Homework 15 Blog

After watching Food, Inc., I felt this image from Adbusters magazine was appropriate. It is a composite of all the locations of the over 13,000 McDonalds restaurants in the United States.

Homework 14 Blog

I was considering all the types of design that is taught and realized that I have not included architectural design. I have chosen two historic buildings that are considered to have "classical" design.
















The first image is the Taj Majal, the tomb of a Mogul empress in India. It is considered to have such "harmony and fluidity that it stands as one of man's greatest achievements."


This second image is of the Empire State Building in New York City. Which was so well designed that it was easily repaired after a bomber crashed into it in 1945, and is considered the "world's iconic urban tower, a skyscraper's skyscraper." (Quotes are taken from "Wonder's of the World," LIFE, The Classical Collection, 2009.)

Homework 13 Blog

I found this image in the PDN Magazine in the award section for "Sense of Place."
My granddaughter recently received an orphaned 2 week old Chihuahua to raise, and when I saw this picture I thought of her. The wide eyed dog and angles leading to the distant crowd keep me interested.
I imagine the dog was playing with the ball and is just about ready to yap at me!

Homework 12 Blog

Since we just finished Project 3 on package design, I decided to post an image of a package design I found in the book, Design Basics by Joyce Rutter Kaye. I think my grandchildren would see this in the store and plead for these crackers just based on the package design.

Homework 11 Blog

I have taken this image from the July 2008 edition of the Commercial Arts Magazine advertising section. It is entitled "Dew Lords of the Deep" and was a limited edition printing of a Mountain Dew can. I was amazed at the detail and patterns. You really need to get a closer view than Blogger allows to see what I am talking about.

Homework 10 Blog

I have returned to photos and the things I would like to learn to do: stop action photography. These are two images illustrating stop action photography from the book Photography for the 21st Century by Katie Miller. I especially like the soccer picture as it shows so much intensity and focus. The kayak image is on page 52, the soccer image is on p. 178.

Homework 9 Blog

I found these images in the July 2008 Communication Arts Magazine on page 25 in the section on "Self Promotion." They are three postcards published by the illustrator Ofra Amit.