Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Random Design Fun: Vogue, Flash and Photography
You Can't Miss: Fun portfolio websites
This week we are suppose to start thinking about our websites so I wanted everyone to check out a few things my friends have done online. JP Beato III was a photographer with me at A&M, and he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Breaking News (there was a Bonfire collapse at A&M) I've always admired him as a photographer (he's promised to shoot my wedding some day) and his portfolio is always very beautiful. He's changed it recently, but it's a good example of how to use a ton of images, if you have them.
His website is here.
I would check out his editorial photos, as well as some of the wedding stuff, if you like good photography. He's very much a documentary photojournalist. I noticed he changed his online photo viewer to Simpleviwer...and apparently you can download a version of this online, if anyone wants a simple way to view images.
Also, I wanted to show off my friend Casey's work. He's just taken a semester on Flash, and I was so impressed with how his portfolio turned out. Find the portfolio button, his flash examples are pretty cool. Here's his site.
And after class today, you guys might like to check out the Vogue site. They have every issue---every country. Fun stuff. Here's the site
What's going on at AIGA
Howard Stern just went over to Sirius, and when he went he came up with a new logo, a clinched fist much like the protest symbol of the '70s. This was a really funny because it detailed the progression of a symbol of rebellion into a marketing strategy. It reminds me of all the rock songs of Dylan and the Stones that are now showing up on commercials. Can Stern really take the fist as his own personal symbol of rebellion? True, he fights the FCC about freedom of speech, but for the ability to talk to strippers on his show about their orgasms. Sorry, I'm not really a Stern fan. I don't take offense to his using the logo, but think it will degrade how future generations see the symbol.
This week we are suppose to start thinking about our websites so I wanted everyone to check out a few things my friends have done online. JP Beato III was a photographer with me at A&M, and he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Breaking News (there was a Bonfire collapse at A&M) I've always admired him as a photographer (he's promised to shoot my wedding some day) and his portfolio is always very beautiful. He's changed it recently, but it's a good example of how to use a ton of images, if you have them.
His website is here.
I would check out his editorial photos, as well as some of the wedding stuff, if you like good photography. He's very much a documentary photojournalist. I noticed he changed his online photo viewer to Simpleviwer...and apparently you can download a version of this online, if anyone wants a simple way to view images.
Also, I wanted to show off my friend Casey's work. He's just taken a semester on Flash, and I was so impressed with how his portfolio turned out. Find the portfolio button, his flash examples are pretty cool. Here's his site.
And after class today, you guys might like to check out the Vogue site. They have every issue---every country. Fun stuff. Here's the site
What's going on at AIGA
Howard Stern just went over to Sirius, and when he went he came up with a new logo, a clinched fist much like the protest symbol of the '70s. This was a really funny because it detailed the progression of a symbol of rebellion into a marketing strategy. It reminds me of all the rock songs of Dylan and the Stones that are now showing up on commercials. Can Stern really take the fist as his own personal symbol of rebellion? True, he fights the FCC about freedom of speech, but for the ability to talk to strippers on his show about their orgasms. Sorry, I'm not really a Stern fan. I don't take offense to his using the logo, but think it will degrade how future generations see the symbol.
// posted by teresasanserif @ 8:46 AM 
