Day 3: Jade Gelskey

Day 3: Eat Steak

Day 3:

So after talking with Jay I am for sure going to continue my research and keep going with this project. I have decided to work with my idea and create signs identical to these but with my substituted words relating to unhealthy eating and obesity in the typography's place.

I think it will be a challenge but I plan to work it until it looks good. I am thinking about doing the first panel as an image similar to this but with the words edited. I have not figured out exactly what the text will be but that is my goal to get done in the next day or so. Tomorrows post should have a little more direction.

On a side note: on the sign above there is a bit of a disclaimer. They try and give a tip about healthy eating but make mention of the fact that it is still "Not a low-calorie food". Hmm confusing advertising much? Plus who reads that paragraph at the bottom besides some one doing a project on advertising from these places. Lets hope to many people don't go on the "Drive-Thru Diet"....

A Font in a Hard Place

I was making a deposit at the bank, waiting for the cars to move forward, when i spied the following photo op. Here's this sign tucked away from street and surrounded by large buildings on both sides. You wouldn't have known it was there unless you were looking for it. Which raises an interesting question: How do you know it's there to begin with if you don't know where something is in the first place?

So far typography through my searching has showed that it can be disrupted by nature and now removed from the public eye.

A is for adams

I decided it would be a fun challenge to go around Cedar City looking for interesting letters

in alphabetical order. Here is one such finding. Does anyone recognize this sign?

Type at the Park

For this post, I might be pushing it a little but I think the concept works. The sketch and the photo are from Park Discovery. The park was donated by volunteers and sponsors, each of whom had their names carved into various parts of the park.

The playful imperfections in the letters mesh well with the aesthetics of a playground.The type is probably not a formal font, but I think it serves the same purpose as the type in my last two posts. I think this type can also function on a historical level in a similar way to my other posts. The park is obviously not very old, but I'm willing to bet it will be around for a while and the names inscribed in wood will still be there to give credit to the volunteers who made the park. In a way it simply says, "I was here, and I did my part."

Keep it real,
Dan Gill

Gem 3

Here in Cedar City we have Design gems all over the place that have great typography and design. As Designer I believe it is our duty to go and find these places in Cedar City so that so that we can be expose to them. My new theme is to search for the new hidden design gems in Cedar City. Here is one of the gems that I have found today at the Ceder City Liquor store. Oddly enough most design awards go towards designers that design alcohol beverages.

derrick day 2

while i was walking around cedar, i took this picture and decided to put some kind of type that would emphasis all the snow that cedar has to offer and put that into the project that i am working on.

Day 3

It's amazing how when you start looking for letters they begin appearing everywhere. In this case the sidewalk was starting to say something.