Well this is just perfect. Everyone loves pizza right? So what’s so bizarre about an advertisement for Tabasco sauce that makes the pepperonis come alive in the form of human heads who sing of the joy of being spiced up? A lot in my opinion. This is by far an example of how not to try and market your product and how creativity taken too far can turn on you for the worse. But if you’re into weird humor click on the image below and feast your eyes on this treat.
Wow. This is awesome. Doritos has really made something special here producing a 360 degree online commercial.
Check it out and tell me what you think.
Doritos Presents Dr. Green “Coming to Get Me” (CLICK ON IMAGE)
Link at: http://www.youtube.com/doritosuk
I certainly think that graphic design is hard, but back in the 1980′s, before the Macintosh was invented, graphic design was much more frustrating than it was today. This article puts everything that we did this semester into perspective – we definitely have it easier today. Keeping this in mind, I think that it’s important to realize that even if you aren’t going into a creative profession, everyone can be a graphic designer of some sorts and that you may as well learn the tools of the trade, because it’s much easier to figure out photoshop than it is to modify everything by hand.
Oh, and Merry Christmas!
-Tom
Website Rationale:
For my web design project, I picked the organization, Calling All Crows, which is a non-profit that specializes in empowering women around the world. The great thing about Calling All Crows is that it was founded by one of my favorite musicians, Chad Stokes, so it has a very grassroots feel. The organization provides a way to support global women’s rights in an intelligent and pro-active way, unlike the methods in which some feminists on the SU campus are fond of using, but that’s a story for another day.
While designing the headline of the website, I used the font, cracked, that a classmate suggested to me. The font provides a tattered and rundown feeling, which reflects the condition of the women that the organization is benefiting. By personifying the need for help this way, it allowed me to use hopeful images for the main banner. I definitely took the suggestions to heart and got rid of a lot of boxes that were cluttering the pages. I made the main image longer and I got rid of the majority of my body copy. I also upgraded Calling All Crow’s logo by adding a glowing crow that is perched on the picture frame. I was going to use their original logo that involves three flying crows, but it didn’t fit into the design of my website.
The main idea of my website is that it’s easy to read and navigate. The box in the bottom right serves as a source for further information on Calling All Crow’s events, projects, and social media. If this represented a complete work, the blue text would link to a separate, affiliate website, that would contain more in-depth information on these specific projects and events. Other than that, I arranged my design to better fit the grid, which, as you can see in my drafts, wasn’t the original case.
Have a Merry Christmas!
-Tom
For my website project I chose The Jimmy Fund as my non-profit. The Jimmy Fund is a non-profit charity in coalition with the Dana Farber Cancer that raises money for the fight against cancer for children in adults. The organization is the official charity of The Boston Red Sox.
After looking at The Jimmy Fund’s official charity website I realized that it was lacking images. On each of the pages on my website, I featured a large image in order to attain the viewers attention. I constructed a home, about us, events, volunteer, beating cancer, and red sox corner page. I decided to include the Jimmy Fund logo in the header of all of the pages and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute logo on the footer of all of the pages.
I decided to use the color scheme of black, white, and red (the colors prevalent in the Red Sox’s uniforms). Back home in Massachusetts, The Jimmy Fund is heavily identified with the Red Sox so I thought it was appropriate to use their colors.
For the layout, I wanted to design something simple and easy for the viewer to read and obtain the necessary information. Through looking at the charity water website I was able to attain a better understanding of how effective spacing can impact a website. I used the 978 grid to align various text boxes as well as smaller images. Throughout the pages I also incorporated small images that relate to the specific page.
I decided to utilize two different fonts in all six of the pages: orator and trebuchet MS. I changed the leading in order for the paragraphs to be read more easily. I wanted to make sure that the viewer could read the typography accurately. For the search bar, I made the page that the viewer was on red, in order to contrast from the other pages. I hope that my new design allows the viewer to successfully and easily navigate through the website.
This is just one of the many websites that has a terrible design. This article tells of the 30 worst looking websites you could possibly go to. They are all over the place with no dominating images and confusing colors. The worst part about them is that they really don’t use a grid system or any type of alignment at all. These sites are prime examples of what not to do, and they really show you how important alignment and grids are to websites and to your web design project.
Some people are definitely a little crazy about typography. Stefan Sagmeister does amazing things with type; here he actually carved type onto his body (WOAH!). Crazy much? Yeah, but his website has a lot of interesting typography ideas that don’t include carving your skin. The best part is that there’s a link for students on the website where he answers questions on how to get into design and stuff, it’s great for graphic design buffs. CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A LINK TO HIS WEBSITE.
I found this ad for Witness Against Torture, a campaign to end the Guantanamo Bay detention center. When you are about to enter the elevator, you only see the image of two hands trying to escape from the elevator. Upon entering the elevator you see the image of the man in prison stuck there, with the information about the campaign to end this. I thought this was an extremely creative and interesting way to promote their campaign. Guerrilla marketing has always inspired me to think out of the box and try to think of something creative that people will remember.
Hey guys,
I don’t know if anyone else needed new color schemes for their redos, but I officially love this site.
http://www.colourlovers.com/
Yesterday I was at the Whitney – and their font choice really bothered me. But my disdain abated somewhat when I saw the outside of the building (via google images – how did I miss it when I was walking in?)
The font seems to compliment the architecture of the building itself – that’s consistancy if I ever saw it. And it was a great museum, too.
