REVISED ideas for thesis proposal

1. How architectures make to the look and livability of our city

2. The positive effects of Bikeway design and way-finding signage

3. Lack of good way finding signage in the city on most surface routes

4. The definition between graphic design and illustration. What are the differences?

5. How to improve Toronto's transportation system with way-finding systems?

6. The need of information graphics. Why do we need information graphics?

7. Is food design important to human? Why do food need to be designed?

8. The importance of packaging design. Does packaging design make people's lives easier?

9. The relationship between graphic design and advertising.

10. Why is advertising significant in New York? Compare it with Canada.

11. Japan's graphic design industry.

12. The difference between Western graphic design and graphic design in Asian countries.

13. Is Canada's graphic design industry going downhill?

14. How does technology benefit graphic design?

15. The influence of modern design to our city.

16. Do the look of architecture relate to its interior design?

17. What are the aesthetics of interior design?

18. Do graphic design help benefit our daily lives?

19. Is web design important to us? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

20. Furniture design: form follows function or form goes first?

21. The concept of "less is more" in graphic design?

22. The role of graphic design and advertising used in war as propaganda.

23. The influences that affect designing for an international market.

24. The use, effects and value of colour in branding. What are the subliminal effects of colour and colour manipulation of corporate brands?

25. The influence of Andy Warhol in Pop Art.

26. How color symbolism matter in graphic design. How much of a role do color meanings play in graphic design color choices?