Different Spin

Images By Ben Heine He took something like combining an illustration into a photograph and gave it a different spin by making it more literal. Considering, he photograph and drew an illustration and added the paper into the photograph. It's a good way to look at it and take something usual and put your own spin on it. Even if it is just making an idea more literal.

Colour Palettes

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/search

The website is called Design Seeds. It is really neat, it displays a picture and hues that are from that picture giving you a colour palette. This website would be a great reference to scroll through when doing a design and you're sure what colour palette you would like to use in your design. As great and easy this website is to get some colour inspiration is, you can do it yourself! Find a picture you like with great colours and take it into photoshop. Go to Filter pixelate and make it has strong as you want. The image will turn into colour blocks. Once you are satisfied with the colours you can then save the image and take it into illustrator and live trace the image. Which will change it into separate boxes. Making it easy to create and set your colour palette in any adobe software.

The Death of Print

I do believe that print will never completely die since it has so many more benefits then on screen displays. Yet, if I am wrong and it does die the world will be missing out. Considering, the way something is designed to be healed in your hands and the way it was printed whether it was to feel the embossed letters or the texture of the paper. Therefore, if print dies a part of graphic design will die as well. Since, most designs consider paper to be apart of the design as well. The way it folds and feels to impact the target market.

Spontaneous Inspiration

As Raymond Loewy once said “It all must start with an inspired, spontaneous idea”. Whether inspiration comes directly or indirectly from another designers work, all great pieces of work have come from inspiration. Therefore, the graphic designer who inspires me most is Raymond Loewy. Who is often tag lined as “The Man Who Shaped America”, “The Father of Streamlining”, or “The Father of Industrial Design”. Since, he is undoubtedly the most powerful industrial designer of 20th century. Not only am I inspired by his talent, but I am also inspired by his overall career. Since, he literally overturned the industry through his incredible work. Raymond Loewy’s worked as a fashion illustrator, before he began to focus on the field of industrial design. Which, he immediately revolutionized with his work. Since, he worked as a consultant for more than 200 companies and created product designs for various things from cigarette packs and refrigerators, to cars and space crafts. For example, Raymond Loewy‘s, best known pieces of work are the Lucky strike cigarette packaging, the grey hound bus and shell logo that are still in use today. In fact, the shell logo has become such a recognizable icon; the name has been dropped from all advertisements. While, the lucky strike packaging was a bet between himself and George Washington Hill. The president wagered him $50,000 that he could not improve the appearance of the already familiar green and red Lucky Strike cigarette package. Yet, Loewy accepted and won the challenge. Starting, by changing the packages green background to white, which reduced printing costs. Then he placed the red Lucky Strike target on both sides of the package, increasing product visibility and product sales. Raymond Loewy had a gift for design and how to use it to promote and sell products and this was example was proof of that. Therefore, by 1951 Loewy could state, “The average person, leading a normal life, whether in the country, a village, a city, or a metropolis, is bound to be in daily contact with some of the things, services, or structures in which R.L.A [Raymond Loewy Associates] was a party during the design or planning stage.” Since, Raymond Loewy’s work was so well known back then and is still so popular now, it is hard to say one has not been affected by his. Raymond Loewy design work is a great inspiration for all graphic designers. “The main goal is not to complicate the already difficult life of the consumer.” -Raymond Loewy “I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large.” - Raymond Loewy Resources: Official Site of Raymond Loewy. Web. 02 Nov. 2012. . “Raymond Loewy.” Art.Net (also Known as “Art on the Net”). Web. 02 Nov. 2012. . “Raymond Loewy Biography.” Raymond Loewy Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2012. . “The Children of Raymond Loewy (Designophy - Article, www.designophy.com).” Designophy : Design Knowledge, Latest Design News, Upcoming Competitions, Design Events and more.... N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2012. . “Lucky Strike Cigarettes | Tobacco Tin Signs | Tin Signs | American Heritage Tin Sign Factory | Tin Signs Americana | Soda Tin Sign | Automotive Tin Signs | Vintage Tin Sign.” Tin Signs | American Heritage Tin Sign Factory | Tin Signs Americana | Soda Tin Sign | Automotive Tin Signs | Vintage Tin Sign. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2012. . “Greyhound - Bullhead City, Arizona .” Bullhead City, Arizona . N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2012. .

Why do we do what we do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YCY0GwtOqM The new commercial by canon hits close to home. It shows photographers doing the most ridiculous things to get the best results. Creative minds do what it takes to get the best results.

Inspiration

www.toxel.com This website has some really near photo manipulations and interactive designs that will make you think but also shock you. Filled with cleverness.

Successful Ad

from adsoftheworld.com This is a very successful ad in my opinion. You can really tell that a lot of thought and consideration went into this ad. Considering, the concept of the design is brilliant. Putting the wifi waves into the ripples of the coffee, for a coffee house that just got free wifi. It's a very high class and simple looking ad and really hits the target it is trying to hit.

Hit and Miss

BLOOD of GRAPES by Constantin Bolimond on Behance The concept behind this design is clever. In the idea that the juice of a grape is technically the blood of the grape. While, expanding on this idea by shaping the bottle into a realistic shaped heart with a blood type tag. Yet, this is kind where the concept runs flat. Since there is a blood type tag on it, perhaps the bottle shouldn't be in the shape of a heart but in the shape of a blood bag. That could make the idea more effective. However, the idea that you are drinking and purchasing blood is quite revolting in my opinion. Which also means I don't think this idea or packing would sell the product.

Colours!

This picture is a perfect resource to look at when designing anything. As designers we know how important colours are to a design. It full on explains everything we need to know to about the effect of colours. Infographic by Muse Design inc. www.musedesign.ca