Riddle Me This Batman!

After being in the library I found this book cover for Riddle Me This, Batman! This cover is interesting because of the type they use. The type looks as if it was stamped on the book cover. It is center aligned and features different type sizes. The use of black and yellow caught my attention. I think the colors in the design are perfect.

Architectural Graphics Book Cover

This is a book cover I found at the library for architectural graphics. The reason the cover stood out to me is because of the clean design. The design only uses several colors and the thin type gives it a clean modern feel. The sketch on the top is also very interesting and a lot less messy than my sketches which adds to the clean feel. If I did anything different I would probably make the title of the book larger than the name of the author.

Children of Eden

This is a book I ran across at Walmart that really caught my attention because of the unique cover design. One of the reasons it caught my attention is because of the colors and the alignment of the title. I think that having the 2 main characters in the cover and changing the transparency and color of both makes it a unique design. The font the designer chose along with the type treatment is interesting and attention grabbing. I have not read this book but the design sure makes me want to!

Holly Burger

For this weeks blog post I decided to post a piece of inspiration I am using for a menu design. I found this design on underconsideration.com/artofthemenu. The reason I really like the design is because it is very clean and the designer was very consistent. He is even consistent on the material that he prints on. The designer aligns the type very well and make it easy to see the various items on the menu. I think that the consistent border design catches my attention the most. The illustration of the leaves is very well done and has nice colors. Overall I think it is a very clean and well done design. 

The Isle of the Lost

For this weeks blog post I decided to post the book cover for "The Isle of the Lost." I found this book in my little sister's book collection and she is only 7 years old so I am sure the design of the cover had a big influence as to why she chose it. The function of this book cover is to engage the reader to purchase the book. The cover is very colorful and uses playful fonts. The playful title font looks as if its a vine coming from the apple and I think its very eye-catching. The back part of the cover also uses the same vine design by having a frame around a picture similar to the title. Another reason I liked the design was because of the color choice as well, it is very bright and unique and gives a mysterious feel.

GQ Magazine

For this week’s blog post I decided to post the beginning page to an editorial I found in the GQ magazine. The reason I chose to post this is because it was eye-catching because of the colors, and the playful font. The article’s main idea is the 18 best hair people of all time. The font to this is very unique it is made of lines and breaks many typographic rules. One thing that caught my attention is that if you rotate the image it looks like 2 faces. The small letters depict the eyes and the large letters depict the hair and mouths. 

The function of this modern playful design is to attract readers to the article so they can start reading. 

Isopure

For this weeks blog post I decided to post about a product I came across on facebook a while back for a protein drink and then came across again recently in the 2013 Graphis Design Annual in the Parkland library. The product had a poor design before as shown in the picture and was redesigned in order to create stronger brand recognition.

Isopure had a dated look and was modernized by simplifying the design. The result was the design below. The redesign became a success after it strengthened retail sales. According to CEO Hal Katz, sales went up 20% with the new design of the product.

The reason I chose this design is because I almost bought it before myself before knowing it was redesigned. The design of a product can influence a consumer greatly and I found it interesting reading the article about the design on the annual because it describes how the design affected the company's sales. Another reason I really like the design is because it is very colorful, eye-catching, and simple.