design observer

what an interesting site this was. design observer. observing design. i really took a lot from the main article: type means never having to say you're sorry. first and foremost it made me think about how involved you need to be in every step of the project when it comes to designing something, whether it be a poster or a business card, a book or a magazine spread. knowing how and why you got there can be a big help, and is a huge influence on the overall turnout of the piece. i have found myself having a bit of trouble doing this. i find myself having an idea and not getting as involved as i can in the research. i need to learn to "emerge" myself into that initial stage, and it is something i am going to work on. i am motivated. i haven't ever been overly excited about the font futura. i think it is has a good feel for certain things, but overall it's just not my "type"...haha, so to speak.  i totally didn't mean that. :) i am personally addicted to univers, is that a bad thing? if there is any font in the approved list that would be a close "replacement" i feel frutiger would probably be one of the best. i think in all of its different forms, bold, regular, italic it matches up the closest, but has a better fit i guess.  

the other article i read was about the top ten things that need to be redesigned.  from lottery tickets to the labeling on blister packages (gross i know), there are many things that we as a society has, how do you say?, "conformed to", and just gotten used to it looking like that. an interesting example was political signs and how they are all red, white, and blue with a flag on them that sits at the eye level of a lawn gnome, election in and election out. is there a rule somewhere that says this is how it has to be? regardless, it was a very interesting and entertaining article. check it out for yourself. i love other peoples' opinions.

http://www.designobserver.com/archives/doentry38869.html