Trends and Designers

Design Trends


Some of the trends that I notice are:

• RGB colours - bright colours
• Rainbow like colour
• Minimalism (simplicity) - use of basic geometric shapes. Not just onto the graphic design but as well on the technologies interfaces, software.
• on line growing
• animation Craft
• 3D
• constructivism influence

Designers

- Bruce Bigelow ( Electric Art)


He spoke about images with re-purpose and to build the mood of the art work.
Good example about craft, retouching and 3d images.

- Fanette Mellier (France)

This French graphic designer is an example about the use of the rainbow colours in her art work.

Was interesting to see she using different colour and typeface as a detail through the book and the the left justified giving the impression of the water movement.

Concept Evaluation

Phaidon Book cover: "A smile in mind"

- Designed by Christopher Doyle
- It is a book about witty thinking in graphic design.

- The elements and principles of design are applied as a colour, form, space, contrast, line. It is effective because communicates the book content in a simple and direct way just using type.

- The art style that should be classified is 'contemporary' because of the colours, modern feeling that the cover has.

- The concept of to turn over the letter "D" creating a smile face is clever and easy to understand that the book has some sort of funny mood.

- Smile Face motif, to call the attention to the book mood.

- The book cover is simple but creative. The way that a good design has to be. The typeface goes along to the mood of the book and the contrast of the colour red emphases the main focal point.

Sources


- http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/newtype_alphabets_04.gif
- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U9HFjWO3U38/S94pGkkDr-I/AAAAAAAAAfA/CQaOeee5OPs/s1600/Image+11.png
- https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7IgnmJV3kBoiIFJ1Am5VZ1l4NZ8hk9Sk5ewB7fsL8eGIA_ugcmG6pQ5ZRvkMcAfUmL9PAlkbt8Zq60YawYJ0iOiDMuNfeb1f5SsI_W6sZN9ba6bRGgsl7I8UJk6VNpVM5FhVBl2ui-Wo/s1600/fanette_mellier.jpg
- www.electricart.com.au
-http://www.philipharper.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/41KBNTQRVML._SS500_1.jpg