Sorry for the long disappearance. I had a bunch of personal issues to deal with.
Getting back into the blog, you are probably wondering about the title. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the events leading to the fall of the World Trade Center in New York. I know a lot of people are tired of hearing of it, or that it brings back terrible memories for some. What we need to realize is that we use real life to create. A friend of mine is curating a showing and there is a call for artists going out right now. If you think you would like to participate the link is below. The show is taking place in Olrando, FL in a spa. The works do not have to be for sale. They are more to show emotions of the past to the present, the last 10 years and how that day effected you as a whole.
Call to Artists - Reflections on September 11
I am planning on entering something in this.
In other news, I received my new HOW magazine, I love the front cover as I was going to do a post on type and my favorite designer who uses it. I guess I will do the lead in first and do next week's blog on him.
Designers know the rules of Typography, however how many know when they can break them? Using type correctly makes it easy for the client/audience to tell what you are saying or what the product is about... What happens when you take those rules, made a long time ago to make designs easy to understand and beaten into the heads of new designers, and throw them out the window? More so how can you know when it's not only allowed but encouraged?
Well, for a certain designer it's his trade mark. From the moment I had to do a project on him, I fell in love with the way he takes chaos and creates wonders. Mr. David Carson is probably my typography hero. So next week I will be posting about typography, the rules and show how Mr. Carson breaks them... (I might even add my project we were assigned in my Adobe Illustrator class about his style). So until next week!
