graphic design example 15

communication arts
may/june 2010 (illustration annual)
p. 118–119
more book design. i love it, and i'd like to learn much more about it. i probably started noticing it with chip kidd's stuff. and he seems to have a huge influence on popular book design now. anyway, these are covers (illustrated by patrick leger) for a series of john cheever books for random house. his work "usually deals with 1960s suburbia and the lives of its inhabitants." very mad men.

graphic design example 14

how
march/april 2010 (international design annual)
p. 133
as a result of my class's second project, in which we selected a graphic designer, researched him or her, and created an AIGA t-shirt based on the designer's aesthetic, i became enamored of tibor kalman and other designers who incorporate social commentary in their work. this poster, titled "before/after" and designed by john scorsone and alice drueding, clearly sends a message about the horrors of war—and the healthcare civilian victims desperately need—in a stark, simple way.

graphic design example 13

how
march/april 2010 (international design annual)
p. 81
good lord, this book's concept is weird and gross on so many levels. but chen design associates' work was good enough to win an editorial merit award in how. i do like the design, especially the cover. it reminds me of illustrations in kids' books from the late 1950s/early 1960s—especially that proud cat with its eyes closed in post-evacuation bliss. plus, the brilliant little siamese giving demonstrations looks like my cat.

graphic design example 12

communication arts
september/october 2010
inside back cover
avant-garde? gah, are you kidding me? what's so avant-garde about a skull? or a toilet? or boobs? seriously. y'all need to be learnt about fluxus, maya deren, and scott walker. this ain't no avant-garde. rant over.

graphic design example 11

 communication arts
september/october 2010
inside back cover
wow! another awesome penguin cover, masterminded by the penguin art group. i love how the cover doesn't explicitly show short girls (standing next to tall men, next to a measuring tape, etc.). with one small touch—the girl's leg situated on the balls of her feet, seemingly stretching—you get the idea.

graphic design example 10

communication arts
september/october 2010
p. 30
i like these fonts that berton hasebe designed. i also like that he named them in honor of art-rock genius brian eno. did hasebe come up with those names to establish some sort of cult-rock cred? or is there something more to it? is it reminiscent of eno's work? does it stylistically capture the era of some of eno's best solo stuff? how do fonts get named, anyway?

graphic design example 9

print
august 2010
p. 66–67
at first glance, these cool pieces (shown on barbara glauber's section of print's "rant and rave" feature) look some type with funky patterns. but look more closely! "don't call from the stall" shows the ever-familiar restroom icons with four classic circle-with-slash symbols indicating "no phone." "discard gum properly" is surrounded by directions to put said gum in the trash! and the "keep emotional calls private" actually shows sideways, upset emoticons talking on the phone!

graphic design example 8

from print
august 2010
p. 10
paul buckley, penguin's art director, recently curated the series penguin classics deluxe editions: "masterworks whose covers have been reinterpreted by the world's best-known graphic novelists and artists." that's the power of good design. it makes me actually want to read white noise.