Saturday, September 24, 2011

I am not an artist

Create you own animated gif about nonstop design workers and publish it on GIF PARANOIA

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Written Rationale Examples

Hey guys! Here are a few examples of written rationales that I found online. 


This one is actually for a logo, but it had some really useful information and ideas. I like how the information is broken up and organized--you may want to consider the five elements that they've listed (symbolism, style, typography, relationship, and color) when coming up with your design plan. 


This website was particularly helpful because it has actual examples. 


Here is one of the examples that's relevant to our assignment.

Hope this was helpful!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

BOOK DESIGN : Not required but recommended

Haslam designs science textbooks and has lots of ideas about combining text and images to communicate.  Preview it here

Friday, September 2, 2011

DECK: one or more lines of text found between the headline and the body of the article. The deck elaborates or expands on the headline and topic of the accompanying text. Decks are set in a typeface that is sized somewhere between the headline and body text to provide contrast.

MASTHEAD: The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation.

SINK: The top margin; the space above the topmost element on the page.