ideas for 'logo phrase'

I've been thinking about my phrase. My general topic is cultural assimilation, but if I go more specific, it is about identity of Korean immigrants and their next, america-born, generation. I've researched on their identity, not only for Korean immigrants but also for any immigrants, adopted persons, people born from interracial marriage, etc.


I digested all the information and got my own conclusion, which is ..

a person's identity is defined by a few factors.

1. fact-based, realistic (ethnic) self-perception.
2. What others think of the person
3. How close a person feel to a certain culture(s)
+maybe, What culture raise you when you were in early age and/or adolescence.

I will put a Nigerian as an example, no offense or nothing.
About 1, An Nigerian claims he/she is a Russian. (who never been to Russia or learn Russian, only born and raised in Nigeria)
That could happen but it is not realistic self-perception.
About 2, you don't think the Nigerian as a Russian.
About 3, The Nigerian feel close to nigerian culture, maybe want to feel close to Russian culture though.
About 4, The Nigerian spent his/her early age and adolescence in Nigeria. The period a person learns social norms(in early age) and matures(in adolescence). and those social norms are mostly based on Nigerian culture.


So a person's identity is defined by a person him/herself, people around the person, and the society.

"Me, you and us"

It also is connected to the thing about immigrants, Americans, and America society.

I would like to use a graphic like two circles have intersection in the middle. (Two different persons meet and find something in common. use pets I illustrated on my book)
or the words, me and you, create big US. (that US can have two meanings! us and the States, I just come up with this now..hehe)
or little dots(or something) are scattered everywhere and they shape the phrase..

Or is this phrase too general?

1. 16pages book

first book Rev110509_spreads
This is our first assignment, 16pages book. I've been creating my own images which are matched to the texts. There are a few things to change and the book cover! I will catch up soon. oh and the colors are washed out on PDFs, they look better in real.
My survey is done and I found some interesting facts. My infography is coming up soon and our new assignment.. will try my best to bring them all next week.

my survey!

http://www.tigersurvey.com/survey.php?survey=12630

The survey is for Americans, permanent residents, and long-term residents...

if you didn't take my survey, please spend three minutes for me! :)

I am not sure if there is any Korean American in our class to take another survey, (probably no) but.. I will post the URL tomorrow.

my thesis topic: cultural assimilation

This time, for sure, I announce my thesis topic!

My thesis topic is cultural assimilation. America is the nation of immigrants and I want to know mindsets of people and their stories.

Leaving everything behind, it is important for immigrants to settle down fast. For that, feeling accepted will help them a lot. The attitudes of people in the new environments will be one of the key elements for immigrants to feel accepted. So, I want to know how much open-minded Americans are to immigrants and new comers, how they feel about immigration and people from everywhere.

And somewhat immigrants seem to get used to live in different country, but there are something that makes us feel they are not really blended into new culture; for example, some people always wear their traditional costumes, hang out with people from their country, etc.

So for immigrants, I want to know how much they keep their own cultures and accept new culture.

And their America-born children. How they feel about their parent' culture and how they deal with two cultures at home, etc.

To make this thesis personal, I choose Koreans to represent immigrants.

I make surveys for each of them: Americans, Korean immigrants, and Korean Americans.

Surveys are on process, I am getting responses one by one.

I have more ideas to extend my thesis but we will see how the surveys come out first.

and at this point, I am revising my 12-pages book, creating my own images and figuring out typefaces.

Typespecimenbook

swipe book

This is my swipe book. Images are reference for my graphic elements.

Thesis Topic refined

topic: really meaning of success

people who society demand are really successful?

people who appear to have everything often commit suicide.

what is success? who set the standard?

We tend to say success is achievement. People emphasis on becoming successful.(highly paying job, good school) When you run into someone, you ask, how is school, work, study?

we judge people from their achievement.

and when we achieve something, we pursue another goal. It is an endless marathon.

when you die, you might wonder if your life was happy.

and propose some ideas help you live your life successfully and make your life richer.

Buddha said, "Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."

from that idea, inform like immediate healing for depression, headache, etc..

for example, how to do 5-minute meditation, self-massage, reduce your stress, etc.

purpose:

criticize material world, awaken people, and let them pursue what they really like.

live the life they want and enjoy every moment of your life,

but shouldn't take this as "stay where you are and be lazy."