Kiosk Layout

Kansas City layout: this kiosk is very image heavy with the navigation at the bottom. The images transition as you move from decade to decade.

This kiosk is centered around Sony's cell phone design. The concept to this layout is puzzle pieces that come together to form the cell phone. Movement is key in this design, with all the cell phones "floating."

Kiosk Layout Design: Psychedelic '60s

Kiosk layout design is similar to web design, although kiosk design opens up freedom to experiment with motion, non-grid based designs, and interactivity. The design above has the navigation at the bottom of the kiosk screen and focuses on hand drawn lettering. Images can be much larger and have a higher resolution than those on the web. This opens up freedom to be more creative with image editing and photo manipulation.

^^^Lost Sounds combines a projected, full-screen liquid lightshow with animated poster-style art to capture the essence of the era’s rock concert experience. Each interactive, psychedelic rock “poster” is inspired by popular designs from the Fillmore and Avalon ballrooms. The posters feature an animated “magic window” that offers a peek into the past. Each projected video was custom created from lightshow footage and original band artifacts, with masks to create unusual window shapes.

Text and Logo Placement in Videos

Placement in graphic design is not only important, but it can drastically change the mood and feeling of the piece. Bad text and/or image placement can easily make a body of work go from sophisticated to elementary. I struggled a little with this in Project one.

Some criticism that was said:
- correct the color of Carroll logo from blue to white (to contrast more against the black background)
- change the type so it follows typography heirarchy (italics, size, bold, etc.)
- re-arrange the "Scott Center" and Carroll logo placement

In doing these changes, it turned Project 2 into a much more sophisticated promo video. It can be difficult to place text in a video because you are not necessarily working with a blank canvas, but rather an image with color, contrast, and values. This can make it harder for the viewer to read the text and/or logo. It is our job as the designer to create solutions to this. I chose more of a "cop-out" solution in that I placed my text against a black background, although I did this to match the asthetics of my video. Although, if I needed to add information against an image, then I would need to place the text in an area that does not have much interest (in either black or white...NO COLOR).

Honda Commercial 2008

Honda did not create their own music for this commerical, but rather choose a song by The Fray and added sound effects to their audio. This can be very effective as long as the song conveys the mood of the commercial without being too trendy or disruptive. A lot of people relate a song to a certain time period or feeling, which makes it tricky for company's to choose a proper song for a commercial. In this case, "How to Save a Life" works well.

Invisible Mercedes Commercial

This audio definitely adds interest to this commercial. A lot of times when I am watching commericals on television, I am also focused on doing something else. So if a commerical has audio of someone talking, I instantly start listening to the voice, although I never look up to watch the commercial. This is where they loose the viewer. But with a commercial with just music audio, it grabs my attention and I am forced to look up and see why there is just music playing on my television.

The audio in this Mercedes commercial is very simple (in that it does not have too many different instruments incorporated) which shows the sophistication and luxury of the commerical. It has a hint of techno and other electronic sounds to reinforce that this is "the technology of the future."

The Future of Magazines...

Living Magazine Cover and Spread | Outside Magazine

This could possible be the future of publication design. More and more magazines are incorporating these ideas of "interactive spreads" and "living covers." From now on, magazine designers will be directly working with videographers and multimedia designers to publish these types of publications.

Marc Swanson

Contemporary artist | Black Glitter

I have seen this use of line work incoporated into graphic design on multiple occasions. It is a strong way to bring the viewers eyes into a piece of work and direct it throughout the design. Black Glitter is very different than most of his other artwork because this piece was more design-oriented.

Product Design

Graphic design is a creative process. It does not limit you to one program or one method. Environmental and product design is a huge industry. I have never really considered going into this field in graphic design, although I do respect the process. Below are some designs I found on Pinterest that I found are breakthroughs in product design.

Joseph Joseph New Nest 9 Plus. Space saving and convenient.

book hammock

Fab Ciraolo

http://fabianciraolo.blogspot.com/

Above is a link to his design blog. Fab Ciraolo is an illustration artist that designs flyers, cd covers, and other pop culture based illustrations. He is the perfect example of an artist exploring their own personal illustration style.