http://www.redonline.co.uk/beauty/beauty-news/havaianas-bourjois-collaboration
I love Havainas. I love Leopard print. I love Hot Pink!
I'm like a Magpie when it comes to hot pink things and animal print. I know there's something tacky and wrong about them but I'm just inexplicably drawn to anything that comes in that shade or pattern! Obviously embracing my inner pub landlady!!
KateJoanneBudniak
An Illustration and Graphics student studying at The University of Cumbria, this is my maiden voyage on the good ship Blogger! This blog is all about me, the things I like, my passions, interests, influences, the world as I see it. I am a human specimen, an example of the human species, a product of nature and nurture, a science project in process. If you could see inside my brain, this is what it would look like! :)
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Wednesday 20 March 2013
What if Logos Told the Truth?
http://twistedsifter.com/2012/04/what-if-logos-told-the-truth/
In the interests of 'Project 5' and whilst ratching about ont tinterweb I found this fun 'take' on some iconic logos...
In the interests of 'Project 5' and whilst ratching about ont tinterweb I found this fun 'take' on some iconic logos...
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Carlisle Crack - A Translation for our Foreign Friends
http://www.gonmad.co.uk/cumbria/#.UTYSzxRFBMs
As a long time resident of 'The Great Border City' I felt it my duty to share with my university colleagues (who come from places as far and wide as New York, Columbia, South Africa and Cyprus) this fairly comprehensive explanation of Carlisle and Cumbrian 'slang.' Sadly, local dialects and regional vocabs are on the wane, as they are diluted by 'proper pronunciation' and ridiculed for being 'common.' I think the Cumbrian use of language and colloquialisms show, not only our idiosyncrasies, but display a real warmth and humour, and are an important part of our cultural identity and history.
As a long time resident of 'The Great Border City' I felt it my duty to share with my university colleagues (who come from places as far and wide as New York, Columbia, South Africa and Cyprus) this fairly comprehensive explanation of Carlisle and Cumbrian 'slang.' Sadly, local dialects and regional vocabs are on the wane, as they are diluted by 'proper pronunciation' and ridiculed for being 'common.' I think the Cumbrian use of language and colloquialisms show, not only our idiosyncrasies, but display a real warmth and humour, and are an important part of our cultural identity and history.
Death of a Shoe - A Shoeulogy
The Brief: To illustrate the decline of the British shoe industry with the
visualisation of an autopsy of a pair of shoes.
I know I am lucky to have a pair of shoes, let alone many pairs. In some impoverished countries people strap bits of rubber tyre to their feet to protect against the stony ground. In some countries they don't even have that.
RIP Purple Leopard Print Pumps...
Thursday 24 January 2013
IBM, Watson, Lubalin and Rand!
http://fontsinuse.com/uses/42/ibm-and-watson
Who knew typographic identity could be so interesting! ;)
Who knew typographic identity could be so interesting! ;)
Wanna be Typemates?
http://www.sledgeweb.com/2011/04/14/typemates-itc-lubalin-graph-helvetica-neue/
My search for information and uses of ITC Lubalin Graph has brought me to sledgeweb.com, very useful, thank you! :)
My search for information and uses of ITC Lubalin Graph has brought me to sledgeweb.com, very useful, thank you! :)
Wednesday 23 January 2013
What Type?
http://junichirokoyama.com/blog/?p=63
The aim: to choose 2 typefaces from a given list of ten and to produce 2 A3 posters, one for each typeface, incorporating a typographic image/illustration made from the typeface itself, (but not a face!) and a full body of text using upper case and lower case letters, numerals and, if you wish, punctuation.
As always, I am finding the hardest part is making a decision and getting started! 'Just choose whichever one jumps out at you' they say. 'Well I like them all!' I cry! Which is weird, 'cause they're just a bunch of letters, they all look the same don't they? Well, no, actually. The more I look at them, the more I see their indivividual personalities and characteristics.
I like slab serif Lubalin graph, but I also like sans serifs Univers and Futura, Mrs Eaves is very nice, and the calligraphic Zapfino lends itself beautifully to a typographic illustration! Oh what to do?
I suppose that narrows it down to five.
This calls for a scientific elimination. What better way to choose a typeface than by how cool the name of the person that designed it is?
Lubalin Graph, designed by Herb Lubalin, Zapfino by Hermann Zapf, Mrs Eaves by the lovely Zuzana Licko, Futura by Paul Renner and Univers, Adrian Frutiger. In my mind that narrows it down to the former three.
Now, of those, which two are in strongest contrast to each other? Well that would have to be Lubalin Graph and Zapfino! Pow! Sorry Mrs Eaves, it's nothing personal, I just don't dig ya that way!
The aim: to choose 2 typefaces from a given list of ten and to produce 2 A3 posters, one for each typeface, incorporating a typographic image/illustration made from the typeface itself, (but not a face!) and a full body of text using upper case and lower case letters, numerals and, if you wish, punctuation.
As always, I am finding the hardest part is making a decision and getting started! 'Just choose whichever one jumps out at you' they say. 'Well I like them all!' I cry! Which is weird, 'cause they're just a bunch of letters, they all look the same don't they? Well, no, actually. The more I look at them, the more I see their indivividual personalities and characteristics.
I like slab serif Lubalin graph, but I also like sans serifs Univers and Futura, Mrs Eaves is very nice, and the calligraphic Zapfino lends itself beautifully to a typographic illustration! Oh what to do?
I suppose that narrows it down to five.
This calls for a scientific elimination. What better way to choose a typeface than by how cool the name of the person that designed it is?
Lubalin Graph, designed by Herb Lubalin, Zapfino by Hermann Zapf, Mrs Eaves by the lovely Zuzana Licko, Futura by Paul Renner and Univers, Adrian Frutiger. In my mind that narrows it down to the former three.
Now, of those, which two are in strongest contrast to each other? Well that would have to be Lubalin Graph and Zapfino! Pow! Sorry Mrs Eaves, it's nothing personal, I just don't dig ya that way!
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