Seymour type

The Left Handed Designer

These fonts were made by Seymour Chwast. He is a famous Illustrator know for his abstract cartoony illustrations. His art is inspired by art nouveau, and art deco. These styles are definitely incorporated into these fonts. These types are very fun and cartoony. Most of these fonts where made for some of his designs.

Movie Poster

art of the modern movie poster


I found this in a book that was fill with old movie posters that were created and printed before computers became a tool in design.  Its astonishing that these great movie posters where never used for their DVD covers. A lot of these movies where promoted through poster unlike today where they are promoted everywhere. These posters were the only way they can advertise movies and most of the time they weren't successful in stating what the movie was about. I also noticed that most of the posters used Swiss style design which makes them look so clean and simple. These posters where made by Saul Bass.
 

Ray Bradbury

Print December 2012

Ray Bradbury is my most favorite author so when I heard of his passing I was sad. Seeing these designs made me happy. I enjoy how the composition is  arrange and the font used. Bradbury really enjoyed reading, so it was appropriate to pick Times New Roman since most books are printed in that font.

Hi

Print December 2012

The Hi on the building actually is an abbreviation for Harvard Innovation. Its a lab that has a contemporary design. The Hi really fits well with the building because of the geometric shape of the letters and how well it fits withe the square shape of the building. The typography they chose is perfect for the building; Helvetica. Its also feels as if the building is alive because it says Hi to you and you say hi back. Erin Deeley was the designer.

Seymour Chwast

Seymour: The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast

So I decided to pick Seymour Chwast to do a research project on. I decided him because he had some very interesting illustrations. A lot of them a bit crude and odd. I dont see how some of them are graphic design related but that's all going to change as I begin to research him. Till then here is an illustration he did that is very American Kitsch. 

Evolution of logos

I thought it would be interesting to post this. I had found this image in a graphic design book that had a bunch of logos designed by many designers. Here is the evolutionary change of the Starbucks logo. Has time goes by, many things change some have to change just to accommodate to today society views and beliefs. Starbucks had started out with a very provocative logo that later on changed probably to avoid a lot of sexual and inappropriate jokes.

Jarrito

Comunication Arts Magazine

Jarrito is fruity Mexican soda that is very popular outside of Mexico. Many people enjoy drinking it along side a meal which they had bought in a food-truck. However it is a bit of an inconvenience to open these for their customers. So Jarriot give away illustrated bottle openers to every food-truck that served Jarrito. Each one had a very intricate design that was inspired by Mexican art and culture. It was designed by Federico Archuleta.

For Better Days

Worldwide Graphic Design Latin-America

I was really attracted to this design because it is very detailed but still simple. I also enjoy the Koi fish design. Its a fish that is jumping out of the water. It incorporates a Japanese art style on the fish. While they use a Victorian style for the water splashing effects. That is a very unique and creative. I wish it was a t-shirt design. This was done by Jose Ignacio Fernandez.

Print December 2012

This was actually in an ad for the FX show Louie. I enjoy the show and also this art. I think it is very unique that they incorporated things that makes up New York and also their art style. New York is known for being the capital for art and design. Which is why I enjoy it so much plus Louie is a fun show to watch. This was done by a Graphic design studio called the Refinery.

Colors

I was headed to class today when this poster got my attention. It was just the colors that instantly grabbed my attention. The poster was there to advertise a school. I don't know who designed that  poster but what I know about it is that they had succeeded in grabbing my attention. Just when I walked passed I was already entranced by the poster. As graphic designers we need to be able to get the attention of people in order to make a business out of it. The post successfully fulfilled that just by using colors. If it wasn't there I probably wouldn't even bother looking at the poster.

Art Nouveau

Schmutzler, Robert. Art Nouveau. New York: H. N. Abrams [c1962. Print.

This style of art is known as Art Nouveau. It is one of the graphic styles that is an option to do research on in Graphic Design History. The name was so interesting I decided to Google it an I was just blown away by the beautiful art. I needed to research this and know what exactly was "Art Nouveau". Sadly this art work wasn't really my favorite. it was really lacking detail from the other images i found online. I found these images in a book; in my opinion these were the best looking ones.