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triforcetribute:

A sneak peak at Jeffery Frankenhauser’s tees to go along with his paintings. Look at those tags!

Legends of the hidden Zelda temple? Count me in!

I just finished my Internship for RMU at the Springfield Park District. It was a long map making experience crammed into 10 weeks, filled with learning experiences, and complete letdowns. One thing I really was sad about was that I wanted to bring the Botanical Gardens into a new age, make them modern. They did not want to change their logo, so I had to change directions on that front. But it was still an experience to be had!

ollymoss:

ゼルダの伝説

Screen printed poster and metallic gold variant for The Triforce Tribute show at Land Gallery, which opens March 9th and runs until April 21st.

(The physical posters shown here are rough proofs, and not representative of the final edition). 

Amazing, and it’s not even finished

So a few weeks ago, the local news had announced that orange juice that is imported was discovered to have a chemical in it that was bad for you.  Most major brands are imported from brazil, the country accused of having such chemicals in it. Floridas Natural is the only major brand not imported (as it says on the carton), so they have been flying off the shelves at our local shop.   

The other day I was stocking the empty shelves and noticed a change in the packaging.  Notice that the “USA” Brand on the bottom is enlarged, and that the “With Pulp” title on the top is now focused on the Red White and Blue colors of our Nation… Now either its coincidence, or these guys know how to adjust to the market pretty quickly.   Either way, Its a pretty decent improvement over the older one, all except for the picture of the carton being handed over, Which could have been handled better.

I came across this sign at Old Navy the other day, and I really appreciated the design of it. It was a clearance sign, which is a way to clean house, so the obvious cleaner reference was a really nice touch.   I also loved the 90s feel to it, as I have an affinity for that decade.

Here are some examples of detergent packaging as comparison pieces.

museumofusefulthings:

Saw this here.  See more here.  15 Free Typography eBooks. 

A couple of logos that I found throughout the web that I like.  I commonly spend time on websites like Logopond or Logomoose, getting ideas from other designers. 

These particular logos have images incorporated in the logotype, which I love!

Hello World!

Design is a huge part of this world, and very few of us really notice the work that goes into it all.  Being an artist, and a designer, I have a great appreciation for this work, and this blog will be the place for me to share this appreciation.  I will be sharing images that I like, critique some design, and share some works of my own.  Feel free to input your own ideas and critiques, because Design Affects Us All

thepageantstl:

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UPCOMING SHOWS

Tuesday, October 04, 2011
ARCTIC MONKEYS
with Smith Westerns

General…