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Journal 14
Asking what inspired me the most this semester is one of the hardest questions. I could answer this in so many ways its ridiculous. First I will start out by saying that I've definitely been inspired by my classmates, teachers, and designers I've seen online through journal researching. If I had to narrow down to one thing I would above all choose my classmates. This year has been a rollercoaster. I know not everything I created was successful, at times it was even pretty ugly, but that was not the point at all. For me, college is not all about getting the best grades or creating the most beautiful thing that everyone is sure to love, it’s about hitting those bumps in the road and hitting them really hard. That may sound extreme, but every single bump is a learning experience. And I would rather face this now, with the support of my teachers and classmates, then create something like that later on in my career. (Looking back to my first typography project of those 10 posters, which I once thought were not bad at all, I now realize I could do all of that work over in less time and 100% better turn out.) Everyone in class is always working so hard to improve rather then competing. Obviously there is always a little fun competition among many, but the over all goal that I, and most every one I know is to watch each other grow as designers. This last semester has been extremely straining and time consuming but everyone made it through together. We are always pushing each other to the next level and I honestly believe that without each other there would be no push and less accountability. I would also say that the research for journals and projects is extremely inspiring. For example this last motion project we were required to look at motion on Youtube. Watching the videos there, I immediately had a sense of what I wanted to do, and the failures that I would never try. Watching the good videos makes you re-think yours and ask yourself if the audience is going to feel as good about yours as you did about the one you watched on Youtube. You can’t really go wrong when you are researching other designers and watching what they do and seeing their purpose. Basically the answer to the question would be that designers in general are my inspiration; my teachers, my classmates, and even the ones I was required to watch for journals have all helped me to improve.



Journal 13
My favorite part was when he was going on about how we live in a different world from our parents now and it needs to be embraced. His ideas that using an already done image/song/etc to make something new is not stealing but rather being creative. He says it is used to boost our creativity and just who we are and how we think. Larry Lessig said that people take in all of this creativity but it's not always these same people that give it back. For me I believe all art should be shared. I mean, lets get real here, I would not want someone just taking my stuff and adding something small and calling it their own, but I don't mind sparking ideas. When I'm working on a project I look to many sources for information and inspiration before starting.

Journal 12

David Carson:

Be self indulgent! Carson said this as well as his lack of training is what helped him. people told him that things didn't work, but this is what he did to be self-indulgent and he would never want anyone working for him that wasn't completely submerged into the work. Some of his points:

let your personality come through the work

pull from who you are as a person

interpret the articles for the work you are creating

I really enjoyed David Carson. It seemed like because he did all of his work like this, it contains more meaning. He really takes this and makes the work his own. Questions I might ask him would be if he does have some kind of structure he still sticks by when creating. If he uses any sort of grid at all or just wings everything.

Paula Scher:

she always asks her clients what they want to be reflected in the logo because she wants to give them back their values visually.

type flow with concept and get inside info

she operates very strongly with instincts

you can do things in seconds. most of her best work was done right away because you either get it or you do not.

Wen Paula said she wasn't a refiner I could definitely relate. It's really hard to get over ideas sometimes and I do typically feel like I either have it or I don't. This is almost something I feel like she should work on though. I think that there is always improvement. Especially if you don't have exactly what your client is looking for. You need to keep pushing and finding research that will better your ideas and final product. If I were to ask her a question it would be about that. I want to know what she does when she doesn't have an idea for work or when she is struggling.

Milton Glaser:

not one of us know where we are going with design until it is over

artist have 2 lives. one of a business man and one of an artist

art is becoming part of a single experience, a gift. Something that can relate many people

you need to design things that mean something to you, to your family, to your city; things with meaning

if you can sustain your interest in what you are doing, you are a very fortunate person

Something I would ask him is how he stays interested. He mentioned that you need to do this and that he is happy that this is something that is happening to him, and he is always in awe of new work. I feel like sometimes you can get worn out and need a break and that your own work just starts to bore you. I don't think it is hard at all to stay interested in design. It is every where and extremely creative and something I constantly am looking at, but staying interested in your own work is much more tricky most of the time.

interesting ads

I thought THESE were interesting and some funny.

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Journal 11
Debbie Millman is the President of the design division at Sterling Brands, an international design consultancy. She has been there for fourteen years and in that time she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Debbie is President of the AIGA, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the chair of the new Masters in Branding program at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting “Design Matters with Debbie Millman,” the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet.
(this info about Millman was copied from HERE).

I listened to the interview of Maira Kalman who is a designer, illustrator, educator, author and National Treasure. Millman referenced Greys Anatomy (one of my favorite shows) and talked about how she wanted to be happy and 'fit in.' In the beginning she was uncomfortable with her lifestyle but now she said she is comfortable with it. Millman goes in to details about changing herself to fit in by doing things such as changing her hair and wearing a shirt her mother made with letters too widly spaced. Millman fell in love with a sign "her story is strange," that Mira gave her. When asked by Millian, Maira said her first creative moment was looking at the wall and looking at the sky and being able to day dream. One of the points she made about her photography that I liked was "better to ask forgiveness then to ask permission." Sometimes if you ask permission you can not get that perfect photograph you may need and will regret it later on.

Journal 10
I really like GOOD because it has a lot to do with the projects we have been working with all year long. The a couple of the info graphs I found to be interesting were these:
This one was interesting because the viewer hardly has to do any work at all. It is about NASA's budget over time and just glancing at the beginning year and the ending year plus the image you already have a really good idea of what is going on. Then the viewer also has the chance to dig deeper to read more info above each date.
This was another I liked because it is talking about currency in a way that can relate to most people. I know in school I would hate looking at boring graphs in business classes. With something like this I just feel more open and excited to look at it because it is something I can actually understand without trying hard.

The videos from this site were interesting as well, containing some effects I have seen on other sites and youtube. It's always interesting to see type in motion and how it is used to convey messages. The videos I watched are not necessarily what I am shooting for in this project, but they do give me inspiration and are good things to keep in mind for later on.


Journal 9
I like HERE how they used type as the imagery in this poem.

I also like THIS ONE. It does well with the speech. Telling the story with visuals and also learning to space the words out well.

I did not like THIS ONE. It made me very anxious. and was annoying to watch. I believe it was mostly the sound doing this.

THIS ONE was good in parts, but in the screaming areas, they could have done more with the words. changing the size, or type face, etc.

There are many things you can accomplish with just visuals and paper that you can not accomplish with a motion. And there are many things you can accomplish with a motion that you can not with visuals. For example, with motion you are able to lead the viewer at the exact pace you want them to go. You decide how fast you want them to see one section of type and how slow the next. In motion you are also able to add sound. With paper visuals you are able to let them enjoy the piece at the rate in which they please. You can show time in different ways. instead of long pauses you can leave multiple blank pages. With paper visuals it is easier for the audience to have their own interpretation of how things are said, work, and flow.

Journal 8
I read 13 Ways of Looking at a Typeface. The part I thought was really funny was that he talked about how used 37 different fonts on 6 pages and his wifes comment was "You've become a real slut, haven't you?" This made me laugh because I could never imagine someone going this over the top on 16 pages. I can't even begin to imagine how horrible this must have looked. After his short story, Michael Bierut, talks about how he narrows down fonts and what works well for him as well as thinking about why you are using a font and having a reason. A couple of the ones that stood out to me were:
Because of who designed it: its good to know background on the fonts you are using. Bierut said he was working on a project for a group of architects. He picked Cheltenham, not only because it worked well, but because it was designed by an architect. This not only made him seem intelligent, but also fit for his work, and gave him a link from design to the architects he was working for.
Because it's boring: you need to make sure your type is not always dominant, especially when selling an idea and not a type.
Because it's specail : sometimes you have to get typefaces tailored to fit what you need and also to set what you make apart from others.

Another font I could see myself using over Futura would be Frutiger just because it contains many similar qualities.

Journal 7
For these pictures, I had the chance to take them while being home over spring break. All of them were taken in downtown Salina and Abilene. Abilene was one of my favorites for this because There were so many different types and executions of it in shop windows.









Journal 6

Ric Grefe - says that everyday he sees design that blows him away. He says that he sees design that inspires him and something that he does not look at with the thought that he could have done it, but the thought that this design is so good that he could have never created something like this. He thinks that designers should design their place in the world, and they should design a place for designers. I really like his way of thinking and also agree with his logic on many points.

Eric Ryan - said the single thing that inspires him is the camera. And not just the camera, but what it is able to do and allows you to do as the photographer. Photography can be taken to save and give you inspiration for future work. While I agree that the camera has made life easier for designers to save inspiration, I feel that if you dig deeper there is something even greater. Pushing it farther then the camera you could say a computer because it holds all of these pictures in data bases you can just find millions of pictures in a single click.

Debbie Millman - most inspiring design to her is pencils. This was interesting because I would have never thought to say something so simple. But in reality we use it for everything from communication to keeping ideas. She didn't explain enough about why she picked pencils which made her seem a little tacky.

Paula Scher - I found Paula boring! She didn't have much to say at all, and didn't seem to be inspired about design at all. She wasn't even willing to give one example. To every question she summed up the obvious and left me wanting more from her. She said that design is interesting in its time relating to something else but that there are no single examples and that design doesnt go around designing problems, problems emerge and people try to do things better.

Ellen Lupton - perfect design is a book. It is full of everything you would ever need. She also said something design could fix is a book. The book is perfect and imperfect. Things change and books are changed. We find new ways to spread information, ways to read, the book is changing. I really like that Ellen took one object and explained how it was perfect and yet imperfect because things change over time. Things perfect for one time will be improved for another.

Journal 5

One of the points that Stefan Sagmeister made at the beginning of the video was you have to be happy while you experience design as well as create it, which is a really great point. He went about explaining this in more of a humorous way but what i took from it was this: As designers we sometimes I feel like we are creating something we would like, but others its a rushed type project where we are just giving the client what they want even if it is not logical.

Another person I watched was Philippe Starck. He made jokes about design. About how he doesn't know why he is here and he feels as if his job is useless at times. During his talk, at times he was hard to understand because of his accent, but basically I got the general points. He emphasized on making products appropriate for human beings that will be useful and that they will want to buy. Not necessarily things of beauty, but things of use (such as the tooth brush). You have to keep in mind the individual and their background

Reading:

How Good is Good is a great article about Graphic Design and what it really means. Many of these thoughts I have had myself which made this short read very interesting for me. This piece throws out thoughts in comparing 'good' design to 'bad' design. Saying good design with a bad purpose will equal a bad outcome and bad design with a good purpose probably wont do that well either. But it also gets the reader to think about exactly what it is that they are designing for; should they rather be called a 'commercial designer' that sells an idea, or a 'Graphic Designer' that makes people aware. A lot can be said through that last sentence. Graphic Design has a major impact on people and used in the right way can be a very moving and strong pull on society. I think it enlightens designers to do work hard making a good design that means something to them and can make a difference rather than creating some useless or destructive piece of design. It was enlightening and made me think about my life after college. Some times designers get caught up thinking that they can not make a difference and they are "selling" people useless things. When in reality you can "sell" any idea and if you believe in as long as its a good designing and meaningful, it will have an impact.

Identify, Interpret, Protect, Brand

Identify

Interpret

Protect

Brand

extended speech by Princess Elizabeth

you can find and listen to it here.... Wartime Broadcast to just hear Elizabeth start at 0:47

In wishing you all 'good evening' I feel that I am speaking to friends and companions who have shared with my sister and myself many a happy Children's Hour.

Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all.

To you, living in new surroundings, we send a message of true sympathy and at the same time we would like to thank the kind people who have welcomed you to their homes in the country.

All of us children who are still at home think continually of our friends and relations who have gone overseas - who have travelled thousands of miles to find a wartime home and a kindly welcome in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America.

My sister and I feel we know quite a lot about these countries. Our father and mother have so often talked to us of their visits to different parts of the world. So it is not difficult for us to picture the sort of life you are all leading, and to think of all the new sights you must be seeing, and the adventures you must be having.

But I am sure that you, too, are often thinking of the Old Country. I know you won't forget us; it is just because we are not forgetting you that I want, on behalf of all the children at home, to send you our love and best wishes - to you and to your kind hosts as well.

Before I finish I can truthfully say to you all that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war.

We know, everyone of us, that in the end all will be well; for God will care for us and give us victory and peace. And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.

My sister is by my side and we are both going to say goodnight to you.

Come on, Margaret.

Goodnight, children.

Goodnight, and good luck to you all.

Shorter version can be found HERE

Homework: Journals, questions, etc.

SEQUENCE DESIGN: The sequence design was a good way to practice thinking through spacing of type and how to make it visually more appealing. Type in different styles, sizes and layout on the page all give the books different meanings. If an actually speech such as the one we are going to do in class were to be put in, The pauses would be shown through the text being spaced out more and more with color fields in between and things that more emphasis were on would be the bold, all caps, examples.

VIDEOS WITH AND WITHOUT SOUNDS: Watching the videos with and without sound were completely different experiences. First I watched without sound so I had no idea what was going on or what the animator was thinking. Personally, without sound seemed to be a little boring and parts were too slow, especially in the video Human Factor- title sequence by saul bass. I felt that once the music was in there were more emphasis on things, also adding suspense and anticipation to movement. Music and sound also work together to make the animation smoother and seem more precise with purpose.

Speech by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret:

I can truthfully say to you all, that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailers, soldiers, and airmen. And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today,to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place. My sister is by my side and we are both going to say goodnight to you. Come on Margaret. Good night soldiers. Goodnight and good luck to you all.

Who is speaking?

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret

Why was/is the speech important to society?

Its a speech by children addressed to children which does not happen a lot.

Why do you feel in is important or interesting?

It was by Princess Elizabeth on the radio addressed to the children of England (many living away from home because of the war). It was to be calming because Elizabeth was only 14 years old and this BBC broadcast was during children's hour so they would hear and not worry. In the extended version she talks of her parents and what she knows about the war. How she is confident that peace will come.

What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?

Uplifting. No worries, confident.

What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses...

truthfully, children at home, cheerfulness and courage, sailers, soldiers, airmen

What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?

long pause on confident and peace and more positive ideas...more rushed on soldiers, airmen, and sailers just because it is the scary thing to children.

Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words?

she is saying that the children of today will make the world a better place once war comes.

How does it make you feel?

surprisingly calm. Because she is so young it was a good idea to have her talk about something so controversial. Even though adults might think she doesn't know what she is talking about, it is calming for other children.

How do imagine that the audience felt?

I feel this was sort of a calming effect for children. Children were very scared and uneasy, especially ones away from their parents during the war. To have a figure to look up to, especially one close in age would be a relief.

Could there be another interpretation of the speech?

Another interpretation is that maybe she didn't want to do the speech at all or even know anything about the war she was just made do this to be a calmer. But Another interpretation entirely I do not believe so.

Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech.

Elizabeth II has been the United Kingdom's reigning monarch since 1952. She was proclaimed queen on 6 February 1952 following the death of her father, George VI; she was formally crowned the next year, on 2 June 1953. Her husband, Prince Philip, comes from the royal family of Greece and was created Duke of Edinburgh prior to their wedding on 20 November 1947. Elizabeth and Philip had four children: Charles (b. 1948), Anne (b. 1950), Andrew (b. 1960) and Edward (b. 1964); as the eldest, Prince Charles is heir to the throne. Queen Elizabeth is the sister of the late Princess Margaret, daughter of the late Queen Mother, mother-in-law to the late Princess Diana, and grandmother to the princes William and Harry. She also shares a name with a famous predecessor, Queen Elizabeth I. The queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002, marking 50 years on the throne.

Timeline Process

PROJECT OVERVIEW: The idea of this assignment was to get the class thinking about how to show time in a way that was type based and logical. This was to show time in an order that would be read as a time line easily by the viewer and stay interesting.

our first step was to brain storm ideas that could be used as timelines.





As u can tell, many of my beginning ideas were all photo based. After making these though, it did give me a better direction of what I wanted to do and I stuck with the clothesline idea.





On this second step I was going with the idea of a flip book, spacing out the clothespins to represent time. On this design I could not figure out a good way to incorporate text (a big problem since this was a typographic project.)






During this stage, I worked with my arrangement and trying to form a focus of what I want the overall image to be. I started out with the buildings and the clothesline. But in the beginning stages the buildings where seeming to be the main part of the image so I was working with making the time line more of the focal point along with incorporating the text into the time line as opposed to slapped on the side.





This is the FINAL. The colors are actually much more vibrant then this and the black words stand out more.

Project Brief: Starting out with this project I was extremely confused about how I would execute it and even though it is easy. It was a challenge thinking of ways to show time of the traditional time line. At first I went through many explorations to help me decide. Although most ideas could not be reused, I think it's great that we were required to do this exploration that way We had things to think about and a way planned out. Like I said, Originally I was set on doing the flip book design. I picked that because I knew it would be long enough to show the time difference well. But after designing and getting no where, I decided a poster idea would be easier and not require a lot of wasted paper on the epson.

Business cards

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I thought these were really neat!!

Type and Image

Based on the reading of 'Type and Image,' I found these posters that were interesting and went well with the ideas.


This image used for the movie SAW is based on a metaphore that helps relate to the grusomeness of the movie but also conveys another message. The tools present show that this is in fact SAW 4, or in Roman Numerals IV.

This is a poster that I really liked from the first time I looked at it. At first I was a little confused. At first glance, this person seems to be against art, but digging deeper this is not the case at all. This work was executed in a very interesting way. The graphic designer used bold words along with a well known image to capture the viewers attention. They used ALTERATION of an original to get the point across. Once I started reading the words making up this image, I was really glad I had. It's about how people look at graphic designers saying that they are not real artists and that they have all the information given to them (basically steal everything) and have no emotional attachment to their work. The artist came back with meaningful comments such as graphic design does not need to be displayed in a gallery in order to function. If it is a good design it will always speak for itself. You do not need to know who the creater was in order to appreciate it. And even though Graphic Design seems easy and 'stolen,' the designers created this image, and people "wrongly imply that a designers interpretation and execution of an idea is not thier own work."

BioDIESEL finals

Final Logo




Final Poster Design


I know this video is messed up. Im working on getting it fixed but every time I put it in quicktime it does this so I'm not sure of the problem.

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Journal 3

The three rules I found most important were:

#8 Negative space is magical, create it, don't just fill it up.

For me personally I know I have a problem with this one. Sometimes I tend to fill the entire page up and then end up having to take away from it. This does turn out to work for the better sometimes, giving me more ideas and possibilities, but when i add too much sometimes it's hard to figure out what I can live without and end up spending more time then I need to.

#13 Distribute light and dark like firecrackers and the rising sun

This one is interesting because you always need that light and dark balance. When you get it just right, your eye knows exactly where to go.

#2 Communicate, don't decorate.

THis one is also something I think everyone tends to do at one point. We get excited about a look, or image, and at times lose the point of what we want the outcome to look like. Sometimes we tend to do more decorating then actually communicating what we set off to do.

Three I should work on is #8 negative space is magical, #2 communicate, don't decorate, and #1 have a concept. #1 especially is one that can be forgotten when you are excited about ideas and just want to try them out. or if your idea is too broad and you start working with it, you could get off task

We should ignore:

Symmetry is the ultimate evil- I think in some cases a little symmetry on your design could help you out. especailly if you have lots going on in your piece, you could always throw in something with a little order.

Ignore Fashion- I think you still need to be aware of trends. You don't need to mimic them, but be aware of what you can improve upon.

Journal 4

Bruce Mau is a well known graphic designer. He is focused on design that communicates. He attended college at the Ontario College of Art and Design, although he did not graduate. He did however continue with his talent and what he loved by working at a design firm, Fifty Fingers. He didn't end up graduating but pursued his talent at Fifty Fingers, a design firm. After a few years of working at Fifty Fingers Bruce decided travel to England for a short stay of a year and then returned to Canada and founded Public Good Design and Communications. Bruce now is the Chief Creative Officer of Bruce Mau Designs. Bruce is someone designers can look up to because we all need to work towards making design better, and staying focused.

Final Covers

CLASHING LIGHT

Clashing -

1) to come together or collide
2) to conflict; disagree

Brawl, battle, conflict, disorder, confusion, disarray, blurring, disturbing, distraction, fluster, obscure, puzzlement, turmoil

Light-

1) something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
2) the state of being visible, exposed to view, or revealed to public notice or knowledge
3) spiritual illumination or awareness

Clear, ablaze, pleasant, fine, undarkened, graceful, faint, hope, faith, promise, aspire, cheer, aspiration, brilliant, vivid, illuminate, gentle

TO SUGGEST :
- to suggest a feeling of suspense
- to suggest a futuristic world
- to suggest a life full of possibilities
- to suggest a sense of overwhelming anxiety
- to suggest adventure
- to suggest push and pull
- to suggest uncertainty

bookcovers

Biodiesel Initiative - Tool kit

Word list: Describing logo and Biodiesel

Crisp
Clean
Refreshing
Smart
Natural
Material(man-made mix)
Orderly
Transportation
Going green
Environment friendly
Machine
Organic
Fresh
Simple
Smooth
Gadget
Fixed
Bold

TEXTURES

This page has lots of interesting ones!

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Bookcover Ideas

Font Studies