Thursday, February 13, 2014
fonts
To me, this is a great example of font combinations working together. I believe the words "pray for the" is the font Dobra-Slab. I don't know what font that "stars" is but the font combinations have a good contrast. I love that the words "for the" are on top of each other and are the same size as the baseline and cap height of the word "pray." The size of the words have a lot of meaning showing their importance. The word "stars" grabs your attention and pulls your focus to it. The cursive font also reminds me of outer space and the milky way with its smooth curved strokes. I think the designer did a great job with the font combinations.
Friday, February 7, 2014
good and bad design
Bad Design
Dixie State North Plaza
This building is where most of the art classes take place at Dixie State. It used to be an old Harmon's grocery store a long time ago and then Dixie took over and it appears that they haven't changed the appearance. The whole building has plain white walls and cheap flooring and not one of the classrooms has a window. This is where students are expected to be creative. There is no thought or design put into this building and nothing to be proud of inside or out.
Good Design
This is the campus of UVU in Provo, Utah where most of their art classes are held. They have a similar story where they inherited an old building for the use of art classes. The building used to be an old gym but unlike Dixie they designed it to look like art classrooms. For example, if you look at the air vents, they painted them in bright colors. Painting the vents, to me, shows texture and contrast. Also, the classrooms are large and have windows to expand the creative mind. Classrooms have storage cubbies to save space and to store the artwork. UVU took something old and dirty and changed it for the better.
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