Tag: design

Graffiti writers are the best advertisers

To many graffiti may seem as just a destructive thing to property and whatever else is written on by them. But the main thing that I noticed awhile ago was that graffiti writers get much more notoriety and exposure then many advertisements.

Many graffiti writers ultimate goal is to basically have their work seen. If you look in the picture above you can see the white trucks have some of the same names and letters on them.  Meaning that as these trucks go out and around various New York cities they will be seen by a large amount of people.

So when the next time your out around your town and you see graffiti just think of placement and location and also how many people will be able to see their work.

Influencers – How Trends and Creativity Become Contagious

This is a really good documentary after trends and creativity. I still think back to how many trends such as wearing white t’s became the thing. Then it quickly died then wearing Nike air force ones was the thing now not so much anymore. But me personally I tend to not follow trends at all.  I’m influenced by many many different things not just regarding to design. I feel that helps me to not limit my view of the world and design.

Beautiful Penmanship

 

These three videos are some that I on youtube. I am just blown away by the control of the marker they have while using it. The lines are so clean with every letter. Which I’d have to say I wonder how their signature is. I have tried my hand at calligraphy and failed miserably.

Have you ever tried calligraphy? and or do you write calligraphy?

 

Why No one is reading your signage

Emerge,Signage

 

These are two pictures of horrible signage I found around town. If you look at the first one the overall concept does not seem as if it was clearly thought out. Also the Blue background drowns out the name. Just think of how fast some people drive nowadays and the short amount of time you have to actually read a name. Mostly I feel they over did it with the butterflies on the signage.

The second sign is just utterly horrible. I believe its for an insurance company but don’t quote me on that. First lets start with the typography whatever they are trying to do is way too much. Plus the gradient in the background makes the type more illegible then it already is. The font looks like something you’d find on dafont.com. But these two pictures are just prime examples of how important signage is.

Some tips for good signage

1. Make sure you have clean and legible typography

2. The message has to be short and to the point just like a billboard

3. Have the sign where it will be seen

4.  Choose colors that will be noticeable