signage precedents

after looking at examples from asi signage and apco signs and thinking about the office space we're working with i stumbled upon a few sign systems that i found inspiring.


first i came across many frosted glass sign systems. these are clean and simple, without many colors or patterns to distract.

i also thought about using wood for the signage. my spaces are warm and rich and have wooden floors and i thought about using wood for the signs as well to keep with that feeling. i didn't see many successful signs online but i still don't see why it's not possible to try!

i came across some three-dimensional signs as well. i think that it could be interesting to have all of the letters individually recognized in the signage.

whatever i choose to do, i'll have to make sure it's purposeful and fits in with the concept!






sources:
http://www.impactsigns.com/interior-signs
http://www.signs.org/signdesign/
http://www.thesigncenter.com/product_gallery.html
http://www.bestsigns.com/gb_wood.html
http://www.signagenewyork.com/
http://www.miladisplays.com/glassnameplates.htm

instructional compositions

these compositions focus mainly on the images so that one attempting to make the thing they're making can check in and see if they're doing it right along the way. the second image contains limited but important text to help further understanding.



sources: www.ikea.com
http://www.socialphy.com/posts/art/948/2_000_000-Origami-Cranes.html

in class sketches

photoshop compositions

in class we've been working on putting compositions together via photoshop. we took our reception drawings and composed them together into a composition for today. here is my progress:

 first, i edited all of my images and started playing with how i could arrange them together

 then i experimented with adding background images

next i added text and a more appealing background image. i think this one is my favorite.

i played around a little more and this is my final composition! i made the background image lighter so that it wouldn't distract from the foreground images. i wish i could have kept more BLUE in it though, because that was the concept.

composition precedents

this poster is successful because it's balanced. there aren't any empty spaces, really.

this poster is interesting because it's not one single image-it's many that make up an image

http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2010/12/35-best-movie-posters-of-2010-and-2011-movies-poster-showcase/

http://www.lifeclever.com/supercool-typographic-posters-of-supercool-cities/

photo studies

 for class today we were told to observe different types of reflections around different spaces.



floor reflections:

vertical surface reflections

shadow from daylight:

shadow from artificial light:

two point perspective exercise

for this assignment we were told to make abstract shapes that represented our concepts. mine was a bluebird feather. i'm not happy with the outcome-i think it turned out to look like floating french fries but i was trying to convey the movement of a falling feather.

reception space compositions

RECEPTION PRECEDENTS

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office space rendering

i liked this rendering the best out of my twelve. it was from my "analogus" color scheme and i think it turned out pretty well. i think that there could be more contrast added to make things pop more and that's what i intend to add to it.

SEAC POSTER COMPETITION

CONCEPT

a direction to go in. a way of making design decisions. inspiration.



my concept?
a bluebird feather.

i was totally okay with this concept because feathers are never boring. they have such a sense of flow and flight to them that's just captivating to me. to find pictures i went to one of the best picture sites ever, flickr.com.

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SIDENOTE: so you'd think that the baby version of a bluebird would be so stinkin cute, right?

NOPE.

i just thought i'd share because i found this picture hilarious. 

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back to business.
bluebirds aren't just BLUE which became evident in my picture search. i found this picture and i think it's going to be my main concept picture. i really enjoy the way the blue-gray fades to white and then to the copper color.

THE P'S:

proportion: think about how many feathers a bird has! in comparison to the bird itself, one feather is measly. but the feather has a pretty even proportion overall.

balance: a feather has symmetrical balance. both sides are pretty identical. some small pieces (called barbs) may be uneven but the unevenness between the two sides balances out typically.

unity: all of the barbs that are found along the shaft of a feather make the feather a whole.

emphasis: in this feather the emphasis is definitely on the white space. feathers usually show emphasis through color and/or pattern.

rhythm: i'd say this feather has some rhythm. the arrow-like pattern of the white goes against the direction of the feather pieces and that creates some rhythm. also, the amount of lines creates a rhythm as well.

THE ELEMENTS:

space: the spaces between the barbs add interest to the feather and almost call attention to themselves.

line: there are plenty of lines to be found on this feather. they're mostly straight but the transition in color creates its own sort of line as well.

color: the colors are almost complementary, making them stand out more. they're both cool and warm, joined together by white in the middle.

value: with the white in the middle and the darkness of the shadows in the spaces between the little feather barbs there's a variety of value.

form: although mostly flat the feather does have some form, helped by the curve of the stem.

shape: the feather is almost like a long oval. its shape is pretty organic, though. it's definitely not strictly geometric.

texture: the amounts of lines and the color transitions add definite texture to the feather.



in case you were wondering...

what the heck is a barb? and a shaft?

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it's that time again

at the start of every semester we have to make new name tags for our blogs. this year, we were paired up and had to create a new name tag for our partner. the name tag had to express our "client" and his or her style and interests. i was partnered with ayten nadeau. i'd never really talked to and gotten to know her very well so this was a definite challenge for me. she told me that she liked the style of tiffany's and her favorite color was pastel pink. she's got a turkish background and loves traveling and textiles. she expressed to me that she wanted her name tag to be organized with something unexpected. this is what i came up with.

UPDATE:


after group critiques, i decided that adding a semi-border would take this name tag up a notch. so this is what came from that.

 

ayten, my client, was very pleased! (: