While shopping at Whole Foods one afternoon I came across the company Tony’s Chocolonely. What I like about the branding and overall design of the candy bar company is the brightly colored wrapping and the strong, yet fun typography. While scanning the different chocolate options in the candy aisle, this company is nearly impossible to…
I came across this deodorant while shopping at Wegmans. In an isle filled with deodorant, these ones immediately caught my eye, but for all the wrong reasons. I find this packaging design to be uninspired, cliché, and unnecessarily gendered. Before I list all of the reasons why I do not like this design, I’ll first…
I found this design on a graham cracker box sitting on my counter at home. I was drawn in by the bold blue color used and the playful design. I like how they made the text distort with the house icon in the background, and how they made the leg of the “R” long and…
Stosskopf, Florent, Nude With Matisse Painting, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 55 1/10 in x 63 in. Florent Stosskopf’s Nude With Matisse Painting is a painting I came across while doing research for another class. When I first saw the painting, I was instantly drawn in by the vibrant colors the artist chose for this piece.…
The album cover for “Pod” by The Breeders, designed by Vaughn Oliver in 1990. The album had a far-reaching influence in the rock and grunge scene, going as far as being listed as one of Kurt Cobain’s top three albums. Similarly, the record sleeve cover was iconic and recognizable. This design features an image of…
The record sleeve for The Pixies’ album, Doolittle, was created in 1989, designed and art directed by Vaughn Oliver. Oliver created this design in collaboration with photographer Simon Larbalester. The design features a negative image of a monkey with a halo. This was in reference to one of the songs in the album, “Monkey Gone…
Vaughn Oliver was a graphic designer whose vinyl sleeve designs became some of the most iconic images of the 80s and 90s punk and rock music scene. He was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England, on September 12th, 1957 to Doreen, who was his mother, and Ernest Oliver, his father. He grew up in a…
This photo was taken in North Hills while I was taking photos for the navigating space assignment. This caught my eye immediately. Firstly we see that this depiction of Starry Night was painted inside a nook in the wall where people can walk into the painting. This to me was why I chose this for…
Already in the introduction sequence of this movie there is a lot going on. It also leaves a lot of questions as to what is going to happen based on the design of the sequence and how it was set up. Starting with the photo of the tent lot and the protestors. These are two…
I was walking into Talley and came across this graphic design. This design really caught my attention for two reasons. The first reason is because of the size of the design. The type of design that size is typically done on the freedom expression tunnel; therefore, to see it in Talley really stood out to…
I found this flyer at my job and my first thoughts were one, how bad it was and two, what a great example this would make for my graphic design class. Even my coworkers without any background in design were all in agreement that it could’ve been done better. Breaking it down, there was a…
The title sequence in A Kiss From Tokyo almost resembles that of The Incredibles. It uses a lot of 2D animation, typography in it’s intro; a lot of icons are present as well. Another feature I noticed with in both The Incredibles and A Kiss From Tokyo’s is a form of parallax scrolling. Though it’s…
The title sequence I choose to analyze is The Politician. It is a Netflix original series centered around Payton Hobart and his political ambitions and how they affect his personal and professional relationships and his life. The title sequence of the series is visually entertaining. In short, it shows an unknown person building a wooden…
Last Week Tonight is a weekly broadcast on television and youtube, hosted by John Oliver, which focuses on the largest news stories of the week. In the opening credits of the show, visual and audible elements are used in order to communicate the type of show the viewer can expect. First of all, the program…
The opening sequence to season three of the show True Detective from 2019 creates a sense of mystery and darkness. This mood is set through the movement of images, transitions between various frames, lighting, colors used, and the way the images are manipulated throughout the opening sequence. All of these elements together create the ambiance…