Beards and Moustaches Compete

I found these posters in the October 2009 issue of "How Design." They were designed by Neel Williams and Jason Nitti for the South Central Alaskan Beard & Moustache Club. I thought that these designs were very clever. Two of them use representations of what we may expect to see in a competition. The way in which the type fits into a square is really nice. The posters are eye catching and well done.

Some fruit for your nose...

I found this image in the most recent issue of "Communication Arts." I'll have to check back at the library to find out the exact issue. These Kleenex boxes caught my eye. They are cute and refreshing. The colors are bright and very representative of ripe and juicy fruit. I'm not sure what fruit has to do with tissues, but I've noticed Kleenex has been making some decorative tissue boxes for some time now. These have got to be attractive to some of the many with the swine. I think that their shape saves space in addition to requiring less material. I would appreciate a grapefruit Kleenex box as well.

I decided to do a google search on the Kleenex fruit boxes and found that they were exclusive to Target and designed by Hiroko Sanders. From the comments I have read, they were well received, marketed towards college students within dorm decorations.

"When everyday movements seem impossible"

I found these images in an issue of "Communication Arts." They were used for an advertising campaign for a product effective at reducing pain in both hand and knee joints when applied directly. Their headline reads, "When everyday movements seem impossible." I was intrigued when I saw these images and it made me wonder why they were using such extreme perspectives. I think the advertisements look great and playful.

The beginning again

Well, I haven't made it to the library yet, but I thought I'd better post some artwork that I found to be stimulating. A friend of mine gave me a huge stack of books she didn't want anymore- many of them include stock photography and some include design. I have been slowly piecing through these books. The one in which my selections are coming from in this entry is called "365 Aiga Year in Design 21."
This design was done for an international anti-poverty law center. I think this is a wonderful design. I did not immediately understand that the 0% nutrition facts were representative of starvation. I just thought it was clever to put the nutrition facts in the mouth, since that is where food goes. Their intended meaning was so much more clever than I could even imagine! The illustration is also very captivating. It is what first made me stop on this page. One can certainly see the sadness in those eyes.
This is a book cover for an autobiography about Savion Glover, a tap dancer. I was particularly moved by this cover because I have seen him perform and I think it really captures his essence. The designer has used movement and dance as a theme in the cover, as you can see by his forward stance and standing hair. The designer chose to capture his movement in this way rather than in the obvious ways of capturing his feet or whole body. That being said, I'm not crazy about the type font, variation, or color. I have included a picture I'm in with Savion Glover when he performed at the Krannert Center.
Though somewhat cliche, I thought this was a good design. The type which is going off of the screen says "A Cutter's Memoir." The cuts the designer used were very attention- grabbing. I actually thought that someone had cut that page. They resemble cut cardboard or paper, but not flesh. Perhaps that was the intention. I think it worked better that way.