just another cool link for everyone to look at and enjoy, too much info and stuff. osocio.org/category/design/
i stumbled across a design blog that advertised this new font, Birra, as well as offered a link to a free download, its quite nice and free!!! if you like it, download it. diggit.com
ive also attached an example of Birra below.
“Birra arose from years of compulsive doodling in pen and ink, and conjures the whimsy and syncopated contrast of novelty handlettering in the early 20th century. Birra Stout is a free font, and the first release of a still-evolving project which we’ll expand as time permits.
here is a link to another blog called visual culture, i stumbled across it by accident, i saw some images of new bike rack ideas by local designers up in New York City, i think they are brilliant and i would love to do something like that around here, in Knoxville and even on campus at UT. check them out, o and the blog is very incite full as well visualculture.blog
heres an example of what im talking about, a bike rack that looks like a shoe and one that looks like a dog…clever!
here is something that we have been talking about for the past 2 years, just a new way to understand and look at it, – “what is graphic design…”
that video made me start to think about what is graphic design to me and what do i like about it so much; and i started to think of all the things i like about it, the process itself, starting with a simple idea or problem and watching the process fold out and realizing what you stumble upon, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose.
constantly looking around for inspiration and noticing things i never noticed before. taking in everything is possibly the biggest attribute of design and becoming a good designer. you have to constantly be on the look out, at new ideas, old ideas and other peoples work can influence immensely. possibly my favorite part of any project is watching it as it goes through its different stages and seeing what a simple idea can actually turn into is extremely fulfilling and keeps me pushing forward. another thing i love is looking back and realizing how much stuff you have, if you keep files, printouts, libraries, your work, other peoples work, you start to collect and before you know it you have a gigantic stockpile of stuff, stuff that you can look back on, use and share. these are jsut a few reasons why i like graphic design, there will be more!
