November 2005 Archives
No. This isn't another blog entry bitching about how everyone with Microsoft Word and a clip art collection thinks he or she is a graphic designer. It's about a beverage company who has figured out a way to build community around its product by getting consumers involved with the design process.
No. It's not me, silly. It's Deborah Adler. She's the one who redesigned prescription drug bottles for her MFA thesis at the School of Visual Arts. She's the one whose design received endorsement from the US Surgeon General. She's the one working as a senior designer for Milton Glaser Inc. She's the one who pitched her new SafeRX prescription packaging system to Target creative director Minda Gralnek. She's the one who sold SafeRX to the retail giant. She's the one who worked with Target to create the company's ClearRx prescription bottles. She's the one who is only about 30 years old. She's the one featured in STEP's Women of Design issue as one of 10 "Women to Watch" in 2006. She's the one who has been featured in New York Magazine and has appeared on NBC Nightly News and CBS Sunday Morning. And it was the reception for the exhibition of her work that I attended last Thursday.
AdAge.com reports on a new study that shows even the mere sight of alcohol-related images fuels aggression. Just to be sure. Look at the image to the right and read the next news item.
SmallBusinessComputing.com offers its readers an article about small business owner Joseph Graziola III, who after almost having to take his designer to court, found hope in a company — maybe you've heard of them — called LogoWorks, where he found great design at an affordable price. There's even a quote from Rob Marsh, vice president of creative services for LogoWorks.
Don't remember your wife's bra size? Not to worry. Wendy Rameckers, who works at the Piet Zwart Institute for Retail and Design in Rotterdam, has designed a wall of silicon breasts. This way men can pinpoint the correct size through sight and touch, according to an Ananova article.
Type in large-scale formats has huge impact but holds unique challenges for environmental designers. DynamicGraphics.com article "Writ Large" offers some advice and insight on making such projects more manageable.
Last night hundreds of tiny digits rummaged through a variety of bite-sized confections that were just waiting to be picked from our large white plastic bowl. But out of the seven or eight distinct brands competing for trick-or-treaters' mouths and stomachs, one emerged as the clear favorite, one that had nothing to hide; one not wrapped in flashy paper; and one that provoked the same exclamation from candy lovers young and old.
