1. 2.4 Industry
Terms
Tracy Masters
Section 03

2. Graphic Design
Media Design and Technology Industries
Design is something planned or drawn for the making of an object, a building,
or a garment.
"Oxford Dictionaries" Copyright 2014
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/design
Designing to me, is

3. Typography
The arrangement and style of type.
Webfonts by H&FJ Copyright 1989-2014
http://www.typography.com/about/

4. I hope to better
understand hierarchy
so that I will be
masterful Layout
Designer.
A Layout is an
arrangement of of
objects or space or
information Hierarchy -the order in
Merriam Webster Encyclopedia Copyright 2014
http://www.Merriamwebster.com/dictionary/layout
which one views
elements in a layout
Statelman, Lise Achieving Visual
Hierarchy Copyright 2014
https://hackdesign.org/lessons/19

5. Portfolio
A portable collection of personal artwork,
photographs, designs, or investments
Creative Bloq 35 Brilliant Design Portfolios to Inspire You Oct. 23, 2013
http://www.creativebloq.com/portfolios/examples-712368

6. Critique
An overview, analysis or evaluation of a designs layout,
content, aesthetics, typography, etc
In school most designers give and receive critiques. They learn to discuss positive &
negative criticism in order to come up with a solution. However, clients are not usually
trained in this and they are often the ones giving the criticism.
Biederbeck, Tom The 4 Essentials of a Design Critic April 13, 2011
http://www.mohawkconnects.com/feltandwire/2011/04/13/the-4-essentials-of-a-design-critique/

7. Format
An arrangement or design of something, or the way
type of a file that information is stored in a computer
such as jpeg, ppt, or pdf.
Merriam Webster Dictionaries Copyright 2014
http://www.Merriam-webster.com/dictionary/format

8. Creative Brief
Instructions from the client or business to be used by a
creative individual or team to produce various designs
and/or advertisements specific to the instructions
Neulichedl, Frank 5 Myths About the Creative Brief Jan 11, 2011
http://designtaxi.com/article/101436/5-Myths-About-the-Creative-Brief/

9. Mood Book / Mood Board
a type of collage with samples of images, texts & objects, made by
designers to convey their ideas and present them to stakeholders.
Creative Bloq How to Create Mood Boards: 40 Expert Tips Aug 12 2013
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/mood-boards-812470

10. Target Market
A group of customers that have been researched that a
business will design their marketing campaign for.
Entrepreneur Target Market Copyright 2014
http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/target-market

11. Mobile Development
Media Design and Technology Industries

12. A Designer simililar to
a developer, it is
someone who makes
a plan to develop
software for Mobile
devices.
Fling, Brian Mobile Designs and
Development August 2009
applications.http://shop.oreilly.c
om/product/9780596155452.do
Developers help
applications to
grow by designing,
programming and
writing codes.
Stackpole, Beth Your Next Career:
Mobile App Developer? June 27,
2011
http://www.computerworld.com/s
/article/9217885/Your_next_job_
Mobile_app_developer_

13. Front End
or client-side refers to clear, easy, fast pages and interfaces that help people
care about and understand information
Inside the Guardian Blog "What is Front-end Development?" Copyright 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2009/sep/28/blogpost
A front end developer does not just make things pretty.

14. Back End
A program or processor that is not directly accessed by the user, performing certain
functions via a main processor or software system
X-Cube Labs Backend Development Copyright 2013
http://www.xcubelabs.com/backend-development.php

15. Programming
Tells computer devices to perform tasks.
Codeconquest.com Introduction to Mobile Programming Copyright 2014
http://www.codeconquest.com/what-is-coding/mobile-programming/

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