Monday, February 28, 2011
TED Talks
Below is a link to a TED talk by David Carson who is a "grunge typographer"/designer who hails from Santa Monica, CA. He made a name for himself in the 1990's by breaking with the rules of typography and type design in a style that is now found on t-shirts, skate boards, flash intros, and more. He founded the magazine Ray Gun and designed pages that squished, smashed, slanted and butchered type in the name of design, making the point, over and over, that letters on a page are art.
The video is humorous and shows examples of his design sense. A delight to watch. Check it out...
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_on_design.html
This is one of the examples he shows during his talk:
"Don't mistake legibility for communication."
The video is humorous and shows examples of his design sense. A delight to watch. Check it out...
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_on_design.html
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Assignment One Roughs
For this assignment we were to choose one letter, one typeface and either upper or lower case to use to create images representing the 6 principles of design. I chose Century Schoolbood "t" because it has some nice design elements in its shape. It has sharp 90 degree angles and rounded corners, along with both straight and curved lines.
Here are my roughs:
Here are my roughs:
Principle 1 - Shape:
Principle 2 - Line:
Principle 3 - Direction
Principle 4 - Size:
Principle 5 - Texture/Pattern
Principle 6 - Value
Those are my attempts at using a letter as a design element. Let me k.now which ones you think work the best.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Examples of Good And Bad Typography
Here are my picks for Good Typography.
Example One
This is a wonderful example of incorporating type into the design. The type alone creates the image of the hat.
Example Two
Isn't this great? It is a Fed Ex print ad and I thought the creative use of type was truly outstanding.
Alright, now for the not -so-great (bad) examples:
Example One
What were they thinking???? I think they need to hire one more EMployEE, yep, seems they need a graphic artist with typography skills!
Example Two
Even with a package of stick on letters from Home Depot they could have done better than this!
Example One
This is a wonderful example of incorporating type into the design. The type alone creates the image of the hat.
Isn't this great? It is a Fed Ex print ad and I thought the creative use of type was truly outstanding.
Alright, now for the not -so-great (bad) examples:
Example One
What were they thinking???? I think they need to hire one more EMployEE, yep, seems they need a graphic artist with typography skills!
Even with a package of stick on letters from Home Depot they could have done better than this!
Well, those are my examples. I look forward to seeing what the rest of you find to share.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sarah Leatherman's New Blog Spot for Art 41
Hello, Welcome to my Art 41 Typography and Lettering blog spot. I will be tracking my assignments and projects for this class on this blog. Welcome to all fellow students. Leave me your comments and I will visit your blog and keep you encouraged too! Let's see what we can design with type.
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