For my magazine redo, I did not have too much to fix. On the cover page, I moved around the text to make it farther away from the image and then aligned the date. For the 1st spread, I pulled the green from the image and made it the type color for the sub headlines. For the 2nd spread I did not have anything to fix. And for the third spread, I added a picture of Karl Lagerfeld to the “sidebar” part of the page and added arrows to direct it towards his obsessions. I got rid of some of the obsessions as I did not want the page to be too cluttered. I think I cleaned it up a lot and made everything neater. I hope you like it and have a nice holiday!
This is the interactive ad agency digitas’s website. I really like the concept behind it; using different boxes that only give you a vague picture of what it could be about so you have to find out for yourself. It’s very creative, and I’ve noticed that most ad agency’s have cool, creative websites to showcase what they are all about. This one is probably my favorite. Check it out here.
When I was looking online at magazine spreads in order to generate some ideas, I came across this website: http://bestdesignoptions.com/?p=4076. The website contains 20 different examples of creative magazine spreads. All of the examples I think are extremely well-done and effective. Hope this helps !!!!!!
I came across this poster of various business cards. I thought that the different designs may help inspire graphic students in designing their own cards. Hopefully this visual element will help someone complete the assignment!
http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs has some really creative businesses cards. I really like how the first one uses the metaphor of ” blank” on the name tag to represent his last name. The second is for an acupuncturist and the card has little holes. I really like the idea of using a visual metaphor on a business card. A well designed card is good, but a well designed card that makes you think will have more resonance with an employer.
Barack Obama’s iconic presidential campaign poster has illuminated the power of graphic design. Obama’s campaign poster completely overshadowed any visual elements that his opponent John McCain brought into the race. When thinking about past presidential elections, I cannot remember any other presidential candidate who had a poster that became as widespread as Obama’s. While in Washington D.C. this past summer, streetcars selling political t-shirts and memorabilia were filled with merchandise that contained this image. Barack Obama successful utilized the field of graphics in order to reach out to advertise his campaign and reach out to voters.
This is a little early, since we haven’t started the logo project yet, but I found a cool site with “50+ Kick-Ass Logos for Inspiration” and the title, for obvious reasons, caught my eye. There were a lot of awesome logos (click the picture of a link to the website with all 50), but this one was definitely my favorite. I love the play on words, and I like how subtle the picture is; this could just be a picture of a smokestack with smoke coming out of it, but because of the title “ingenioustries,” the brain stands out after a second.
Hi! For my post I am going to do a little advertising. This summer I worked for a company called Dormify. They are just starting up and the website launched just a few weeks ago. The website is geared at college kids to find bedding they actually like for their dorm rooms. The company also has these posters in every letter of the alphabet and greek alphabet in which you can choose what you want. Each poster has a black and white foundation and upon request you get to pick the third color to match your room. The posters will be for sale shortly, but they are great. The website has a new blog each week (all written by me) so go check them out! Dormify.com These posters are all made in photoshop and illustrator and thought I should share them and show what you can do with letters.
I recently came across this Chanel poster advertising Chanel No. 5 perfume. When examining the poster, I couldn’t help but notice how simple the design was and how it effectively conveyed both the name of the company and the product that Chanel had targeted to advertise. I also liked how the poster contained two contrasting colors as well!
What do you see when you look at this image?
I was attracted to this image because of how complex it was. There are so many things going on in this image that you are easily drawn to it. The colore scheme is very dark and mysterious but somehow fits together. An excellent source of inspiration for our poster project.
