Trailers: Design

I love learning about the thought behind elegant designs, and these movies are just my thing. Check out the trailers!

Objectified comes from the people who brought you Helvetica (which by the way, was a fantastic movie).


Helvetica


Eames: The Architect and the Painter (coming to select theaters November 18)

Hollywood Reporter: Key Arts Awards 2011

       

I read about this yearly event in last week's The Hollywood Reporter. Each year, the magazine hosts the Key Arts Awards to recognize the best of the best in advertising. Aesthetics? Formatting? Layout? Sounds like my cup of tea.

And lucky to us, all the finalists entries can be viewed online!

If you visit the main site, you can click on Catalog 2011 to view the finalist entries in each department-audio/visual, print, innovative media, and more!







Here's one of my favorites--the TCM posters. They borrow heavily from Apple's old print campaigns. I mentioned this before in a previous post. 

For more TCM posters, click here.

And here's a quick and dirty guide to the site. See the caption below each image. 

The main site. Jobs' influence is felt everywhere. 

Under the Print category, you can click on any particular entry and view its page. 

One of the many print finalists. Cute, right? 

Just like in print, you can look up each video finalist.  

Some of the video pages have special featurette videos. I think Avatar's is the longest. 

15 inspiring ambigram logos | Logo Design Love

Ambigrams are pretty crazy. They're kind of like the visual analogues of a palindrome.

http://www.logodesignlove.com/ambigram-logos

iFont, iPhone | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog

I love this. You can take a picture of text with your iPhone, and the app featured in this article will recognize the font for you. Love it! 

http://ilovetypography.com/2009/02/15/ifont-iphone/

An Interview with Tom Geismar

http://www.logodesignlove.com/tom-geismar-interview

Very impressive. Mr. Geismar made the logos for National Geographic, PBS, Chase, and Univision. Check out this interview. 

Penguin Logo Guidelines | Penguin Books Australia

http://www.penguin.com.au/logo-guidelines

My favorite remark on this site:
"When using the Penguin logo alongside other logos: Always ensure that all logos appear equal in stature."
--That's right, nobody stands above the Penguin.

Best Fonts of 2009

Pretty pictures!


http://ilovetypography.com/2010/01/21/my-favourite-fonts-of-2009/

Fonts fonts fonts!

I love typography speak. I think it's because I'm thoroughly amused and impressed by the attention to detail that goes into fonts.
My favorite line of this article:
"You’ll note that the lowercase ‘t’ sticks out like a proverbial sore thumb."

Check out the site here:
http://ilovetypography.com/2009/01/14/inconspicuous-vertical-metrics/

Logo Design Love

I'll admit it. I am a font snob. So naturally, I find myself either enamored or horrified depending on what fonts appear where. When the right font is used and if all the visual elements fit together, that is a real piece of art. Which means, yes, I love to analyze and admire logos.

This site is pretty awesome. It has all sorts of articles about logos--their evolution, the principles used in making them, and what make them speak to us on a subconscious level. 

Some articles I found interesting:

The evolution of the Starbucks logo

http://www.logodesignlove.com/starbucks-logo-evolution

The use of negative space in logos (Who hasn't seen the arrow in the FedEx logo. Wait, you haven't?!)

http://www.logodesignlove.com/negative-space-logo-design