Saturday, August 31, 2013

Twentyone Creative

Twentyone Creative is a design studio that creates some very interesting retro styled typographical posters. Twentyone Creative is the name of graphic designer, Fabio Perez's design studio. One of them that I really like is one that shows how cool retro styled robots are today. Perez's works include many different topics and tend to feature very diverse font types and styles. He tends to angle his fonts to create implied motion throughout the posters, which help guide the audience's eyes. Perez has also designed logos for Lynd Fruit Farms, The Cutting Desk, and more. He uses very simple illustrations alongside attractive typography to create brilliant looking designs.

Mary Kate McDevitt


Mary Kate McDevitt works mostly with typographical works to create great works of design. One of McDevitt's works that I truly appreciate is her November Desktop (http://marykatemcdevitt.com/#/november-desktop/). This November Desktop uses illustrations of broken leaves to create the word "November" using negative space. I love the idea of making the main title of the illustration using the negative space of other related objects. Using this technique helps the objects to create depth within the content, while also allowing the actual text to stand out to the audience. More of McDevitt's work can be found at her website, http://marykatemcdevitt.com.

Barcamp


I really like this typographical poster. This typographical poster was designed by Bill S Kenney. Bill is a designer and partner for Focus Lab. Focus Lab is a design firm in Savannah GA (http://focuslabllc.com). Bill believes in creating clean, simple, and easy to understand designs for both illustrations and websites. This design shows Bill's appreciation for simple and clean designs. I think that the details about the event are given in an organized way, while still giving a bit of diversity throughout the piece. There is also a great use of typographical hierarchy with the use of larger type and more noticeable fonts. I think the way this info is shown could be a great way to display some of the bands on a music festival poster. I also think that the colors are simple and easy to see. This is a great piece and really gives me some great ideas for poster designs. The layout is great and the type is contained to one box which makes it easier to read.