I. Writing

Starting/ending an email

When starting an email you may use one of the terms below!

1. Dear,...
   This email greeting is an appropriate salutation for formal email correspondence. It’s typically used in cover letters, official business letters, and other communication when you want to convey respect for the recipient. Although honorifics like “Mr.” and “Mrs.” were once accepted, they risk misgendering or erroneously assuming the reader’s marital status. Instead, use “Dear Sam” or “Dear Sam Barney.”

2. Hi or Hello...
   As far as email greetings go, an informal “Hi” followed by a comma is perfectly acceptable in most work-related messages. If a slightly more formal tone is preferred, consider the salutation “Hello.” Although this is considered an informal greeting, it also conveys a straightforward and friendly tone.

3. Hi everyone, hi team, hi [ department name team]...
   When writing an email message to two or more people, you have a few options. “Hi everyone,” “Hi team,” or “Hi [department name] team” are informal yet professional ways to greet a group of people. They also avoid gender-specific addresses to a group, like “Hi guys,” “Hi ladies,” or “Gentlemen,” which might not accurately describe the recipients.

When Ending an email you may use one of the terms below!

1. Regards
   This works in professional emails precisely because there’s nothing unexpected or remarkable about it.

2. Sincerely
   Sincerely conveys the right tone for formal correspondence. Keep in mind that it’s likely to come off as stuffy in more casual business emails.

3. Best Wishes
   A good blend of friendliness and formality makes this sign-off a safe bet, but be aware of its greeting-card vibe and use it only when it fits well with the tone of your email.

4. Thanks in Advance
   In more formal circumstances, thanking someone in advance may come across as too demanding, so take care where you use it.

5. Thank you
   A simple thank you is also a solid choice when you want to express gratitude. But, just like thanks in advance, it can convey a tone of expectancy. Save it for when you actually mean to imply, “I expect you to do this.

II. Reading

Sources Of Inspiration

Design is a discipline shaped by a varied and eclectic set of influences from both the past and present, which inform the choices and decisions made during the design process. Influences may be profound or partial and may influence the overall structure and content of a job, or appear as a subtle twist.

Urban Environment

Designers may be influenced by the vernacular language of the urban environment to produce a piece that is current and modern, or work with classical ideas when dealing with spacing and proportion.

Art

Art has always influenced design. The principles that have defined and guided art movements have readily been adapted and brought into design, particularly those relating to page layout and composition. For example, the rule of thirds is used to define the focal point within a piece of work, while the rule of odds is used to make more interesting compositions.

Movies

The immediacy of motion pictures and the striking image sequences often produced can inspire designers to structure layouts and publications in similar ways. Pace and intensity could be changed and manipulated through the use of different treatments for layouts, images and text.

Culture

The majority of designs are produced to serve a present need so the existing culture becomes a common reference or influence for a piece of work aiming to appeal to its target audience. Designers use the elements of popular culture such as colours, typefaces and accepted social norms or taboos in their work to reflect the times they live in and to appeal to the communal mind of the population. At the cutting edge, this may include the use of street culture’s vernacular to create designs with elements from the constantly moving pulse of society.

Magazines

There are many publications for and about the design industry. These are not only useful for viewing works of other designers, but for keeping abreast with movements, trends and technologies within the industry in general. Industry publications also allow a designer to build a contact book and keep track of who is working where, which may be useful in the future. These publications often also provide relevant information on the administrative side of the design business, such as legal issues, tax advice and copyright, in addition to details of various organisational bodies and associations.

Music

Design and music appear to have a symbiotic relationship as a designer can follow musical principles to inject pace or rhythm into a project.

A designer can mimic the beats that music has through the use of large-scale images or text-free pages – interludes within the content flow, creating different beats in how page content is split between image and text pages.

Objects

Collections of objects and found items can also provide an eclectic and exciting set of influences. Designers actively seek inspiration for their work in various locations, even in their respective cities. At other times, inspiration may come from objects within their studio. These influences can creep into design decisions. Many designers like to surround themselves with interesting objects, pictures, posters and other stimuli in order to be constantly inspired.

Other areas of design

Graphic designers draw inspiration from all creative fields including other fields of design, such as furniture and interiors. Indeed, many creative people do not see themselves as being limited to one discipline. For example, the De Stijl and Bauhaus schools were involved in painting, furniture and graphic design, using common principles to guide their work across different disciplines and media.

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Reading Excercise

True, or false
Direction : choose whether these statements are true or false according to the text!

1. Movies do not influence designers ______
2. Pace and intensity could be transformed and edited through the use of different treatments for layouts, images and text. ______
3. Designers only use the accepted social norms as the inspiration of their designs ______
4. magazines do not supply relevant informatin for the designers ______
5. legal issues, tax advices and copyright are examples of information taken from the arts ______
6. Beats of the music is the thing that designer might copy for their design ______
7. Many designers refuse to be near with interesting objects or pictures ______
8. Collections of Objects can inspire designers simultaneously ______
9. Furniture and interiors are two things that are avoided to be inspiration by designers ______
10. De Stijl and Bauhaus schools were involved in music, painting and furniture ______

III. Listening

Talk About People – Have/Has got

Audio 3.1

Direction: Listen and Underline the alternative you hear!

1. Kate’s/has got five sisters
2. I’ve/have got a sister and two brothers
3. They’ve/haven’t got a car
4. He’s/hasn’t got a big family

IV. Grammar

Have Got is used to talk about things, family members and part of the body.

Examples:

• I have got a new camera
• They have got a new born baby
• She has got brown eyes

Use have for I, you, we and they. Use has for he, she and it. We may contract the verb, especially when we’re speaking

For negatives, use not after have or has.

• They have not got a dog = They haven’t got a dog

For questions, change the order of have or has and the person

• Have you got a new design?
• Has she got any drawings?
• What shape have your design got?

Grammar excercise

1. I __________ a camera and laptop
   1. Has got
   2. Have got
   3. Got
2. She _________ an unique object to draw
   1. is got
   2. has got
   3. have got
3. He __________ any jobs
   1. hasn’t got
   2. haven’t got
   3. hasn’t
4. They ________ any inspiration.
   1. Has
   2. Haven’t
   3. Haven’t got
5. We ________ colour samples
   1. Have got
   2. Has got
   3. Hasn’t got