What is Graphic Design? - Study Task 2

As a class we decided on 13 things that are important to us when looking at graphic design. 

• Creative use of Type
• Visual Quality
• Tone of Voice
• Attention to detail
• Simplicity of Design
• Meaning or Message
• Audience engagement / interaction
• Style or aesthetic quality
• Use of Media & Method of Production
• Relationship betwen Form & Format
• Interest in the content.
• Use / Choice of language
• Structure & Layout

1.Creative use of Type

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I really like the use of type as pattern in this piece. It feels like it is a part of the design and the whole thing flows really nicely. 

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I love how this looks like the page has been folded and how the letters are in and out of focus. It creates a really interesting piece to read that is more than just black and white type.

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I really like how this uses the type as part of an image, that also has a deeper meaning behind it. 

I find it really interesting how the type is used as part of the image in this piece and i think it works really well as a business card. It is obvious what the piece is about and it is very effective.

I love how this designer has used audience interaction for the type to become visible, and the message behind the piece is shown in a very obvious way.

Quite literally 'playful type', i really love how the type is incorporated into the frame, and how it still looks as if it could be played upon.

2. Structure and Layout

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 I really like how this piece is split into four sections to create the layout, and the use of both image and text works really well.

I think its really interesting how this newspaper has been presented and laid out, so that it no longer looks like what you would expect a normal newspaper to look. 

I think that this works well because of the use of type, image and colour, and how they interact with  each other. The layout is simple but is really effective.

I like how the type is wrapped around the side  of this piece which makes it more interesting than just type alone. I also think that the subtle colours work really well.

This book is really interesting in the way it uses info graphics and image to show the information it needs. I really like the colour scheme and how it is carried through the whole book.

3. Simplicity of Design

This piece is so simple, but beautifully laid out and has such clean lines. I love how it looks so effortless.

I really like how, from the front of the book, this looks so simple and clean, but then when the book is turned you can see the beautiful colours and it becomes something much more exciting.

I love how this logo is simply a yellow shape with black type, but it works so well. The slant of the type gives it more interesting shapes and the colours are very bold which makes the logo stand out against others.

This piece is so simply designed it is almost bare, but the small bits of text and image work really well together to create a really interesting and unusual piece of simplistic design.

I love how this piece mixes handwritten and computerised type within the book. The whole thing is designed so simply with very little colour which is why i think it works so well and looks so good.

4. Style or aesthetic quality

This piece is one of my favourites, mostly because of the colours and patterns used. The type is very decorative and the patterns around that tie in with the style of the piece.

I really like the simplicity of this book cover and the tones, colours, type and image all work really well for the overall style and theme of the book. 

This piece of design works so well because the logo is already known so widely and is instantly recognisable. The colours and type are very simple and clean, so it works very well as an object. 

This polaroid branding works really well because the colours are instantly recognisable as polaroid. The aesthetic of the brand is very bright and clean which I really like.

The style of this branding is quite vintage and uses washed out colours which i think works really well. I find it interesting how is mixes the old look with new ideas of info graphics.

5. Attention to detail

This isn't technically 'Graphic Design' but i really love now subtle this piece is, but it is obvious that a lot of time and attention to detail was spent over this piece.

In this piece i really love the simplicity, however the detail in the cutting away of the paper is amazing. 

I really like how detailed the background is in this piece. It looks delicate and really intricate and is incredibly beautiful.

This piece is all hand drawn which i really like, and it looks very intricately done. I also like how the colour is very simple and clean. 

I really like how this piece uses gilding to create a really beautiful front of the book. The gold itself is very delicate and it would have taken a lot of attention to detail to create it so perfectly.

This piece of typography is very hard to read and so the attention to detail in the drawing of it is amazing. I love the thin lines that are used to create the type within them.