Another reason to avoid Comic Sans

Check out this article in the Huffington Post:

 "The True Cost of Printing in Comic Sans is as Horrifying as You'd Imagine"

Graphic Designers to Inspire You

Here are some graphic designers you can research to get inspiration as you get started on your posters:

• Saul Bass
• Milton Glaser
• Bradbury Thompson
• Herbert Bayer
• Jan Tschichold
• Herbert Matter
• Josef Muller-Brockmann (Swiss designer, known for the grid)
• Paul Rand
• Massimo Vignelli
• Deborah Sussman
• Paul Scher
• April Grieman
• Armin Hoffman
• Wolfgang Wiengart
• Steven Heller
• Stefan Sagmeister
• Chip Kidd
• Neville Brody
• Michael Rock
• Alexi Brodovitch
• Bruce Mau
• Bruno Munari

Principles of Design

Here's the link to the principles of design poster series by Efil Turk that Grace posted on her blog. What a great reference as you start your own poster layouts this week! 

Click here to see the rest of the posters.  More about the artist -

Principles of Design Poster by Efil Türk.

"The turkey based designer named Efil has crafted a beautiful series of poster showing the principles of design only using paper. Cutting pieces of paper, juxtaposing the pieces, pasting geometrical shapes and using simple typography is the formula of this beautiful series. She mention that you can actually buy them."

Here are some of the design considerations we discussed in lecture today:

• Hierarchy (Rank, order)
• Dominate/Sub-dominate Elements
• Contrast (Using color, size, scale, weight, font family, etc.)
• Alignment/Repetition
• Symmetrical or Asymmetrical 
• Rule of Odds
• White space with a purpose (the LUNGS of good design)
• Juxtaposition

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