Extraordinary

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan also had a very different way of approaching design and typography. I thought it was interesting that he intigrated the body. The images of the body with writing challenge society, and are very shocking. I conscientiously had to set aside my first impressions of this image and look at it differently to accept it. It is a very unique concept which i can appreciate, but I still don't find it aesthetically pleasing.

InLOVE with InDesign

After watching just the intro to InDesign from Lynda.com’s tutorials I’m already amazed with everything you can do with this program. It really combines great things from other programs and has such a familiar interface. Seeing some of the sample designs and how easy it is to put them together made me want to design books and magazines for life. I really needed these skills 3 semesters ago when I was required to make a magazine for a class! I’m mad I didn’t find this program sooner. This is awesome…. I’ll be sure to post some of my experimentation designs soon.

Meaningful Photograph?

So for my Critical History of Photography class I have been assigned to choose a "meaning photograph" and write a little about it. As easy as this sounds I realized I'm not sure what photographs are most meaningful to me. Is it a family photo, a childhood portrait, a place I've visited, a artistic photograph I've taken, or just something that makes me happy? Now I understand there are different categories of photography and it is part of this assignment to recognize that, but there are too many options! In all honesty, I think the photos I love the most are the ones I have doctored with Photoshop, but I feel that after the photo has been through that process is has no truth left and therefore shouldn't be allowed to be chosen. Maybe the truth of the photo was gone even before I doctored it? I Googled "meaningful photo" for fun to see what image results I would get and I should have known I would get the most random results including a football player, a wedding photo, a half naked lady, and a cartoon. HAHA.

Share some of your thoughts and meaningful photographs......

Breaking All the Rules!

Maybe some nice guys find their way to finishing first, but we all know people love the bad boy who breaks the rules. David Carson is that person and that's why we all love him.

If you don't already know David Carson is a famous graphic designer of the 21st century made popular for his radical designs inspired by his beach culture, free thinking, and lack of formal design training. He has inspired artist around the world and largely contributed to the "grunge typography' trends.

After learning a little more about Carson, I felt really inspired that he believes the best work is driven from emotion. From a man that did so much commercial work it is nice to know he still remains true to the value of art as a display of expression.

As a designer of any kind you are always looking to be different, to be the best, to be noticed. how do you achieve all of that??? Some people go to school. Some people experiment. Some people follow the rules, and some people like Carson break um.

Check him out and get inspired to break some rules.
http://www.davidcarson.com/