2009 Dasani Water Label

this is an old water bottle label design 4 Dasani in 2009. To be honest I hate it. the radial gradient in the background is very childish and it looks like a highschool graphic students did it.  Then to make matters worse the entire small print has a blue stroke on it. Terrible. The only good thing is the dasani logo. And that is just an elongated S and an extended cross in the A's.  Its extremely basic, which is good, but there is nothing to draw my attention and the fundementals are completely absent.

Collage For Font

I love this design! Its so creative and unique. It looks like Iit is just a photo of so arranged greens and sticks that spell out the name of the book. Its genius. The typography alone gives a very rural, woodsy, DIY kind of feel.  I have no idea what the book is about, but that is the mood i immediately feel i also like the warn out, faded paper as the background. It adds to the recycled DIY feel. Very good book  cover!

Reverse Font For Book Cover

I love this  design. the sans-serif font is simple and sleek, but having the background show through the font is genius. I assum the cover is like a sleeve so you can take it off and see the artwork. It is such a simple idea, but it is so eye catching and attractive. I chose this cover because it is text only, which is out objective for project 2.

Paper illustration Cover

This is a great cover.  I know it uses mainly illustration, which goes against out specs for project 2 , but I just thought it was so unique and fun. It looks like it is a picture of a small scene made out of paper. Then, the title is so well made. The different changing fonts and colors in  the title works perfectly with the childlike fun animation. I also like the way the authors name is inbetween the words in the title. Ive never seen that before, but it looks great! Lastly, I like the way the waves spill out of the border. its so well organized and created. Maybe my favorite so far.

Minimal Design

This cover design is so minimal but its so effective. Ive never read the story, but i assume it has to do with an eye based on the oval shaped contrast and the eye hidden in the middle of the 8. I like that the eye references are very subtle and not just a huge eyeball in the middle of the page. It really makes yoy think about it. Well done peice.the one negative I have is maybe the font choice. maybe something a little smaller and Bolder. 

Font Choice

This is a unique book cover. I like how the font seems hand written butit still had that formal serif feeling. Its very different, but its good. I also like that the type is bound by the hand drawn jug design. However, i am not a fan of the green and redish christmad colors. But, overall, the cover is very fun and unique.

Eye Moving Book Cover

I am not the biggest fan of this one. 

the potential is there but there's way too much movement in the background, which takes away from the rest of the design. I think it is suppose to be like an octapus, but it's just not working. And the font... ugh. The hand written serif font mixed with a white stroke is just awful. this goes along with project 2.

Great Use Of Negative Space

This design is very mysterious. The black and white contast of the two hands makes me feel very uneasy and curious, which is great! Plus the smeared hand-written font aids in the creapy feeling. I picture the book being about a father and his child based on the illustration. Its very simple but extremely effective. Great cover.

Infinite Sky Cover

I love the font here. The way the barbed wire spells the title is great. That, mixed with the tall grass and the insects gives a forbidden, adventurous feel which I imagine the book is about. I also like how the autors name is smaller and away from the illustration.  It allows all the viewers focus to be one the title. I do not like the color choice however. The aqua green really gives an ocean water feel,  which goes against the ski idea. It may also be that i just dont like the color. But overall, its a very unique way to create text and i think the piece works well.

Strange Font for Book Cover

I am not a big fan of this one. When I ffirst look at it, all I see is the vision test you take at the doctor's. The font is cool but I don't understand why they used 5 lines to write it out. Its way too much. The spacing is good though, and I like the font choice and font spacing in the authors name. But the overall design is weird and really poorly planned.

Art Deco Book Covers

This example is several covers.  But they all have the same idea; using a wallpaper-like, repeating pattern as a book cover.  I love the idea and think all of these work well for theiparticular title. They are all beautiful designs and give off a warm homey feeling which really draws you in. Great idea for a cover.

Bleh Book Cover

This designis pretty weak. For starters I cant stand the font. I understand why the designer would chose it because it kind of looks like elephant tusks, but it is just so ugly. Its right up there with comic sans. I also do not like the Organization of the cover. The way the title overlaps the white oval is terrible and throws off my eyes. Also why is the authors name right-aligned when the title is center-aligned and the summary on the back is left-aligned... terrible. and they just used a smaller version of the covet illustration for the back. Nothing good to say. Pretty much all bad.

contradicting Book Cover

I have mixed feeling about this one. Im not sure whether i like it or not. The design and organization of the design is okay, and it is aesthetically pleasing, but I don't think I like it. I don't like the way it is centered on the back cover, and the font is so 70's but the illustration and color of the background feel classic and 1920's. Its just the awkward font choice and font design. It throws off the vintage feel of the rest of the cover. It's on the right track, and maybe the font has something to do with the story but i am not a fan.

Different Font Book Cover

I like this design. It's not the best, but its not bad. The font choice is very rookie and cliche, but it has the right idea. A little bit of tweaking their and it would be good. I don't like the pink box behind the Flip-flop illustration. It ruins the flow of the striped background. I do however like the organization of the wording, although it could use a little leading changes, but its good. And, I like the flip-flop illustration. Its witty and "cute" and fits the cheesy cover design.

Contrast Book Cover

I love the simplicity of this cover. Just the way the word dead is flipped in opposite contrast to give the feeling of it being buried. I also love how "you" and "me" are the biggest so the viewer is really drawn to those two words. I also like how the bunny is just dropped into the cover. It gives the cover a little more then just text. Well done!

Weak Typography Book Cover

I'm not the biggest fan of this cover. First off, in the title, the balance is awful. The title looks like it should flip over, I hate the underline under clockwork, and the A is so out of place. plus the text is way too close to the right side of the page. The overall typography on this cover is just awful. The only positive thing here is the contrast between the blue eye and the orange background. It really draws your eyes to the eye color, which is good because it keeps you attention off of the terrible title.

Music Festival Flyer

This design is fantastic. I love the background gradient of the neon colors mixed with the laser like stroke on the words. I love the negative space city scape. It really adds to the piece. I don't like the broadway-like font that is used. It goes against the rest of the piece, and ruins the 3D feel of the flyer. Aside from that, i love the color scheme and the big 3D type. Very well done.

Sasquatch Music Flyer

I really like this flyer. It reminds me of fosters home for imaginary friends. It's very chaotic and has a lot of movement. Plus, the animation at the top of the flyer really draws in your attention and makes you read the rest of the flyer. Normally having multiple different fonts would throw off a piece, but because of the messy style of the flyer i think it really works here. There really isn't anything negative i could say about this piece. The color scheme, font choice, animations, and text all work great together.

Alternative Music Festival Flyer

I love the sepia tone color scheme in this one. The multiple shades of orange and the light red work perfectly together. I love the burned, discolored edging, and the diagonal movement in all the text.  I'm not the biggest fan of the wavey circle in the background. The rest of the design is very sharp and geometric, and the circles just throw it off. I also think there are way too many fonts used. With this clean, straight idea, there should only be 2 or 3 fonts maximum. Overall its very well done and looks good as a whole.

Music Festival Flyer

I really like this design, even though its not the most aesthetically pleasing. I love the box design. Its very unusual to see that on a poster. The only issue is the color choice makes it hard to read and focus on, and the multiple font choices makes it even harder to read. There are 5 different style fonts and 6 or 7 different colors, which isn't always bad, but these colors clash really bad. Its a shame really, because the organization and logo and illustrations are all really well done and really creative, but a few little mistakes ruin the design.

Typographic book cover

This book cover is phenomenal.  The typography and font used pefectly describes the word it is made from. It is so simple, yet it is perfect. Fact is described by the serifs and the formal nature of the font, fiction is handwritten which gives off a made up mood, and form is drawn and scetched like a well thought design with left over angle lines and edits. Then the handwritten essays faded as the background completes the peice. It is simply genius. The book was edited by James and David Richter, but I could not find the designer of the cover. This book cover ties into project 2.