100 Ideas That Changed Art.

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First Drafts of Yellow Bird Shiraz Re-Design

The first is hand-lettered. I like the lettering, but not necessarily with the design. The second is the one I am leaning toward further refining. :-)

Gestalt Principles in Design

This is an *amazing* read on the Gestalt principles employed by many who work in the Swiss/International Style (like Armin Hofmann for my GRD History peeps)...

Gestalt Principles Applied in Design

Who Says Airplane Livery Can't Be Cool?

This is good design (and good humor), both of which I adore. :-)

Bottle/Package Re-Branding Contenders...

I believe I have narrowed down my candidates to the following (with packaging inspiration)...

Typeface Ad

More Awesomeness From BrainPickings...

Life Histories of 100 Famous Logos

Print Inspiration In An Unlikely Place...

In this particular instance, I had gotten a literal inspiration from a trip up north to be in a friend's wedding. Stan had just assigned the Illustrative Type project, and I thought I knew exactly what I was doing. That is, until I stumbled upon my idea for GEOP in Delta's Sky Magazine. The concentric circles and shapes gave me the idea to create my optical-illusion-esque typeface. The rest is history.  :-)

Each Week I Feel As Though I Must Check In With... BrainPickings

This is one of my "check-in" websites... it always has really cool graphic (and other) inspirations. Here is what I recently found. It is a post of minimalist children's book posters. :-)


www.brainpickings.org/

Block Of Type

So, I am a relatively boring suburb-dweller. As a result, I have less-than-artist examples of type in / near my neighborhood. I decided to focus primarily on subdivision signs. I saw an art exhibit in the West Atlanta art district about year ago that showed two LED screens next to each other that generated subdivision names. The first screen had the proper name or adjective, the second had a topographic feature or grandiose synonym for a house. It has stuck with me how ridiculous this whole suburban facade thing is (from McMansions to pretentious neighborhood names). Here is the proof:

Workspace (!?!)

My workspace...

Well, let's just say that, like 50% of relationships on Facebook, it's complicated.

The backstory:  Our archaic water heater succumbed to metal fatigue and exploded all over our downstairs. Water, water everywhere.

So, like any good story, it's kind of a good news/bad news thing...

The good news is, it was covered by insurance. The nice folks at ServiceMaster came and packed up all of our stuff and hauled it away, set up industrial dehumidifiers and tore out all of the carpet. After what seemed like a ridiculously long period of time (in reality, six weeks) our carpet finally arrived at Home Depot and the contractors came to install it on Monday.

The bad news? I have gone over a month with none of my design supplies, except what I foresaw that I would need and grabbed before pack-up. And, I should mention that my husband, who works from home, had no office either. Needless to say, the dining room table has been a bevy of activity, and accurately reflects the current state of chaos...

Today? ServiceMaster unloaded a pallet of boxes. Today, my workspace is softly carpeted, well-lit and still packed in cardboard and I have a bunch of water-logged furniture in the driveway that I have to figure out what to do with... ;-)

This Is Not An Appropriate Way To Show A Love Of Typography

Update: Sadly, shortly after Sam finally finished covering his body with Brenda's name in every known typeface, she moved out and filed for divorce citing Sam's OCD as the main culprit.