Defteling's Blog: in praise of helvetica

Defteling's Blog: in praise of helvetica: "I've never liked the font Helvetica. I know, that's almost blasphemous, but I always thought it was just humdrum, so-so, boring, meh... well..."

Environmental design

www.designmonkeyltd.com/environmental2

www.retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_environmental_graphics_wayfinder/

www.abdesignonline.com/portfolio/education.html

sketches

unit 7 reading chapter 5

With the first case there was a situation to get people to read and not throw away or delete. They developed a sophisticated information hierarchy. I can see how they were able to tackle the issues. The trash can packages are great and evoke the consumer to clearly see the desin of the product with out clutter. I enjoyed the las study that had the emotion factor in it.

hhtp://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/innovation

http://cleandesign.com

Week 6 Reading

"Learning to Love Public Transport" - I chuckled a little at reading this because I do have a relationship with public transit. I am a big fan of the New York system and its design. I only visited New York once and within a day I was giving metro advise to tourist. What they did for LA seems similar and clean. I liked the Alcatraz way finding and if we choose the nature reserve for our project it will be an inspiration. Went to their web site(http://www.huntdesign.com/) and found more inspiration. I found the fact about the seven colors interesting. I need to go on a color diet sometimes because of my over use of colors. I went to an exhibit that DRS did(only skin deep) and it was great. I love their approach to exhibits. The World Trade Center project was well done and helped people to understand the tragedy of the day.Sometimes we need to look at the whole before we begin to dissect the parts and rebuild in an aesthetic way.

HOT LINKS

Environment

p://www.arrowsandicons.com/

http://issuu.com/wayfinding_uk/docs/lost

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Week 5 Reading

Chapter 3

Prototypes and Testing

The first part of the chapter discussed the importance of structure. The first element of structure was the site map. The site map gives direction and flow to the project outlining your plan for the final project. I enjoyed the reference to the Winchester house. Second they talk about wire framing. The book reference wireframes as blueprints to your project. The book also discuss that wireframes should be simple and concise to give you an understanding of the project layout.

The second part of the chapter deals with testing and usability. MY favorite quote from Kathryn Campbell is what she said about the slanted roofs "Anticipate the problems when your designing. thats the design challenge." The book also discuses how important testing is in different stages, as well as the different testing methods.

Hot Links

Sickplan

Usability