Simply Complicated™

Make the logo bigger

skjartansson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:23:41 +0000

Is that you Chris? Who are the other two? Michelle and Holly?

Some contemporary designers worth checking…

skjartansson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:51:10 +0000

M/M
Karel Martens
Non-Format
Siggi Eggertsson
Peter Rentz
Richard Sarson
Daniel Eatock
Siggi Odds
Karpa
Mike Young
Experimental Jetset
Linda Van Deursen

Here’s some stuff that I’ve been liking:

Old Post about influences.

What you think? Add your own!

My Daily Visitations

skjartansson — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:57:41 +0000

ywft, notcot, designobserver, creativereview, swissmiss, itsnicethat, coolhunting, coolhunter, cpluv, qbn, tagbanger, my ffffound

What’s yours?

Thursday Assignment

skjartansson — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:11:34 +0000

Your work was looking really tight tonight!

Here’s what’s on the agenda for this Thursday night:

Three posters (12×18″), using one of your favorite shapes with the words ‘100 Years of Architecture at Georgia Tech’ (Use no more than three spot colors and Futura Bold.)

Assignment for this Thursday

skjartansson — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:57:57 +0000

Client: Georgia Tech College of Architecture

Assignment: Create a logo celebrating their 100th anniversary. The deliverable needs to be based on a 10×10 grid. The logo has to show progression. Black and white.

To make this easier, I set up an ai template. Replace the square pattern with your shapes.

Good place to start for inspiration: Wolfgang Weingart, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Karel Marten, John Maeda.

Please have 10 variations posted on flickr by Midnight.

Next week we’re meeting at Armchair.

Good luck!

Semantic typography

skjartansson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:44:59 +0000

Due midnight this Thursday. 8.5×11 each.

worms
daggers
magic
freakazoid
jittery
ice
attitude
skinny
water
asinine
caustic
sociable
awesome
babble
monkey
high
shazaam

Faces with forms

skjartansson — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:02:47 +0000

Rachel Anscher, Abby Brewster, Holly S. Fisher, Jessica Gavit, Michelle Haft, Erick Montes-Montenegro, Leilani Silversten, Chris Thompson and Brooks Wheeler

Form and Font

skjartansson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:18:12 +0000

1) Revise your three selected shapes, and tighten the gestalt. Pay special attention to white space and balance.

2) Explore juxtapositions with type. Use Futura, bold, lower case.

Good luck! Look forward to submissions by midnight Thursday!

Your ulti, ultimate library

skjartansson — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:10:25 +0000

Yup. These are (for the most parts) all the books you will ever need.

(Compiled by ywft’s Mike Cina.)

Geoporn from the past

skjartansson — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:30:48 +0000

Geometry of Circles is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for Sesame Street in 1979 with music by Philip Glass.

From 1+1=3.