Class Notes Monday April 5

Chermayeff & Geismar Image (Visual Puns):

- Company used text to create an image

1. Taking things apart and putting things back together
2. Designing with type for Aquarium design with fish
3. Symphony (Used G- clef for "S")
4. The Amicus Journal deflated globe image with words below "global tomorrow"
5. "Between the wars" poster with 3 hats of WWI WWII & Winston Churchill
6. Visual pun "War & Remembrance" rose and barbed wire book cover
7. American flag made of pencils (referring to education)
8. "An essay on nature" (cover= leaf from ink holder) - Frederick Woodbridge
9. "Drawing it all together" parks, arts, leisure; pencil tree
10. Pepsi logo cap inside globe stand (known around the world/ drank around the world"
11. Shark on aquarium made from Spanish patterns on side of building



* C & G were known for cutting up images and piecing them back together in murals. When we look at these, we notice all the different parts and the viewer is more engaged for a longer period of time. They also work a lot with grouping and collections

- FOR OUR PROJECT-

Do not use words in actual images; we can imply towards the image in our application possibly

Chermayeff & Geismar

After talking about this great graphic design firm in class, I did some research on them

here is a link to their site:
http://www.cgstudionyc.com/

Here is a recent piece of art they did for the Haiti relief



Also, here are some of the widely recognized identities that they have done:

Examples of visual puns

I found a website that I need to share! It has over 80 entries from people who came up with visual puns for a contest, here it is! (Keep clicking the pages for more visuals)

http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/4476/visual-puns/1#entries

Also, I found the exact definition of a visual pun and a list of places in the entertainment world where they have been used, it is interesting!

1. In The Muppet Movie (1979 film), when Kermit and Fozzie are driving somewhere. Kermit is looking at the map and says they need to turn at the fork in the road. At this point he lowers the map at which point we see a giant fork in the middle of the road.

2. In Spaceballs (1987 film), Dark Helmet orders his troops to comb the desert for the heroes of the film. In the next shot there are a bunch of troopers with giant combs, combing the desert

3. In Super Mario Brothers, when Mario picks up a "fire flower", he becomes fiery. "Fire flower" in Japanese is literally hi-bana; fire-flower, meaning spark, hence he is picking up a "spark".



Also, this short you-tube clip has some of the visual puns from the previous website, but it explains what they are incase you were unsure of a few- check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ZRJQuUE4E&feature=related

brainstorming....

I am coming up with a list of social issues to use for inspiration for my thumbnails, here is what I have so far:

1.global warming 2. recycles paper 3. forest fires 4. tsunami 5. natural disasters 6. earthquakes 7. volcanoes 8. prostitution 9. assault 10. violence 11. war 12. drugs 13. prescription drug abuse 14. nuclear weapons 15. oceans 16. oil spills 17. dolphins 18. endangered species 19. oil mining 20. drilling 21. health care crisis 22. immigration 23. war n Iraq 24. world peace 25. gun control 26. gambling 26. ethic relations 27. drunk driving 28. death 29. weapons 30. injustice 31. animal rights 32. cloning 33. abortion 34. suicide 35. religion 36. smoking 37. divorce 38. AIDS 39. evolution 40. crime 41. education 42. pollution 43. ozone layer 44. religion

Notes from Class 3/22

Verbal pun- play on words

Visual pun- play on imagery

Examples: Its raining cats and dogs

Feel free to check out the book: "Visual Pun in Graphic Design" by a professor at FIT named Eli Kince

-substitution (all or part) of an image
-combining images
-manipulation (use images from letters) example: cOOl (use wheels as two O's)

A rebus is a kind of work puzzle that uses pictures to represent words...example:



The examples we saw in class consisted of the Old/Young ladies or the Vase/ Face images

CHECK OUT:
-spy magazine (from the 80's)
-Tibor Calman
-Alex Isley
-Chermayeff & Geismar "Designing"

** A Visceral reaction- an "AH!" reaction from a person when they see something such as an iron on a tongue

See Assignment- Next class= visual pun thumbnails

visual puns

I was searching for some visual puns....these are what I found... but I'm not sure if it is exactly what our professor is looking for. Either way they are cool


I had to include this after I found it....too funny!