Loui Jover

I found out about Loui Jover from a fellow student's blog and having had a look at his work, I've decided to include him on here, as I really like his style and feel that I could apply that style to my current project.

Jover is an Australian based artist who primarily uses paper and ink to create his work. He has been drawing since childhood, proclaiming that he draws, 'obsessively every single day'. He says that this is why he can use a variety of styles and approaches in art. Jover has qualifications in Commercial and Graphic Art, alongside an advanced certificate in Visual Communication.


'Flying'

Jover creates a canvas from the pages of old books, then draws with ink.
From Jouver's profile on Saatchionline:

"there is a fragility to these images that I find interesting (as if the wind may blow them away at any moment) and the hand drawn stark black lines against the intricate printed words of the book pages offer a strange fusion and depth that seems to give the images a kind of 'meaning' and back story, even though unconnected in a contrived way. I never pick the image for the pages or visa-versa they just collide as chance permits, any meaning they may have is purely created by the observer and their own imaginings."



'Parisian Love Story'

I like quite a few things about Jover's work. Firstly how by using only one medium he has the ability to create such detailed and intricate pieces of art.  I also like the way in which, he uses different intensities of ink, in order to add definition and further detail to his work.

'Secret Place'

David Carson

David Carson is an American Graphic Deisgner, he is well known for his 'innovative magazine design' and 'experimental typography'. Carson's came across Graphic Design in 1980 when he attended a two week Graphics course. But it wasn't until 1983 that he decided to become full involved in it, he attended the Oregon College of Commercial Art; during the course he attended a three week workshop in Switzerland, taught by Hans-Rudolf Lutz, who became Carson's first great influence.

In 1984 Carson was appointed as the art director of Transworld Skateboarding, during his time as art director he developed his signature style of 'dirty' typography and non-mainstream photographic techniques.

Carson's cover design for Transworld Skateboarding

 

 Carson has worked for many clients, such as: Armani, Yale University, Barack Obama and Quiksilver.

                                                                               

  

Campaign poster for Obama, 2009

Whilst I like Carson's signature 'grunge' typography, I think that some of his pieces where he has used a more simplistic typeface look equally as good and are just as affective as when he uses his raw, distressed typefaces. I also like how he intergrates the image and the typography, rather than them being two separate aspects.

Cover for 'Monster Children' magazine.

Packaging Analysis: J Lally

In this post I'll be analysing packaging that I particularly like and find interesting, along with possibly using it to inspire my own project. 

The packaging I've chosen is for the brand J Lally, which produces snack products.

This packaging was designed by Retail in Motions, a company that focuses on travel retail in particular. A combination of photography and illustration has been used to create interesting, travel inspired visuals out of the product itself. Die cuts have also been used to help create these visuals, but another benefit of them is that the buyer can see the product. These images give a fun, childish feeling to the packaging. However the neutral colours and the simple, subtle typeface retain the feeling of sophistication needed to get buyers to trust the product rather than ignoring it because it looks silly and utterly ridiculous.

I think that because these products are sold on plane and ferries, they have designed in such a way that they appeal to everybody. The illustrations/photography will appeal to both adults and children because it is simple but still engaging and a pleasure to look at. Whilst the colour scheme will appeal to adults particularly because it gives the product an air of maturity.