Fundamentals of Digital Design: Sabina

visualgraphic: San Francisco

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:28:26 -0600

visualgraphic:

San Francisco

visualgraphic: Femme Oui!

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:22:30 -0600

visualgraphic:

Femme Oui!

thedsgnblog: WORDS BRAND™ |http://wordsbrand.com WORDS...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:21:55 -0600

thedsgnblog:

WORDS BRAND™ |http://wordsbrand.com

WORDS BRAND™ creates bold, witty, type-based tees, clothing, and accessories that make a statement. And that make you look awesome. They’re driven by a simple, clean aesthetic, and influenced by the media, technology, pop culture, and modern life. Everything is lovingly written and designed in LA, printed with pride in Greensburg, PA (and in Germany for our EU store, and shipped to pretty much anywhere in the world.

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visualgraphic: One Loose Thread

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:20:42 -0600

visualgraphic:

One Loose Thread

visualgraphic: Eat Fine Chocolate

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:20:36 -0600

visualgraphic:

Eat Fine Chocolate

typethatilike: Aishti / Aizone FW12...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:19:11 -0600

typethatilike:

Aishti / Aizone FW12 Campaign

blog.jessicawalsh.com

typethatilike: Keurig: Cup of the Day We all know how...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:19:06 -0600

typethatilike:

Keurig: Cup of the Day

We all know how important coffee is to us. Each of us drink coffee for different reasons. Share what Keurig brews for you each day at cupoftheday.com

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Postmodern architecture in Valencia, Spain.

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:46:33 -0600

Postmodern architecture in Valencia, Spain.

An example of postmodern art.

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:44:42 -0600

An example of postmodern art.

Sketchbook Entry #14 This non-traditional table and chair set is...

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:49:33 -0600

Sketchbook Entry #14

This non-traditional table and chair set is an example of post modern design because form doesn’t follow function, and it strays from the rigidity of past design. This set has a sort of playfulness to it rather than emulating the typical table/chair set we would normally expect to see. This combination differs from the typical set because neither the table nor the chairs have four legs.

Huh? This looks more like a bowl of spaghetti than a useful...

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:42:01 -0600

Huh? This looks more like a bowl of spaghetti than a useful source of information.

I personally think that this infographic is really difficult to...

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:38:27 -0600

I personally think that this infographic is really difficult to follow and has too much going on. Another bad example of information design.

Sketchbook Entry #13 - find a poorly designed piece of...

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:33:40 -0600

Sketchbook Entry #13 - find a poorly designed piece of information

I think that the above graphic, which is supposed to show the key distribution over the circle of fifths within Beatles Songs, is a good example of a poorly designed piece of information. I may just be saying this because I’m not the biggest music wiz, but I really wonder if anyone else would even be able to figure out what these pictograms are trying to say. I think it’s nice that the graphic contains the Circle of Fifths at the top left, but it’s almost impossible to determine the percentages of each of the keys on each individual song. I feel like it would be necessary to overlay the pictogram over the picture in the top left in order to figure out any sort of information. Even then, I feel like there is way too much going on in terms of the different colors and different sizes of the “pie” shaped pieces that protrude from the center of the circle for each song. I would definitely have to examine this infographic for a while before I would be able to come to any conclusion about what it is trying to say.

Yes, this is a real...

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:47:00 -0600

Yes, this is a real website…

http://www.sixtiespress.co.uk/

This poorly designed website seriously hurt my eyes with all its...

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:46:02 -0600

This poorly designed website seriously hurt my eyes with all its flashing icons and scrolling text.

See it here: http://www.serene-naturist.com/

Sketchbook Entry #12

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:42:14 -0600

http://www.realbusiness.com/

I personally think that the design of the above website is absolutely horrible. I didn’t take a screenshot because the site is primarily flash-based, and exploring the website to get the gist of it requires a lot of clicking around and interacting with the site itself.

On to its flaws…the biggest one is the fact that it is entirely made using flash. This means that when you click on anything, it takes an eternity to load. The site uses a lot of interactive figures that I think are unnecessary, though amusing. It also has random sound effects that I thought were a bit annoying. Not to mention, I found it very difficult to find what I was looking for because there were so many different things moving and flying at me, and the navigation was very difficult to follow. Let’s just say, this site definitely doesn’t pass the trunk test. I’m sure you’ll agree once you take a look.

Another cool modern example of the International Typographic...

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:29:47 -0600

Another cool modern example of the International Typographic Style.

More examples! These can be found at: http://www.swissted.com/

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:27:47 -0600

More examples!

These can be found at: http://www.swissted.com/

Sketchbook entry #11: an modern example of the International...

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:25:59 -0600

Sketchbook entry #11: an modern example of the International Typographic style

futurejournalismproject: CNN takes on slavery using InDesign In...

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:19:56 -0600

futurejournalismproject:

CNN takes on slavery using InDesign

In a really cool departure from what they normally do, CNN has just released an online article filled with slideshows, videos and sidebars focusing on slavery in the African country of Mauritania. Made in the interactive document-making program Adobe InDesign, the article looks more like a PDF than the usual CNN article we’re used to.

H/T: Nieman Lab