Friday, April 19, 2013

Movie Posters


Art of the modern movie poster : international postwar style and design

I found this in a book that was fill with old movie posters that were created and printed before computers became a tool in design.  Its astonishing that these great movie posters where never used for their DVD covers. A lot of these movies where promoted through poster unlike today where they are promoted everywhere. These posters were the only way they can advertise movies and most of the time they weren't successful in stating what the movie was about. I also noticed that most of the posters used Swiss style design which makes them look so clean and simple. These posters where made by Saul Bass.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Hitchcock DVD Design




Ryan Tym is an award winning Graphic Designer. When he had see the design for the Alfred Hitchcock DVD design, he was really disappointing. So He decided to redesign the package himself. memorable object and images from Hitchcock s movie for the motif and filling it with a unique type that fits well with his movies and the time it was made.

Hi








Print December 2012

The Hi on the building actually is an abbreviation for Harvard Innovation. Its a lab that has a contemporary design. The Hi really fits well with the building because of the geometric shape of the letters and how well it fits withe the square shape of the building. The typography they chose is perfect for the building; Helvetica. Its also feels as if the building is alive because it says Hi to you and you say hi back. Erin Deeley was the designer.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Advertisment

Print December 2012

So I have noticed this advertisement in all the graphic design magazines. Its not just previous issues, its also in current ones. The campaign is to advertise istockphoto. Stating that people dont have to commit to the company in order to get high quality images and don't need to subscribe and pay a yearly fee for their services.  However this doesn't apply to tattoos and is something that cant be undone. As designers we must be familiar with other fields of art and learn photography and other forms of art to become a better designer.