Les Annees Trente

When I first saw this I thought it reminded me of early modern and art deco designs, and then as I read about it, I found out that it is a poster for a series of exhibitions and a film festival about the 1930's. That is the same time as those styles, so I think the retro idea makes it a good design. The typeface is Bifur and Revisiting Type.
This image is from Cool Type 2wo.

Parking Garage

This is an overall view.



Each direction as you would see it in front of you.


This is a really neat concept because the designer took something as boring as a parking garage and made it fun. I think it is very interesting how they had to paint the directions stretched out so that they only look right when you are in a car and need to know where to go. When you look at the the whole picture it just looks like a colorful paint job.

The Images are from Graphis Design Annual 2008.

Ray Gun

In the book, Cool Type 2wo, I located this image of Ray Gun stationary. The typeface is Helvetica. It has a envelope, letterhead, and notepad pictured. My favorite part of the design is how it says the actual word of what it is at the top of the jumbled words, like 'letterhead'. Also the jumbled words have a purpose because they say the address and things that are important.

'Nativity Scene'

This is a nativity scene that is just the words of a scripture in the Bible. It is made out of sheet metal and back-lit for night-time viewing. This was a temporary display in the city of Melbourne. I think this is a very modern and clever way to display a 'nativity scene' because it is not the typical scene of a baby Jesus and a manger and all of that. I think it has good placement of the words in relation to each other, if you are not going for readability.
This is on p. 124 of the Graphis Design Annual 2008.

Project 1 Copywriting

ITC Souvenir is a redesign of the original Souvenir font drawn in 1914 by Morris Fuller Benton. Edward Benguiat is the designer of the ITC version created in 1967. ITC Souvenir has a small modern serif. It has a soft design without sharp edges and right angles. There is not much contrast in the thickness of the stroke. The lowercase characters are large and rounded, and several are distinctive. The characters are very legible, due to their large x-height and open counters, which makes this a popular font for many different uses.

Written Reaction

This is a jacket for a book titled Written Reaction. It uses uses found type in the form of plastic letters and also Sabon. I was interested when I saw this because of the shadows. I can definitely read the "reaction" shadow and so to me, that is where the emphasis is. This image was found in a graphic design book; Cool Type 2wo.