posters

http://blog.pentagram.com/paula-scher/
this site has some really nice and clever pieces from paula scher, i esspecialy like the ny ballet poster as it is very simplistic and keeps a feeling of class which helps identify and show off the ny ballet in a very flatering way.


i think these poster designs are really whitty and clever the simplicity is great as it allows people to get the message and the humor behind, if the short cut signs where not used and where replced with normal type then they wouldn't work.

i really want to be able to design a piece that works just like this where  there is frazes but  they have been created in a very ambiguose manner. also i like that the designs arn't b and w they use colour well and colour is needed to emphasise the fraze itself.
http://mylittleunderground.net/products/commands/index.htm

just a really clever piece i found whilst looking around on the build web site, the use of the space is very clever why use all the space if the message is easier to read in this way, i need to consider this with future work, i don't need to fill the stock just apply a design in an appropriate symplistic way that doesn't consist of unneccesary information, i hope my critical and editorail knowledge in terms of the information required on the page will progress and i will become more knowledgable about language and the use of it within my designs.



the intial simplicity of places designs is great but when you look into them they are very complex and have this subtltiy  that works so well, i am beginning to take alot of inspiration from this designer and i think i will only learn more and more as i generate more design work and ideas. but i don't want to copy his work mearly use it to find my own unique style.


 
 within place's work there is a very good use of hiaraci which has to be considerd with everything i do and other designers do. Place uses a great contrast in large and small type and has been layed out really well. as i keep learning and progressing i hope i can find i style in which i create work that influences and is appreciated by other designers and people who are not part of the design industrie.
http://wearebuild.com/projects/get-involved


Build - Scale Series

i really like that these posters are so thought out and that they are actual objects but have been measured and scaled so that they are all the same. i really want to explore quite technical design work, where the concept and meaning is complex and intersting but is put across so simply and appropriatly.

adverts

i picked up on this image in the illustration section but i wanted to use it to compare to the other pieces.

i really like the design as it has a very nice flow to it and i like that the use of lines and shapes have been used to give the impression of the music and the style in which it has been  done is smooth and flowing as music generaly is an enjoyable thing to listen to and jagged sharp lines would not have been appropriate. also i like the c=fact the headphones have been put within a real life scene and has been finished well.


this piece of advertising is again very nice and i like the large quantities of imagery on the page as it makes the piece intresting and very aesthetically pleasing. however this use of a number of images within the piece has been well put together as the focus that is the sandal has been ade very clear and also the colour palette has been made appropriate to the brand itself.


guilherme marconi
i noticed and liked these adverts as they where stricking and i love the vast amount of imagery as it is very aesthetical and intersting to look at. however the message has not been over shadowed as the design incorporates the type and logo very well into the piece and as a whole works well at delivering a very interesting msg and sales point.

typography

i like this design alot as the itergration of images and the type works so well and is so well put to together and the images aproppriate fit with the letter forms, out of all the work i have seen this is the first type design that i think i coluld work well with and it would hopefully help develope my skills of using type and image but in a very unique manor.


http://wordsarepictures.co.uk/

it took me a few seaconds to get a first but when i did get it i thought it was wikid and i keep saying it but i really want to try and play with type and explore how it can be used and how the cntext of the type can be deliverd. i think i will try as this has and use frazes and make the design appropriate to them.




i like this piece of typography as it doesn't stick to standard bock colours which a do use quite frequently, the image combines and merges colour together well as they are not extremes of each other it's a gradulle interchange also the background isn't just black it has been eited as if it was in space. also the elongated and adjusted letters link the words together which brakes out of the standard typefaces.
i like this design however i feel i want to concentrate on type design being led by the context of the work and not by aesthetics. aesthetics will be develped and used if in appropriate ways.



i saw this work and liked it becasue it was fun energetic and really eye catching i like that the word doesn't instantly become clear but when looked at for a few extra seaconds you get it. i personaly think this style is appropriate to it's context which is t-shirts, i would probably like to buy it but i don't feel it's something i would use for other design based work as i feel it isn't simple enough.



http://www.jefffinley.org/

this kind of design i would really like to learn and find out about in the future as it can be a great way of produing type when the style is appropritate to the context as within this piece.




http://wearebuild.com/projects/fifty

i really think michael place's work is really nice as it is so simplistic but at the same time quite structured and complex as the layout is worked out very well and differently to other pieces in the set, i have found as i am progressing i'am using helvetica alot more frequently within my work which can't be a bad thing however i should try work with other typefaces as i may find one that is more appropriate to the context.



i picked out this design as the type has been influeced by the product itself but has been put across with great simplicity and hasn't been over used within the design. the  colour palette works well as the background/stock colour isn't too bright and allows the white to show up.



i feel this is a very well crafted piece and i like the fact the type has been designed so that the message has been demonstrated throught the posters layout. i defernatly would like to look into this kind of method, i will hopefully try work on this kind of work in my free time over the summer.

with this piece of typeogrpahy i love the hand drawn aspect to the piece i think the two colours work well in contrast and give the piece some integrity, making people want to look at it. although i like the design i feel that it's not something i would choose to use within my designs however i would consider producing something like this if it where deemed to be appropriate to the context.


this type is so funky i love the 3d style to it and the colours work really well the design isn't to in your face. i like this type style as the hiarachi of the text is both intersting but displays the information clearly but at the same time creates and image when brought together with the flower like illustrations. the colours used are again not solid they are blended to create the impretion of a light source which improves the aesthetic of the design but emphasises the fact that the type is 3d.


i really like the vast amounts of colour and range of type used in this pice as it is striking and creates a optical pull and it makes you want to read the piece and the type within it.



http://brain.marconi.nu/ this site has some really wikid illustration and type work done in a kind of repetive collage way which srands out really well and are very effective


http://hulahula.com.mx/
i found this mexican based design company online and i think a few pieces of there typeography is really cool, especialy the bright bold typefaces like the "bicolor" work.

I really found that the typeographical design within this poster is wikid the simple use of filled lettering, also i think a strong factor in the success of this piece is the colour choices as they make the information clear and concise and ultimatly attractive.
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hand renderd lettering

the combination of illustrated imigery and type make the pieces more aesthetically pleasing and striking.
 the hand drawn type in all the pieces interest me as it carries a font but has a organic handcrafted feel which makes the  piece feel more illustrated and personal which i like and will defernatly consider when producing type in the future.


Within these two pieces i think the combination of illustration and type to be really intersting as the styles of the letters are both relevent and descriptive of the skin and bone.
 this style of type may not conform to a specific type face but it has been designed very inivativly by using this particular style but it still reads well and is still very clear, the piece as a hole works better in my opion like this than is the type where to be produced through word processing.


again i felt this style of lettering was very interesting and pushes away from standard typefaces
. the particular piece has been made well and the type works weel within the page and is brought into the cartoon style piece very well, i particularily like that the three d type has been used as a climbing wall.


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illustration

i picked out these illustrations by marconi a brazilian designer, i thought that the lines and shapes where very sharp and well manufactured the use of mainly line with some solid colour in the figure drawings make them even more interesting than the nokia advert as there is a sense of fine detail to the piece. this piece is something that i like, and would love to do however i don't feel i have the appropriate skill set to produce pieces to this quality.


i personaly don't like this particular style of illustrations, as i prefere more clear edge and clinicle styles. also the generation of the type through handrawn methods is something i would like to persue into future projects and in the seacond year
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again i found an image with very similar quality to the previous designs interms of the smoothness and quality of the line, however i feel this pice has more of a hand drawn feel to it as the shape resembles what it is and the type layout is aranged in a suitable response the the shape of the state, which makes the piece more interesting due to the variety of size and scale. as there is alot of text and image the colour palette  has to be suitable but limited so not to overcomplicate the piece and i think this has been done very well.

i really like the schematic element to thi piece, the flow of the images work really well and the colour palete has been simplified to make the piece cleare wich allows this piece to be succesfull.


i really like the unique composition and perspective chosen by Liane Wilcher. i think its a fun aesthetic piece.


http://brain.marconi.nu/

logos

within this piece of logo work there is very clever use of image and type the type is very simple and works well in displaying its name. the image then is made so much more aesthetical through the adition of drawn illustrations wich make the piece stand out well. The good thing about the design is the background illustrations don't over complicate or disract the viewer from understand what it is saying.

http://www.form.uk.com



I think this is a clever use of the square shape that is surounding the origibal logo, this allowed the designers to create some very simple but effective motion graphics for this company which can be found on their web page. this design is ighly siple but includes limited componantes but the correct ones to define the idea and concept of each design.
http://www.form.uk.com


conversly to the london 2012 logo i really like these logo ideas created by Serge Seidlitz, i think the use of illustarations is a great way to go away from conventional processes to create logos. the logos all portrait an escence of fun and play and i think that is down to the illustration style and the colours the illustrator decided to use




The London 2012 logo , it looks in my opinion horiffic i think it gives a poor  representation of the sports within the UK. i feel that the design should have been designed  in more  appropriate means for the event, i  don't believe that its is appropriate to be radicle when it comes to representing a  nations sporting community. The use of type is poor in terms that the type is difficult to read shpuld be alot clearer and  hold a stronger and more aesthetical presence.

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