Labeling and Packaging

I found this design in Fall 2016's "How" periodical and I chose it because I really like the packaging of the product. Overall I really think it is very well designed package because it isn't too busy and it uses the space effectively. There is just enough detail to where it still has a clean design. Also the packaging has great use of type. The typefaces work great here and the way it is slanted I feel contributes to the cylinder shape of the product.

Print Awards

The photograph above is of a print design that was featured on howdesign.com in there Typography and Lettering Awards. I really liked this design because it is very elegant. It reminds me a lot of the Art Nouveau style because of the organic feel it has from the flowers and vines (which could also be seen as tendrils). Also the golden brown like color palette contributes to the organic but elegant feel. The type is a little hard to read, but I think for this design works and once you look closely you can read it.

Banksy

The design I chose to share with all of you is a magazine cover done by one of my favorite artists, Banksy, and I found it on Print magazine's website. For those of you who do not know him, he is a fairly newer artist and he is 'infamous' street artist (loved by citizens but hated by the police). Anyway, this is obviously a modern design. One of the things I really like about this design is not only is the character not realistic, but I really like his use of typography. The title "Swiddle" is in a font that I feel is very fitting to his style of work. I also really like that he included his signature because that is something that a lot of street artists do and also because it makes the cover very unique.