Daily Post. 03. Wine.

This packaging is quite wonderful. Not my favorite ever. Must say, this packaging is quite lovely. But the thought process behind this design is quite nice. Inspiration for good design can come from anywhere. In this instance, it comes from the location of the farm from where the grapes were grown to create this wine. The farm is located at an intersection of two roads in Australia. The owner of the land said it to be a 'pocket of gold'. The land he owned has very rich soil which produced very rich grapes. The design of this packaging is based off of just that. The two black intersecting lines are the roads and the gold square represents the plot of land. The different placements of the graphic represents coming upon this intersection from different directions.

Idea is very simple, and the way they carried it out is very elegant and beautifully done. Even the oddest of inspirations can have the best of outcomes.

SOURCES: THE DIELINE.

Klavika.

process type foundry. klavika. new obsession. will do everything in my power to obtain this.

The Process Begins.

Winter break is a time of growth for me as a designer. Today I started work on my website. I started with the beginnings of a layout and of an identity. Creating an identity for yourself is the hardest thing that you will ever do. I know everyone will agree with that statement. The area that I am working on over break is my preciseness. Hoping, that once I get back to Design come the end of January, I will be a much more precise designer. With what I want to say, what my aesthetics are as a designer, etc. With that last bit in mind, I started working on my identity.

Above is the very first idea. I include the period because of the aforementioned reason. It's not really a logo or anything, just a study of font weight and placement. I am very much in love with Helvetica and am wanting to use it on my website. I will come back to this tomorrow to see how I feel about this. If I even like it at all.

Daily Post. 02. Objectify.

Typography is my greatest obsession, don't know if that is apparent or not. I love this project by Brazilian Designer, Teo Menna, created while at the London College of Communication. The project was to create an entire alphabet out of one object. The idea is very simple, yet the process could be very difficult. Using the same object to create all 26 characters in the alphabet and have each letter still be recognizable.

This is the sort of obstacle that us as Graphic Designers must face on a regular basis. We are given assignments/jobs/commissions that have guidelines. These guidelines, or "rules", given to us are usually pretty restrictive. Whether that restriction is color, size, quantity, money, etc, it all works in the same basic way. We are given those set guidelines for each specific job and we must answer it with the best possible solution within the given guidelines. Sometimes those guidelines can be stretched, however. Though, I as a designer and artist, love guidelines and restrictions, it honestly helps me be more creative.

When I am given restrictions, it means that I have to spend less time racking my brain through the endless ways i could go about answering any certain project. It narrows down my options, that way when I am brain storming I can pick a route and start solidifying my idea(s) faster.

SOURCES: TYPE THEORY & TEO MENNA

Daily Post. 01. Global Warming.

Graphic Design taking on the responsibility of informing people of the dangers of global warming to a new level. Design is a pretty way to start discussions and inform people of (hopefully) pertinent information.  This is article is focused on the dangers of global warming.

This giant installation piece is a 27ft x 27ft x 27ft gigantic cube. The cube is built by 12 shipping containers to create this 3 story screen. Two of the sides are covered with an architectural mesh fabric so video can be projected onto it. The size of the cube is roughly the size of 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, the amount produced by the average human being in an industrialized country, yet only half of what the average American produces(sadly).

The videos that are shown on the cube all relate to the carbon dioxide, global warming topic. Anything to do with the science of it. This cube was installed in Copenhagen, Denmark, where 200 nations are meeting to discuss the crisis that is global warming.

The concept of this piece is very simple. However it is a nice example of cross-media design. The idea was very much a graphic design approach, but to be able to carry out the design, it took the collaboration of many different types of professions.

The graphic design solution was to display video and imagery in relation to global warming to show to the officials. To put the controversy into a visual language to help show the emergency of this matter.

SOURCE: DESIGN OBSERVER