Murphy's law on Design

Everything goes Wrong... It's not your day... you have assignment to submit...

Your fonts will default. If you have two versions of a photo, you will send the wrong one to the printer. When the printer goes out of ink and you are in a rush, you don’t have any cartridges to replace it. No matter what the size of the logo is, it’s not big enough for your lecture.Spell checkers don't work. So basically nothing work together to makeup your day.

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http://murphyslawdesign.com/quotes.html

http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-Graphic_Design.htm

Container as Content

I think that the word content means in message and communication. In this context, Container is the tool to deliver and transmit that message and communication to the mass. There are ways of using these containers to make the content interesting. Modifying and stylizing these containers is a way to make this happen. Modifying and stylizing using the right set of texture, colours, and elements. Elements include posters, photos, and print ads, and even exhibition. This transformation makes the container interesting and nice so the mass will be interested about the content and also they will have a better understanding.

Example is the posters. The posters make the wall interesting and also it will communicate the message well.

Exhibition design-Phase1

I first did the following design, but after consulting with my lecture I change and refined the design.

Final Design

Sony Exhibition

I will be doing my exhibition on Sony products. The products include Mp3, camera, mobile, and laptop. The exhibition is going have that electronic look. The colors that i will most probably use will be blue and white to give create a shiny and electronic look and effect.

Examples of exhibition

Exhibition

Exhibition design involves the process of developing an exhibit from a concept through to a physical, three-dimensional exhibition. It involves evolving field, drawing on innovative, creative and practical solutions to the challenge of developing communicative environments that communicate content and message in a three-dimensional space. Exhibition designers use a wide range of technologies and techniques to develop experiences that will flourish with diverse audiences, enabling viewers to access the messages, stories and objects of an exhibit. There are many different types of exhibit, ranging from museum exhibitions, to retail and trades show spaces, to themed attractions, zoos and visitor centers. All types of exhibits have the aim and goal to communicate a message through engaging their audiences in meaningful and compelling interactions. Exhibition design is a combination and arrangement of the works of architecture, graphic design, digital media, lighting, and interior design to create and develop that communicates information well.

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Wikipedia.org

One of the architectures that inspire me

Zaha Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. She has designed many notable buildings and exhibition.

Exhibitions:

§ 1978 - Guggenheim Museum, New York

§ 1983 - Retrospective at the Architectural Association, London

§ 1985 - GA Gallery, Tokyo

§ 1988 - Deconstructivist Architecture show at MoMA, New York

§ 1995 - Graduate School of Design at Harvard University

§ 1997 - San Francisco MoMA

§ 2000 - British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

§ 2001 - Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg

§ 2002 - (10 May-11 August) Centro nazionale per le arti contemporanee, Rome^[21]

§ 2003 - (4 May - 17 August) - MAK - Museum für angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts) in Vienna

§ 2006 - (3 June - 25 October) – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

§ 2006 - (1 June - 29 July) – Ma10 Mx Protetch Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

§ 2007 - (29 June - 25 November) - Design Museum, London

Source:

wikipedia.org

Google.com

Architecture

Architecture is art and science of designing and creating buildings and other structures. The Architects plans the layout and design based on the review of the construction of buildings and structures for the use of people. Architects use coordinates and integration of engineering design in their design. This has as its primary objective the creative arrangement of materials and forms using mathematical and scientific principles.

Designs that inspire me

In my opinion these designs contain a lot of information in a small, eye-catching package. Many eye-catching ads use objects of different sizes to maximize the amount information that is used in an ad space. The usage of three-dimensional objects are helpful to grab the viewer's attention.This technique is particularly effective to maximize the impact of ads located in obscure locations because most people can notice differences in size from a far distance quite well.

Creativity

Creativity is simply defined as the ability to see what others are seeing but think what others are not thinking. I mean everyone can see same thing but how their mind will understand it and think about can be counted as creativity. Additionally, the human legs have been there before shoes came into existence but somebody had to think what others never thought of in order to bring them into being though every other person was seeing the same thing – the legs. Think in a different way, if you want to be creative – creativity is not a function of the eyes but a function of the mind is how you recognize an Idea.

Process of making my navigational signage

sketches in illustrator

Making the shapes in illustrator and applying color to them.

Navigational Design process

For my navigational design signage, i planned to design for Zoo Negara. I wanted to use the element of tree for my design. I am planning to use the tree trunk as the stand, the branches and the leafs will also show the sign and directions. I was also inspired to use the shape of pyramid for my design.