Tuesday, October 31, 2017

happy halloweenie

THIS IS HALLOWEEN, THIS IS HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN


happy halloweenie! it's one of my favorite days- i can wear all black, my black rose flower crown, skulls, etc. w/o anyone calling me goth (i lied, my friend actually called me goth this morning) or weird (my brother)

i woke up a bit earlier today just to do my "halloween make-up" (i can't do make-up to save my life, it was just purple & black eye shadow & eyeliner). i debated on black leggings or black jeans & which black tank top to wear. did i mention i love black?

i still had class which was a bummer but i saw a few costumes around campus & someone came by while i was hanging w a friend & offered us candy. i also brought that friend some candy bc everyone deserves a little bit of halloween spirit, especially if they're gonna be stuck at school all day

other than that, it was a fairly normal way. i got home & did my design homework while netflix-ing. BUT, I DID WATCH NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. i had been putting it off the whole month so what better day to watch it than on the day of?

after that, we watched the newest episode of the flash & we heard the doorbell ring. since it was raining, i had totally forgotten that kids would be trick-or-treating. we didn't have candy & my parents weren't home anyways, so we just sat there, watching the flash, waiting for the kids to leave. it was kind of funny but i also felt so bad that we left them hanging

i miss trick-or-treating. in maryland, i used to ride my bike around w my cousin in her neighborhood & we'd trick or treat together. we'd play "thriller" from our phones & go to every cul-de-sac. we'd come home after hitting up every house & pool all of our candy together & we would sort it & share it all out, or trade

now, i don't eat candy as much (though i guess i eat more than the average "adult") but that doesn't mean i don't miss going out & adventuring w my cousins & all of the fun that i had as a kid on halloween

that being said, i hope you all had/have a great halloween & stay/stayed safe!

major figures: lella & massimo vignelli

  • italian immigrants
  • lella studied in venice's school of design
  • massimo studied in milan
  • 1960s: massimo came to NY & started design firm- unimark international
"if you can design one thing, you can design everything"





did brand identity for american airlines






HOUSEWARE DESIGN:
stackable, simple, democratic
americans complained bc coffee would spill down handle
(italians have less coffee in cups)
later iteration of vignelli cups- steven heller
for "sloppy americans"

took the dome in venice & turned it upside down to create glassware set
shows national identity
dome that inspired the glassware^



FURNITURE DESIGN:
-geometric
-purity of form
-refinement
-attention to detail
-modern/industrial materials
-modular system






LELLA'S JEWELRY:



original subway map vs. vignelli map (1972)
all 45 or 90 degree angles, on the grid
got rid of anything above ground
landmark of information design


typefaces that he allowed:


brochures for national parks services
unigrid system = continuity
seamless, unifying design
asymmetry
helvetica
photomontage
left justified
swiss style typographer in his overall design



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