About

Hector Torres is a Graphic Designer and educator. Mr. Torres holds an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design where he studied graphic design from a global perspective by participating in trips to The Netherlands, Belgium, Cuba, and Mexico.

Hector Torres’s ideal model of design is expressive, funny and complicated. Design was influenced by fine art and skateboarding. He uses his voice as a designer to have a positive impact on communities. Hector conveys his voice through the lens of his own experience. Once he expresses himself visually he likes to take note of the impact his design has on the viewer. Hector uses the knowledge gained from the analysis of his designs to inform the further development and refinement of his ideas.

*Expressive design is used to effectively convey a meaning, idea or feeling by connecting the product to the user in a surprising way providing a secondary level of emotional impact². It encompasses a wide breadth of creative areas such as listening and responding to music, singing, dancing and performing, experimenting with color mixing and different textures, creating models, for example, junk modeling, small world, construction and role play¹.

*Source: Conversation with Bing, 4/29/2023

(1) Expressive Design: An Intersection of Design and Meaning. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_17.

(2) What is Expressive Arts and Design? | EAD | EYFS | Wiki - Twinkl. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/ead.

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