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John Hoke, who is the former chief design officer of Nike, discusses how his dyslexia has made him look at the world differently and how his drawings evolve into something bigger then the world has imagined. Ever since as a child John was an athlete and was always interested and fascinated by how things were made and designed. By his curiosity, John started drawing and coming with his own ideas on what he can contribute to the world. John put his dyslexia to good use because as he says" drawing is his first language", and that was his way of communication. He would draw sneakers, body sketches, and architectural retail spaces. While his drawing ideas are taking place he also is able to manage everyone around him. There roles are to create interesting ideas to the public that they may like and buy. If not they will try there best to make it work out or improve it. John explains that egos tend to get in the way a lot because everyone is passionate about their own work. Everyone

      This article " How to Ruin a Great Design" is primarily about how signs can be misread and not properly designed correctly. Not only may it be difficult and frustrating to sit in traffic, worry about detours, and other things but now you have to think about the signs being confusing. For example the sign that was being described in the article saying " Diverted cyclists". Many individuals may have questions about this sign from as to why is the D capitalized and not the c in the word cyclists. There focus is mainly on the way the sign is designed instead of the actual meaning. Another issue is when a company may update a label or just recreate the whole thing. The changes may give the sign a totally different meaning even though it may not be intended but it happens. There often are slip ups but those need to be fixed before being shown to the public.

What is your previous computer experience? I've had a lot of computer experience in high school as well as in my first year of college. I have taken a computer course previous dealing with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and how to transfer files, zip line and much more. What do you hope to get out of this class? I hope to learn more about how to use Photoshop and plan to learn all the different aspects of computer graphing. What is the relationship between computers and visual studies? Im not really sure I guess they both involve with visualizing images. What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator? I have no experience with either of these. Do you have a computer at home? If so dose it have Photoshop and Illustrator? Yes I have a computer Im not sure if it has Photoshop or Illustrator on it. Do you use a  Mac  or PC? I have a PC. What do you hope to do with your major? Whatever major I decide to pick in the future I hope to get a gre