MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO DAVID AND EVERYONE!!!

Also THANKYOU David for everything and GOODLUCK to the rest of my classmates!!

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Creative Outdoor Advertising

I have uploaded a few of my fav. outdoor advertisements that i find really inspirational and out-of -the-box. Most of these ads are from overseas and some (that i didn't post) were more graphic then others, which is probably not acceptable in Australia. Images like these really show how creative you can be when it come to advertising, and what kind of impact they have on viewers.

Design History Assignment

DESIGN HISTORY

Question (1)

Pictogram

A pictograph (also called pictogram or pictogramme) is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object

Rebus

A rebus is a kind of word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.

Ideogram

An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.

Trademark/Brand

A trademark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.

Logotype

A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos are either purely graphic (symbols/icons) or are composed of the name of the organization

Printer’s Devices

A printers’ device [signet] is a trade-mark or design placed by the printer or publisher on the title page or elsewhere in the text, to distinguish their productions. Their use dates from the 15th century when the printer was usually the publisher of the books, and early devices passed from one printer to another, often with only slight modification.

Monogram

A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol. Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos. A series of uncombined initials is properly referred to as a cypher (e.g. a royal cypher) and is not a monogram

Rebus

A coat of arms is, strictly speaking, a distinctive design painted on a shield. In either sense, the design is a symbol unique to a person, family, corporation, or state. Such displays are also commonly called armorial bearings, armorial devices, heraldic devices, or arms.

Modernism and Postmodernism

What is Post-Modernism?

A term used to describe an art style that took place in the late 20th Century and conceptual theory in the arts and architecture, characterized by a general distrust of ideologies as well as a rather 'difficult' relationship with what constitutes art.

What is Modernism?

Modernist art is usually associated with the era 1860-1960s - basically from Impressionism to half-way through the Pop-Art movement. Modernist artists believed in the fundamental scientific laws of reason and rational thought.

3D Art Made of Paper

Jeff Nishinaka is one of the many artists that have created incredible three-dimensional sculptures out of paper.

As graphic designers, we are forced to explore the various ways in which we can design in order to get peoples attention to a certain product. This year we have worked on anassigment that allowed us to create a 3D poster for a travel agent to use as a way of attracting people to a particular destination, country etc. While exploring various inspirational artworks, Jeff Nishinaka was definitely an artist that stood out for me. Although i had no intention to replicate the ideas that this artists creates his work by, I definitely found his work inspirational. It shows you how such a simple material like paper, can be created to appear as if it was actually something that feels animated and alive.

We are all capable of using our imagination and creating something that is outstanding and that will attract people to a certain product, which they will chose over other products that aren t as impressive. All it takes is a bit of patience, time and creativity (something that we all have.)

Really Cool 3D Pencil Drawings

These 3d Drawings are absolutely amazing!

Chilean artist, Fredo, who is only 17 years old, creates these detailed drawings sometimes featuring creepy characters holding physical objects.

Microscopic Sculptures

Willard Wigen is English artist that creates the most smallest sculptures on Earth. Being born as a dyslexic and unrecognised child, Wigan is now emerging as an artist that can create a work of beauty using nothing but specs of dust, grains of sand and sugar crystals. Working only around midnight and mostly between heartbeats, Wigan creates these masterpieces within the eye of a needle, tip of an eyelash or head of a pin.

Although these sculptures are invisible to the naked eye, when seen through high power magnification- the artworks are truly amazing.

This artist really proves that anything is possible...