Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
LA 9 - Sketching Layouts
This is my wireframe for the front page of a band website, a lot of the ones I like have a large image containing a lot of whitespace as the background, hence the big gap in the last third of the page. In fact looking at it now, I think the rule of thirds would be better applied here, moving the two blocks over further to the left, I don't like the centralised blog text box now that I see it here. But I suppose that's what wireframes are all about.
This is a wireframe for a corporate newsletter, fairly conservative layout.
And here is the business card - a background image or texture, with a couple of blocks of text. The simpler the better, in good colours and fonts, makes a good business card, in my opinion.
This is a wireframe for a corporate newsletter, fairly conservative layout.
And here is the business card - a background image or texture, with a couple of blocks of text. The simpler the better, in good colours and fonts, makes a good business card, in my opinion.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
LA 8 - Grids
This is a page from the Jetstar inflight Magazine, set in columns with small squares inset but all looking very ordered and associated and easy to read:
and this is from a really beautifully art directed magazine called Peppermint. Also heavily reliant on the grid for a clean and restful reading experience. (it combines fashion and environmental concerns)
This is a picture of my favourite building in Amstelveen near Amsterdam. Below that is a photo I took of it when I was there. I can definitely see the grid in that design! The Dutch love a grid, judging by the lines in their houses and apartment blocks and commercial buildings. They are rather an orderly people.
A classic grid, examples of which are found all around the world, this one my favourite city.
Yes, a Raygun cover. I love Raygun. This isn't a grid and has a loose feel. Some of their covers are filled with movement and tension - this one is more relaxed yet still breaks the rules and looks fresh.
Up here in Darwin there is a shortage of good magazines in the shops and I'm having trouble finding edgy, unusual magazines. I am even finding it tricky to see anything on the net with a design like Raygun's. Magazines seem to thrive on order and aesthetic appeal to the widest range of people. After all the goal is for them to sell I suppose.I did stumble on this article about grids which sums that up nicely.
This image I found of the cover of a gaming magazine seems to me to be the furthest I could get from a magazine grid structure without using another David Carson design, however I do recognise the title section "Play" etc is organised and associated, implying grid formatting. I'm wondering if I fully understand this grid business.
and this is from a really beautifully art directed magazine called Peppermint. Also heavily reliant on the grid for a clean and restful reading experience. (it combines fashion and environmental concerns)
This is a picture of my favourite building in Amstelveen near Amsterdam. Below that is a photo I took of it when I was there. I can definitely see the grid in that design! The Dutch love a grid, judging by the lines in their houses and apartment blocks and commercial buildings. They are rather an orderly people.
A classic grid, examples of which are found all around the world, this one my favourite city.
Yes, a Raygun cover. I love Raygun. This isn't a grid and has a loose feel. Some of their covers are filled with movement and tension - this one is more relaxed yet still breaks the rules and looks fresh.
Up here in Darwin there is a shortage of good magazines in the shops and I'm having trouble finding edgy, unusual magazines. I am even finding it tricky to see anything on the net with a design like Raygun's. Magazines seem to thrive on order and aesthetic appeal to the widest range of people. After all the goal is for them to sell I suppose.I did stumble on this article about grids which sums that up nicely.
This image I found of the cover of a gaming magazine seems to me to be the furthest I could get from a magazine grid structure without using another David Carson design, however I do recognise the title section "Play" etc is organised and associated, implying grid formatting. I'm wondering if I fully understand this grid business.
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