Hand drawn A-Z

I was looking for some interesting type for some inspiration for the personal project and I came across this website:

http://www.n8w.com/gallery/color/l/

This is an artist called 'Nate Williams' who produces hand drawn type. I love the personal touch, along with the fact it can not be reproduced and it can be molded to fit with whatever you want it to.

I want to include this kind of thing in my personal project as it is all about personal stories and reaching people on a person level so I will take inspiration from this chap and his work.

BANG! I shot the serif.

Whilst in North Carolina we had a project to produce a book entirely using an old letter press machine. We were given a sentence and asked to come up with the words and images using only the typefaces that were available to us for use on the letter press.
This is the outcome which i thought was pretty interesting:











It was good to be able to use the technology and see what constrains there were but also the positive outcomes from this experience. It also pushed us to think about type in a more interesting way.

This isn't that exact projcet but this is a picture of the letter press machine we used:

Another interesting website

I'm always looking for new websites to inspire me and send me to the right places, so this one ticks the boxes with stories of design, architecture, art, fashion and graphics so it's a good one to check out if you have a spare 15 minutes going...saves you doing the searching for interesting things!

http://www.yatzer.com/

Google go computer geek

I don't know if anyone witnessed this, I did not, I don't know how I missed it but apparently I did! But I'm glad I've come across it because it really is an amazing example of a company feeling VERY confident about their logo (and so they should) and mixing it with something equally iconic...and (in my opinion) it actually working.



Apparently it was heavily criticised but I just think Google pushed the boundaries and I like it. Adding a bit of a challenge to design is a good thing!

Waiting for the bus just got fun!

I found these images celebrating bus stop advertising!
I like this idea of including the viewing in the design - Interactive design!










Not only do they involve the viewer but like the last one states, it does save energy, an advert actually displaying what it is they do is impressive!

flat light bulbs

Their shape is designed to lower cost on materials such as glass and packaging and allowing them to be less easy to break, but still work as well as a normal round bulb.


I came across these Light bulbs recently, designed by a Japanese product designer, Joonhuyn Kim.



I like this idea because you wonder why no one thought of it before...perhaps they did btu it just wouldn't work...We shall see!

Buddah Pears

I found this image a while ago in the news and have been trying to find it since;



This is an example of how you can make design work to your benefit. The farmer who grows these pears discovered that if they were blocked in some way they would just find a way to grow around that...thus, inventing the plastic cases to grow them in this unusual shape.

It just goes to show nature isn't always perfect and a little human aided design can push a good thing a long way.