A few nights ago, I found myself wandering around downtown Raleigh with a friend of mine after grabbing some drinks and a bite to eat. Although it was freezing cold, we took our time walking back to the car and had the chance to admire some of Raleigh’s unique art. This mural caught my eye…
I chose Maruchan Instant Lunch for my ‘wild design’ post this month. I chose this design because there’s a lot visual elements being incorporated onto such a small surface but it works well together. Maruchan is known for being the iconic instant ramen noodle company and majority of their labels visually are similar yet slightly…
I found this poster the first day I moved into Mackenzie Hall in Wolf Village at the beginning of January. I was quite upset leaving my country, but this design just simply lit up my mood. I recognized that the welcome line “To Mackenzie, You are Welcome” was written in Yoda’s form of speaking. This…
I had cracked my iPhone screen and had it fixed at uBreakiFix and this was the main advertising display inside their store. I thought the color scheme was very saturated in NCSU red! The color drew my attention to it as soon as I walked in the door. It took a couple closer looks to…
The product I selected for this assignment is an on/go covid test. I thought that since this product is simply a covid-19 rapid test, the design on the package would be lackluster. Instead, I found myself interested in how much I liked the packaging design for this product. The contrast between the blue and yellow…
I recently saw this banner while walking through Talley. The colors and patterns are what initially caught my eye, but I quickly noticed the smaller details and how much I hated them. The first thing that really caught me off guard was the weird highlight on the one line of brown text and how it…
This specific environmental graphic design is located outside of Carter-Finley Stadium. I chose this design because sports design is often overlooked or under-appreciated. I also liked how simple the environmental is with the addition of Tuffy and the Adidas logo. For this design, it is simple typography of a commonly used slogan for NC State…
This card game box practically jumped off the shelf at me. The bright blue and highlighter yellow stand out from everything else around it. Not only that, but the text takes advantage of optical illusion to succinctly reflect the spirit of the card game, which is to blend in. It was hard to capture with…
I was at a toy store looking for anything that I can fidget with while doing things like reading or listening to lectures. There were lots of eye-popping visuals in the store–saturated colors, high contrast, and big text. The NeeDoh box stood out to me because it made excellent use of a limited space. This…
“Baby Got Peach” is an eyeshadow palette created by the makeup company Colourpop. I really enjoy the lettering and art on the front of the palette. It may be unclear in the photo but the lettering is very reflective gold. It makes the affordable palette feel more expensive. I do wish they had chosen a…
It’s no secret that traffic is a problem in Los Angeles, where the population is around 10 million. What makes it a problem, I have found, is it is unpredictable— there is not definitive “rush hour”— and it’s not limited to the weekdays. That’s why Waze is essential to travel in this city: it is…
I chose to do the novel “The Last Werewolf”, as its strong thematic coding caught my attention immediately when I first saw it. The front of the cover is very minimalist, with just the three moon phases and text on a plain black cover, like a night sky. The serif font made me think of…
Design is everywhere, and as the pandemic has become such a normal part of our lives, designers are working toward creating pieces, logos, and infographics to inform the community about what is going on. When I received my COVID vaccine, I received a sticker with a design that matched signs in the building, the website’s…
This cover from TIME Magazine is clever, minimal, and evocative. The simple use of the X’d lines play off of the trope most of this magazine’s audience would understand as crossing off a calendar day/year. Considering that almost everyone in the world has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis during the year 2020, this feels…
This is a well know album cover designed by the artist Andy Warhol. Although the music has made it one of the most influential albums, the cover itself may be better known by the public. I think this album cover is distinctive because it only has a banana, Andy Warhol’s signature, and “peel slowly and…