Emoticons

Trying to think of some ideas for my "theme"

I want to do something with eye I posted before or maybe the fleur de lis.

Was re-reading the assignment and thought I would find some emoticons...thought these were pretty cool (they are used on Windows Vista):

Resume

I am in the process of updating my resume and I found this awsome site with some of the most creative resume designs ever! Check it out:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/30-artistic-and-creative-resumes/

So inspiring!

the power of advertising- for women!

Such a great website! and so much truth in it...

http://she-conomy.com/category/examples-of-badgood-advertising/

Assignment 2- symbols

Today we learned about Semiotics- signs- and the book "This Means That, That Means This"

It was pretty interesting to look at all of the different signs, so I put some here in this blog. A sign can be anything and everything- from a gesture to a facial expression. It's all about communication!


I was trying to think of what symbol I was going to do...I was thinking one of these three:



I find this Egyptian Eye to be very beautiful, I remember seeing it for the first time in the Broadway show "Aida" but I know it goes way beyond a musical....




I think the fleur de lis is my favorite, I have seen it in so many places- from Pro Football logos to Clothing Company logos- It should be very interesting to research!

Animal Sets

Looking at some animal sets online...found some interesting ones (not your typical park-like sign sets) I thought they might be a nice addition here...




I think the ones below are pretty different because they use an outline of light- and different colors- yet you can still tell they all belong to the same family (probably because of these two elements!)

New York Images

Trying to gather some images that remind me of New York...

I think that these were too funny not to post...

Universal symbols

Found some groups of universal signs to get some ideas for our upcoming assignment.

In class, we spoke about previous Olympic pictograms- I found the newest ones from Vancouver 2010 They were created by Leo Obstaum who has drawn influence from Canada's natural and urban environments for his designs.

Favorite Sites

http://www.thebestdesigns.com/

http://mashable.com/2009/03/16/design-inspiration/

Working on my corporate identity project: check out amazing business card designs- SO CREATIVE!
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/100-really-creative-business-cards/
http://www.nextdayflyers.com/blog/25-best-business-card-designs-of-2009/