Quotes & Idioms publication

I cannot express how relieved and happy I am that the book is done. I am a beginner in “typography”. I say “typography” loosely because this is my first study of text and context for me. Again, I hope some of the quotes are recognizable.

Here is my pdf version:

QUOTESandIDIOMS

I would like to include some quotes that did not seem to fit into my “movie quotes and idioms” theme for the book.

“I have always believed in the importance of the unimportant.” – Stuart McClean

“He full-on Obi Wan’d me!” - Dean Winchester, Supernatural (anyone ever seen the show?)

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” – David Ogilvy

It has been a very helpful and motivating class. =]

Progress on book project

A preview of what I’m doing for the InDesign publication project. I have a lot to do before going to DOC on Monday! At least I know my subject: Quotes & Idioms…I hope some quotes are recognizable.

***The video clips I added are the American Film Institute’s 100 Movie Quotes…they are the actual clips from the movies!

Just looking at it makes me cry

Breathtaking “papergraphic” and typographic designs made by Yulia Brodskaya. They are so detailed and intricate. The paper ones look especially elaborate. Her paper works almost look like they were made in illustrator or other computer programs. She is a Russian illustrator/designer who lives in the UK.

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QR CODE

QR code is like a barcode, it was developed by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave. It stands for Quick Response because of its fast way to getting information. They are common in Japan. They are not exactly like bar codes because it can contain much more information than a normal numerical barcode; they can hold URL. QR codes do not only show up in the grocery stores and clothing stores (like in North America). It is posted on websites, billboard ads and magazine ads. Most Japanese phones have a camera that reads this QR code and brings them to the destination. The destination is a website, so they are links. When we use the computer there are links, but in Japan it is different. For example, if we see an ad for Adidas in the bus stop, there is a QR code which leads use to Adidas’ website, or something promoting the Adidas ad. Because Japanese phones have the QR reader, it is almost like links that have been put up in the real world. I have seen QR codes in some (Japanese imported) products in Richmond, but did not bother to wonder what they were. I imagine that some of our illustrator posters could have used QR codes…if they were used outside of Japan.

Someone has even extended the idea of linking with print media into fabric. It holds great communication possibilities because the QR code can send the person to a facebook, myspace, personal website, etc.

Just browsing

I’m looking around internet to see different booklets/books/publications. I really like the idea of this calendar by Jonathan Davies. It is something that I would use because a calendar is always helpful on my desk. It uses colours and text in a subtle way, which makes me very inspired. I want my InDesign publication to come out simple…just figuring out how to layout my pages. I am wondering if Table of Contents is needed. I’m also not sure if I want to number my pages. Also not sure if I want my cover to continue to back of book.

This image is a cover of a book. It is minimalism to the extreme. ONE RED PAPERCLIP is a true story! It’s about a Canadian man, eh who traded a red paperclip and after 14 trades, ended up with a house. It’s real! Really.

I need to stop browsing and start shopping!…I should make list first.

Ideas for publication (a lot of them are collections of things):

- Fairy Tale

- Quotes & Idioms

- CD album illustrations

- Recipe/ pairing food together

- Tour book of Richmond

- Cartoon/Comic

- Greetings in different languages

No plastic bag, please!

I chose to do a no plastic poster mostly because I work at a grocery store. They started charging customers for plastic bags (3 cents/ea) and I get mixed comments being a cashier there. Some customers are very mad or say “that’s ridiculous” and “you’re the only store that charges for bags”. Other people say “that’s good, we should start doing that in other places”.

A couple places that could have the No Plastic poster. I imagined it would be posted in supermarkets and possibly as those flags on the streetlamps. I tried to think of common places that people see when they go grocery shopping, such as the front store window. The flags on the streetlamps usually promote the city, and No Plastic seems like something Vancouver and Richmond should promote. Toronto has already taken action by charging for plastic bags. I think they take more action in things like this.

Illustrator poster & logo

My final logo. It has the recycling arrows to promote “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”

Here are a few pictures of the poster. Before I had a line holding the handle, but it didn’t make sense.

The final poster(s)

logo pogo no go — rethink inc?

I’m still not sure what my logo should be…I already made the logo, just not sure of the name. Picking names is always so difficult! It took me forever to think of a username for the wordpress account and in the end it’s sschan..not very creative. I never know if I want a funny username or a more proper one. It’s even more difficult to choose if I want a casual, but not silly username. Choosing what to name something takes time because you will identify it as that from now.

My poster is about reducing plastic bags. I was thinking:

- Greener Ideas

- Greener Ideas for a greener World

- Rethink

- Plastic ain’t my bag    (where is that from?…I know it’s from something)

- RR&R (ie: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! But it sounds like a law firm RR&R)

On the sunny side, I have chosen my subject for the Illustrator poster =]

My illiteracy, world hunger, gay marriages, domestic violence, recycling, plastic waste, MADD, oil spills, no smoking, bullying or something else poster ideas

I don’t know what I should do anymore…I was looking at past CGIA posters and got so many more ideas. I really liked the Drowning in plastic poster . The colours chosen for that poster were very nice! It is very visually appealing and uses text minimally. There’s also the All you need is love poster which is visually appealing in a different way. I also liked how she chose to do something with no “serious cause”. She chose to create a poster that would simply make her happy if she was to see it on the street. I like how the poster project is flexible because we do not have to make a “serious poster” that can be rather cryptic.

I had an idea about oil spills and how the pollution affects the environment…

splatter

turn to balloons for fun

...and one about plastic bags? Makes no sense

Zakka design

While roaming around Google, I discovered Zakka. Designer and illustrator, Shinzi Katoh , is focused in the post. Zakka can be seen as a “consumer fad”, but I enjoy the happiness in its simple household designs.

Zakka is not just a design, it’s a way of life.

Have you seen these water bottles before?