Merry Christmas

I bought an amazing type book today that I plan to bring to class once we return. I also wanted to remind everyone to look at Siggi Eggertsson's work. I know Erika posted it but i kind of want to bookmark it here for my own inspiration. I plan on stopping by Erika's get together. I hope to see some people there as well since i missed sushi.

Siggi's Work

better

Emeriti Site

Yay! I got the flash file to work.

Emeriti Site

you guys should come

thanks stan

tags

the box is still pretty decrotive. This tag reflects the box and doesn't distract from the bottle. if only i'd gotten a tiny silver transfere for the name on tag! Wish my ideas would have come sooner! Box is pretty much done. I just have to edit some things put on the tags and relabel the bottle with a fresh transfere. Oh boy.



This is the gaurantee of contents label that i used from the cigar box. The type is based soley off the style of the label i have while i changed the images to vineyard photos and some of the design elements.

progress

I'm probably going with the gold. This was my second attempt at a practice label so i left it on so i could see what it would like as i built my box and manhandeling it during the process wouldn't matter since it's just a trial (the e is missing on the other side cause it fell off). I do like the silver though.

website up

My first website is up. I did this for Agnes Scott. It's simple, but it's a photography site also, so it needed to be. The show is about the power of black and white photography so it's also all black and white.

looking/longing


***Let me know if this page looks funny at all on your browser/computer. As you'll soon find out making every browser, PC vs. mac,and year of computer happy is nearly impossible and really heartbreaking work. Right now the tabs at the top right are not meeting the wrap correctly on my mac but not on the PC and the MAC I worked on at Agnes Scott. I will be fixing this over the next month and all the other design things that are wrong on certain browsers.

box idea

is it coming?

Thanks for the nice comments Jerimiah and Gaye. They did help. For everyone - please leave comments if you feel so inspired! I wonder if people like the gold or silver better.

In desperation for inspiration i bought the forty dollar design annual by Print Magazine. The same one i got for about six dollars when i was a member last year...i will never bail out on subscribing again. In contrary to other opinions, which i can respect, i think there are some really beautiful and clever designs this year. Not wine bottles, but other things.

Progress...
I sent my label off to Feron today. I guess I'll get it by Wednesday or Friday apparently. I really need it by Wednesday in order to know what i want my box to look like and get it all done in time. I found a place that will print gold but i have no idea if they can get me what i need in time for the due date.I really wish we had more time for this project.

I'm getting three labels made, two in silver and one in gold so i can choose which looks best on the bottle and have one to screw up with. My label wraps all the way around so it's ninety dollars for three tries at this. I better get it right.



This is what i sent to Faron





With the blue tag i made as a literal tag or as a sticker that goes over the top of the bottle - I've seen the sticker over the top of some bottles and really like the way it looks. I'm not sure it would work here.



I think i like the black top bottle better. I think too much metallic coloring isn't really necessary here - and it helps you focus on the type more. What do you think?


There is not a single wooden wine box i could find in Atlanta. I drove every where today. So, I've decided to make a box less dramatic because A. It should not outshine the bottle and B. the one i want to make will be similar enough if not better than what i could have done with the last. I'm using a nice handcrafted paper instead.

worried

i worry about every project we have but i feel nervous about this one...I hope i get a burst of fresh energy and really pop something good out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for me!

think insideout the box, pleeeee's

Non-Format Design Company

More recent

For the animated type assignment

This is the film trailer for the movie Sunshine that i will be animating. It's slightly longer than a minute but i can't wait to try this.

This was one of the most visullay stunning movies other than "The Fountain" that I've seen in years. I felt it was important the conversation or dialouge had touced me at one point in a visual sense. There's a lot of movement suggested in the dialouge and effects so maybe I'm giving myself a break this time.

rough sketches - rocky label

quick info

reason : looks like rocks in the ground surounded by sand, worms, and earth things. Maybe a wild flower grows from this. Maybe it's on the back of the bottle and the wine and bottle are see through.

Maybe it looks better large with no imagery?

color: color forecast plus spanish colors.

design element: The words look off set like a rough screen print.

more complete sketches

I'm not feeling like I've struck gold or anything but here are some ideas. The one on the top right would have stones in the bottom that are not small enough to come out of the neck when pouring. Then i used clouds to establish a design element that would suggest the stones were on the ground and the type was in the sky.The clouds would be somewhat transparent because when light shines through this bottle the blue and clouds really light up. I really like whimsical wine bottles so I'm trying my hardest just using type.

sketches

what if I translate las rocas (the rocks) to stand for strength rather than literal rocks. maybe. I think this wine is bold and this lable might be dramatic enough to flaunt it's "outstanding" rating and it's bold flavor.






Stuff i was messing with...

possible wine bottle

I found this at an antique store.It only holds three glasses of wine rather than four but it's an inch taller and a nice thick italian glass.



rough idea-not too crazy about this

Typographic Art Exhibit Up Now

Beep Beep Gallery on Charles Allen St. off of Ponce De Leon - only a ten minute drive from school- has a street art exhibition up featuring typographic pieces designed by Hense and Born. Here are some images and link to them.


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Wurds

posters - remembered

The Small Stakes knows how to make an amazing poster. You should definitely check these out.Gregg B. showed me this site last year.I couldn't even choose my top ten due to the variation of style.

sketch

I know this isn't type based but i wanted to get it out. I want to try something clever with type and old drawings of rock/reef charts since my wine's name means the rocks/reef. We'll see.

These sites may help and entertain

Fonts vs. Typefaces (read the comments too). This is a pretty funny due to it's passive aggressiveness.

Wine Bottle Design Sites:
Amphora in the UK
Bottle Types

Any one else?

Not able to upload photos? The photos i took of my wine bottle are from the internet because blogger sends me an upload error message that says "we are currently working on this problem please be patient." It's been a week though.

About my wine:

I hope to impliment some spanish design to the bottle I'm designing. This will give me the chance to check out international design and maybe give me more ideas for other projects.

Wine Bottle Re-Design

Las Rocas De San Alejandro Garnacha is the wine i plan on redesigning. Of the four wines and one olive oil bottle i chose to buy - all of which either has a cheesy, outdated, or overly generic design already, I was most drawn Los Rocas de San Alejandro after research showed it's actually a highly aclaimed wine witha 90 on a scale of 1-100 making it an "outstanding" wine with a far less outstanding design. This design is kind of funny to me. It's the most generic one of any of the bottles i found at the farmers market. By generic i mean two color - just the information you need and not a single element of design except for the type face they chose - which doesn't say anything about the wine at all.


Wine Stats:

From: Alejandro, Spain

Grape: Garnacha

Name Means: The Rocks

Rating: 90 or outstanding

Type: red

Check out the bottle:

wine bottle example

These are labels i found online that were designed for a wine i saw in print magazine. So far i can't find the rest online that i like. I will maybe bring some examples to class.