e genevieve teaching blog: 2015

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Checkout this Great Logo Type Tutorial from Mackey Saturday on Skillshare, Free

Mackey Saturday Lookout Logo Type

https://www.skillshare.com/tutorials/Designing-a-Logotype-with-Mackey-Saturday/424

PRETTY "NASTY" CARDS BY MINJI JANG

Minji Jang

Saturday, November 28, 2015

FREE FONT DOWNLOAD SITES

FREE FONT DOWNLOAD SITES:

https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/

http://www.fontfabric.com/category/free/

http://www.neo2.es/blog/category/typography/

http://levberry.com/monstre/

http://levberry.com/#/fantaisie/

http://losttype.com/browse/

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/60-quality-free-fonts-you-probably-dont-own-but-should

Friday, November 27, 2015

more student work, getting really good!!

Eunbi Lee

Eunji Lee

Kushagra Kushwaha

Hyeji Yoon

Hyojung Ryu

JiHyun Yoon

Shut Wai Lau

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Set of Cards, coming along

Eun Ha Lee

Suyoung Kim

Ji Woo Lee

Suyeong Kim

Woori Go

YuJin Hong

Woori Go

Ji Yun Gu

Domin Bae

Hosang Yoo

InHye Jung

Minji Jang

Sugyeong Oh

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Mike Harder Passion Fruit Can Project (only four days left)

https://zooppa.com/en-us/contests/design-the-next-can-5/brief

trash bin proposals on issuu

trash bin proposals on issuu:

they need fixing up, please. ASAP

BEE CAREFUL TRASH BINS: http://issuu.com/egwilliams/docs/bee________________optimized_for_is?e=1011501/31504756

HIGH DESIGN SYSTEM TRASH BINS: http://issuu.com/egwilliams/docs/object_design_optimized_for_issuu/1

Monday, November 16, 2015

FREE QUALITY FONTS...

Thank you Chris Spooner....just what you've all been waiting for...
http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/60-quality-free-fonts-you-probably-dont-own-but-should

60 Quality Free Fonts You Probably Don’t Own, But Should!

Everyone loves free fonts, but finding high quality typefaces within the sea of amateur display fonts can be quite a challenge. I've been searching the social profiles of designers and typographers directly to find the hidden gems that aren't featured on the popular free font aggregators. I narrowed 170 fonts down to 60 after weeding out those that were restricted demos of premium fonts, those that required payment in the form of a tweet or email signup, and any that just didn't pass my quality control test. The result is a collection of the best quality free fonts you probably don't own, but should! These professional typefaces are a lifesaver for designers on a budget.

See the roundup of 60 quality free fonts

Monday, October 26, 2015

DESIGN ENGLISH Student Work, Bravo!!!

HeeSoo Lim

JiHyun Yoon

SeoJung Choi

Ahyoung Seo

Imyeon Ryu

I wasn't quite sure what "Design English" meant in terms of a course, but I knew learning English is a priority for these students. Therefore, I asked them to look at the work of Western designers (not all English speaking) and imitate their work for several weeks. In exchange, one student per week would introduce me to an Asian designer or artist. Since these students are unfamiliar with Western design and are learning English, I thought the mix would be profitable for basic learning, but primarily for me to ascertain the tones and quirks of their individual creative voices.

In choosing which designers or styles should be imitated, I felt each should be a strong voice so that I could explain the work in the context of what was happening politically or socially during that time period and in that geographic location. It isn't surprising that each designer or design movement was a form of PROTEST. The first assignment was to imitate David Carson who challenged the way we look at and work with text and image on a page. The second assignment was Swiss Design. Swiss design seemed perfect as its main purpose was to support international trade by communicating "clearly" to a broad audience with a "rational" and "objective" style. The third assignment was to use one of two fonts Lev Berry redesigned, either Monstre or Fantasie because each are decorative (opposite from Swiss) and layered. Most of my students did not like the style of these fonts at all. Next I asked them to imitate Dada. I think they enjoyed Dada though I'm not at all sure it made sense to them. Then I asked them to imitate psychedelic posters and as a compliment to the hippie look, mod aesthetic. It wasn't surprising that none of these styles were very familiar to an Eastern aesthetic. We are, after all, very Eurocentric.

These are some of the results: