April 28th post
I liked the simplicity of the video. They didn't have to use a whole lot of images or words to convey a lot of information. I can't imagine the amount of research that went into this project, but it was interesting to watch. I think the repeating shapes helped the viewer to grasp the actual numbers being talked about as opposed to just reading it on screen.
Things I thought were interesting:
the way the said that if you were one in a million in china there would be 1300 people just like you.
how facebook only took 2 years to reach 50 million people
how india has more honors children than america even has children
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Debbie Millman works for the radio show called Design Matters and is an owner of Sterling Brands, a top branding firm in the US. Millman is known for her views on the way that branding effects our world today and how it has changed through history. Something that I liked about the interview is how Debbie mentioned that she has always wanted to be a graphic designer. I think that's interesting because I am the same way but a little different. I thought graphic design would be really cool, but didn't really know what to expect (so I almost majored in finance HA) but I found the more I got into the program and the more classes I took, that I was talented in this area and I really enjoyed class.
march 3rd post
This article made a lot of good points about how easy it is becoming for anyone to design things. This means that the people who are actually studying design need to be able to set themselves apart from other people in talent, and not just knowing how to use a program. They talked about how design is the "ability to communicate" which is very true. Anything that is communicating effectively has been designed accordingly. The ability to change the rules and bend them into something that is almost more aesthetically pleasing and ability to make a composition instead of a layout is the ability to create modernist designs. I thought the designs were cool to look at, and the fact that it is an actual design instead of a sign or whatever it might be really interests me and I would like to be able to do that in everything I do.
This article made a lot of good points about how easy it is becoming for anyone to design things. This means that the people who are actually studying design need to be able to set themselves apart from other people in talent, and not just knowing how to use a program. They talked about how design is the "ability to communicate" which is very true. Anything that is communicating effectively has been designed accordingly. The ability to change the rules and bend them into something that is almost more aesthetically pleasing and ability to make a composition instead of a layout is the ability to create modernist designs. I thought the designs were cool to look at, and the fact that it is an actual design instead of a sign or whatever it might be really interests me and I would like to be able to do that in everything I do.
February 17th post
2. Because you like its history.
3. Because you like its name.
4. Because of who designed it.
5. Because it was there.
6. Because they made you.
7. Because it reminds you of something.
8. Because it's beautiful.
9. Because it's ugly.
10. Because it's boring.
11. Because it's special.
12. Because you believe in it.
13. Because you can't not.
Steven Doyle--
Steven is a graphic wordsmith. He plays with words to the point where they become "separate to their meanings". I think that the pictures of what he has done were cool. It seems like he makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface
1. Because it works.2. Because you like its history.
3. Because you like its name.
4. Because of who designed it.
5. Because it was there.
6. Because they made you.
7. Because it reminds you of something.
8. Because it's beautiful.
9. Because it's ugly.
10. Because it's boring.
11. Because it's special.
12. Because you believe in it.
13. Because you can't not.
Steven Doyle--
Steven is a graphic wordsmith. He plays with words to the point where they become "separate to their meanings". I think that the pictures of what he has done were cool. It seems like he makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar.
February 12th Journal entry
10 Commandments:
1. Thou shalt not apply more than three typefaces in a document.
2. Thou shalt lay headlines large and at the top of a page.
3. Thou shalt employ no other type size than 8pt to 10pt for body copy.
4. Remember that a typeface that is not legible is not truly a typeface.
5. Honour thy kerning, so that white space becomes visually equalized between characters.
6. Thou shalt lay stress discreetly upon elements within text.
7. Thou shalt not use only capitals when setting vast body copy.
8. Thou shalt always align letters and words on a baseline.
9. Thou shalt use flush-left, ragged-right alignment.
10. Thou shalt not make lines too short or too long.
How to break them:
1. Break the letters imposed by the use of only three typefaces.
2. Let thine eyes be seduced by the hierarchy of type.
3. Do not forsake smaller or bigger sizes.
4. Be seduced into trying new and expressive typefaces.
5. Treat kerning and tracking with total irreverence.
6. Entice the reader to sample the delights of your text.
7. Do not forgo the liberal use of capitals within your text.
8. The Lord designed letter forms to stand side by side, but there is no harm in their being lured away from one another.
9. Yield to the temptation to align text in unusual ways.
10. Lure the reader down unfamiliar paths.
10 Commandments:
1. Thou shalt not apply more than three typefaces in a document.
2. Thou shalt lay headlines large and at the top of a page.
3. Thou shalt employ no other type size than 8pt to 10pt for body copy.
4. Remember that a typeface that is not legible is not truly a typeface.
5. Honour thy kerning, so that white space becomes visually equalized between characters.
6. Thou shalt lay stress discreetly upon elements within text.
7. Thou shalt not use only capitals when setting vast body copy.
8. Thou shalt always align letters and words on a baseline.
9. Thou shalt use flush-left, ragged-right alignment.
10. Thou shalt not make lines too short or too long.
How to break them:
1. Break the letters imposed by the use of only three typefaces.
2. Let thine eyes be seduced by the hierarchy of type.
3. Do not forsake smaller or bigger sizes.
4. Be seduced into trying new and expressive typefaces.
5. Treat kerning and tracking with total irreverence.
6. Entice the reader to sample the delights of your text.
7. Do not forgo the liberal use of capitals within your text.
8. The Lord designed letter forms to stand side by side, but there is no harm in their being lured away from one another.
9. Yield to the temptation to align text in unusual ways.
10. Lure the reader down unfamiliar paths.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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