The Godfather of Soul

I found this piece of graphic design randomly from a link whilst on the web. Its clearly of James Brown and I it looks like theres been a lot of time spent arranging the type, in which creates the image. The curvey typface and lines remind me a little of Miton Glasier work, more so of the picture of Bob Dylan. (a slight resemblance) The colors work perfectly together and th closer you look, the words actualy include lyics to songs he sung, aswell as nicknames he was called. It looks like its advertising an event, and I know If I saw this poster I would want to know more. This would look great on my wall.

My Fascinating Tee

This is a t-shirt that I bought in a sale a few years ago.  Its a plain white tea apart from the fascinating image on the front.  Im still yet to work out its meaning, but the face of the young boy, is cleverly made up of tiny little people. The colors work very well together as the image looks very realistic, until you look harder. Red vs Blue seems to be the battle, but what their fighting over, still remains a puzzle.  

Stranger Than Fiction

Arguably, one of the most amazing opening and closing credits of a film, would have to be Stranger Than Fiction - directed by Marc Forster.  It perfectly opens and closes the film, and shows how Erik (Will Ferrel) thinks, and how processes his thinking.  Its laid out with a large amounts of formulas and numbers, perfectly summing the character up.  An amazing piece of graphic design created by MK12 that you cant take your eyes off.  Worth a watch.

Alice Russell CD Cover

This is a CD cover that I have - Under The Munka Moon, from an artist by the name of Alice Russell (TruThoughts). All of her album covers have followed a similar style. Although is seems very chaotic, the lines, colors and artistic faces I've the cover a unique appeal. The type doesn't block the image, and remain clear and concise. Visually a great cover and a musically just phenomenal.

It Takes Two

This is a business card from a James A.W. Mahon - a divorce lawyer, which I came across on the web. The business card fit purpose of a divorce perfectly, one side for him and one side for her. Its clever and unique way to use advertise his services, using graphic design.

Catch Me If You Can

After researching a great deal of title sequences, I become to realize that the beginning of the film, can be the best part.  So many different kinds of graphic design are used.  This is a video of the title sequence from Steven Spielburg's, Catch Me If You Can.  A great start to the film. 

Sick Shoes?

I found this clever piece of graphic design on an advatising website - from the Modern Shoe Hospital - a company thats been bringing footwear back to life for over 60 years. To remind people of their service, they placed sticky, camouflage band aids on sidewalks in front of their store, and outside local shoe shops. The band aids conveniently stuck to the soles of pedestrians, reminding them there's a place to bring your sick shoes. A very unique and bright idea.

Helvetica Tee

I saw this t-shirt will doing some online shopping. The font is clearly helvetica, but the clever word play with bold and light makes the t-shirt appealing. The colors work well together and make the type stand out.  I think the likes of graphic designers and artist would be keen to buy this kind of top, rather than other people who are not so knowledgeable about the impact helvetica has made. (I was going to buy it, but they didn't have my size.)

Tip of The Cap To You - Hitler vs Chaplin

This is a very simple piece of graphic design, two images, (that appear to be stencils) with a small bit of text.  I've looked into this, and the design is for a hat shop in germany.  I guess that if you looked into the message a bit more, its saying that the hat, defines the person -  Hitler vs Chaplin. I think the background color works perfectly against the black and over all the simplicity of the design makes ad very striking and interesting.

Accordion Bus

A bright idea by a compnay that a friend of mine works for, RKCR Y&R - based in London. The stretched buses (shown in the image) are almost taking over the traditional double deckers in London, and to be frank, they're everywhere! Although this is an image, this advertisement was actually on one of the many buses. Its promoting the Irish Camden Music Festival. (which is in Camden every year) Its clever as the middle of the bus, is constantly stretching and moving in in different ways, just like an accordion would. They typography continues what the message is meant for, and relates to all kind of audiences in a clear way.

Using More Than You Need?

A clever piece of graphic design, created to make people more aware of how much toilet roll and paper tolls we use.  The typeface works well, as its bold and clear and makes you want to read on. (It goes on to say that there are discussions about the subject at 16.30-18.00 in room 111 in the convention centre for the IUCN Congress in Barcelona  - if anyones interested) Its placed in the restrooms, so unless people don't wash their hands, their bound to read it.  The advertising agency is Y&R, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and I think they created a great idea, about an important issue. 

Why (how) Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

An advertisement I found from Nissan, created by TBWA, (based in L.A) promoting the new 280-hp altima se-r. An image that portrays perfect composition and balance, accurate color and just enough humor to make plenty of smiles stretched. A clever promotion.

Impossible Is Nothing

This image came from a design by adidas, relating to the beijing olympics.  In my eyes there is immediate contrast in color, supported with a form of unity by continuation.  Although there is a strong focal point, the page is not divided, but the blend of people literally hanging on to the flow of support, that the image represents. 

Stress Head T-Shirt

Life ... Seems like every day it gets more and more hectic. Work, money, the weather, that pesky whole in your sock.. It all gets a bit too much. By the end of it, you're pulling your hair out because you just can't fit everything into your day. What can you do? no point stressing over it.

This image is from a T-shirt that I have, this piece of writing actually came with the T-shirt in the bag. I think the concept is simple, extremely effective, and sums up those kind of days that we have from time to time.

Cannon - Tripod

This is an advertisement from Cannon, advertising their new image stabilizer function on Cannon’s new models. Although the image has been manipulated a little, the photographer, Collin Anderson, has captured a picture that enhances the man with the camera, which acts as a strong focal point for the ad. The image is self explanatory, as the man acts as he is like a tripod, perfect for a any photographer. The colors are easy on the eye and the image very cleverly tells the audience what its like to own a new Cannon Camera. A really effective ad. Armstrong&Asociados

Anyone For A Brew?

A picture that I took of my brother drinking tea.  Although its not really graphic design, I think the picture holds the fundamentals, as it shows depth in size and proportion.  The idea could easily be used for a design layout or concept. 

Abbey Road

This famous picture came straight to mind when rhythm and expression of lines were mentioned. In my eyes, although the thick white lines are facing vertically, the motion of repetition from the zebra crossing and the direction that the beatles are walking, flows horizontally. This sets a calm and more subtle tone to the image. An amazing picture in so many ways. Although I have the album, I found it on a great website with all of the beatles covers - there are some good ones!

i drink tea.