Saturday, November 22, 2008

good vs bad

lets start out with the good first...



Cute graphic buttons for everyday people, whether its t.v. watchers, music lovers, fast-food junkies, or game freaks, there is a button for each type of person.













a twist in graphic design. here is a vintage design, which incorporates simple but complex images with typography.











on the other hand. this modern design is very different from the one above. this one has a new, modern feel. and also, each image represents, and symbolizes something.












graphics could also be used in fashion. a colorful background that blends with the model herself. eye-catching color, not too bright.








graphics also in foreign stamps. cute and simple, that's how I like my graphics.












now for the not-so-good...

again with the messiness!!. jumbling up words is not appealing. no concept, and looks like this design wasn't planned out well enough.












now this is obvious.. you can't even read the text!!!! that is a bad choice. what if you wanted to sell something and the customer doesn't have a clue to what you want to sell. It looks like a line on a peace of paper. not interesting whatsoever.












another not-so-successful trip down the graphic road. This book cover might be cool and everything, but in the end, your customers still needs to be able to read it. When I first looked at it, I couldn't even see anything. It says "type addicted" by the way. I bet you didn't know that.











cute but trying too hard.
















looks like a time consuming piece, but in the end, looks like an amateur design.

1 comment:

Karen O Lau said...

nice play with the WYSIWIG editor on layout for the blog. VERY good finds on the good designs. Type is important and not many designers do it well. So the examples you sited for good type are actually very creative and out-of-the-box. Some of the bad designs you cited, used type as a texture rather than for real readability, which is ok in some cases if you meaning can be derived from other visual elements in the composition. Good finds, keep going.