Merry Christmas Bloggees!
After a very long hiatus, I'm back at the blog for a brief update (as well as a goody along the way.
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On November 5th, Google honored my new design hero with a Google Doodle, Raymond Loewy. I'd heard briefly of him when I toured the Studebaker Museum in South Bend back in 2002. Strangely, I never really heard anything about this industrial design leader in art school. After the doodle came out, I started researching about him online and was staggered by the amount of work credited to him and his studio (including Air Force One and design work for NASA). The fact that a designer not only did identity work (Shell, Exxon, etc...), but also worked in aviation and aerospace (two areas that I have a real soft spot for. To find out more about this icon of American design you can check out the following links...
Wikipedia Article on Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewy Official Site
Hagley Museum and Library
Plus, I have picked up a copy of Raymond Lowey's Industrial Design. I'm pleased to report that it reads a lot better than Paul Rand's writing and I'm enjoying the book.
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I came across a really neat design technique via Photoshop. After viewing the process, it got me thinking...Why not do it in Illustrator and use it to create official cards for the Christmas Exchange Game.
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| Sample Sheet of the Gift Exchange Cards |
With that, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2014 to you!
SeeYa!
