Graphic Design

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This design for a cough drop is funny enough that I feel like discussing it as well as I can. First of all, comedy is a great marketing strategy that will typically always be effective at leaving a lasting impression in the mind of the consumer, so something like this works well in that regard. Secondly, while I do really love this wrapper design, I do think that it could perhaps be misinterpreted as graphic or unsettling imagery, so perhaps making the expression on the people less...agonized might help. Third, any type of package design that, without words, conveys the purpose or use of the product is genius, and this deserves credit for that. I previously discussed that marshmallow bag on this blog that did something similar.

Great job here, overall.

April 21, 2020

14:32

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This Durex ad is surprisingly simple and extremely effective. It took me a couple glances to get it, and I only looked back because the math seemed incorrect to my mind until I took the time to look at everything. I like that the ad was clever enough to make me look at it twice. To me, that’s design succeeding at its purpose, since at the end of the day, it’s art made with less subjective intentions, usually for thew sake of catching people’s attention and making money off of it. In this case, I can respect the strategy, since it worked on me, after all.

April 14, 2020

1:46

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This Vicks logo is awesome. Everything I’ve seen int the world of design for the past couple weeks has been coronavirus-related, and I actually love it. People end up getting oddly creative when they’re cooped up at home for long amounts of time, and I enjoy seeing even things like this from a large corporation. The guy perfectly shapes out the normal Vicks logo with his body, and it spreads a good message too.

Personally, I cough into my shirt.

April 7, 2020

18:48

[levi2000graphicdesign]

In these trying times, any news about COVID-19 sticks out to me, so I suppose that extends to graphic design as well. I found this one Reddit, courtesy os the user u/iTheo, if you wanted to check it out at the source. I really love these posters, and they’ve always had such a satisfying color palette to me, especially when being viewed in the dark, since there’s a lack of any white in the image. I like that off-white, yellowish-cream color, since it’s really easy on the eyes to me personally. Also, the message is simple and really easy to get behind—wash your hands.

March 31, 2020

11:15

[levi2000graphicdesign]

The design for this newspaper article talking about social distancing is simple, but appropriate way of depicting the state of the world right now. This caught my eye because I just learned about text wrapping techniques and I’m also self-quarantining right now, so I suppose this spoke to me for those reasons. I think the design manages to be intriguing enough that I would gladly sit down to read this article, and I think others should do the same. Design is important at times like these, as it might determine what messages people pay attention to and what they ignore. People need to stay informed right now, so conveying information is important.

March 24, 2020

14:13

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This is something that I knew I’d seen somewhere before, and it’s a cool design, but I think it has one flaw. Everybody knows smoking kills and ruins your body, but people do it anyway. So, my theory is that anyone that is buying cigarettes is willfully ignoring what is at this point, common knowledge, and they are likely tired of the constant reminders of their bad health decisions (not that they shouldn’t be reminded). From a design perspective, it’s a fantastic design, but I don’t see this selling well among smokers.

March 17, 2020

18:12

[levi2000graphicdesign]

I saw this image online, and I thought, “Wow, that’s a pretty cool design,” so I figured I’d talk about it here, since I’m thinking that’s the point of a blog. I have no idea what brand of marshmallows has Bugs Bunny as the mascot, but I like that the transparent part of the bag is his mouth. It’s such a fun and clever design that I’m 100% certain that it can’t be an original idea. This feels like the first I’m seeing of this personally, though. Good design is good business, and now I want a bag of these marshmallows, so the designer has accomplished their goal.

March 8, 2020

18:36

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This image is simply a visual representation of a green footprint by arranging leaves of different sizes in the shapes of footprints. It’s really simple in terms of design, but I like it nonetheless. I found this online, so I really wish I knew what it was advertising, since it made me stop and stare at it long enough to be intrigued, but there was no link or information of any kind leading to whoever created this. I assume there’s a message here about the environment or carbon emissions, but it’s lost on me with no connection to the source.

February 25, 2020

11:02

[levi2000graphicdesign]

I’m just accepting that I’m obsessed with fast food on some deep level in my subconscious. That’s the only way I can justify having chosen this ad to stare at so intently. This is a McDonald’s ad for this past Valentine’s Day. I’m ashamed to say that it’s spectacularly made, with everything down to the warm tint over the image and even the look in the model’s eyes just screaming “intimacy,” which works for an ad around Valentine’s Day, but it’s also funny, which is definitely McDonald’s brand. Fast food advertisements tend to be either extremely robotic, corporate presentations of food slamming down on tables in slow motion or funny and over-the-top, with seemingly no in-between. This advertisement is simple, funny, and actually makes me appreciate McDonald’s a little more. If a company makes me laugh, I remember it.

February 17, 2020

18:02

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This poster is refreshing, as a poster advertising a beverage should be. I’m not even a fan of Coca-Cola, but seeing this actually makes me want to buy one. I also like how the reflection in the water vaguely makes out the shape of a bottle. I’m a fan of simple designs, as my last post was pretty clear about, but this is simple and beautiful. The detail put into the reflection in the water as well as making everything that sunset-purple tint really pulls this all together for me.

February 9, 2020

12:16

[levi2000graphicdesign]

I love minimalist designs, and this Cinderella poster is really well-made. I think white works on a blue background as something that pops in a way that a darker color wouldn’t, and the design of the slipper and the silhouette of Cinderella inside simply and concisely conveys the plot of a movie without giving too much away. I think that this same poster could be hung up even without the title in the corner, and most people would still know what movie it was trying to represent. I was initially going to express distaste at how small the text is on the title, but i remembered that, as a movie poster, it would be blown up to be much larger than the image on my computer screen, which I can still read without too much trouble.

February 4, 2020

09:42

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This keyboard actually comes with the keyboard shortcuts put onto the keys. I found this scrolling through Reddit, and I thought that, from a design standpoint, this worked really well. Good design solves a problem creatively, and this one solves a problem that many of us have—keyboard shortcut memorization. This works as a teaching tool for people unfamiliar with Mac keyboards (a problem that comes up frequently in class), on top of having a playful color scheme that serves the purpose of color-coding keys. This is a simple, yet genius work of art here, and something I would actually spend money on. I’m not sure if it’s an original idea, but it’s new to me, and that’s all that matters in my eyes.

January 26, 2020

17:55

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This ad I saw on the Internet for that Frontline flea and tick removal medicine was pretty crazy to see. I like things that take advantage of perspective, so putting an ad like this on the floor of a mall was actually striking enough that Frontline stuck in my head long enough for me to purchase their product when my cat got fleas. It actually stuck in my mind long enough for me to buy their product, and if that’s not good design, then I don’t know what is.

Graphic design should be communicating some kind of information to an observer, and this ad takes full advantage of its environment to convey information about the product it’s trying to sell.

It’s also pretty funny to look at, so that’s a bonus.

January 19, 2020

20:41

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This Xbox logo has always been really cool to me. I love the simple things, and I’ve always found this logo to be so awesome to look at ever since I was a kid. I appreciate the inherent simplicity of making the logo for the Xbox a simple X in a circle, butI always felt like it goes beyond that.

I lack the knowledge of graphic design terminology to fully spell it out, but the logo’s design and placement on the console always gave everything a sleek, futuristic look that I feel that really sells the idea of high-tech to the consumer.

Beyond that, it’s still just really cool to say and look at.

X-BOX.

January 14, 2019

11:53

[levi2000graphicdesign]

This’ll be my first post on this account that I made for a graphic design course in college. I may or may not continue posting once I’ve finished. We’ll see.

I think Bullseye, the Target mascot, has always had an interesting design in the sense of memorability. He’s a dog, so he’s already won over the crowd, and he’s got that iconic spot over his eye. They actually put their logo on their mascot. This dog has somehow always stuck in my mind and made me appreciate the simple things.

I’m interested in taking Graphic Design I because I want to improve at my skills in this field.

January 7, 2019

18:57