web design

I really like this website design. I think that the simple colour palette works really well in terms of directing the viewer to the main content of the site, and the use of simplistic shapes help to frame the contents. In particular, I like the icons to direct and indicate the audience to different areas/pages of the site. They are extremely simple but communicate their purpose really effectively as well as re-iterating the shape of the main logo.

Web design

This is a website for a type designer. I came across it when researching for typography websites as I am designing on as part of the Product-range-distribution brief. This website has a lot of information that is required to be displayed, however I think that the information is displayed in a really interesting way that communicates clearly to the viewer. The website functions as a very long page with the buttons on either side sandwiching the main feed as well as buttons along the top. Considering the amount of information, I feel that this could easily look extremely cluttered and fussy. The reason I like it is that it doesn't. The design is very well considered - a restricted colour palette of just black white and a blue/turquoise colour for the main body of the sight. The choice of imagery is well considered - not too much visually in one go. I think that this is a good example of design executing a very successful function.

image driven typography

I found this piece of image driven typography interesting for both its subject/content and as a skill/specialist practice. I think that this is an interesting use of areas of negative space of the letterforms. I am not sure that the style of typography perfectly reflects the content - other than a vaguely retro style to both the language and the font. However I think that it is a really interesting typeface. I think that it works because of the well considered balance between the black weighted areas and the thin lines. The audience are simply intended to digest this as a readable and entertaining piece of design, which I think it does successfully.

Moshik Nadav - typography

This typographic design interests me particularly because it is skills driven. At the moment I feel that my design practice is heading towards image driven/decorative type as a specialism. However, at this moment in time I haven't got the skills to create more vector based artwork like this. This kind of decorative type almost stands alone as a piece of design. In many ways the word or letter is the context and the audience are asked simply to appreciate it for its aesthetic beauty.

poster mail out packaging research

I particularly like this packaging idea for posters. I like how you can see part of the design through the clear plastic....

I am experimenting with designs for a simple cardboard tube at the moment. Although I think it is possible to exploit the texture and colour of the tube itself like in this example with a simple sticker or something, I think I want my design to have more decorative impact.

magazine packaging research

I am trying to design an interesting but functional piece of packaging for the magazine subscription. I dont want an over complicated design but I want it to be more visually appealing than a simple plastic sac wallet or a brown envelope....

I think that this design is interesting in the way that it comprises of more than one part.

more websites with a hand rendered aesthetic

Things to consider when designing my hand rendered website would be continuity and consistency - the appearance and layout needs to be consistent throughout each page in some way so that it's not too confusing. Also, when using hand rendered type I need to consider scale and legibility. 

I like the idea of incorporating some images of the typography being created, e.g. rough sketches.....