Random photographs

Fauves inspired final piece
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Random photographs- scrap heap

David Carson

David Carson was born in 1952 in Texas, America. From 1982-1987 he was a teacher at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego and then he started to experiment with graphic design. His hobby was surfing and he became the worlds 9th best surfer in the world that helped him direct the surf magazine Beach Culture. The work from this magazine made him well known for his graphic design and typography.
He was the art director for Ray Gun magazine, a music and lifestyle magazine which was a major success in his career as then he went on to work for other major companies such as Nike, Armani, Sony and Suzuki.

This is a magazine article. The title is uneasy to read with the letters in no particular order. It also takes up alot of the space on the page and only leaves a bit at the bottom for the text which makes it easier reading.
The picture of the person who the article is about frames the text at the bottom as it is inline.

This is a double page spread for a magazine article. The eye is drawn away from the text by the bold background sunset and the rough figure outline of the man. The text seems unsignificant narrowly down one side and again seems like a easy read. The title of the article is also insignificant and is hard to read. Finally at the bottom right hand corner the 'guide me' gives off two meanings, turn the page and the guy outlined is lost possibly relating to the article.

This is an advertisment for Nike. It's rather interesting and creates many images. Firstly the writing is in the shape of a question mark with the main advtising point as the stop. Also the logo is the noticibly the same size as the tennis player's picture promoting the product. The words are all different sizes and cases depending on their signifcance to the meaning for the Nike product.

Neville Brody

Neville Brody was born in 1957 in London and studied at the London College of Printing from 1976 where he earned some money designing posters for gigs. He was the art director for ‘The Face’ magazine where he came well known for his work.

In 1985, he redesigned the logo for CND and in 1988; Brody published his first of two graphic design books that became the world’s bestseller. Also there was an exhibition of his work held at the Victoria and Albert Museum that attracted more than 40,000 visitors and then it travelled Europe and Japan.

In 2006, Brody redesigned The Times newspaper creating the new font Times Modern.

This is an article on Brian Eno for The Face magazine (1983). It's a double page spread with opposite crosses. The cross on the left hand side frames the text. The photograph is out of focus in the background signifying the ashtray prehaps highlighting their bad habit and sort of lifestyle or feel of the text.

This is a article from The Face magazine (1982) showing fashion sum glasses. It was an usually expressed for this era. I like the chosen layout of the pages with the information at the bottom but the models made significant. The thing that i don't agree with is the reflective background of the mannequinnes clash with the sunglasses. The bottom is also well organised and clear with the title in the unusal place of the bottom left and further information clearly stated at the bottom right.

This is an interesting Nike advertisment. The use of the opposite colours of black and white really make it stand out including the white lettering on the black skin. All the words are bold and straight to the point like in the other examples and are used in linked lines keeping it framed. The hint of red also draws the eye to the Nike logo and the company slogan is directly below the logo, again highlighting the company.

Saul Bass

Saul Bass was born on the 8th of May 1920 in new York and was an American graphics designer and a Academy Award-winning filmmaker but he is best known for his design on animated motion pictures title sequences. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and Brooklyn College

His most famous title sequence was for the ‘The Man with the Golden Arm’ with a animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm and text racing up and down.
Bass also designed the eye catching 6th AT&T Bell System logo. He also designed Continental airlines1968 "jetstream" logo, which became the most recognized airline industry logo of the 1970s.
Bass died on the 25th of April, 1996.

This is a personal favourite Saul Bass poster of mine. I particularly like the jaggered edges of the boxes framing the poster and the surreal arm. The photographs of the actors/actresses are effective and not overpowering drawing the eye away like they would if it was in colour. These colours also reflect the lettering, again keeping a minimum of colour usage. Bass uses the same style writing for the title as the other two example of posters. Again making sharp and bold with block colour

This is an interesting film poster as it is two halves. The top half advertises the name of the film with a body in many parts suggeseting death. The bottom half advertises the names of the main people involved like actors in a more readable font. It's effective with the use of 3 colours as it doesn't cause distaction. The font of the title of the film is uneven and also jaggered on the jaggered body.





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The main focus on this poster is the sprial in the center framing the figure in the middle. This relates to the title of the film, 'Vertigo' as vertigo is often dizziness. The typical font is used for the title and improtant names. Also the man in the middle is more bold that the outline of the woman he is dancing with suggesting a main part is going to me a male. Again a limited amount of colour is used so it's not overpowering.




































This is my Saul Bass inspired movie poster for the film Role
Models. I took inspiration from his sharp cut figures and square edged lettering producing a craft knife cut out collage.