Today's quote design challenge comes from the one and only Beatles. Let it be.
DAY #1: TELL THE TRUTH
Today is Day #1 of my Design a Day (or at least every work day*) Challenge for 2010. I will be posting a design each work day based upon the theme for the month. January's theme (or challenge) is to design a quote or phrase. *I realized right away that I wouldn't be able to create a design every day - my weekends tend to be hectic. Why set myself up for failure?
The quote for Day #1 is from Mark Twain.
HAND-DRAWN TYPE
There are a lot of great examples of typography out on the web. As a designer who drools over any form of typography, I find a lot of inspiration in hand-drawn type. There's just something fresh and honest about pencil or pen and paper.
GET CURIOUS
As a print designer at heart working as the team lead at a web design firm, I grab every chance I can to design print materials. Every year Aptera hosts an open house shindig and our gracious owners pull out all the stops - food and drinks that make you drool just thinking about them and even a red carpet! Last year we had just moved downtown, so in keeping with the moving theme, I designed a grunge-style invite printed on chipboard. Cool and very inexpensive.
This year my challenge was to design an even "cooler" invitation that was right around the same cost. While I did go slightly over budget, I can say with confidence that this year's design made the cut for "cooler". My goal was to create an elegant, red carpet-style invite that was visually gorgeous and tactile.
Paper stock: Curious Skin Collection Inks: Silver metallic with a spot varnish Quantity produced: 1,500 Dimensions: 5" x 7" Type credits: GeoSans Light
MY FIRST FONT
I'm excited to debut my first font. Well, it's not complete because special characters and the lower-case is missing, and I haven't converted it to an actual font yet, but I'm still excited. For those of you who are type junkies, I'd love some feedback. I know there are technicalities that I've overlooked and if you notice something, let me know! Oh does it feel good to check something off my life goals list...well almost.
BEST IN SHOW!
A huge thank you to everyone who came out last night to support the IPFW Spring 2009 BFA Exhibition. It was a really great show with tons of intruiging work. I was especially thrilled and honored to receive the award for Best in Show. Check out some pictures from the night!
BFA EXHIBITION TEASER
Today I presented my senior thesis project to the faculty. It's a huge stress relief to have it over with, but I still have details to finish. If you couldn't already tell, I'm trying to restrain my excitement and not post my entire show on my blog before opening night, but I thought I'd allow myself one last "sneak peak"
Enjoy!
