After only 1 sketch last week, I was admittedly not back onto the sketch a day bandwagon. I've contemplated as to whether I'm allowed to use recovering from jet lag then traveling to Denver the weekend after we returned from the UK as an excuse. It's a poor excuse at the very least, but regardless - I'm back. During the extremely short month of March, I rediscovered my love for "chunky textures" in my drawings and have decided to finish out this week with sketches. According to my schedule, April is to be dedicated to ampersands.
DESIGN #47: LIVING ROOM CHAIR
The month of March (or at least parts of it) will be dedicated to sketches. And before we get too far into this, let me set something straight; I'm no illustrator and not even that great with drawings. Alas, I'll make no apologies. There is a funky, semi-distorted style to most everything I draw and while in Kansas, I had an excellent Drawing II teacher who taught me how to turn my weird style into a strength. I'm looking to get that back.
Sketching is probably the most difficult (and makes me feel the most vulnerable) of all the challenges I'm assigning myself this year. The purpose of this month's challenge is to get me back to the basics. It's an important aspect of design that most designers tend to neglect including me. Hopefully there will be a dramatic improvement by March 31.
Unfortunately, March will be a short month because it took a week longer to finish the alphabet than intended, and during the last week of March I'll be in the UK *hooray!* so I'll probably be posting a photo a day in lieu of a sketch.
With that long-winded explanation, today's sketch is one of our living room chairs.
oh so clever
Brainchild of Purpose, a design firm in the UK.
"For their first Christmas, newly established printers Greenford Printing wanted a memorable way to promote their business and at the same time wish their valued clients a 'Merry Christmas and Happy New Year'.
By building on the familiar language of colour specification, Pantone swatches initiated the main theme for our concept. ‘Panettone’ createda colourful twist on the traditional Italian Christmas cake.
The Panettone boxes arrive as a set of 5, featuring special dates from Christmas Eve to New Years Day, each one representing a different pantone colour.
A big hit in the 2007 McNaughton Review, the design was Joint Winner in the Direct/Promotional category and Highly Commended in Packaging."
From The DieLine.