Kara Albe

This is the menu from Potbelly Sandwich Shop. All of the type looks hand-lettered, and I thought it was until I saw the same font on their website. The menu is pretty large and in two different places in the restaurant, on one wall by the line and on one behind the counter. Legibility is key, both primary and secondary information so customers know what to order and what's in it in a timely manner. There's a cohesive color scheme and they did a really good job of establishing hierarchy. The salad section is green and the new exciting (more expensive) flatbreads are in yellow. I like the grid they were able to create and how organized it is while remaining simple and beautiful. It gives off the chalkboard vibe while staying clean and informative. I really want to find the name of the typeface and use it in the future.

Jessica Prohl

Super beautiful sign painting, really love it. (Updating because I wasn't sure how much to type). This is my online picture for this week, and it appears hand rendered, which is highly impressive to me. Even though there are a lot of different styles in the same picture, they're not conflicting to me, because they're all so beautifully done. "The Lost Art" really goes with the old tools and cash register.

Bria Crain: Week 2

I found this example of packaging in September/October 2014 Communication Arts Design Annual. The Providore is a company in Singapore that curates a line of gourmet food and food-related products. Their chocolate packaging, designed by Blue Beetle Design, utilizes a sans-serif font for all of the type except the numbers, which are set in a modern font. The typefaces chosen tie in with The Providore's logo and brand. Their chocolate line is upscale, and the minimal, clean layout reflects that well; if any images were added or the type were more flamboyant, the chocolate packaging would not seem as gourmet/luxurious. It's easy to get carried away when designing, especially with packaging. This is a good reminder that a simple type-only solution is sometimes the best choice for a project.

Ashley Tann

Store signage for The Vault in San Marcos

This is a picture of the signage for The Vault in San Marcos. It's hard to tell what the business is if you don't already know, because there are no visible indicators from the street or even on their website. After digging around on their Facebook site, I discovered that The Vault is a bar on the square that caters to college students. The typeface used is very likely Futura. While I like the style that they were going for, there are two really big problems with their typography. The first big problem is obvious: someone wasn't paying attention to the kerning between the "V" and the "A" when designing the sign. To be fair, the logo they use on the website has been properly adjusted, but the signage is, for me, a really big misstep. The second problem is that the typography doesn't really speak to what the business is. Before I researched the company, I thought they were either a clothing store or antique store. This business is a good example of why the details are so important in design. You can have a good idea or concept, but if it isn't executed well, it doesn't get you far.

Brooke Garner

This is the cover of a book including short, linked poems, Outside, Inside by Michael Penny. This is a good resource for people who are interested in the universe. The poems begin with the unknown of what is outside and what is inside, and then engages to poems about the true nature of outside/inside our universe. The title of the book is a serif typeface, cut out large with a blue space-like image in the background. The small word ‘inside’ appears equally as effective to the large word ‘outside’ because it is italic and creates tension since it is inside the circle, which represents a globe. The plain cover gives the title of the book a clear hierarchy. I really enjoy type that is rendered partially by hand and appears 3D or with texture. If I were to remove the typography off of the front, the cover simply would not work. My last typography teacher taught me that type itself is more important usually than the designs around it. I will continue to keep this in mind when working with type in my future.

Madison Hanlon

Blog 2



Above is a hand illustrated book by Allen Crawford. The book is called Whitman Illuminayed: Song of Myself. Its filled with 256-pages of artistically presented poems. He hand draws every single text including commas. I love how the texts work with the visual images complementing each other as a negative and positive. I believe his intention was to make people slow down and enjoy the pleasure of reading artistically. Hand rendered text always catch my eye and I feel like this style is something that I could learn to do and benefit from. Its a way to make reading more interesting by getting lost in fun text styles. It also will help me invent my own text and sharpen my drawing skills.

Chris Flores - Peggy Guggenheim

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is among the most important museums in Italy for European and American art of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. The museum presents Peggy Guggenheim's personal collection, masterpieces from the Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, the Gianni Mattioli Collection, the Nasher Sculpture Garden, as well as temporary exhibitions.

Photo of the Estate/Museum

Changing Place, Changing Time, Changing Thoughts, Changing Future, 2003
Neon tubes, dimensions variable
Private Collection, Stetten, Germany
Long term loan to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Nannucci believes that publications and multiples are themselves manifestations of a type of artistic practice that considers art a mental process, one that can be applied to the mass production of everyday objects in order to unify divergent threads in art. The art object may lose its uniqueness, but it gains presence and new freedom.