Redesigned the membership brochure for Hillyer Art Space, which they’re now using in their gallery. Feels so good to finally see and touch it in real life after weeks of looking at it on the computer!
Featured video for this week is a motion graphics piece created for Vilnius airport by Other Peter - graphics / motion designer based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Graduate of Interactive design course. 5 years experience in post production and motion graphic fields.
Yesterday’s Electronics in the Palm of Your Hand
Singularity Hub wins in the picture’s worth a thousand words department as it reflects on Moore’s Law and consumer electronics.
Singularity Hub, Moore’s Law is No Joke — Pile of Electronics from 1993 Fits in Your Palm Today.
Logo designing is some seriously intense business. After 28 hours and 17 renditions I finally created the perfect one, as approved by my director—the bottom right obliqued logo with “deceive” written in reverse type. Who knew the simplicity of typography could be so powerful in describing an exhibit about fakes and forgeries in the art world? Now to figure out a color scheme….
Filip Slováček | http://slvczch.com
“This is my very first watch concept. It’s called Mask Watch because of two rotary layers which are masking numbers.”
CEO of myself, founder of nothing, alcohol enthusiast, authority hater, rules breaker etc.
Backward and Forward
I had an amazing time in Blacksburg and Roanoke this weekend! It was a nice mix of my past, present, and future—seeing and hanging with friends from college, competing with my new friends at a competition oriented towards the career I’m pursuing for my future. It was a good break from the hustle and bustle of NOVA, but I’m back and ready to keep pushing forward.
One of the most exciting parts of the weekend was winning FIRST PLACE in the Advertising Design competition for SkillsUSA! It was an INTENSE competition. We had a written test about graphic design principles, a mechanical test where we had to recreate an advertisement, and the most intense part of the competition where we had to create a logo, promotional poster, and accompanying text for Ameri-CAN!, a fictional non-profit organization encouraging people to work together for social and political improvement….to be completed in 2.5 hours, a seemingly physical impossibility.
Logo for Ameri-CAN!. So surprised I was able to make this in the allotted time.
Promotional poster for campaign. They provided several stock photos, but I didn’t like any of them and I’m too fancy so I decided to draw everything instead. Needless to say, I was down to the wire making everything from scratch.
It was so nerve-wracking, as is everything with an impossible deadline, but I was excited and proud of myself when I churned out something that I actually liked. I guess the judges liked it too because I WON THE GOLD! :D
Next step is national competition in Kansas City, MO at the end of June. If I win that, it’s off to Brazil for International Competition. WHAAAT BRAZIL?!?!!! Time to go study and absorb anything and everything about graphic design.
Artist Mihoko Ogaki explores concepts of life and the light within, using a mesmerizing display of LED lights and sculpted plastic. She titles this mysterious glowing exhibit “Milky Ways.”
