playing all sports, but my favorite one was basketball. I also attended taeknowdo classes, which is type of martial arts. At the age of 11 I got the black belt but after a few months this sport did not spark any interest in me anymore so I decided to quit and started to focus on basketball until I started high school.

As for my years of education I attended primary school in Prishtina and high school in a Turko- American school called Mehmet Akif College where I managed to learn the Turkish language.  After I graduated there was a tough decision I had to make for my future, what kind of university should I go to, what fields I am interested in, should I continue my studies in Kosovo or abroad.  So, those questions kept running through my mind and I finally choose AUK to complement my higher education.

Now I am a freshman, waiting to achieve my goals in 3 years from now.  As for my majors I don’t know exactly what I am going to choose but I am thinking of picking media as my first major and management but I am not sure yet.

When I graduate, as everybody else, I hope to find a good job that satisfies my majors as well as my attained skills. In addition I expect to be married and create a family and hopefully to live happily ever after.

 SECOND GROUP PRESENTATION 

TOPIC: History Of Graphic Design And Its Influence In Modern Society

•  My role in explaining the graphic design influence
  
  

Nowadays we live in a world where technology has revolutionized our daily life. Can you imagine the world without any street sign to direct the people or a city where every house is in the same shape and color? That would certainly be unpleasant and confusing. However, graphic design has vitalized our loves and being so, now we have everything needed to make our lives easier and more beautiful. Graphic design a has always been there trying to attract out attention, but it did not always used colors and drawings. One of the areas where graphic design has gained its prominence is in digital media where along with sound production, sound media, film production, web publishing etc. they combine to form the digital media.  This advantage helped computer technology develop much faster and also opened door to artists, designers, writers in order to be more efficient in their work. It addition to that, it enhanced the communication and information issues where now it is much easier to communicate by visual media than by verbal one.

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THIRD GROUP PRESENTATION 

TOPIC: The interplay between visual communication &persuasion in the marketplace 

• My role explaining the importance of visual communication in market place 

I would like to tart this presentation from a quote that my grandfather once told me : a picture is worth more than 1000 word. Well t’s a fact. Vision is the strongest of all the senses. This seems to be true in our modern society, since everything that is supposed to attract out attention is done by visual communication. Recent research supports the idea that visual communication can be more powerful than verbal communication, suggesting in many instances that people learn and retain information that is presented to them visually much better than that which is only provided verbally. T In everyday life, we are all consumers of graphic design. From the products we buy and the books and magazines we read, to computer games and Internet graphics, visual communication designers play a role in a variety of media and technologies to target, engage, entertain, and motivate an audience. Moreover, the visual communication design professional today must possess the creative sensibilities, the communication skills, and the strategic business acumen to understand different audiences and multiple mediums. These visual and technical skills are enormously valued by the business community, advertising agencies, product designers, and design firms, each needing individuals who work fluently with multimedia and emerging communications technologies.

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References 

• Meggs, Philip B., Alston W. Purvis,” Meggs' History of Graphic Design”. John Wiley & Sons,  2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.
• "GRAPHIC DESIGN HISTORY: Leaving a Trace." Design Week 21.39 (2006): 21-   2. ProQuest. Web. 12       Mar. 2014.
• Triggs, Teal. "Designing Graphic Design History." Journal of Design History 22.4 (2009): 325-40. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

• Langton, David, and Anita Campbell. Visual Marketing. US: John Wiley & Sons, 2011.