James Molgaard - Poster Ideation

A little late to be posting this, but here are some of the different ideas that I was working with while working on the poster. 

Close to final poster...ha.

So, I decided to use more color and incorporate cyan as the railroad tracks and "tunnel" so to speak. I used more texture and had a separate more legible paragraph that is informative, displaying connection between the modernization of the printing press and steam engine. I added more boxcars and scaled the train to a larger size.

Final Grotesk Poster

Final Poster.

The blood splatter is much more "splattery."
The blood also is splashing upward instead of just down.
'Grotesk' is smaller.
The A has changed from Garamond to Akzidenz-Grotesk.
The feet now have a slight third dimension to them with the open cut.

It's 10:35 and I am STILL in 141 with a box of cheez-it's, a couple of redbulls and a bottle of vodka. FUCK YEAH!

poster project 3

poster ideations. What do you think?

Final Poster Ideation

So I'm working towards this poster idea. I wanted to create a graphic by having the letter "H" in read and sort of like a shadow stacked behind it. I wanted to place the important information in it such as the year Helvetica was developed and who develop it. I then remembered that I had this quote in my book, and also in my webpage, so I decided, why not have it on my poster as well. As for the big bold Helvetica...i use the color Red for the first letter just so it can stand out and then I decided to play with this gradient color from dark to light with the rest as it read from left to right starting with the E to the A...

webpage design and my design statement

A webpage design that contains Peter Bi'lak's article- experimental typography. whatever it means. "It's just an experiment" is actually a quote i got from the article. The diagonal bar is positioned as fixed so it remains at the same spot as the page scrolls down.

From what I get, "just experimenting" is essentially the spirit of experimental typography. Experiment typography varies from graffiti to album cover designs but in general, they are all bold and beautiful; expressisve and creative. I tried to represent the boldness of experimental typography with massive bold diagonal forms and fonts. Also included some of my own experiment in the background which the bright color adds to its intensity.

website is live and ready to be viewed on my student webpage

Final Poster v2.1-Vincent

I tried to bring it closer to my original ideations by getting rid of the yellow background. I also brought back the quote. (By the way, the previous quote was a joke, although this one is pretty close to it. I think it makes the poster look cluttered, but if I make the text smaller it gets lost amongst the other text.

Webpage Ideations Again...Top, Mid, Bottom

So I incorporate the feedbacks I got. There's a quote below the header, it is the same quote I used for my book as well. I changed some of the text from just being to italic into being red italic. Just so some of the text is not all black.

There was a reason that I put the narrow column with the same text as the Jetset image but I just forgot to put my description of why I did it, but it is there now. I also put more image, the ones that I like. A few image of people using helvetica as a design for a shirt and mugs.

Final Poster v2.0-Vincent

I didn't think it was clear enough that this was an ad for the book, not a cover turned into a poster, so I added "In Stores May 19, 2009. I'm going to change the 75th anniversary to 80th Anniversary because that is closer to the actual anniversary for the publication. Also, not sure about the circle. I used it to highlight the title and also balance the cropped photo, but it doesn't seem quite as integrated into the design as before. Maybe I've been staring at the poster too much and need some fresh eyes.

 

Final Poster #8 ~ Zhen

Ok, here the revision with different quote. Right now, I really like the simplicity and minimal feel of the poster.Thx josh for all your advice. So do you think this works better? (^_^)

(quote closer)


(quote farther apart)


fonts: Edwardian Script ITC and American Typewriter

Another ideation

This is just a rough of another idea that I had. Just from the feedback I got from my previous post, I decided incorporating both ideas into one poster. Instead of having literal graphics of a railway system like my previous idea had, I decided the printing press would be play that part. I wanted the idea of the steam power to be a focus here and how it was crucial for the modernization of the industrial revolution at that time. The printing press and steam engine had paved the way for technology of the era and how it modernized society. Feedback?

Final Poster #7 ~ Zhen

hi josh, it's me again.

Now you have make an example with a quote, and saying that I cannot do that....is that mean I cannot use the quote only or the whole concept?

you said, "But I'm sure you can figure out something that is like my previous suggestion but not this example. That make sense?

previous message you said, "maybe just 'Tight' and a small caption or the like that says something about experimental typography?", in another font.

What if I use another quote? or is this still violating your idea. sorry about my lack of understanding, but I just want to do it right...(^_^)...thx u for your patience and willingness to answer all my questions. (^_^)!

Webpage Ideation 2

So since it was a suppose to be a one page webpage and we're not suppose to have any other links or navigations...I removed the navigations, even thought they weren't links.

So what I have it basically the header above with a dotted line going horizontally across just to give a border line look, that way there aren't so many white spaces and you can't tell if its the header or the title of the webpage. My text is basically the "about" section and to the right is just an image I found on the link that Josh gave me about Experimental Jetset which I found interesting about the Helvetica poster that they made. And on the bottom I have two other images as well.

Nice 2 color book

mmmmm, magenta.


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Example from "Teach"

Like this (but note, now you can't do this)

Final Web Page-Irene

This is my final web page. I wanted to incorporate the element of the book for the chapter headline in the banner, as well as the pull quotes. I put the background image of movable type. I'm still using the serif typeface.

Final Poster #6 ~ Zhen

Thx Josh for your previous comments. Regard the wording, is this what you mean? "Tight Experimental Typography". Because I initially thought "tight" just means cool and closed up. Anyway, I will refine the large size animals while waiting for you comment......and at this stage, I don't think I will change to any other fonts, because it time consuming. So right now, I will focus on how to make it more appealing and right on the overall composition. thx u (^_^)

xiaomin - weblayout

i have a problem with text, is that hard to read? with this background? can the background do transparent in dream weaver?

Vince-Final Web Page Design

I wanted to maintain a minimalist, clean approach to my web page. I didn't create a crazy banner, just one image with the name and the title of the page underneath. But, I wanted to do something creative, so I created a sidebar in Flash with pull-out menus. It didn't quite work the way I had hoped, but it's a good visual representation of my idea. Also. I added a different background from my previous ideation. The red made the text hard to read, so I used the grid from my poster and book cover. I feel it uses the space better than the blank background from my second ideation.

 

Vince-Final Poster Ideations

These are my final ideations. Not huge changes from the previous version, but I think I just need a few minor tweaks to get it right.

Jessica De La Vega poster Ideations

The quality's low so colors and opacity are off, the green is supposed to be blue. Basically Blue note records was all about the collaboration of photography and type so that is what I tried to portray. 

poster-Irene

book sleeve & poster

this is it. my final concept for book cover and poster.
i made the cover using the same elements i used in the layout of my book and then same treatment to the poster.

Vincent-Web Page Ideation

Final Poster ~ Zhen

here are my final poster with variation of colors. i will continue to play with the size and composition before printing it....but that's it for today. it's almost 9 hrs of works right now....can you believe that....(@_@)....feeling dizzy right now, but it's tight.