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UPDATE: Thanks for all your kind words guys! It's quite overwhelming to see this shared and retweeted all over! All sins typographic in nature have been amended,…

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I think it was in the time of spring 2012, when I came across David Shiyang Liu's lovely piece of work about Ira Glass. It was the most inspiring and motivating…

Robert McKenney Makeup Review 4

http://www.printmag.com/typography/between-typeface-monotype/

Here printmag reviews a typeface from momotype, between. The idea behind the font is that it has three ‘stages’ that work well together. What it amounts to is three different fonts. While I like each of the fonts individually I’m really not a fan of packaging them all as the same typeface as they each seem differentiated enough to merit their own. While an interesting idea, I’m not a fan of this form of type packaging.

http://www.randomembassy.com/#/project/top-that-toast

Here random embassy shows off work they did on a cute card game. The colors are fun and the packaging is engaging and eye-catching. All in all, no idea if the game is any good but at least its pretty.

Robert McKenney Makeup Review 3

http://www.miltonglaser.com/store/c:posters/1102/i-love-new-york-catskills-1985/

Here Milton Glaser showcases a NY board of tourism promotion for the Catskill mountains from the 80′s. Featuring a very 80′s look complete with a cat image to make a pun on the name the designer has managed to create a poster I completely hate. Granted I really don’t like cat’s, but the pun + coloration combo thoroughly puts me off this design.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/features/how-to-design-a-museum-londons-new-design-museum-181116

In this post Its nice that takes a look at London’s newly re-opened design museum, and examines the difficulty of creating a space to house a museum about design. Having just visited the space a month ago I can attest to the success of this space. Featuring strong geometric forms the space invites visitors to look up and continue exploring the space to see the exhibits that lie beyond the main atrium.

Robert McKenney Makeup Review 2

http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/t/work/branding/

Here designer David Carson showcases some branding work he did for audi in 2013. Staying true to his collage like style featuring prominent cobbled together typography the branding exercise definitively positions audi as ‘cool.’ While out of audi’s traditional wheelhouse, the idea breaks the mold of traiditional car advertising in a refreshing way.

http://www.mgmtdesign.com/work.html?id=1,8,51

Here mgmt design showcases the work they did on Al Gore’s famous book an inconvenient truth. Beautifully designed with a mixture of photographs and digitally rendered images and well placed type, the book clearly conveyed Mr. Gore’s message and the accompanying images greatly served to further his points.

Robert McKenney Makeup Review 1

http://hellomonday.com/hollow

Here design firm Hello Monday took on the task of turning a physical artwork into a digital space that not only replicated the feeling of the original but conveyed its ideas and deepened its meaning. The end product is a piece that is stunning not only visually but manages to add a set of knowledge onto the original piece in an intriguing way.

https://frerejones.com/families/retina

Here design firm Frere-Jones Type updates and expands an old typeface retina. A beautiful sans-serif the family is a graceful alternative to the often used Helvetica. An extensive font with 72 typefaces within it. In a clever move the website allows users to move a scroll to expand and contract phrases set in the type, allowing them to see what it would look like at varying sizes.

Homework: Final Project

Due Thursday, December 15. Your final project is due on Thursday. Please put PDFs of all your assets in Dropbox and bring 18 copies of your card or sticker to class.

No reviews due this week. Instead, put PDFs of all your major assignments in Dropbox: Your political poster, your Star Route Farms sign, and your magazine.

Caroline St Francis Design Review

http://pollenlondon.com/

This responsive portfolio for a creative branding team is one of my favorites. The simplicity of their logo paired with the responsive design and beautiful imagery of their work portrays the company as both professional and creative, which many portfolios fail at. The user experience is also especially important in this portfolio because the team does website design and UX as well as branding strategy.

http://melaniedaveid.com/

Melanie’s portfolio, while a bit less professional looking than the the other portfolio I reviewed, does a great job of combining business with her creative eye and personality. I particularly think the cursive font and bright pink clearly bring out her personality well. The parallax scrolling set up also makes navigating the website easy for the viewer.

Homework: Final Project

Your final project is a mock portfolio. We’re calling it a mock portfolio because this assignment is actually only a step toward your actual portfolio, which would include several examples of your work, as well as a sort of design history. For the purposes of this assignment, we’re just concerned with establishing the overall look and feel. Your job is to create a visual identity for a client — and you are the client.

The default for this assignment is to build a portfolio around you and your name, however you may want to design for another one of your classes, or one of your side projects. For example, you might want to begin promoting your own magazine, or your own freelance business, or a political group you belong to, or your friend’s band. Your real work here is to go all the steps of the final assignment. Ask if you need clarification or permission to adapt the assignment to a particular project.

Your final project will be submitted as a PDF. Feel free to use either Illustrator or Indesign. You must also print at least one item — preferably your business card or sticker. Here are the requirements for your final:

* A color palate with five colors that will be used throughout your portfolio.

* Type. Choose one font, two complements, or an extended type family that will be used throughout your portfolio. Plan for hierarchy and use in separate contexts.

* A personal tagline. What are you promoting? Who are you?

* An original graphic. Can be a photo, a drawing, collage, or avatar that helps you tell the story of you.

* A logo or wordmark. The cornerstone of your identity.

* A facebook cover, twitter header, or custom tumblr image.

* A website portfolio home page at 1920×1080. This does not have to be a working web page, but rather a design that could be translated to a Wordpress-style site.

* A mobile portfolio home page demonstrating a responsive design grid. For Iphone 6s at 750x1334 pixels or Nexus 7 at 1200x1920 pixels. (You can print these smaller than this if you like.)

* A business card or sticker. This item must be printed. Bring a copy for each of your classmates.

Due December 8: Mock-ups due for entire project, printed and ready to put up on the wall.

No reviews next week.

Your guest designer will be Pamela Parker. Please take a look at her portfolio in advance of her visit: undercurrentdesign.com

Tutorial

Wireframes: This is what wireframes look like.

This is an Illustrator wireframe template for responsive design.

Follow this Lynda tutorial (specifically part 5) to learn how to make wireframes in Indesign.

#tutorial

Matt Garrison 1 Dec. 2016

http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/ The coolest thing about these online portfolios is that they become a living example of a designer's work and style. David Carson is an icon for how well he’s applied a grungy aesthetic to professional industries. His website works the same way--I like the side scrolling, because it’s something you wouldn’t normally expect to find online, but it works just as effectively as any alternative. It’s functional, but also memorable.

http://sagmeisterwalsh.com/ I had to give a shoutout to this site because it’s probably the coolest things I’ve seen on the internet. The work page sure is nice looking, with a pretty grid and well-spaced images and whatnot, but the homepage makes it one of the few portfolio pages I’ve seen that’s actually fun to be on. Watching the little people work is almost as good as Netflix, and there’s not even sound. Combining live camera imagery with actual buttons is such a perfect way to combine functionality and style...it even works as a security system for the office.

http://thomasprior.com/

Thomas Prior’s portfolio consists of his projects, editorial, and commercial work. The layout he uses is very simple, placing images from the work in small squares with thicc margins. Underneath, he titles the client he created the work for. I find his portfolio very effective in letting his work speak for itself, perhaps because his work is predominantly produced for print publications.

http://i.stvkm.co/

Steve Kim’s portfolio showcases his fine art and illustration work. His template is very similar to Prior’s, except as an artist he doesn’t include the titles to allow the viewer to see the work for itself. The off-white background lets the bright white use of color in his pieces be visible. Overall, I find the minimalistic image-based format of his portfolio to best represent his work as it not only gives the art it’s own voice — like Prior’s — it also reinforces his contemporary aesthetic.

-Easton Self

I love Buck's site because of its simple yet There's nothing to be confused about and everything is very clearly displayed. I like how the text is white on grey, which I always find easier to read. The text animation The images used make good use of the site's real estate, encompassing the pages in a very balanced and stand-out way. They really let their work speak for itself. I just wish there was a "next" button somewhere on their portfolio pages to go to their next project.

Melanie DaVeid's site is definitely a bit more complicated, but it totally works. This should be expected given that she is a UX designer. I really appreciate that while the entire site is "one page," every section is separate and has its own scroll bar. I also enjoy that in the work section, you can expand and explore each project, exit and continue onto the rest of the site without being taken to another page. The bonus high five parallax graphic at the end is also quite the reward.

-Emily Zhao

Robert McKenney Design Portfolio Review

http://www.adhemas.com/

The body of work presented on Adhemas Batista’s portfolio is impressive. The layout of the webpage is visually intriguing and clearly demonstrates the designers talent. However, as a presentation of the designers work it falls flat for two main reasons. The first is that the introductory image while intriguing, is in black in white while his mission statement describes his bold use of color. Secondly, a series of white bars obstructs designs when they are hovered over, requiring a click through to view more.

http://www.rleonardi.com/interactive-resume/

The clever resume of Robby Leonardi is formatted like a videogame. As the character is moved through the resume various skill sets and points are showcased. In doing so the designer makes effective use of showcasing his skills as a web designer in a fun an interactive way.

http://www.alexandrerochet.com/ - impressive from the first glance. Rochet fully utilizes all kinds of elements adaptable with a website, from images and types to sound and motions. The front page sets the tone for his design style, which is further exemplified by his projects with Omega, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and other high end brands. His website is mainly black and white, making it classy and and the same time allowed him to cooperative with other colorful projects.

http://melaniedaveid.com/ - single page vertical scrolling makes Daveid’s website very easy to navigate. Each scroll becomes its individual page and is divided in two, title of the page on half of it, and featured image on the other half, making things simple and elegant. Daveid works with black and white and uses orange to make her page more lively. The hand figure continues from beginning to end of the page, functioning as a fun element to interact with and at same time something that can be easily remembered by visiters.

Emmie Strommen (copywriter) - http://www.emmiestrommen.com/

The website’s color palette compliments the overall simplicity of the copywriter’s portfolio. Black, green, and white give off a natural vibe that is easy on the eyes. The combination of the arial font with the handwritten title copy is also a great touch that I appreciate. Presenting the artist’s clients in a grid format is, in my opinion, the best method.

Chris Hansen (copywriter) -http://www.hansensbook.com/ The first thing I noticed while checking out Hansen’s potfolio is how dark the website is. Using a black colored ground was not a good idea and doesn’t accentuate the artist’s work. The title in its own way is a continuation of the grid system underneath it, which is something I appreciated.

- Luigi

Matty

Portfolio of Valerie Martinez Agency http://www.valeriemartinez.com/ Valeri Martinez Agency is an agency for a group of photographers based in Paris. Their website uses not many colors. It’s mostly black, white, and gray, which highlights their strong and vibrant photographs. Use of sleek lines and arrows makes it easier to navigate. The main page exhibits slideshow of each photographer’s works. When you click on the photo (or the name), it takes you to a page dedicated to each photographer’s portfolio. Large photography and minimal texts give a feeling that their works are the star of the show.

Oddbee http://oddbee.com/#home This portfolio by Canadian design studio Oddbee is fun and creative. The animated plane that you can fly up and down helps you navigate the site. Consistent use of the honeycomb shape and bumblebee colors gives clean, consistent feel throughout the portfolio. A great example of a color palette.

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