mixed media art

After taking a trip to the Bergamot Station in Santa Monica I came across these mixed media art pieces made by David S. Palmer. They may look like just picture, but the images are actually made out of bullet shells, and are mounted on a glossy plastic canvas. They are all very ironic pieces and are so awesome in person. They are all approximately 3ft x 4ft and are being sold from $9,000 to $14,000. 

Design Hero- Louise Fili

Louise Fili is an Italian designer known for her packaging design as well as her logos, restaurant and book designs. She experiments a lot with typography and hand drawn lettering along with providing elaborate illustrations. She became an Art Director early on at Pantheon Books; it was here where she started reinventing the book jacket. Fili’s work includes over 2000 book designs and she received an abundance amount of awards including medals from The Society of Illustrators and the New York Art Directors Club. In 1989 she started her own company, Louise Fili Ltd. here is where she was able to explore her three favorite passions, food, typography, and Italy. Her passion for the Italian and French poster design and all of the Italian food packaging eventually influenced her to switch from book design to restaurant design. All of her restaurants she has designed have been in New York City, and the first restaurant she designed was right across the street from her place. But then in 1990 she studied the Italian Art Deco and decided to ultimately switch to food packaging. Along with her designing she has also been an instructor at the New School, New York University, Cooper Union, and the School of Visual Arts. Not only does she teach and design, but she also has written numerous books on her process, theory, and shares her love for typography.

The reason why I am so drawn to her work is because of her style and what she designs. All of her art pieces are very cohesive and she has this clean, organic style, which I can hopefully achieve in my style. She also has designed many book covers and I am currently interested in getting an internship at a book publishing company that involves designing books. She does packaging design and ultimately that is something I would like to pursue further after college. Since she has the career path that I am ultimately trying to mimic I feel she is a great design hero to me. 

LA county fair

I was looking through my photos that I took with my phone hoping to find some inspiration for a project and I came across this picture. I just love the fun layout and the quirky photography involved. This was on a newspaper stand on the street and I remember the complementary colors that initially caught my eye. Just reminds me how color is just as important as typography in layouts.  

books aren't just for reading...

I've never heard of such a thing as book sculptures until this past week in my senior projects class. My professor showed the class some artists that did book sculptures and they blew my mind away. They are just so delicate and awesome. I looked up Su Blackwell who is famous for her sculptures. These were just some of my favorites!! (my fav) alice in wonderland

logo comps

so after playing around with the logos i've managed to narrow it down to these three. I chose the color green because it represents growth, health, renewal, and nature. Before I started digitalizing the collateral stuff, I wanted to get a better sense of my logo. what do you guys think?

collateral sketches