Haylee R. Hedge - Graphic Design

Monday, February 16, 2015

Type 2: Feb. 16

I started to research about this project this weekend and decided to look up videos on him and found a really nice BBC special on Charlie Parker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQg-55tZxg I think it's especially cool to work on a project or person that is relevant to our lives. Charlie Parker spent a lot of his time in Kansas City. My grandparents lived in downtown Kansas City all their lives so it was interesting to talk to my grandma about life back then as well. I found out that Charlie Parker wasn't perfect. He got into drugs, but he was an awesome person and produced some of the best music from the twentieth century. I hope that I can honor him through my design in this project. I researched a lot of exhibit layout as well as looked more into the definitions of icons, symbols and indexes. Here are some inspiration photos I found along the way.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Project 1 final result

alternate view

Front left to right (Order, Informational || Energy || Interdependence, Comfort)

Overall, my boxes include the attributes of order, information, energy, interdependence and comfort. The box that I have chosen to focus on mainly covers the attribute of energy. The top of the design was created by typing out the phrase "Rice Krispies" multiple times, copying it, cutting it into strips and placing it onto the copier off angle to copy again. I feel that it really created movement. I added pink and a light gray to add to the attribute. The colors in general gave an electric feel with the striking blue, magenta and gold but leaving enough white for it to breathe. I used Didot for the Cut up words on the top of the box, and decided to use a sans-serif of Din to opposite the strong features of the loud, top two-thirds.