Monogram Design #1 Below are my initial digitised monograms, these where the first iterations and styles….Continue Reading IxD 103 – Monogram Designs
Sketches for my monogram designs, I would go for the blocky style in the end and continue to build upon it. The reason I went for the blocky design is because it reflects my brands values of simplicity and straightforwardness. Digitalising these was fairly easy since the blocky style was extremely simplistic as the design…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Monogram Sketches
James May is our Man in Japan This 6 part Amazon Prime series was a great insight into Japan, the culture, the landscape and the food. The series is made up of 6 episodes, each ranging around 50 minutes each. “James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its…Continue Reading IxD 104 – Travel Location Research – “James May is Our Man in Japan”
Exploring Identity A brand identity is made up of what your brand says, what your values are, how you communicate your product, and what you want people to feel when they interact it. Essentially, your brand identity is the personality of your business and a promise to your customers. Your brand should defined from who you are. What can I apply to my brand? business card social media…Continue Reading IxD103 – Application
Brand Name Il Due Tower’s Pizza, in reference to the two towers of Bologna, both of the towers are leaning and are the symbol of the city of Bologna, Italy. They are the most prominent of the Towers of Bologna. The taller one is called the Asinelli while the smaller but more leaning tower is called the Garisenda. Their…Continue Reading IxD103 – One Week Branding Project
One Week Branding Project Page 1: Logo (wordmark and symbol) and bio/story/description Page 2: A physical touchpoint (can be a box, a uniform or a requirement for the business) Page 3: A digital touchpoint (delivery ordering page, home or menu page, app screen) We where given a week to either rebrand or create our own…Continue Reading IxD103 – One Week Branding Project Research
We where tasked with making some wordplays. Designers use wordplays as a clever way to illustrate what the brands meaning is….Continue Reading IxD 103 – WordPlay
Starting on the paper I got to doing some quick sketches of writing my name in different styles and I also looked at ways of using my name in different ways. Trying out some Fonts These were the initial fonts I looked at while trying them out, I really like the modern/futuristic fonts….Continue Reading IxD 103 – Wordmark sketches and Trying out Fonts
I hopped onto pinterest and looked at other examples of Word marks that I could look at while making my own. There are many there that have a really unique style, especially the bear one and the clean one which is referring to a clean shave….Continue Reading IxD 103 – Word Mark Research
Type Anatomy task Daniel got us to write our own name and figure out its’ anatomy, this task was to help us better understand the elements of typefaces that we can work with before creating our own word mark. I found this task pretty useful at discovering the different elements within my own name and…Continue Reading IxD 103 – Typeface Anatomy