graphic design: March 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

Arch Info

macro 3

micro 3/my collection

micro 3/ infograph

Macro 2

Micro 2/ comparison

micro 2/ infograph

Macro 1

Micro 1/sort my collection/ by size

Micro 1/ sort my collection/size zoom

Micro 1/ infograph view/ location

Type conference (things to give away to attenders)

Things you might get at a conference:

Postcard
poster
Bag
book
note taking paper
Pen
Folder
balloons
pod casts
shoe laces
Keychain
Piece of embellished type
Stickers
- for people to wear
- to incorporate into letter-forms
- for people to put on objects like tape or bumper-stickers
Matches and match books
food
personalized mints or candy
t-shirt
stress ball or other round device
wind up toy
Magnet with logo on it
Lanyard (logo slider)
light up fan with typographic message
Metal pieces

Paper clips
Screw
Wire
Nails
Bolts
blades
staples
pins
tools

type conference font

this font matches the letter press font I used in my type experiments.

It also will maintain its legibility longer, with added elements. Arial was made for the screen and to be read at small scales.

A modern typographic experimentalist who combines text and forms is Oded Ezer. Oded is an Israeli logo and type designer who explores non-conventional typographic solutions in Hebrew typography. Ezer has won many local and international prizes, including the Gold Prize at the international design competition of the Nagoya Design Center, Japan (2000); Certificate of Excellence at the 4th annual competition of the New York Type Directors Club and Certificate of Excellence at the "Bukva raz", a type design competition, Moscow (2001), Russia (2001), and the Israeli Education Ministry Prize for Design (2003). In 2000, two years after graduating at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, with a Bachelor degree in Visual Communication Design Ezer founded his own independent studio, "Oded Ezer Typography". He teaches typography and graphic design in several academies in and outside Israel, among them at the Bezalel Academy for Art & Design, Jerusalem, at the Shenkar College of Engineering near Tel Aviv, and at the Wizo College of Design, Haifa.v

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Type conference title and theme

PICTO-PRINT >will be the title

(learned & created)> will be the sub title

Participants will be able to enroll in one of three groups based on ability and interest. People will become more aware of the uses of embellished letters, while creating their own embellished letterforms. Group one will discus high points in typographic history and in the evolution of type. Group two will investigate the uses and meanings of type in all major laguages to better understand typographic functionality. Group three will create new letter forms, ranging from poetic to functional, with the insruction of Oded Ezer.

INFOGRAPH SELF EVALUATION

the font doesn't match the rest of the infographs. also their are some space issues between title and imagery

space between columns needs to be smaller

the infograph above seems dull compared to the others

this/\ infograph above is too wordy. I need to simplify the text. also the relationship between the cars on the right and the text on the left needs to be closer.

good one/\ i like the key( color) will help this one

the sub text needs to be bigger

launcher needs to be closer to image

all the needed information is there, but it's not as clear as it could be in most

i will consider putting the descriptions closer and making the titles bigger to help create multiple levels of read.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Type Conference Theme

Theme of Conference: Decorative/Ornate Letterforms

Participants Will be able to enroll in one of four groups based on ability and interest. People will become more aware of the uses of ornamentally styled letters while experimenting with new and old letterforms and letterform creations. Group one will discus high points in typographic history and the evolution of the letterform. Group two will investigate the uses and meanings of the letterform. They will learn about the little details of the form that give meaning. The third group will study Gutenbergs work in his 42 line bible and how he embellished the letter-form. Group four will focus on the uses of ornamental typography in posters, on the web, and in logos, new and old.