book

i saw this book and fell in love with its simplicity. i also love it’s use of color. i love the font! i love everything! the layout is simple and organized. the way that they use the image and color and everything together gives this a really retro feel too. It seems very 1940’s or 50’s esque.

magazine

this is just a magazine cover for Good Magazine. I just like the simplicity of the layout and that there is more detail in the right corner of the cover but not overwhelming the front image. I just am attracted tomagazines, and i would love to be an art director for a magazine when i’m established..(thinking something vanity fair or martha stewart….)–my dream jobs!

wine

truthfully i dont remember where i saw these. It was out of a magazine or an ad that i scanned a while ago and lost. (probably how or GDUSA) I love the simple typography and the fact that they are silkscreened onto the bottle. I like that they are super simple and clean and to the point. is it bad to really only like work that isn’t busy looking?

POSTER

this is a creative poster i found online actually browsing a design award contest. it is the winner of the past year. the poster is for hte rock and roll hall of fame in cleveleand. the photography is simple and meaningful. you get it.the typography is somewhat script and handwritten so it’s shown as casual which is what this ad is about. this guy in comfortable.

Uppercase Living

this is actually a party i got invited too, like a tupperware, but something completely different….it’s basically like this company that prints words, sayings or anything and then you transfer them onto a wall. It’s typography as wall art. I like this concept, I would put these on my walls if i had my own house. It would be hard for me to decide what i wanted to put on.  The typography can be as simple or as complex as you want. I was attracted to this because i LOVE typography. 

water

these are water bottles. i love the simplicity and cleanliness of the design. the typography is elegant and clean. I am attracted to the simpleness of them. It just seems fresh (which is the point)

Columbia College

I found this in GDUSA July/Aug 07. I liked it because it’s fun for being a boring Annual Report. I liked the pic and then read the text and saw it was from the school i went to/am going back to in Chicago. cool! hte type is clean and simple and i love the overpowering image. i dont even know what a presidents report is but i wanna read this!

doggie logo

this is a logo for a dog groomer. freakin adorable! i saw it in How. The style is very simple. there is actually no type on this logo. I wish they showed it with type in the magazine. the quality is very clean and professional. It seems very old fashioned and classic too. i love it!

poster

This is actually a poster to not throw away old stuff, but to donate it to schools for art supplies etc. This was from a design awards website. I like the asymmetrical balance and i love the way the image is cut off, to reveal the text. the style of type is very clean and organized.

F#*CK IT

I like the creative headline. It defiantly grabs you attention. People are attracted to vulgarness. It definatly has the “whoa” factor because as ur flipping thru you have to wonder why they’re saying this in a magazine ad. (I.D. July/Aug 07). I’m not really that fond of the crazy colors in the ad, but i like the distorted images that are overlaid by the colored lines. This ad is for Lenart Studios. A design firm that obviously gets very close to their clients and meets their demands. The design in laid out in a grid like format and has asymmetrical balance. The typography is fairly simple. (i dont know what font that is)–something similar to Helvetica?