The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
There is a great post in Web Design Ledger this morning that is a running collection of Steve Jobs’ inspirations—from fan illustrations to magazine covers, to WordPress themes, etc. One of my favorites is STEVE JOBS DAY! Take a look through the post to see all the great Steve Jobs’ inspirations….
WHO: Design Philadelphia, www.designphiladelphia.org WHAT: Revamped Resume ABOUT: Design Philadelphia is hosting over 150 design events. One of these events is “Revamped Resume.” This event doesn’t help you write your resume, but focuses on your resume’s design. Make your resume stand out and say something about yourself! Resume design styles and color palettes will be provided, and There will be tips on embellishing, pairing with presentation envelopes, and CD enclosures for a powerful impact. There will be other portfolio ideas and inspiration as well. WHERE: PaperSource, 1628 Walnut Street. www.paper-source.com WHEN: October 21st, 6-8pm HOW MUCH: $30, $27 with Student…
So, this guy is amazing. John Solimine is a huge name in illustration and design. With over 12 years in the biz he’s done work for Lollapalooza, the National, Fuse, NPR, the Chicago Tribune, American Express, and Nike, to name a few, (the list goes on and on), and each piece is amazingly dynamic and imaginative. His illustrations seem to tell a story in the blink of an eye; in a recent interview with Design Inspiration he revealed that that is one of the major goals with his work. The ability to evoke a strong emotional response with just a picture…
Webinar: Designing with the Power of Data Wednesday, October 26 12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific About: learn how pairing data and design can help businesses be more effective. To learn more about this webinar click here. To login to your AIGA account and register for this webinar click here. This series is for AIGA members only. AIGA is the professional association for design. The student rate for a year’s membership is $95, but you can save $20 by joining online. By joining AIGA, you will get benefits like discounts on Adobe Software and Apple Products, gain access to events such as this…
Anthropology, on Walnut and 18th Street, is hosting several design events and workshops for Design Philadelphia. I posted them below. They are all free! All you have to do is register! Custom Book Workshop October 15, 10am-11am Create your very own custom book with designer and founder of roughdrAftbooks, e bond. www.roughdraftbooks.com RSVP by sending an e-mail to anthroevents@anthropologie.com Letterpress Stationary Workshop October 15, 11am-12pm Learn the art of letterpress with local design house Two Paperdolls, and take home custom stationery that’s all your own. www.twopaperdolls.com RSVP by sending an e-mail to anthroevents@anthropologie.com Jewelry-Making Workshop October 15, 12pm-1pm Create a one-of-a-kind jewelry piece with accessories…
A current art direction student of mine sent me an article last night that he found on Yahoo! News about a 19-year old college student who had designed an Apple logo honoring Steve Jobs. He had originally designed this logo to honor Jobs’ contributions to the industry when he had stepped down a few months back as CEO. The logo has found its way as the preferred profile pic on Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter account since Jonathan Mak Long (the artist) re-blogged it after Jobs passed away this past week as a cyber tribute. Long told Yahoo! in a Skype interview,…
About the Exhibit AIGA, the professional association for design, every year hosts a worldwide 365 Design Effectiveness Competition for communication designers. AIGA awards designs that are both aesthetically pleasing and effective. AIGA Executive Director Richard Grefé summarized the competition as, “emphasizing that design, to be great, must achieve its business purposes first and, usually, will do so in a way that overwhelms us with simplicity, responsibility and creativity.” View the Works and read about them in the AIGA Design Archives by clicking here. Honored pieces from the competition that successfully paired aesthetics with results are showcased in the 365 Design Exhibition at AIGA National…
When: now through December 11, 2011 Where: The Art Institute of Philadelphia at 16th and Chestnut Hours: Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday 9 to 7, Friday 9 to 5, and Saturday 9 to 4. Cost: Free! About the Exhibit This is the first time Cambell’s Soup Company has lent some of it’s most iconic artifacts from it’s archives for public exhibition. This exhibit showcases the design and advertisements of the Cambell’s soup company and how woman have contributed and influenced the company over the past 142 years. Campbell’s vintage advertisements on display span from the 1900s to…
The project my Art Direction class is working on right now is to make a typography-driven print piece for a PSA about texting and driving. Working on it has made me realize how odd typography is as a medium, and how much I love it. The form vs. function balance is so interesting, especially in advertising-driven designs; when does readability hit the back burner in favor of shape, texture, and other elements of a really captivating image? It seems like there are never any concrete answers to that question because it depends on so many other factors, like audience, and…
Every year during the first two weekends in October, hundreds of professional visual artists in every Philadelphia neighborhood open their studios to the public, free of charge, to share and sell artwork. This week-end, October 1-2, Studios West of Broad Street (encompassing the areas below) are open to the Public. Center City West Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy Manayunk, Roxborough, and East Falls Fairmont and Francisville Germantown West Philadelphia Week-end Two, October 15-16, Studios East of Broad Street (Studios in the areas below) will be open to the public North Philadelphia Center City East Kensington, Fishtown Northern Liberties Old City…
Lets talk for a second about Queens of the Stone Age. Musicians like to present their fans with a full range of experience, (and therefore merch). The band has a sound, the members have a look, and their merch is always carefully designed to a tee whether its clothes, stickers, album art, or my favorite, gig posters. I am not much into Queens of the Stone Age so I never realized this but they are the kind of band that really appreciates art. If you check out their page on gigposters.com they show 23 pages of beautiful poster art for…
Here are some interesting and useful books to put on your Christmahanukwanzaaka list, for designers but also anyone who needs inspiration for print work. I like studying classic posters and artists, especially in terms of compositional elements like balance and color scheme, and The Complete “Masters of the Poster” is a definitive collection of the most influential poster artists from the 19th century. This book includes works by Jules Chéret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Mucha and more whose works were complied into a supplemental portfolio for subscribers of the time period. Having all of these great artists in one reference book would be useful to…
CRED is a new arts and culture magazine focused on the youth of Philadelphia. By submitting your artwork, stories, and projects to the Magazine, will promote yourself and help you get noticed in the art scene of Philadelphia. The Magazine is released three times a year: December 2011, April 2012, and August 2012, so get your stuff in now! Visit the CRED Magazine’s Website by clicking here There are three parts to the magazine: The portfolio– a submission-based collection of visual and performing art that is created, documented, and curated by youth. Street Cred– The Youth of Philly’s view on the…
Posters designs depend a lot on their subject matter, and how much information needs to be on them. Inspirational posters, for example, need only have only one word on them, (ie the classic “Conviction” or “Perseverance” posters that hung on the walls of every guidance counselor office from 1960 til today), while tour or movie posters need to have names, dates, times, taglines, and prices on them as well as the title in order to be useful. The more elements to a design, the harder it gets for the poster to be easy to read and arresting. Here are…
I don’t know if anyone has heard of the new TV show on ABC called Pan-Am – it’s kind of a retro drama based on the superstar life of stewardess’s back in the day. So I work at the King of Prussia Mall and two weekends ago, there was this set up of a Pan-Am plane cockpit in the middle of the mall and people could go in, sit down and preview a clip from the show. They also had women dressed up in the stewardess uniform walking around the mall with Pan-Am branded suitcases. They definitely got a lot…
