Homework 6

This is from Communication Arts magazine. It was from a woman designer that did these designs for an organic grocery store in Colorado. Everything these days is all about organic and healthy, which is great but sometimes can be boring. That's why I loved this design; it's so fun and whimsical! It's simple, and almost looks like something that you would see in a children's story book. I'm a child at heart so that's probably why I was drawn to this particular design. I also love the typography. I'm a typography nerd and I love fun and quirky type. Now I want to go to this grocery store :) See, good job designer! You made me want to go to a Colorado grocery store.

Homework 5 - Logos

Since we are getting ready to head to Project 2, I started to get my brain thinking on logos. This is from the Logo Lounge blog that was given to us as inspiration for the next project. I love all the examples they give and how creative all the logos are. This one I love. The departing of the butterflies off the octagon and then the grid tile is so simple but visually pleasing and modern. If you look at them, the shapes are simple, but then if you look at the big picture it stimulates the brain and is really fun and creative. 

Homework 4

This is an image out of the Computer Arts magazine. It's a poster for Nike's China campaign. It couples live-action shots of Sharapova with curious, intricately crafted illustrations. It's so eye-catching and beautiful and I love the detailed illustration that has a lot of motion to it. Since it's an action shot of the tennis star you automatically get the sense of motion and unity even though it's not realistic and makes sense. It's very balanced by the nike logo and then draws your eye down through her lower "body" and then down to her racket.

Creativity for Graphic Designers

This image is actually from our class book "Creativity for Graphic Designers". As I was doing the homework, I was flipping through the whole book and just looking at all of the images and I came across this one. It is a business card that I thought was incredibly clever. I am a typography lover, and I always love finding clever typography that makes me go "Why couldn't I have thought of that!". It's so simple yet so clever at the same time and I love how typography can be creative. It can be the image itself and convey a strong message.