Pep Carrio

I find the work by Pep Carrio unlike anything I've ever seen before. It is quite unusual, and yet, quite consistent. The majority is all of a similarly large and central composition, and all feature quite muted strict colour palettes. I also like that in the work above the pictures on the left and right pages link together in some loose, or sometimes quite obvious ways. I think Pep Carrio's work tells a story, and I like the idea of my work having an underlying meaning as well as a literal aim.

Kris Sowersby

I am particularly interested in Kris Sowersby's work within logo design. I find it very interesting how he uses his vast experience in type design, and applies this to the logos he creates. Most logos, in my opinion are image based, but I find his to clearly be type-based, and I find this a very interesting idea. I would like to develop my own logo designs in a similar fashion if I am given a brief that allows me to do so.

Alan Fletcher

This piece by Alan Fletcher caught my eye, I think due to how full the page is, which is something I think is quite rare to find within graphic design. I find the meticulous tessellation of the shapes very interesting and I think it makes the piece look a lot more eye-catching. I also like the composition and the relatively even spread of colour throughout the whole piece.

Wim Crouwell

Wim Crouwell is a designer that creates work using type that focuses on the technological age. His work is very modern, he has done posters, advertisement design, even apps. I find it very interesting that he has taken something as timeless as typography and combined that idea with the modern age.

Stefan Sagmeister

I find this piece by Stefan Sagmeister very beautiful, and interesting because it is both useful and lovely to look at. It is interesting that he has used a diary entry written whilst sitting in the same area in which the chair was placed after it was made. The chair somewhat a reflection of it's surroundings, and I find it interesting because of the way it is constructed you can see see an unobstructed landscape behind it, the chair only adds to the scene, it doesn't cover it.

Designs of the Year 2012

The work that caught my eye when researching The Design Of The Year Awards was The Comedy Carpet in Blackpool, by Gordon Young and the Why Not Associates. They did not win, but were nominated this year. I found it interesting because it's a use of type I've not come across before, and I think the idea of art in public view, not simply in a gallery or somewhere where people specifically go to see art is very clever. Having art in a place that is unexpected will reach a greater variety of audience and for this reason will illicit a larger range of emotion.

I chose an article that caught my eye in Eye Magazine about script. I chose it because I particularly like typography to begin with, but I've never come across an article specifically about script before. It went into the history of script and how they were created before computer technologies, and the difficulties that presented the calligrapher. I found it very informative, and I found out about techniques that were used (such as the printing plates, and alternative for when different combinations of letters are needed.) There were also lots of different examples of type faces and I found it very inspiring to look at, and do observational drawings from.