Hillman Curtis Lecture Series. Wow.

David Carson oh so inspiring.  

Looking at his work I just feel the energy and emotion he put into every piece.  In the interview he said that some people thought it was disrespectful to the writings that he was displaying, but I guarantee the piece got a lot more attention by being displayed like that than

 just a regular “boring” paragraph.  I love the pieces with the very low tracking and how the words just become the image. 

Paula Scher type is image.

In Paula's work it is not just typography, it is image.  From the way the letters are hand drawn to the way it's integrated “in” the space, the words become part of something else, something more.  I loved

 the pieces she did that they showed for the buildings and how the words just fit into the space; by style, by placement.  The Noise Funk pieces were also very intriguing and fun.  She said the typography was designed to look like it made noise, and it did just that.

Milton Glaser serving a purpose.

Milton Glaser's design style is unique.  He uses strong graphics and simple statements to convey his ideas.  One of his most famous pieces is the I Love NY logo. One of my favorites is the illustrative Bob Dylan image I have shown here.  The simple image has so much feeling. Besides being a designer, Glaser teaches.  He teaches to make himself feel good, and to clarify his own objectives.  Artists provide a gift to the culture, so that we all have something in common.

my final movie

this is my final movie.  overall, i like the way it turned out.  i like the emotion i created with simple grayscale text and the flow of the design overall.  i am glad that i made the animations consistent on my final renderings.  it really pulled it together. it also helped that i created depth with the repetition of some of the words.  so here it is:


final movie from josey kruse on Vimeo.

round four, getting closer

round four from josey kruse on Vimeo.

round three, still needs LOTS of work

round three from josey kruse on Vimeo.

bruce mau design | denver biennial of the america's art director

what an intriguing video. simple yet effective approach.

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

round two, with sound

round two from josey kruse on Vimeo.