Coldplay’s web site created this year, bears a remarkable resemblance to a book cover design by Paul Rand a few decades ago. The comparison cannot be missed.
Compare the Coldplay web page screen capture:
to Paul Rand’s assertive design:
Comparing is to focus on what is similar. Contrasting is to focus on what is not. There are [...]
Tags: design · Modernism · Paul Rand · Postmodernism
On the evening before during the meeting of a creative team I’m leading, one team member made the statement that orange is a hideous color and no one likes it, so therefore it would not be appropriate used in the particular identity program we were discussing. Having observed varieties of orange in common used, I [...]
Tags: color · color trends · design
Toward the end of my design fundamentals course I generally ask my students how they, having gone through the process of learning design principles and applying them to a variety of projects, would define design. Here are the responses from several who recently completed the course:
Design is the process of externalizing many possible solutions to [...]
Tags: aesthetics · design · design student
Setting aside that fact that many think the Dems’ proposed national healthcare plan is a total nightmare, this chart is no sweet dream from a design standpoint.
Tags: chart · color · Democrat · design · flowchart · graphic design · health care · healthcare reform · politics · Republican
Those who track and analyze cultural trends generally agree that our culture has become design-driven. It’s no longer based on business or technology but on design. We consumers generally assess the value of a product or idea based on post-modern criteria: its design, its visual appeal, how we experience it, how we feel about [...]
Tags: aesthetics · culture · design · ethics · idea · marketing
By straddling two “worlds” in my design practice, I often think about one of them while engaging in the other. For instance, while working on a design project, I’ll be musing over the illustration in progress over there on my drafting table. And when I’m in my illustration mode, I’ll be considering the next step [...]
Tags: aesthetics · color · creativity · design · drawing · graphic design · Illustration · painting · water color
Not every prospect will make a good client and not every project is worth the effort. How a client presents himself or herself in the initial meeting is usually a good indication of how the working relationship will go. It is wise to think twice before pursuing or accepting a client when red flags appear [...]
Tags: business · clients · design · interviews · speculative work
I enjoy watching people. My frequent jaunts upcoast often include visits to piers where there is an abundance of both commercial and private fishing activity.
This was one of two young men who evidently spend a lot of weekend hours fishing from the pier. He takes his catch home to his family in a 10-gallon painter’s [...]
Tags: art · design · drawing · Illustration · pencil · pencil sketch · quick sketch · sketch · sketchbook
Shepherd Fairey, the designer of the Hope and Change iconography which helped Barack Obama become elected last November, is being taken to task for his use of a photo of Obama owned by Associated Press. This has brought issues of copyright, ownership and fair use to the forefront of our news media, and is significant [...]
Tags: Associated Press · copyright · Creative Commons · design · ethics · fair use · graphic design · intellectual property · photo · poster · Shepherd Fairey · work for hire
There is an online petition with the goal of creating a better world by implementing a Secretary of the Arts position among the others in the President’s Cabinet. The petition is being circulated by Jamie Austria.
When I logged on to read the petition, I found this text:
To: President Barack Obama
Congratulations and thank you for all [...]
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