For this exercise I designed a logo and flyer for a fictional travel company that specializes in non-existent trips. The logo was something I had explored for a personal project that I adapted for this flyer. The photos are ones that I took while traveling in 2005 and 2007.
Some design elements that are utilized here are a limited, “in brand”, color scheme, secondary design elements, limited typeface use, and my own sense of humor.
I also spent time tagging the flyer with alternative text and establishing the correct reading/tab order after it was exported to PDF.
The file can be downloaded below.
Fictional flyer design by Boris Margolin is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Resource Checklist
Resource: Voyages Flyer (https://learning.straycloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/voyages-flyer.pdf)| Acceptable (+2) |
Unknown (+1) |
Substandard or N/A (+0) |
Notes | |
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| Source of OER | ||||
| Is the origin or author of the resource named/known? | ✓ | Boris Margolin | ||
| Is the origin or author a reputable source of information? | ✓ | Boris’s talent is matched only by his absurd sense of humor. | ||
| Licensing | ||||
| Educational use permitted? | ✓ | This material is allowed to be used and shared by educators for the purposes of instruction. | ||
| Falls under Creative Commons? | ✓ | A specific Creative Commons license is listed. | ||
| Allows for 5Rs (Reuse, Retain, Revise, Remix, Redistribute)? | ✓ | Derivate work not permitted. Had this been a real client you would never expect them to allow their flyer to be modified. | ||
| Resource integrity | ||||
| Is the resource grammatically correct? | ✓ | |||
| Not missing assets or broken links? | ✓ | |||
| Is the resource free of advertising? | ✓ | |||
| Resource Quality | ||||
| Is the information in the resource accurate? | ✓ | The information in the document is a wok of fiction and serves no real information purpose. It does look pretty. | ||
| Is the information in the resource recent/up-to-date? | ✓ | As of 2020 we are still dealing with the impact of COVID-19, which this work humorously laments. | ||
| Delivery Method (Digital) | ||||
| Does the resource work across modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE Edge)? | ✓ | The PDF can be downloaded or viewed in browser. A large thumbnail is also included. | ||
| Does the resource work across mobile devices (tablet/smart phone)? | ✓ | PDFs are not an ideal user experience on mobile devices. | ||
| Delivery Method (Analog) | ||||
| Is the resource formatted to reduce ink and paper use when printing (uses fewer colors/visuals or comes with a text only version)? | ✓ | This is a single page document so paper use is minimal. However ink usage will be moderate due to the use of large areas of color. | ||
| Accessibility | ||||
| Does the resource meet WAG 2.1 (or newer) standards? | ✓ | This document is meant for print. However high contrast colors have been used and other elements of WAG 2.1 are used. | ||
| 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design compliant (if PDF run accessibility check)? | ✓ | Document was manually tagged and alt text for figures and images has been included. | ||
| Are captions available if resource is a video? | ✓ | |||