Inspiration: Information Design

Thanks again Kate from Anamorphosis ! I love the works from Trafik It shows how information design does not have to be boring! I just have to bear in mind that my target audience are not designers, but more so your lay MAN so to keep it really simple but with a bit of interpretative exercise to keep them entertained!

Inspiration: A visual style

Emilkozak

My latest thought on trying to resolve my visual style:
It could be as simple as this - simple photography of the product and behind it (similiarly to this) would be illustrations that ARE THE FEMALE VOICE. This allows me to have more fun with my visualisations and enjoy the process - as we all know these gifts communciate so many things to women unbeknown to men! So I can play with typography, handwritten messages, stylised drawings, little icons etc..That way these objects can create a mood that is appropriate to it.

Visuals should be up soon, still working on them :)

Guide Book

Rumbero Design

* Guide Book designed for the ISC freshmen

This is maybe the answer - icons ont he side like an address telephone book the quick way for guys to browse through the book.

Major Project Update

I saw this image (courtsey of mr Dan Andersen) a while go from Threadless T-shirts (threadless.com) and it may have been the contributing factor for visualising my first chapter to the project "off the shelf love" That is the typical commercial gifts all to fit within the visual frame of a vending machine also supported with infographics!

Im also starting to wonder that this may work better as an interactive flash piece rather than a print piece - like the way I showcased my cupcakes as a product in a theatre stage setting and on one level it was just the cupcakes introducing into its own setting with a narrative and then it would also have a 'family' (similar flavours in the cupcake), 'friends' (complimenting flavours) and of course 'enemies.' It was a product based website, encouraging users to engage and therefore buy it - which is similar in the project. There was so much level of information that can be added and catered specifically to the guys motive/situation for the gift giving behaviour.



Oh now I am really confused!

http://www.threadless.com/product/657/Some_Choices_Are_Just_Out_of_Reach

The Couple's Book by Benrik.com

Believe it or not, this has been produced by two men Ben Carey & Henrik Delehag. It's an amusing scrapbook where 'couples' can document and chart their whole relationship from things like who paid on their first date, their best orgasms - anything you can think of from emotional to physical aspects of the relationship. I wonder if there were couples that did this together?! I know I wouldnt!

So I was also thinking of producing something interactive like this book but of course based on my topic - one where men can actually write in to jot down potential gift/gesture ideas or guidelines/hints to make it easy for guys to remember/note down things their gf may have said to as a clue.

Natsko.com

I love this visual style its a mix between my illustration style in "my cupcakes style" Im still undecided on the visual style, I know I am still figuring out the content. Would you guys say this style is aimed more at feminine audience rather than a guy? I think so!