Journal 8

After reading the article about futura i began to think....i just used this font on a pamphlet for my personas project in Graphics 1, and maybe i shouldn't use it anymore....

When using any font you need to make sure that it makes sense and that you are using the specific typeface for a reason. So to back up why i used it was because in one of my posters i created a geometric typeface using only rectangles and i wanted my two posters to have some relation to each other.

This article was very interesting and i thought that it was clever the way it started out. It made me giggle because i just previously used it in a project.

A few other fonts that you can use besides Futura are Geometric, Interstate, and Franklin Gothic. All of these fonts get the same feel that you get from Futura; geometric and modern.

Thirteen ways of looking at a type face:

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.

5. Because it was there.

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.

oh the many reason why we chose what we chose.

My Typographic Findings:

Some poster vairations... Tell me what your thinkin

Journal 6

Sean Adams:
he is inspired by the declaration of Independence. Something that can be translated by people all over and evolve over time is something that inspires him.
Chip Kidd:
we as designers develope identity's. Its important to take credit for what we do, and he says that as graphic designer we get upset at this fact because we are behind the scenes and he says this leads to out drinking.
Paul Sahre:
inspired by an object that his grandfather made who is not a graphic designer, which is a bottle of old spice and the head of a doll. He showed us front, side, and rear view. I thought this was interesting so the viewer could get the best understanding of the object that he was talking about.
The head of the doll was the same diameter of the old spice bottle, and he finds it intriguing because it recombines two other objects that are designed for their own purpose.Also says that we don't need to worry about design in the future, we need to focus on the problems we are facing right now.
This talk was my favorite because this is exactly how i feel about this topic. He hit it right on the nose.
I thought it was funny how he kept talking about his computer and how it will end up in a landfill someday.
Jennifer Moria:
Eames chair is the most inspiring design object to her, and her main talk was about how can we design smarter?
Design can affect change.
Linda Tischler:
She is inspired by Fredek's plan for central park and the fact that multiple people used this facility for all different reasons.

Timeline Progress

Project Two: Time Line

Establishing order: Graphic design often relies on typo

graphy to commuicate order, information, and sytems. The goal of this project is to make things easy to read, navigate and understand. As you learned in typography one, the foundation for creating an clear informational structure is a a strong typographic hiearchy. Type size, wieght, and color are the the first steps. Graphic elements (lines, arrows, grids) and page structure are often used to aid in establishing a clear hierarchy.

TIMELINE CHOICES:
_ History of the Bathing Suit
_ History of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
_ History of Photography
_ Prehistoric Timeline
_ 100 years of Flight

CONTENT

_ timeline must have a range of dates
_ intro text
_ each point in time must have a date
_ and each point of time must have at least one sentance
_ images, icons, graphic elements are optional

Use the content from the website, you may use any additional resources for more information, images, etc. You may work in groups on collecting content.

CHALLENGE
How can you visualize the content? How can the audience get a quick understading about the topic? How are the pulled into the content to find out more?

TECHNICAL RESTRICTIONS
Format: poster or accordian folded book
Size: You determine the final size, poster min. size is 13 x 19 tall or wide
Color: Unlimited color palette
Typography: 2 typefaces, 3 type styles, and no more than 4 sizes of type.
Grid: proportional or ratio modular grid

Overview: Overall this project was a struggle for me to get a concept. I thought that i started off strong, but i was headed in the wrong direction. When i thought i had an idea i pulled a better one out of my butt. It was funny for me because i was trying to get my concept across through image, but im in typography class, and the best solution is TYPE. This project was very fast past, so that was also something that i had to adjust to

Sketches of bathing suits:

Round 1:


Round 2:



Round 3:


Round 4:
Round 5:

KU Swim Club, beginning poster concepts