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.

Outdoors

         

The design I choose is from originally from a Miami Ad School and it is featured on Ads of the World's website. I chose this because I really like the typeface in this design and the pictures of the animals, looks like it was drawn out maybe. The ad for a company that makes outdoor gear. I thought it was a very interesting way of trying to persuade someone to buy outdoor gear.

Misconception

I chose this ad from Ads of the World; it was done by SOS Ideas, an ad agency in India. At first I thought it was an animal ad, so that is why I clicked on it to read more. As I looked closer, I noticed in the right hand corner it says "Save Kolkata's Endangered Architecture" and repeated it in the description. Of course my curiosity lead me to search it to find out more. 

Long story short, Kolkata is a town in West Bengal, India. West Bengal is has been going through a depression, so since the 90s the government had been selling homes families could no longer afford to people who were not even residents of India, they were abroad in countries like America. Due them not living there, the non residents of India do not maintain these houses. I got this information from theguardian.com, and there is a huge article if your interested. A little history lesson goes along with the ad.

Back to a graphic design standpoint, the pandas in the middle of the image were definitely deceiving. I am not sure what purpose they really serve. They could enlarge the text a bit as well. Overall, now that I know the history behind it, there could be a lot of ideas that would help get the point of the campaign. 

Red Hot Chili Peppers

So I chose to put this in my blog because first of all I am a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and this is literally what I picture in my head whenever I hear their name. The design was done by an advertising agency in Brazil called Acesso; I found it on Ads of the World. I just thought it was a very cool interpretation.

Creativity used to describe something overlooked

The design above was created to describe the journey of coffee from the plants to the consumer. It is a 2017 winner for the International Design Awards for Infographics from howdesign.com . This design drew my interest because coffee is a luxury that I would have to say is somewhat taken for granted. It never dawned on me until I viewed this design that I realized how complex the journey coffee goes through before it reaches consumers. This is a very creative way to show consumers what the process is like in way that is easier to understand than reading about it.