Wednesday

The first designer we looked at was April Greiman. Born in 1948, she was raised to work hard in what she does. I really enjoy the way she works with typography. She played around with weight, space, size and angles to create visually stimulating designs. Her designs are very innovative with colors and creative imagery. One piece that I really like the architectural design on a building of a bowl of rice. It is interesting to look at since it takes studying to understand what the objects in the picture are.

Milton Glaser was a designer who really focused on simplicity and bold colors. Some of his work, including a Bob Dillon poster and the "I LOVE NY" logo are all examples of his simplistic nature. I think that his work really stands out because it is stuff that we still see today. The "I LOVE NY" logo is found anywhere and is applied to so many different types of medium (I even have a shirt). He is a very outstanding designer who brought back the whole idea of simplicity.

Seymour Chwast created illustrations that were inventive and interesting. They are very bold and filled with color and the geometric lines stood out. There were not that many examples of his work so it makes it hard to describe his graphic design pieces directly. The presenter did a good job of mimicking the designer and creating a first slide that stood out.