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http://designorati.com/typography/reviews-107/2007/helvetica-the-film-a-movie-for-the-font-for-the-masses/


This is a special treat for all of you typography lovers!!! I have been following designorati.com and this article is about a movie that has been sold out at the South By Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Tx. The movie is all about typography and is titled, "Helvetica, the film A movie for the font of the masses." It is a funny article about this movie that revolves around typography and font styles. I really want to watch the movie now...hey maybe we should just do that instead of reviewing portfolios!!!

anyways, I think if you all read the article you'd probably want to see the movie too, although I am not sure where we could see it now... but check it out

Response

Well, as the end of the semester approaches and graduation is only two weeks away, I have started thinking about what I wish I could've done differently and what I am satisfied with...in terms of school, of course. In all, I wish I would've taken more magazine classes. Instead of taking the easier lecture electives I chose, which were convenient at the time, I think I would have helped myself out more by taking more classes within my sequence that actually have the ability to impact my career. Although Advanced Design has been the most demanding class I have taken, which I guess is the point of a senior capstone, I have truly enjoyed the class, the work, and, of course, the people in class, who I feel like I actually understand because I am able to see how they think and visualize information through their design. It's an interesting way to see someone's personality through design, but it really is easy to gather some qualities or quirky behaviors of people through their work, and I think it's fun that I can now almost figure out who may have designed a piece just by knowing the type of work they usually do and the style their work conveys. (everyone can probably figure mine out too, from the lack of ability-haha) On a more serious note, this class has prepared me for any real job I will ever hold and has even forced me into thinking about time management. I am excited to see all of our designs tomorrow at the Meredith presentations and can't wait to review everyone's portfolios to get more inspiration and see everyone's hard work and dedication throughout the semester!

Designs

This week I have been trying to revise my designs. I planned on starting with my first assignments from advanced design and moving through the end of this semester's work with VOX and the Meredith publications commissioned work. I have designed a new cover for my Meredith title, Fusion, and revised another TOC to match the color scheme of the new cover I designed. I like the image overall, but the photo is quite pixelated, so that bothers me a little bit...of course, not enough to get me to pay for a photo since the Meredith photography password no longer works:) I have also been working on the Stallion Stud feature for 5/3 and my last music dept. page for 5/10. I can't believe this semester is almost over, good thing I have so much spare time to enjoy it:)

Here are my new Fusion cover design and matching TOC, let me know what you think!

You Can't Miss This

http://designorati.com/graphic-design/2007/24-hours-of-cs3-my-first-thoughts-after-using-the-suite/

I have been keeping track of the website designorati.com. This article is about using the new C3 software. The article is about this guy's first 24 hours of using C3 and the differences he encountered while making the shift. So often, we become comfortable and accustomed to certain programs that we use, that even thinking about trying something different makes us uncomfortable-even if its an advancement! I think that this is an interesting article because at some point, we are all going to be using new systems and programs that we aren't comfortable with, and then once we become comfortable with those, they will probably come out with new ones...so I guess we should just get used to it:)

anyways, check it out!

Response

My response is in regards to our websites. As we went through everyone's designs and the way that the websites reflect each of our personalities and work, I became really critical of my design. I don't think I went about mine in a way that really portrays my personality, and I feel as though my design is quite elementary. I think that the formal galleries look much more professional and they are much easier to navigate. I am going to redesign my website(once again) in hopes of three goals- 1. to be professional 2. to be easy to navigate and 3. to show my personality/design style

I hope that these three main goals will help me focus better on what I want people to see when looking at my website. I also hope these goals will help me create a more complete design that I will be satisfied with.

Designs

This week I have been evaluating my designs and the way I go about designing in general. I have currently been working on my website, the feature for Stallion Stud, and the music department. While doing these three designs, I have been trying to go about them in a different way than I usually do, so I have been making smaller thumbnails and have tried to actually create a layout before I get in InDesign. This has proven to be both beneficial and detrimental to me. It is beneficial in that I am thinking about how to put everything together, as well as how to balance, and emphasize different aspects of my design. However, this also creates problems because instead of just switching things around in a computer program when I am not satisfied, I have been redrawing, erasing, and making really messy interpretations....which just makes me start all over again-ha! So, whether or not this is the way I should go about my design is not something I really have decided thus far, but it does make me think about how I could possibly be more effective through design or how else I can go about forming my design before actually going to the computer.

You Can't Miss This

http://designorati.com/graphic-design/2007/pantone-introduces-peel-and-place-chips/

I am keeping up with the website designorati.com. The link above goes to an article about how Pantone has introduced peel and stick "chips." I personally think this is a great idea, especially for those who sketch thumbnails or do smaller layouts before executing their design. The peel and place chips allow you to see exactly what color will print out, because colors never look the same in our programs as they do printed, so I think it will help in terms of knowing exactly what your design will look like before production, which is always nice! Anyways, the article is pretty good so check it out!!!