STUDY TASK 2 - WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN?- 1

Over the week were assigned a task to allocate 10 designs that influence our creative interests.

For our first studio task we went into our blog groups and we all in turn presented our work to each other. We discussed who, what and why they inspired us. As each person spoke we took down notes of what they said and came to a conclusion of 14 why reasons people chose their work and a reflection on what people liked.

• Creative typography
• Visual quality
• Tone of voice
• Intricacy and detail
• Simplicity
• Meanings - messages
• Interactive - audience engagement
• Aesthetics - style
• Media - production (handmade vs digital)
• Format
• Personal interest
• Visual content
• Language - word play
• Structure - layout

I chose 5 criteria's that stood out to me and found examples that supported this.

PERSONAL INTEREST

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This is a snippet from an editorial for Loud Silence, the design has a clean aesthetic using type and image really simplistic and effectively.

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Two german editorial spreads, with clean and simple layout and structure for both the female and male version. The design is quite modernist due to the placement of type. The images a very simplistic and straight to the point.

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A calendar of beautiful girls, it uses type and image innovatively but including the images within the shapes. I really like the use of layout and type in the design as it makes it look clean cut and modern.

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Front cover design for blend magazine, The use of minimalistic colour and imagery makes it really stand out and give off a professional aesthetic.

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A poster design for the Bauhaus  I really like the clarity of the design and how it uses hue's and tone to create a warm aesthetic. The structure and layout of the images and text also work really well together.

CREATIVE TYPOGRAPHY

                                          

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Created by Simon Alander his work was inspired by a song by Nikola Sacrevic. This work was hand drawn and later scanned in and finished on Adobe Illustrator. The process of the work is interesting and creative.

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These are two posters designed by whatthehell123456789, I like the layout and style he uses to create digital typography that looks like it has texture. 

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This is a poster created by Alan Guzman through a hand drawn process and vectorised on a computer editing programme. 
I like the process he has gone through and comparing it to the final image.

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I really like how the design uses structure, kerning and layout to clarify it's message. I also like the choice of stock - crumpled paper and materials - faded marker to make it look realistic.

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Order chaos by Peter Crawley. The typography uses a really innovative way of using materials but using thousands of multicolour thread. This design is not only legible and readable but brings clarity to the 'chaos' message the designer was trying to represent.

MEANING + MESSAGES

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The design is for a ballet show, the use of geometric typography and ballerina fits in with the genre of ballet through the dancers movements.

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This is a Illustration by David Foldvari of American president Obama, I really like how controversial it is and posts a political meaning in a different light, as Obama is seen as this humble and kind character but David shows him in more of a angry and dark light.

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Shepard Fairey is well known for his propaganda display of art work to promote his clothing label Obey, this is on his political pieces looking into power and equality possibly inspired by the black panthers which where a group of people fighting for black rights, the poster is strong and powerful and sends a message of peace and nostalgia.

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This is a Maybeline marketing campaign promoting a mascara the message behind this is showing the idea of beauty and  if you by this product you might look the same.

http://scifiblock.com/blog/awesome-sci-fi-posters-of-the-decade.htm

This a film poster promoting Donnie Darko, there is a lot of meaning within the photo's show the characters and setting due to the subtle image of an american flag, the typography also gives away genre of the film.

SIMPLICITY

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A poster design for the designer Alexander Mcqueen, the simple use of the letter Q creates identification for the designer and his work. I liked the simplicity of the colours and type used.

A logo of the Mcdonalds take away, the design is simplistic using just a letter and the colour yellow however it is internationally recognised and understood by millions

http://dailydesignbits.com/post/276323633/chip-kidd

This is a poster of Chip Kidd the design clean cut and sophisticated only using three main colours.

http://chelseashaffer.blogspot.co.uk/

Charlie vs. Adolf poster- This is a clever advertisement showing how the character looks like Adolf Hitler but with a hat he can look like Charlie Chaplin. The design is extreamly simplistic but overall really effective.

http://www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/Karen/page/1/entry/2926

Shigeo Fukuda is a graphic designer well known for his optical illusion designs, this poster he created is simplistic and powerful with the use of the word victory and the bullet shooting out of the gun in the opposite way.

http://www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/Karen/page/1/entry/2926

Another piece from Shigeo Fukuda and in this design he cleverly uses repetition to create a seamless pattern and an optical illusion to express the different between men and women.

VISUAL QUALITY

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This a product design for a food company, I really like the use of colour which represents the colours of the food inside. It uses crisp structures and the splashes of the colour are well placed to still see the type.

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A poster design for a festival of dance, the poster utilised materials really well buy creating 3D strcutures for the image. Also the colour scheme is simplisitc and works well together. The black and white images also show different decades of fashion and dance through it's close ups which is really interesting.

http://www.buamai.com/image/author/admin

Michael Paul Young created a series of image called Curation this work looks like a collection of photo's that have been experimented with on Photoshop changing the format, shape and colours. His work is very abstract and had lots of intricate detail within each frame.

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Fab Ciraolo is an Illustrator and multimedia artist, this work shows strong historic females in a modern hipster light, to make these characters relatable to a modern society. 

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A interaction poster design, the design innovatively plays with type through the use of stock. I like it's use of layers and how it's still legible.