Friday, August 5, 2011

AGED BLOG: Advertisement Reflection


Stuart Weitzman’s “A Little Obsessed with Shoes” campaign is, in my opinion, one of the most creative fashion accessory advertising campaigns, ever.  There are shoe advertisements from 15 years ago that I still remember, including a drawing of butterflies, which were really platform shoes.  I feel this type of advertising works better than the traditional “show the product” advertisement, and this shows how creative and unique his shoes are.   

       

AGED BLOG: Brochure Reflection


The brochure I have analyzed is from work, and as similar to the logo, is currently in redesign phase to reflect the “new” Center for Equality.  The brochure is a tri-fold, full color, glossy document.  The background coloring and gradient effects appear to be very professional, the text while not exactly as descriptive as I would prefer, provides necessary information and the serif body font is large enough to read.
 
I have major issues with the alignment of the document.  The headers for each category are large green, visual blocks, but the body text does not align on either side of the headers.  I also would prefer sub-headings be in all caps and I prefer justification with typography in most documents.  While this brochure debuted just recently, the photos seem awkward, out dated and not appealing. 

I find the cover of the brochure to be somewhat tasteful, although that particular logo is defunct, and was never designed to be used anywhere but on the building’s front door (we have branding issues) and the byline is unnecessary.  The back page is totally wasted and should at least include the Center’s primary logo mark.  

Monday, August 1, 2011

AGED BLOG: 12A

American Airlines also uses Helvetica for their logo & graphic mark. The “AA” is easily
recognizable with, or without the use of the American Airlines text mark. They use red and blue to indicate Americana symbolism.


Monday, July 25, 2011

AGED BLOG

QR Codes Rock!  We learned from Will today how to create one and what they could be used for.  Awesome. 

AGED BLOG

I was reading this interesting article about typography, and thought I would share... I thought it was most interesting that almost always choose a modern serif.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

AGED BLOG - 06B

The following link is the text effect I used to complete the label assignment... well, sort of.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

AGED BLOG

Today we went to the University's PMS Solutions, their print shop that services all  University of Arkansas system campus units, other educational institutions, many statewide organizations and other non-profits.  We viewed several printing presses and learned about their digital imaging equipmnt they use to transfer images from PDF to press. I never realized how complex a printing press would be, but the number one rule I learned is to choose pantone colors, instead of CMYK color variations.  Pantone colors are standardized among printers, and will work out better for the graphic designer in the long run.