David Carson Poster

David Carson's lack of concern for legibility is evident in this particular poster. Like alot of Carson's designs, the poster is meant to convey an atmosphere, and completely legible type would not allow that atmosphere to reach its potential.

Paula Scher's Use of Type

Paula Scher's excessive use of typography is appropriate in this rare case for a few reasons. One, it makes the poster aesthetically compatible with what is being advertised. Second, the type makes it clear that there are alot of things going on with the activity being advertised, so crystal clear legibility is not completely necessary,

Similarity Between the Peace Symbol and the Mercedes Logo

It only takes a small element to make one symbol completely distinguishable from another. The engraving on the Mercedes logo gives it an elite appearance that the peace symbol lacks and does not particularly represent. Symbols that are meant to be easily recognized and rather simple always face the problem of looking a lot like each other, but one change can change the entire meaning. Here, the change is the line down the bottom center of the peace symbol.

Bentley Logo

The font for the B inside the bentley symbol is not seen on any other type of car, but it still manages to ooze class. This sets apart the Bentley logo from other car brands, even Chrysler, who has a similar logo. The font that is used for the "Bentley" text could not be more legible, but like the font used for the big B, it is not a font that is seen every day. The wings are perfectly symmetrical. Overall, the logo shouts reliability and class

Cranberries-Wake up and Smell the Coffee

This Cranberries album cover is another example of Storm Thorgerson's obsession with surreal images and vast landscapes. The cover seems to remind you how insignificant a person is with respect to elements of space and physics. Thorgerson's work usually has a funny way of showing that. The red balls work well visually with the blue sky and the pavement, creating a sense of overwhelming size inferiority.

This sketch is a picture of a plate of food with silverware by its side. The outline of the drawing with scribbles inside certain corners represents the unpredictability of life. The drawing itself represents the concept of illusion and the preparation for a future that may never come. The drawings are not entirely realistic, but have a certain style and consistency that ensure that their identity is understood.

This sketch is largely concept driven, depicting what some would say is oppression, suppression, lack of choices, or trials choosing the direction of one's life. Sketching a drawing without a specific initial purpose can led to ideas that come natural to the subconscious mind. The drawing creates a depiction of balance and symmetry, but it is not accurately balanced or symmetrical. This is a consistent style that the illustrator uses, and is an artistic concept in and of itself: a subtle portrayal of human nature.

Converse Website Rollover

The magic-marker-box rollover is perfect for the style of Converse Allstar. The splattered background creates a consistent style throughout the site.

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

Surrealist art, like this painting by Salvador Dali, tends to depict certain obsessions of the artist. In this case, it is melting images. the work makes good use of bright colors mixed with dark brown in the foreground. The work could be seen as conceptual. Persistent memory can destroy one's logical idea of time. Hence, the melting clocks.

Dark Side of the Moon Album Cover

This legendary Pink Floyd album cover, designed by Storm Thorgerson, makes the use of contrasting colors in the background and foreground. Thorgerson's obsession with contorting space in his designs is also evident in this design, just in a different manner than in say, The Division Bell. The white line going through the 2 dimensional triangle transforms into the rainbow colors. With this design, Thorgerson uses a technique, similar to techniques used in optical illusions like the Never-Ending Staircase, that can only be accomplished with 2-dimensional design.

BP's Logo

BP's logo makes the oil company seem farmer friendly at first glance. When one looks at the logo, the first thoughts that arise are biofuels, ethanol, etc. Take a look at Sunoco's image.

This image puts more emphasis on speed. It does not give the company an environmentally friendly image whatsoever. It makes a person think of NASCAR or other activities that are a colossal waste of energy.

Keane's album cover uses vector graphics very effectively, using a color scheme that does not clash. The album cover mixes modern and postmodern elements, especially with the typeface.

UPS Cardboard Website

http://cardboard.theupsstore.com/

Although shades of brown and yellow make of the colors of this site, it is still visually pleasing due to the small details that it employs. Alot of animations take place, some of them simple, some of them looking more complicated. The makers of the site use the same tactic alot of moviemakers do: create the illusion of a large amount of space with lots of detail and movement.

This poster is an example of how typography can be used as building blocks in the construction of an image. The creator of this poster not only had to choose the right words, but also where to put them and how to size them. The specific words that add up to the question mark make it clear that the message is geared toward design students who need answers.

http://www.hondabluesky.ca/

This site uses vector graphics very effectively. The links on the top of the page that say "Yesterday," "Today," and "Tomorrow" have rollovers that prove this point. The 3D appearance of the text for these links give the site a childlike feel and go well aesthetically with the color that bleeds down when the mouse rolls over the link.

movie posters

Tracy Chapman's website

tracychapman.com

This website allows users to "color their world" by visiting the site. The user can choose from eight different colors and fill in the outlined graphics on the page. There are no links to any other pages, but that does not take away from the site's effectiveness. The site gets a message across: you can make your life what you want it to be. The site also magnifies the principle of how a change in color can change what a design means. The site was probably very easy to code in flash. All the web designer would have had to do was code the outlined images as buttons and had a color change as the down option on them.

This movie poster uses different colors very effectively. Everything except the title has a warm color, making the title and tagline stand out. The poster makes it very obvious that it is a movie from the seventies. The colors do a very good job of portraying the fact that it is a comedy as well as an action film.

My Chemical Romance cover

This album cover depicts the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge very effectively, with its comic book style of art. I'm sure it's no coincidence that the lead singer of the band, Gerard Way, is a comic book artist by trade. The title text has a reckless, unbalanced sort of feel, the same way the music does. The colors black, white, and red also give the album cover an aggressive yet melancholy attitude.

Incredibox Musical Game

http://www.incredibox.fr/

This is the link to a website where the user can choose different combinations of sounds

to make a song. The graphics are incredibly simple, vector shapes. This website is a very entertaining way to kill tiime.