Pete at CSUN

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Posters

petemedina — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:45:51 +0000

These posters are awesome. We’ll all be apologizing to future generations if we don’t act now to clean up our mess. The “Greatest Generation” fought and won World War II — we could become the “Hated Generation” if we lose this war.

The aforementioned posters feature the faces of U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, just to name a few, as they would possibly look in 2020. Next to each leader’s image is an apology from the future that reads, “I’m sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change… We didn’t.” Toby Cotton, the writer of the ads, said his intention was to make “world leaders think twice about the consequences of their action or inaction now.” (Source)

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. Keep up with it.

Palmdale Playhouse Logos (Now in Color!)

petemedina — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:16:45 +0000

Here are my Palmdale Playhouse logos in color. My favorite is 18, followed by 19. Just a note: Work in CMYK but convert the file to RGB before you upload, otherwise you’ll get a nasty color shift.

Palmdale Playhouse Logos

petemedina — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:52:32 +0000

Here are 20 versions of my Palmdale Playhouse logo redesign. 17 is my personal favorite.

Logo Redesign and Successful Logos

petemedina — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:10 +0000

The performance venue logo I’ll be redesigning belongs to the Palmdale Playhouse. I choose it because I grew up in Palmdale, making it more personal to me than something here in the Valley. I also find the logo to be overly complex and dated. I believe I can do better.

The local competition would be the Lancaster Performing Arts Center.

Successful Logos

Logos I consider successful belong to the following three companies: Adobe, General Electric, and Lego.

The Adobe logo is well known to every graphic designer and digital photographer in the world. Their software has a monopoly on digital image manipulation, making their mark easily identifiable. The logo itself is simple — the negative space forms an A. It’s simplicity makes it portable and easy to produce is just back and white, if necessary.

The General Electric logo is found on everything from small household appliances to commercial and military jet engines. It’s a well known and successful brand. The logo is simply made up of the letters G and E written in cursive in a blue circle.

The Lego logo is probably recognized by every child and parent in the world, and is associated with creative play. It’s a bubbly word mark in a red square. Simple and to the point.

Magazine Spreads

petemedina — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:18:21 +0000

Folios and image captions to be added later today or tomorrow. The images here also include crops marks since they were exported from a PDF.

Ad Concepts II

petemedina — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:23:25 +0000

Here are two revised versions of my ad concepts based on feedback received in class. Which one is your favorite?

Ad Concepts I

petemedina — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:34:19 +0000

Here are some ad concepts for Project 2 in my Graphic Design class. We were given a word at random and instructed to create a print ad based on it. My word was “timid.” I decided to advertise Nikon lenses (cameras, binoculars, etc.) using the tag line “Not for the timid,” along with adventurous images. I’ll be adding more tomorrow.

Small World

petemedina — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:41:42 +0000

It’s a small world when the person sitting next to you in your other class uses the same blog theme as you (my tag line is the more clever of the two).

http://dolceved.wordpress.com

5 Attention Getting Ads

petemedina — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:15:50 +0000

An effective print ad will stop you, even for a few seconds, and make you stare. Here are five ads that made me pause and look.

Master Card: I found these ads in both National Geographic and Money. Their whimsical nature stood out, making me stop and look at everything going on in their scenes.
From National Geographic, September 2009

From Money, September 2009
Corona: I found a Corona ad while flipping through a Rolling Stone magazine. It was simple and to the point, selling the idea of relaxing with a cold beer.
From Rolling Stone, August 20, 2009
Absolut Vodka: An ad for Absolut Vodka (also in Rolling Stone) stood out because of its effective use of typography, and nothing else.
From Rolling Stone, September 17, 2009
5 Gum: An ad for 5 Gum in Rolling Stone got my attention with its use of color and contrast.
From Rolling Stone, September 17, 2009

A Printer for Class

petemedina — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:30:36 +0000

As a graphic design student I knew I’d need a good large format printer. My Graphic Design One instructor recommended the Epson 1400to me; it was sound advice based on reviews I found online. You can find it on Amazon.comfor $200. Mine is coming Thursday, just in time for the weekend (and the printing I’ll have to do).

Disclosure: I earn 4% of every sale generated by the links above. “Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy.“

(Quote: THX 1138)