By Christy

Random Words

  1. Bunny
  2. Grenade
  3. Snail
  4. Meatball
  5. Pumpkin
  6. Monkey
  7. Owl
  8. Flower
  9. Barbie
  10. Guitar
  11. Carrot
  12. Doll head
  13. Dream catcher
  14. Shoes
  15. Baseball player
  16. Power tool
  17. Yoda
  18. Rose
  19. Lion
  20. Fish
  21. Squirrel
  22. Clapboard
  23. Giraffe
  24. Palm tree
  25. Elephant
  26. Fan
  27. Lightbulb
  28. Baby
  29. Bed
  30. Car
  31. Sock
  32. Plug
  33. Soccer ball
  34. Bald guy
  35. Horse
  36. Table
  37. Shoe
  38. Racecar
  39. Laptop
  40. Lantern
  41. Dinosaur
  42. Weights
  43. Cat
  44. Book
  45. Key
  46. Grapes
  47. Wine glass
  48. Pants
  49. Statue
  50. Building
  1. bunny/grenade
  2. snail/meatball
  3. pumpkin/monkey
  4. owl/flower
  5. barbie/guitar
  6. carrot/doll head
  7. dream catcher/shoes
  8. baseball player/power tool
  9. yoda/rose
  10. lion/fish
  11. squirrel/clapboard
  12. giraffe/palm tree
  13. elephant/fan
  14. lightbulb/baby
  15. bed/car
  16. sock/plug
  17. soccer ball/bald guy
  18. horse/table
  19. shoe/racecar
  20. Dinosaur/weights

The Design and the Play

The design and the play article by Paul Rand discusses many different ways to teach, practice, and learn the fundamental principals of design. It mentions that it’s not always a good idea to have total freedom and no rules. For example: how students should be taught rules and given guidelines for how to design, rather than allowing them to rely on their natural talent and imagination. In contrast to this he also states that no matter how hard a student studies, “a students unltimate success will depend largely on his natural talents.” This was confusing to because because in a way he is contradicting himself, but it also makes you think that guidelines set a criteria of what is expected and then the designing aspect of the task is left up to the natural talent you have inside you to come up with your own ideas. This just demonstrates how guidelines provide direction, but still have grey areas that allow students to fill in with their own talents. The play-principle serves as a base for serious problem-solving. For example in Josef Albers paintings he uses the same strict geometric pattern to challenge himself with the use of colors. It is used to trick your eye because without color the painting is ment to give a three-dimensional image with depth, but with using a variation of colors it displays a two-dimensional image to the eye. Overall, the article discusses the power of restrictions in design, while testing an artists natural talent and ability to challenge themselves.

5 Classic Typefaces

After studying the five typefaces (Garamond, Baskerville, Bodoni, Century, Helvetica Neue), I began to understand the differences between them all. My two favorites are Baskerville and Helvetica Neue. Baskerville is crisp and elegent the way that the thicks and thins add character to each letter. The letters all flow well with each other especially with the lower case letters having cury serifs. Helvetica Neue is also nice because I see it as the most “universal” font of the five. It can be used universally for just about any occation and the sharpness of the lines are visually strong and make the type very legible.

If I had to choose a font that I liked the least it would most likely be Bodoni because the blocky and cut off serifs to me are kind of awkward when reading. Yes serifs are supposed to make a text easier to read and flow from letter to letter, but I find the flat serifs distracting and unappealing. It honestly just looks unfinished compared to a typeface like Baskerville.

Graphic Design is…

My Perspective

Graphic Design is a way to express your inner thoughts. All the doodling in grade school finally pays off when you learn that there is such thing as a sketch book. Graphic design is the art of being able to combine two or more things together to make something new and beautiful. It’s about expressing those weird and obscene thoughts that come into your mind because you never know, they might be the next big thing to someone else. It’s an art field that is inviting to artists and allows them to create their own designs while staying with in a certain template.

Graphic Design is…

  1. Life
  2. Overlooked
  3. Vibrant
  4. Divine
  5. A story
  6. Powerful
  7. Unique
  8. Expressive
  9. Fun
  10. Time consuming
  11. Freedom
  12. Innovative
  13. Passion
  14. Love
  15. Creativity
  16. Fun
  17. Enjoyable
  18. Everything
  19. Art
  20. Emotion
  21. Inspirational
  22. Complex
  23. Organized mess
  24. Therapeutic
  25. Meaningful
  26. Important
  27. Rule Breaking
  28. Imagination
  29. Colorful
  30. Everywhere
  31. Tangible
  32. Style
  33. Personal
  34. Bold
  35. Expansive
  36. Loud
  37. Impact
  38. Connective
  39. Diligent
  40. Tedious
  41. Hard work
  42. Communication
  43. Technical
  44. Commitment
  45. Worth it
  46. Inventive
  47. Imaginative
  48. Experimental
  49. Original
  50. Perceptive
  51. Beautiful
  52. Overwhelming
  53. Stunning
  54. Eye opening
  55. Eye catching
  56. Breath taking
  57. Intimidating
  58. New
  59. Striking
  60. Significant
  61. Impelling
  62. Exciting
  63. Ravishing
  64. Fascinating
  65. Harmony

5 Quotes

“Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.” – David Carson

“It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.” – Paula Scher

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t theirs.” – Frank Chimero

“I strive for two things in design: simplicity and clarity. Great design is born of those two things.” – Lindon Leader

“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.” – Jeffrey Zeldman

“The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.” – Massimo Vignelli

Inspirational

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