I bought a copy of CMYK Magazine not too long ago, and was really influenced my the layout of the cover. It is very grid oriented even though it seems random at some points. All of the text is very well lined up with the images, and adhering to the grid. When I see a design such as this I usually expect it to be messy and poorly done, but the people at CMYK know what they're doing. It give me a new hope to get good enough to do designs like this. Thanks for the motivation CMYK!
Even though this seems pretty old and such I think the design is pretty decent, but more importantly the layout is good. The stripe of ridges contrasts the graphic image very well, and gives it an almost Swiss like layout. With a good 3 row grid, which the image take up 2 of those. The actual design of the image isn't as good. I think it's pretty good for the game, but nothing special. I just wanted to note Nintendo's layout choice.
These are Pog pieces from the old crappy game, Pog. I chose to talk about these because the design is so varied, but many of these are reminiscent of the American Kitsch period. The colors are very bright, but subtle at the same time. Many of these also serve no purpose really beside looking interesting. I was happy to pull these out of my closet and give them a look a second time.
I saw this logo and thought it was awesome. I was really impressed with the implicity of the logo, but how it has two completely different images in it. Both add to the company also. There is a spartan and a golfer. This is really impressive considering their name is spartan golf. I would have to say that logos like this are really awesome, and all logos should be like this! good job Spartan Golf!
Recently I've become obsessed with this Rot Beer. It's just call Dang! and jut he name alone was enough to get me, but I found the graphics to be awesome to. This is a scan of the 6 pack holder, and is pretty complex compared to the bottle itself. The bottle has no texture to it, and is all flat colors (no shadows). It looks like one of the simplest, while still being retro, packages I've ever seen. I thought it was pretty awesome myself, but also wanted to showcase it since it's the best tasting root beer I've ever had!
This is a sticker I have for Oury Grips (for bicycles). It's a somewhat holographic sticker with a photo and text on it. I think it is a very interesting idea, and I would love the change someday to design something like this myself, but I think the execution of this sticker is pretty bad. All you can really see in the sticker is a grip towards the bottom, and the text towards the top. The rest of the stickers is wasted space to me. This sticker is also really small and even the text is nearly impossible to read. I love the idea, but it's not as god as I was hoping. However, I think it is a very unique idea!
