1984 Inspiration Images on Pinterest

I went for a mix of eerie, bold, strange, and black and white images to illustrate my vision of 1984 by George Orwell


http://pinterest.com/jamiesear/1984-inspiration/

Journal Entry 3/13

Chip Kidd & Paul Rand

While their personal styles and approaches to their book designs differ greatly, their outcomes are equally affective and leave a lasting impression on all admirers.
I noticed while watching Kidd's video that his designs are all very spur of the moment and are strictly reflective on the story it covers. For example, he was assigned the cover of Jurassic Park, which he had no background information on. He ended up creating a design that reflected the t-rex, which ended up being a huge success. He also designed autobiographies with just text to reflect the conversational style of the book, and biographies that used photography to represent the strong imagery that was found in the text. His ability to adapt to each story is what has made Kidd an extreme success.
Rand greatly differs from Kidd in that his designs were all very reflective of his personal, modernist style. While he did respond to the needs of each book, he enjoyed pushing the boundaries of current "rules" regarding layouts and covers. He made a lot of hand-ripped pages and type that he incorporated in several of his books, and cut out severe shapes around pictures to turn it into a completely different picture. Rand was, and still is, extremely influential in modern design and left a lasting impression that can still be found in design all around the world.

Final Book & Video

Book Revisions

Storyboards

The goal for all three of my storyboards was to make most of the words very simple, and then add in a few twists and bold accents every now and then, which I feel illustrates Steve Jobs' speech perfectly.

Visc 302: Kinetic & Expressive Speech Visualization

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

(4:57-5:33)

_ Who is speaking?
Steve Jobs, CEO & Founder of Apple inc. (1955-2011)

_ Why was/is the speech important to society?
While this speech wasn't extremely well known, it was an inspirational look into the life of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 21st century. He made the struggles of his past relatable to the 2005 graduates of Stanford as they prepared themselves to enter the real world. 

_ Why do you feel it is important or interesting?
Whenever anyone thinks of Steve Jobs, they most likely think automatic success. His speech revealed that he wasn't given an easy path growing up, and he struggled throughout college and his early years just like anyone else. Throughout all of the stories he told, he threw in inspirational touches that the graduates and anyone watching could relate to. As a confused and scared college student myself, I felt that this speech gave me hope and reminded me that any struggles or hardships that I may have now won't negatively affect my successes for the future. 

_ What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?
The speech is inspirational, thoughtful, calm but his stories are upbeat. 

_ What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses?
Words such as very, can't, have to, and something are all emphasized because he is stressing what he wants the audience to do. The speech as a whole is about the same volume and he pauses briefly in between sentences. 

_ What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?
I liked the way he stressed certain words and the speed in which he spoke, so I want to further emphasize those qualities. I also want to emphasize when he talks about connecting the dots and also when he lists the things he wants the audience to trust in. 

_ Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words?
He stresses to the audience that he wants them to trust in something, anything, because that will give them the confidence to move forward with their lives knowing that everything will somehow work out in the end. 

_ How does it make you feel?
Although the portion of the speech is only 30 seconds, it makes me feel hopeful and confident about my future.

_ How do imagine that the audience felt?
I'm assuming the audience felt similar.

_ Could there be another interpretation of the speech?
No, because commencement speeches are made to be inspirational and I feel that this portion was geared toward making the audience feel empowered. 

_ Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar. (Wikipedia)


Examples of Expressive Type

http://artnaos.net/eclass/Typography/ExpressTypeExamples.html

Who are the designers? unknown.  What are the techniques being used? Each image uses a combination of composition and type to create strong images to convey their message to the viewer. How do those techniques reflect the content? The techniques further enhance the content to ultimately convey the message of the advertisement over the the viewer. What is it that attracts you to the work? The imagery in each picture was the first thing to attract my attention. 

typefaces & book covers

After looking at various typefaces that were available in the 1800s, I have to say I was less than impressed, which makes my assignment for Treasure Island a little tougher. However, the book covers that I found on thebookcoverarchive.com that used Caslon and Courier were very inspiring and used each of the typefaces in ways that made them a little bit more interesting. I found that with Courier it was usually paired with another font that was the star while Courier was used for the smaller information and subheadings.

Caslon

Courier

Inspiring Covers

I also noticed that there were so many book covers that used type as their main focus which I found to be the most inspiring. Granted some of them do have a picture or two and a lot of color, but the text is definitely the first thing you notice.