Homework #5

What are the advantages of a multiple column grid?

The multiple column grid is all about control and establishing a system for arranging content within a given space. Effective grids are flexible like a resilient structure, not rigid. The horizontal and vertical divisions within a modular grid help diminish the possibilities of symmetry within the grid.

How many characters is optimal for a line length? words per line?

Optimal Characters for a Line Length: 45-75

Context in Critique (review of Emigre No.64, Rant)

The article that I chose was a Critique of Emigre's, Rant. The article set out to 'challenge today's young designers to develop a critical attitude toward their own work and design scene in general', focusing on a time period known as the Legibility Wars.


Dmitri begins his critique speaking about Typography and the time period where designers were pushing it to to the point of "experimental exhaustion", ignoring all of the guidelines that suggested "good typography". But what makes good typography and how does a designer create self-motivation to create good typography? Through the context. Dmitri goes on to speak of Shawn Wolfe's Rant, "What is my motivation?", in which Wolfe changed the "context" in which he worked by getting more involved to find love in his design again.

Information Graphic Finals

Here they are...

Typography Website

You can view my website for typography here.




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Flash

Flash is essentially an instrument to creating interactive design.  Flash has become a huge part of our evolving society especially in Web Design.  Flash not only allows designers to create an even more interesting design, but it allows designers to get the user to interact with the application.  Modern technologies such as the iPhone use flash within the millions of applications that they target and offer to consumers.




Here are some cool flash animations:


Billy Bussey Website Intro


Infinit Colours


2 Advanced Media

Futura Similarities

After really looking at the font I noticed that so many of the letters shared some perfectly geometric similarities, so I made this quick image of some of those letters grouped together.

Info Graphics

This info graphic is very appealing to me.  The colors are very interesting but fit together well while the solid/grunge shapes are set on top of a topographical map.  As stated in the paragraph, each seems to make its own landscape and the chaotic composition goes further and further back until you see the tiny contours of the topographical map.  Overall the design works very well.

Project 2 (Final Posters)