typography basics and its basic history

Presentation on typography and some of its history

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This is a slideshow that i came across whilst searching for research on my typography essay that focused on its history from the 1900's-1990's.

I find that it contained alot information on typography from its letterforms explain to its history, basically explained.

This is something i can look back and refresh my memory on something i may forget that i may need to know about on typography and will be useful in writting my essay as it will help my with some of the social and economic aspects of time in relation to typography. 

niki pilkington

I <3

'S 

work :)

naturally drawn and talented to bring the illustration to life, even in the most in reliable mediums to work in like felt tip and biro, Niki pulls it off all the way.

Her illustrations are always subjective to fashion and girls and her most newest pieces shown at the top are brightly coloured, mixing neon colours against the greys tones of the outline and shading of the illustrations.

i like how she experiments to draw in diffrent mediums and creates her drawings mixed with cutout shapes and paper placed behind or how she adds the 3d life likeness to her drawings by adding materials in the imagery that stand off the paper, like the second image with the paper chains.

This is something i would like to try in one of my own designs in future, its quite fun, young and very contemporary.

Naja Conrad-Hansen

Naja Conrad-Hansen

 is a designer and artist who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Coming from an artistic family, it was natural for her to choose an artistic path.

Graduating from Danmarks Design School in 2003 with a MA in Visual communication and a background in fine art; she started her profession as a freelance designer and artist in 2003. Her practice embraces illustration, painting, graphic design, art direction, and making silk-screen prints.

Inspirations comes  equally from the worlds of fashion, hardcore music, and traditional art and design and in general observing the world around her. 

The illustration style is basically about "finding some untouched areas of the mind and stimulating the eye and imagination. She is balancing her time between making art and commercial work as she finds they feed each other.

having 10 exhibitions and being known in many books/magazines.

-source: http://www.meannorth.com/cv.htm

i find her work to be fashionable,contemporary and bold.

it has similar design and taste as what i sometimes like to try out and achieve in some designs where it may suit.
i would like to try and create something bold in black with a splash of colour or just black and white like the top two images with the text worked in, this would work as poster for young adult target group

Reflection on my designs so far

Here i am reviewing my graphic design project finals, up to this date.

looking back at them i think that i have achieved a standard higher that would be considered to be at a professional level this is something i have been trying to perfect for a few years and now achieving that, i am happy with my final outcomes, this proves, practices makes perfect, something which i will plan to continue thorough out future projects and try and better my ideas and designs as much as possible.

I have a learnt a lot in these past months since starting september, i am refining my designs more than i had before, giving results that have turned out better than i had initially thought.
i have designed items/outcomes that i have never done before and have gained more skills that have allowed me produce a better quality outcome, i.e i have bettered my illustrator skills and the pen tool, that allowed me to created my posters for the students unions, in vector graphics.

I have managed time quite well around working all weekends and producing a good standard to my sketch book, working on my project as much as possible and sometimes i even finished a day before the hand in date.

I like all my designs but my most favourite design is my chefs academy and virtual  reality project.

click images to englarge

typography looking sweet but talking rude!

This just proves how type can be beautiful 

but deceiving at the same time as the word in the type is rude

The design is very well perceived and its type is done very similarly to a illustrator/typographer Herb Lubalin.

source: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2009/04/cunt.jpg

APPLE No.1 logo favourite

Number one logo of all time

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/february/favourites-logos-brand-new

Apple is voted number one logo on creative review by readers on the creative review 

-4 February 2011 post.

Its not surprising since there is no other logo alike and well know in its success.

The logo design has changed is slight ways of its colour from the rainbow like colour in the 90's but originated from the forbidden fruit in its original 80's design, hanging off the tree with too much going on it was a clear logo but its importantly what lead to its logo design that has lasted through the years as basically the same logo with small minor changes on the inside of its design.

since standing the test of time, it is one of the most well know and rememorable design know today being a very well designed and successesful logo.

well done apple.

Amazing interactive media : thewildernessdowntown

http://thewildernessdowntown.com/

one of best things ive seen, using interactive media and live view of google maps intergrated together to callobrate a unique experince to the user.

even the graphics and especially the typogrpahy is really nice. 

The typogrpahy is digital but it has a nice raw loose,quirky,alive, hand rendered like feel.

Check it out for yourself, i quite enjoyed it myself.

periodic table of typefaces

As doing my current module on typography i found this and thought i would post this image, it present typography in a unique way i find quite intriguing. 

LOL GEEK ME OUT :)

CLiCK iMAGE TO ENLARGE :)

Source: http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces_large.jpg

chefs academy:the client

Previously earlier in my blog, i had posted the final piece of my chefs academy and today the client came to see my design, she seemed to really like it and i told her about the design and that its simple,the colours being classy to suit the restaurant and how the pattern of the logo could work to be integrated as a design in to the room,

(more to read under the design at the bottom)

Heres a reminder of my design, which was shown today to the client:

to scale images upclose,click to englarge :)

It out of the class for the designs to be chosen, so my competition is out of about 20 but i know i worked really hard on really refining the design that it had took a turn, where the design had turned out better than i had anticipated at the beginning of my ideas generation.

Hope my design gets picked, its one of my strengths of design this area and it would be really nice to have a printed piece and have my design used by the college and walk past and say its MY design being used :D

i dont know  when the chosen design is going to be announced but i hope its soon, 

im abit excited to find out, 

wish me good luck :)

Typography essay

Today I made a start on my typography essay, 

i decided to write mine on the history of typography-from the last century to now since there is a big resource on this particular statement which will be easy to write aswell as being interested in typography from now to then of how its changed, making this a approachable and easy target to write and easily hit the 3,000 word count.

This will be my proposed keypoints i will be using to write my essay:

• ·      How typography has changed
  ·      How affairs has changed it
  o   the times how its impact of the to change to typography,
  o    why?
  ·      Has typography changed For better or for worse?
  ·      Evolution of typography
  ·      The impact of how typography has changed
  ·      The methods and mediums used
  ·      The Typographic design trends used in the last century to now 
  ·      Research will be found in books, internet, videos and will be researched on this points 
  ·      Facts, quotes and references as evidence to include