Functional Drains and Pavements
The other day when I was walking around Southwark and London Bridge I noticed some pavements and drains had signs on them showing where the popular places are. Many people don’t notice them as it took me a while as well.
Posted May 17, 2012 at 6:55am
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I saw this post sign around Southbank, I was surprised with it’s style, the colours and the shapes of signs doesn’t look like what we see in London usually.
Posted May 16, 2012 at 8:23am
Posters inspired from iconic Architects
Designed by roosterization the designer interpreted to 6 master architects with their own style. Beautifully minimised.As I am currently working on my final major project which is in theme of cities, I am going to make some experimentations in the similar style by minimising iconic architectural structures of London.
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
— Carl Sagan
Posted May 13, 2012 at 5:40pm
Contemporary Design Debates Written Reflection
Does everybody need good graphic design ? This is the question we researched and responded. In this article I will try to explain my personal reflection on this question but make sure it can be placed in its cultural and theoretical context. Anything I suggest will not be conclusive, the key aspect of this article is to make sure everything that is been suggested is debatable.
Looking into definitions of graphic design, it is clear that graphic design is a method of communication and also a problem solving activity acknowledging that, I will give an example to explain the importance of good design. If a company don’t care for the packaging of their products it will give their audience the impression that they don’t have principles such as clarity, aesthetics and value, from that the audience would think; if a company don’t care in the quality of presenting their products why would they care in the quality of their products itself. Good design can also mean good business, however good design alone is not sufficient to success of a brand or a product. Other aspects such as customer experience, customer awareness and product quality are crucial factors too.
To be able to illustrate the principles of good design we also need look into bad design and understand what bad design is so we can differentiate good design with bad design.
Design which doesn’t convey any kind of emotion or a message, or unable have aesthetics and clarity can be the main elements that would make a graphic piece bad graphic design. Also the use of typography, colors, layout and imagery are crucial factors elements too.
There can also be consequences of bad graphic design, such giving the wrong impression to your audience or not being able to communicate what is been aimed in the first place.
Let’s imagine bad graphic design in airports the consequences can be crucial, people running around trying to find their gates, their languages and so on. The graphic design of an airport is as important as the architectural structure of it.
Looking into the principles of good graphic design and aspects of bad graphic design. The further question occurred to me is ‘ How good is good ? Graphic design is a relative and broad subject there will always be disagreements on defining good or bad design. From our research we found various different definitions of the same subject. What’s more fascinating is, the boundaries of good design, to what extend can we define good design ? it doesn’t have a straight answer, it is non- conclusive and that’s how it should be so it can be a debatable.
As Nancy Willard, b.1936 said once “ “Sometimes questions are more important than answers.”
Posted May 3, 2012 at 12:00am
TypeConnection
Type Connection is a game that helps you learn how to pair typefaces.
Start by choosing a typeface to pair. Like a conventional dating website, Type Connection presents you with potential “dates” for each main character without the misleading profile photos and commitment phobes. The game features well-known, workhorse typefaces and portrays each as a character searching for love. You are the matchmaker. You decide what kind of match to look for by choosing among several strategies for combining typefaces. Along the way, you explore typographic terminology, type history, and more. By playing Type Connection, you deepen your own connection with type.
Posted April 14, 2012 at 9:36pm
