moore PHOTOS

 

David Dillon is an amateur photographer from northern Massachussettes.  I really enjoy looking at his photos because he takes pictures of things that sometimes aren’t ordinarily considered “pretty” and turns that subject matter into something very interesting and pleasing to look at.  I love this kind of photography because that seems to be the kind of picture I’ve been taking lately.  When I’m walking around down town taking pictures, I have to look beyond the obvious and see the true beauty in the the unexpected.

EVIL WINE!!

Thought this was a clever and funny bottle design, I mentioned it in class the other day, and then oddly enough I went over the my aunts house and she had it sitting on her counter haha.  

brain picking

On the blog JUST CREATIVE DESIGN designer Jacob Cass shows an inside look to his personal process. He shows exactly how he got to this final solution, starting all the way at the beginning with his mind map.   

flintstones?

Another blog I found today and was looking at was GRAIN EDIT.  I found a lot of interesting things on there, but the “pebble alphabet” really stood out to me.  (Especially for you Amy, it made me think of our project for 351 and obviously because it’s a rock it reminded me of you) It also reminded me of last year doing the object translations, and this was just a unique way of looking at the alphabet.

starting to look

Now that I feel a little more comfortable with the idea of blogging, I was able to start to explore what is out there for me to look at.  I never would of imagined the endless amount of design, and art there is to look at.  I started to notice that the kind of blogs I enjoyed looking at the most were definitely ones that had a variety of types of design.  Being able to stay on one person’s blog and have the option to look at everything from web design to typography is very exciting to me.  One blog in particular that did that for me was Things to look at.  I really enjoyed the variety of contents on this blog.  While I was looking at that blog, it led me to another link that was really interesting.  The way the web site was set up, and the way the tabs and content moved around was very unique and clever. I found my self clicking on all the tabs just to see them move, and I noticed the flow of the page in no time at all.

Starting something NEW!!!

Ok, so along with starting a new semester and a new school year, there are more then just a few “new” things going on in my life…  For some reason starting this NEW blog really made me realize that.  I have been going through a lot of exciting changes lately.  Definitely one that my whole jr. design class can relate to is starting this new school year as “official” DESIGN STUDENTS!! Along with that came the obvious new changes, such as a new working environment (OUR AWESOME STUDIO SPACE!), new classes, new projects, and a new kind of pressure and motivation to succeed.  Before our goal was to pass portfolio review, but now… it’s to prove that we are truly talented enough to pass, and to be successful as designers out in the real world.  Some more of my more person changes include, moving into a new house, having a new roommate, having to drive to school verse walk… and more things of that nature.  So needless to say, I have a lot of new things to get used to :) but it’s all very exciting.