I found this game day poster on Twitter the other day and was fascinated by the designer’s workflow. In the tweet, she posted a GIF going through all her layers. Quite unconventional is the coffee cup in space combined with the bridge and mountains. Recently, I bought a 5” external monitor for my mirrorless camera…
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…
This is a Reese’s Puffs cereal box that was created in collaboration with American artist KAWS. This is one of the most recent design collaborations that Reese’s has had as they’ve also collaborated with people like Travis Scott and Lil Yachty. The thing that caught my attention at first was the character laying in the…
I found this shampoo bottle in the depths of Target and was immediately captivated by its bright colors and minimal look. I loved how the word “Native” was centered and surrounded by a lot of white space. It creates a nice contrast from the bright colors that is formulated into a rectangle (the border).…
Earlier this month, I took a trip to NoDa in Charlotte, a street with fun shops and restaurants that is about fifteen minutes from UNC Charlotte’s campus. There were many different murals on the side of each building, but this was my favorite one. I love the different bright colors and the way the…
I practically buy one of these FitCrunch protein bars practically everyday and it wasn’t until recently that I took a look at it’s design because of this class. I love seeing the cross-sectional part of the protein bar since it advertises in its packaging heavy that its a baked bar and shown barely at the…
I came across this example of graphic design in a book I own titled Iconic Magazine Covers, this example is an image of the published cover for The New Yorker Magazine shortly after 9/11. I find this magazine cover to be respectful, but ominous in its subtlety. The artists of the cover are Art Spiegelman…
I was walking around Cameron Village, trying to convince myself that I did not need to buy another book from Barnes & Noble, when I looked up and saw this mural. The message is very simple and I find it very cute. The typography varies and and to me, appears round and soft. The different…
Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart is a collection of poems written by Courtney Peppernell, geared to comfort individuals experiencing heartbreak. I recently found and bought this book, as I was drawn to its cover art. From the front to the back, dark colors are blended to depict deep ocean water, representing the dark and…
I spotted this student radio flier in the free expression tunnel, and there are a few reasons it really stuck out to me. A full bleed black and white flier isn’t something you often see around campus. Maybe at a concert venue or record store, but this really stood out from the other predominantly white…
This body mist bottle is part of Ariana Grande’s perfume collection that I recently purchased. I liked the different shades of pink that the bottle included (cloudy, solid, and metallic) to divide the sections of the bottle between the cap, body (title of product), and end (product description). Additionally, I thought that the different colored…
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…
The product that I chose to write about for the Wild Design assignment is Trader Joe’s salsa: Cowboy Caviar. Trader Joe’s is known for marketing and designing their products in a very specific way, usually being very colorful and having a clever name for many of them. This product is no exception and I really…
While looking for a piece of graphic design to use for this post, this particular logo really stood out to me. The company recycles old wine bottles into containers for candles and sells fun scents like Mimosa and Sangria. I really like the inclusion of the wine opener in the center of the logo, as…
This book cover for “City Life” by Donald Barthelme caught my eye as I sifted through books at my local book shop. The immediate impression it gave me is that of a city that is alive and bustling with life, as the typeface used in the title resembles a 1960’s style of flashy and invigorating…