Jun 30, 2011

Swipe and inspi for Assignment4

Assignment 4: iPhone/iPad App

Your assignment is to concept and design an iPhone or an iPad application. As we know the design world is developing fast and a lot of it is going digital. So it is vital to have variety in your portfolio which possibly might include digital applications for various devices.

In order to complete this assignment you will have to:

A) Narrow down your topic.

B) Do indepth research on the chosen topic. Think of it as becoming an expert in something in order to try to explain it to others.

C) Gather swipe from iPhone app library, and your own iPhone. See what interests you, what grabs your attention, what works and what doesn’t.

D) Create your own application and a navigational wire frame.

You are expected to have a finished application design along with a wire frame done and be ready to present by next class. You may bring in previous drafts if you find it necessary or relevant for discussion. Please post the progress on your personal blog and comment on each other’s work.

Forinspirationpleasereferto:

Senior design blog: http://whitespacefpo.blogspot.com/ (student blogs from previous years).

The class blog: http://intermediatewithgen.blogspot.com/ (student blogs from previous years).

AIGA design archives: http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/home

Jun 24, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 3: Bucket list/5 year plan

Make a list of ten things that you want to do in the next 5 years of your life.

Then using no more then two typefaces and two colors make a typographic poster. No photos.

Decorative vector elements are permitted but not in large quantities.

The format can change if you find it suitable to your concept/ideas.

Process:

1) Make your 5 Year Plan and write it out on a piece of paper.

2) Envision the layout of the poster and make a rough sketch.

3) Do color, typography, and stylistic swipe.

4) Create numerous variations of the poster.

You are expected to have 1 finished poster and be ready to present by next class. You may bring in previous drafts if you find it necessary or relevant for discussion. Please post the progress on your personal blog and comment on each other’s work.

For inspiration please refer to:

For color swipe and inspiration use: http://kuler.adobe.com/

Senior design blog: http://whitespacefpo.blogspot.com/ (Jin Suk Kim in particular).

Peter Grundi website: http://www.grundini.com/

AIGA design archives: http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/home

Jun 21, 2011

Gradients anyone?

So looked through Amanda's blog and found this awesome gradients page.

All are totally downloadable

Thanks Amanda!

REVOLUTIONARY FILM POSTERS

Aesthetic Experiments of Russian Constructivism, 1920-33
May 6 - July 29, 2011

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Jun 20, 2011

Type illustration, thanks Bedirhan!

Your classmate passed along some awesome illustrated type swipe...

This one is for NYC DOT summer street festival.

http://www.chrislabrooy.com/summer_streets_NYC.html

Angus Hyland’s New Book ‘Symbol’ Out Now

http://pentagram.com/en/new/2011/05/new-work-symbol.php

Symbol, edited by Angus Hyland with Steven Bateman and containing an introductory essay by David Gibbs, is published today by Laurence King.

The book features over 1300 symbols, organized into groups and sub-groups according to their visual characteristics. Each category includes a short introduction on who the symbol was designed for, the designer, and in some cases, what the symbol stands for. These sections are interspersed with short case studies on both classic and more recently designed symbols.

Symbol is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in graphic design. Did you know, for instance, that the CND symbol (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958, now universally used to symbolize peace, is built out of semaphore for the letters N and D?

Last week Hyland gave a talk at the Design Museum to a packed crowd to celebrate the launch of the book. The evening was filmed and we will post a link to that film in due course.

Walking Men Worldwide

http://walking-men.com/

Walking Men 99™ is a site-specific installation that joins together 99 iconic pedestrian traffic lights from cities around the world, a photographic collage stretching along the 500 feet of plywood walls that form a three-street-façade facing Church Street, Park Place and Barclay Street. The project is part of the Re:Construction Program by the Alliance for Down

town New York, and was curated by Ayelet Danielle Aldouby and Elinor Milchan of Artea Projects.

Click to view more images and a video of Walking Men 99™ – 2nd Edition