2014 Interview

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?

I interviewed Luz Cervantes from North house.

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

"I'm planning on doing something on architecture in the near future."

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

"I plan to work with an engineer from Chino Hills and just do a job shadow."

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

"I expect to see new ideas because I am not completely sure on basing my senior project on architecture."

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

"I don't really have any questions right now."
I gave her some advice about being a little more involved in the class because I felt that I should have been this year. I also told her to focus on what's closer to the due date as opposed to focus on what'd use later. I felt that I should gave her advice on things that I should've done this year.

Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is most important in creating a graphic design for an advertisement to persuade teens to make a purchase?
2. What is the importance of graphic design and advertisements?
3. How do you think graphic design relate to advertisements?
4. How can a graphic design persuade teens to buy a certain product?
5. What do you think teens look for most in an advertisement?
6. What types of advertisements do you think teens would rather watch more?
7. How can a graphic designer relate to his/her audience?
8. What type of emotion would you want your audience to feel when they're shown your design?
9. What characteristics of a graphic design or an advertisement makes it memorable?
10. Do you think it is possible to design an advertisement that could persuade ALL teens to want to purchase a single product?
11. How would you approach designing an ad to persuade a good amount of teens to buy a product?
12. Why or why don't you think that it is harder to design ads for teens compared to adults?
13. What would you say is the best technique to use in an advertisement aimed towards teens and why? (Celebrity, Are you cool enough, or Bandwagon)
14. Are there any other techniques that would work well with teens?
15. What attracts teens to an advertisement?
16. Why do advertisers like to aim towards teens?
17. Why do you or don't you think that using advertisements that put teens down will persuade them to make a purchase?
18. Why do you think teens purchase products, regardless of it's purpose or usefulness to them?
19. How is a graphic design considered "successful"?
20. What is the best example of a "successful" graphic design in an advertisement?

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

What are examples of commercials or ads that appeals to you and why?

Looking back at your teenage years, were there any ads that stood out to you and suck in your mind from then to now?

Comparing from now and when you were a teenager,what would you say is the most significant difference in what intrigues you in a graphic design when you see ads?


What do you think the differences are in personalities between teens these days and teens during your generation or time?


Because teens have such a wide range in variety of personalities and to be realistic, there are no designs that appeals to all teens, how would you approach designing an ad to persuade a good amount of them to buy a product?

What would you say is more important, the product or the way it it's advertised?

Why or why don't you think that it is harder to design ads for teens compared to adults?

Why or why don't you think ads are more effective today than they were in previous generations?

What makes a "good design" good regardless of what age you are?

What do you think is most important in a graphic design to persuade a teen to make a purchase

Blog 6: Second Interview

Interview Questions:

• What was your biggest inspiration to becoming a graphic designer?
• What did you have to go through, educational wise, to get to where you are?
• How long have you been in this career field and within those years, when did you realize this was the career you wanted to keep? 
• What do you think the most important characteristic to have when you're a graphic designer?
• What was the best design you've ever created or seen?
• What distinguishes you from other designers?
• What is your favorite thing about your job?

Blog 3: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

• I plan to interview Clelia Hernandez, an iPoly Alumni. She did her senior project on a topic that is similar to mine and she has experience with graphic design. I thought it would be convenient to interview someone who has experienced the project before. If she is not available, I plan on interviewing my summer mentor, Lidia Korinko from Art2ink Inc. I would interview her because she has tons of experiences with this topic and because it would make sense to ask her since she was my mentor for the summer.  

2. What additional questions do you plan to ask?

• What made you want to pursue this career?
• What characteristics do you think are required to become a successful graphic designer?
• What difficulties did you face when you began this career?