Posts Tagged ‘Graphic Design’
What if there was an Interstate Subway System…
January 9, 2012
…and not an Interstate Highway System? A unique design idea and a great interpretation of a design icon. Cameron Booth is an Australian Graphic Designer based now in Portland Oregon. Not surprisingly, he blogs. And he, like us, likes subway maps. Astonishingly, for fun, he works to improve the look and communications of subway maps. [...]
2012 | From the Road, Industrial Design | Tags: design, drawing, Graphic Design, Modernism, set designComments (0)
Set Designer’s Notebook: UnBeige
November 29, 2011
Client: I like it, but um, I think it needs to be more neutral. What do you think? Me: I wouldn’t show you something I didn’t like, and I really think this color palette enhances the product shot. Client: Its too much. Its distracting. Make it all white. And so it goes sometimes in the [...]
2011 | Art for Art's Sake, Design Basics, Inspiration | Tags: art, color, colour, design, Graphic Design, Modernism, Path: p » a » img.aligncenter size-full wp-image-2799 Word count: 187 Draft saved at 1:49:55 pm., researchComments (1)
Vintage Advertising
February 4, 2011
I remember this one. We have Philip Castle’s book Airflow in our library. The ad was for Heineken and created in 1976. As I recall, it ran in men’s magazines. I love the flowers and it is amusing that I don’t think flowers and beer would be combined today. Certainly not to appeal to men. [...]
2011 | Art for Art's Sake, Inspiration | Tags: color, design, drawing, Graphic Design, set designComments (0)
Graphic Design and Set Design
September 23, 2010
Graphic Design, especially Logo Creation and Identity/Branding are the perfect expression of metaphor. When done well and properly, of course. Set Design often requires the creation of logos for fictional business. Sometimes, set design requires the creation of identities for real businesses. We work in many disciplines and often create branding for clients like Valley [...]
2010 | Design Basics, The Work, Theatre | Tags: design, Graphic Design, set design, Television, Theatre, TVComments (0)
Subway Arts and Architecture
May 25, 2010
I have always found this map to be amazing. Even when I did not know where the trains went, this map was easy to decipher. I was apparently in the minority. The majority likes the current version, which, to me, looks like a bowl of multi-colored spaghetti. In researching a project this Fall I learned [...]
2010 | Architecture, From the Road, Inspiration | Tags: Architecture, design, Graphic Design, research, set designComments (2)
Why are Olympic Mascots so Ugly?
May 20, 2010
And Logos? I’m not sure I have anything to actually add here. I think the image speaks for itself. I also thinks these characters continue a long line of bizarre invented creatures. I do not see the connection between a fat one eyed creature and athletic excellence. Of course, the London 2012 Logo is barely [...]
2010 | Design Basics | Tags: design, Graphic DesignComments (1)
No one told me this was an issue?
March 9, 2010
Of course I selected this image. We’re fans. I’ve been meaning to blog about this for some time. creativebits discussed using gradients in logos, well, almost a year ago. It never occurred to me that staying current with technology was an issue. Sure, when I learned about Graphic Design full color printing was an expensive [...]
2010 | Design Basics, The Studio | Tags: design, drawing, Graphic Design, Television, TheatreComments (2)
I think I am offended
January 19, 2010
I generally like the sensibility of Ouno Design, but I take exception to her comments in this post about the design of the Canadian Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010. She includes political, contextual and design criticisms with which I cannot disagree. However, she takes exception to a theatrical set designer rather than an architect [...]
2010 | Architecture, From the Road | Tags: Architecture, art, design, designer, environment, Graphic Design, Modernism, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, TheatreComments (0)
Tiki 2010
January 2, 2010
New Year’s Eve was spent with close friends and a vaguely modified 1950′s menu. Modified and updated, of course. As such, we put together a Tiki Cake. What else? Not really one for resolutions, I do think I will continue to work on my painting with butter cream skills in 2010. In any event, may [...]
2010 | Gastronauting, Humor | Tags: art, cocktails, color, design, drawing, Graphic Design, paintComments (1)
Milton Glaser Draws & Lectures
November 15, 2009
MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo. When I teach, I require a sketchbook. Doesn’t matter what I am teaching. I require my students to build the habit of drawing daily. Milton Glaser articulates the reasons why quite clearly in this video which I discovered via Jack Nack of Adobe Systems. As [...]
2009 | Inspiration, Teaching, The Studio | Tags: adobe, art, color, design, drawing, Graphic Design, Milton Glaser, n, paint, pens, redComments (0)
The Fleas! The Fleas!
November 3, 2009
I hope I am not giving away a huge secret here, but we have always loved Flea Markets, antiquing and the like. One of the things I most want to visit in Paris are the Flea Markets. One of our favorites is the Ninth Avenue Flea Market in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen. Every weekend, rain or [...]
2009 | From the Road, Inspiration | Tags: design, drawing, Graphic Design, Inspiration, KLAD, Modernism, n, photography, red, research, TheatreComments (0)
Decals and Vectorworks 2010
September 14, 2009
I won’t say this is a masterpiece, but it was done quickly to illustrate a concept and it uses a new featire in Renderworks 2010 that I have been waiting for, waiting for a very long time. I have been using Vectorworks as a modeler for some years. Before Renderworks was added to the suite, [...]
2009 | The Work, VectorWorks | Tags: art, color, design, drawing, Graphic Design, KLAD, lighting, Modernism, museum, n, scenic design, signs, VectorWorksComments (4)
Graphic Design, it is everywhere…
September 11, 2009
Or it should be. We do some graphic and identity design, generally for our clients who like our work and often as a part of a television, film or theatre design project. As such, we are constantly on the look out for inspiration and/or research materials for our files. WebUrbanist recently posted this interesting story [...]
