#youknowwhatitis… but what’s with the Addidas?

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By far, one of the coolest collages I have ever seen.

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We miss you, Mike!

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my avatars…..

I chose this brand “brand” as my award winning photo purely because it is award winning. The brand “brand” won 3 awards during the Graphic Design USA Awards. BRAND is a full service marketing and public relations agency. It won awards for creating original logos for their clients. The logo itself is neat, clean (as Mark will often say), and simple. I like simple. It gets the job done and so did the brand “brand.” Check out the website here and read for yourself. Simple just gets it done. Congrats!

I decided to go with one of my favorite bands in Christian music, Casting Crowns. I used a style of set up similar to ESPN the Magazine. The large photos and side bars of information throughout. Almost hodgepodge like…. just my style. They give off a great message and you don’t have to worry about words to the lyrics being appropriate.  My favorite song by them… right now… ‘Until the Whole World Hears’. Great music and message. Check it out.

As we talk about branding, I came across this photo of wood carvings of brands that are easily noticed and recognized. I like how it shows brands in the foreground and background. Even though the design was in wood, it’s easy to tell which brands are which without effort. Exactly what you want in a brand.

This award winning poster is actually an award winning poster for the 30th Anniversary of AIGA. This particular one is $50 but if you want one autographed… that’s another 50 bones!  I like this just purely for the layout and design. I could do without the rainbow colors but how else are you going to get all those letters to stand out on black? You can read each one and it draws you to the center of the poster. Well done. Winner winner… chicken dinner!

Project 1: Time Out TV  - It’s all about good ‘ol cartoons from the 70’s and 80’s.

This was a very cool advertisement for an energy magazine. It makes you smile at first and draws you in to see “what the secret” could be. Granted, the topic didn’t tickle my fancy at all… but it accomplished what it set out to do; bring me in. I like the vibrant yellow to the black and white to make it stand out. 2010 Winner… I like it.  

Okay…. so this is as far as I got this weekend :) Kinda rough. The other assignments kicked my butt because it wasn’t working for me correctly. Oh well. I’ll just keep on keeping on. Here’s the color scheme so far.

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No great artist ever sees things how they really are … Quote by Oscar Wilde. Design by Simon Says.

~This is another good example of typography.

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Advertising done right XD

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Okay… I realize it is upside down. I forgot to flip it, but you can still see the awesome typography that this picture displays. I took this picture out of GD USA magazine and forgot to write down the page number… :) I love the rustic look of the lettering and the outline that it has. This type of lettering give you texture and makes it look like old western type art with bucking bronco and cowboys and quotes like “there’s a new sheriff in this town!” Typography can say a lot without saying much at all.

I love how this picture uses the word it’s self to describe what is going on. Again, simplicity is key to draw me in. I love how the picture fades showing the “disappearing” of whatever particle is being spread to show that it’s vanishing. It’s a great view of black and white, postive and negative contrast to show artistic lettering. I could look at this type of photo all day.