Typography Design

Known throughout the world as a prolific type foundry, House Industries has made a considerable impact on the world of design. House Industries fonts scream from billboards, wish happy whatever from tens of thousands of greeting cards, serve as the basis for consumer product logos and add elements of style to a wide range of mainstream media. In their illustrious career, House artists have mastered a large cross-section of design disciplines. Their typography deftly melds cultural, musical and graphic elements. From early forays into distressed digital alphabets to sophisticated type and lettering systems, House Industries’ work transcends graphic conventions and reaches out to a broad audience. What ultimately shines in the House Industries oeuvre is what always conquers mediocrity: a genuine love for their subject matter. Read further - http://www.houseind.com


Also view other brilliant and inspiring typographic on the right hand side of this blog... to your right you go then!

Generating Design opens tonight

Everything is a Remix

Just going to post these videos to view at this point. It is an interesting project which can be viewed in detail at http://www.everythingisaremix.info/ thats when it is working. Otherwise do the google search for "everything is a remix" and start talking. Also leave a comment below if you wish.

Roger McNamee: Six ways to save the internet | Video on TED.com

Roger McNamee: Six ways to save the internet | Video on TED.com

2011 SAPPI WINNERS

Huge congratulations to all GD3 staff & students who participated in this years SAPPI Ideas That Matter Competition.
The winning campaign was for the Cart Horse Protection Association – Lyndon Joacobs, Kirstin Damon and Karin van Rhyn.
The two partial grants were for The heart and stroke foundation SA- Inus Smuts group and Harmony Clinic, Akron House- Ricardo van Lingen group.

Our GD wall will once again bear testimony to great student design.

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

Get the kerning right

As you should know by now KERNING is adjusting the space between two characters. Here is a great online resource to up your kerning skills. Give it a go and post your score in the comments below. Good luck at this link

The Loerie Awards Traveling Exhibition & Adobe Workshop

Moses, meet Steve...

What Made Steve Jobs So Great?

Steve Jobs wasn't an engineer or a designer. But he was one of the greatest users of technology of all time, and that made all the difference. His tour finally brought him to the workbench of a designer ready to quit after just a year on the job, languishing amid a stack of prototypes. Among them was monolithic monitor with a teardrop swoop, which managed to integrate all of a computer's guts into a single package. In that basement Jobs saw what middle managers did not. He saw the future. And almost immediately he told the designer, Jonathan Ive, that from here on out they'd be working side-by-side on a new line. Steve Jobs may not be the greatest technologist or engineer of his generation. But he is perhaps the greatest user of technology to ever live, and it was Apple's great fortune that he also happened to be the company's founder. Read from fastcodesign here

"Here's to the crazy ones..." Rest in Peace Steve Jobs

Japanese men running in synchronized slow motion

THE 33RD ANNUAL LOERIE AWARDS - DONT HATE. CREATE.

The Loerie Awards encompass all areas of brand communication including television, radio and print, communication design (including brand identity, architecture & interior design, package & publication design, motion graphic design), direct marketing, PR Communication, non-broadcast video, live events, sponsorship, digital communication and integrated campaigns. The Ubuntu Award was launched in 2010 to recognise brands contributing to social and environmental change. The awards are regionally focused on Africa and the Middle East, and entries from outside of this region are not eligible. Recognised as the most prestigious award in our region, 'the Loeries' has become far more than a single awards ceremony and now includes several activities promoting creative excellence throughout the year, such as the Travelling Exhibition, Migrate magazine, seminars, and the hard-cover printed annual and DVD the ultimate historic stamp of whos who of the years leading brands and agencies. Congratulations goes to Michael Tymbios for receiving a bronze Loerie on saturday night at the Loerie Awards for his I Love Screenprinting Re-brand Campaign. See it here

Plastic soda bottles become light source

9 Passes Bike Ride

View 9 Passes Bike Ride in a larger map This bike ride starts at the Engen 1 Stop on the N1 and heads out for a day trip over 9 passes. It will take about 7 hours (non-stop) and is approximately 482 km long from fuel station to fuel station. Looking forward to hit this journey.

Creative Week Cape Town

WHAT? Creative Week Cape Town showcases creativity in design, music, film, theatre, business, innovation, digital media, fine arts and crafts in Cape Town. WHY? Creative Week Cape Town started as a legacy event for Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 bid. Inaugurated in September 2010, it aims to strengthen the local creative community by providing a platform on which local creative and innovative industries can showcase their work. This initiative builds on Creative Cape Town’s work communicating, supporting and facilitating the development of the creative and knowledge economy in the central city of Cape Town. WHEN? Creative Week Cape Town will run from 9 to 18 September 2011. It always takes place just before the Loerie Awards – South Africa’s premier advertising, communication, design and experiential media awards – to be hosted this year in Cape Town from 16 to 18 September 2011. WHERE? Events can be staged anywhere in Cape Town. To celebrate the establishment of The Fringe: Cape Town’s Design and Innovation District, a number of events are planned for this space in 2011. WHO? YOU! Creative Week Cape Town is a user-generated event, which means that events are independently organised by participants – and that means you. Creative Week Cape Town events will be promoted on this site, in the mainstream media and in niche publications, including those of Creative Cape Town and its partners. Creative Week Cape Town invites individuals and organisations involved in all aspects of Cape Town’s creative life – education, arts, design, innovation, advertising, music and service organisations – to participate. Events may include, but are not limited to, lectures, presentations, demonstrations and networking. The format is open to interpretation, so if you have an idea, turn it into an event. WELL … ? If you’d like to take part, please register your event and check out our handy, helpful guides to promotion and expansion through Creative Week Cape Town 2011. Go get creative here

Braaiday - (Rebecca Black "Friday" Parody)

Makes you appreciate what you working on

Do You Need A New Logo?

View more here

My wishlist thus far

'Solitude' 2010/2011

Get deeper into this brilliant drawing experience by clicking here, no here

Photography vacation workshop

Advanced Studio Photography techniques with Tiaan van Deventer.
Photography lecturer Tiaan van Deventer would like to teach some advanced studio photography techniques to interested students. The workshop will run over two days, the first day being presentation based, and on the second day students will shoot their own images. Students must commit to both days.
The sessions will start at 9am and run till 4pm latest, Monday 5-6 September, and 7-8 September.

Student Unrest

CPUT GD Students should not come in to campus from today, Tuesday 30, due to the student unrest.

Steve Jobs quits as Apple CEO, hands reins to Tim Cook

Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive of Apple on Wednesday and passed the reins to his right-hand man Tim Cook, saying he could no longer fulfil the duties in a stunning announcement that raised fears his health has deteriorated further.

Jobs, who fought and survived a rare form of pancreatic cancer and revolutionised the technology arena with the iPhone and the iPad in the past four years, is deemed the heart and soul of a company that recently briefly became the most valuable in America.

"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come," Jobs, who becomes chairperson, said in a brief letter announcing his resignation.

The letter and a separate terse, somewhat cryptic statement from Apple raised more questions than it answered about Jobs' health and the future of the company.

While it's unlikely that his departure as CEO will derail Apple's ambitious product-launch roadmap in the near term, there are concerns about whether the company would be as creative beyond the next year or so without its founder and visionary at the helm.

That is why Apple's stock dropped as much as 7% in after-hours trading when Jobs' departure was announced.

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122 Must See Guerilla Marketing Examples

Go view them here...

Monty Python - The Old Cheese Emporium

Design Magazines found here...

MOVE, EAT, LEARN

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.



EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage... all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ....into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films.....
= a trip of a lifetime.
move, eat, learn
Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing
Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound
Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover
http://vimeo.com/27246366

Cephalopods amazing video

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What music fuels creatives?

MUSIC. DESIGN. INSPIRATION.
If you're anything like us, you love music as much as design. We're asking some of the industry's top designers to let us in on one of their secrets...

ABOUT DESIGNERS.MX
Mixes created and designed, by designers. Designers.MX is about discovering new music. Music that drives our favorite designers, and allowing them to create a unique cover design for each of their individual playlists. A daily music and design masterpiece.

Go listen to a few mixes here and get inspired.

Mural Art by El Mac and Retna

A refreshing style for mural art by El Mac and Retna. Go view their work here and be impressed. I particularly enjoy their use of spray can technique seen in the lower images.

What do you think?

El Mac & Retna - COLLIGE, VIRGO, ROSAS (2009) from ELMAC on Vimeo.

D&AD Student Awards 2011

For the first time this year, D&AD announced the winners of its Student Awards alongside the professionals. See a round-up of the highlights on the Creative Review site

This year's Illustration brief, from Diesel, was "to create an illustrated interpretation of a musical track that is experienced by the viewer in an unconventional and pioneering way". Helena Bradbury of Kingston took a 1st with her idea to package Movie Star by Roisin Murphy with a life-size chocolate leg which, she says, visualises the idea of a movie star being a commodity consumed by the masses.

Be Warned - Highly Addictive

nexuscontraptions

Interaction Design goes shopping

Tesco: Homeplus Subway Virtual Store

The Art of the Factory

For his new project, Err, artist Jeremy Hutchison contacted various factories around the world, and asked if one of their workers would produce an 'incorrect' version of the product they make every day: in doing so, the functional objects became artworks.

"I asked them to make me one of their products, but to make it with an error," Hutchison explains. "I specified that this error should render the object dysfunctional. And rather than my choosing the error, I wanted the factory worker who made it to choose what error to make. Whatever this worker chose to do, I would accept and pay for."

Many thanks to Creative Review for this article, it's so worth a perusal

HDR Photography With Photoshop CS5

Manual Photography Cheat Sheet

By: Miguel Yatco

POLAR PLOTTINGS

Sandy Noble uses a primitive robot and a plotting system designed for Arctic maps to sketch out beautiful prints.


http://www.designindaba.com/news-snippet/polar-plottings

Recipes from IKEA

The Basics of Typography

Typography is a central component of design. It gives us an understanding of the heritage behind our craft. It’s one of the primary ways we, as a society, pass on information to others. Imagine a website, a magazine or even TV without text. Typography is a subject that raises passions and it can become a consuming obsession. If this subject is relatively new to you, or perhaps something you want to know more about, then this guide can start you on that journey.


Read further with thanks to Design Instruct over here

Use the appropriate application when you are working with type - Wayne

The friendship machine

Ogilvy Argentina won three Gold Lions with this great campaign for CocaCola.

I SUPPORT CAPE TOWN 2014 WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL

Alphabetical

Alphabetical wines is created by winemakers who surf and surfers who make wines. "It's a wine made with so many variable, it's almost like the whole Alphabet!" We love the used of one color application to counter balance the richness of the illustrated frame. 

"Alphabetical came from a decision to break the rules, We didn't want to make a single-varietal wine or a classic blend and we weren't fussed with areas of origin. Heck, we don't even have our own estate, let alone a hundred years of heritage. But we did want to make something we wanted a drink that was different. A wine that is voluptuous yet drinkable, impressive yet affordable. A serious wine, but one you can pour for aficionados as much as novices. A wine that is truly distinctive in package and memorable in taste. Which is exactly what we believe Alphabetical to be. "

An Owl and Vine product.

Many thanks to the dieline post seen here

Most popular posts thus far

This chart indicates the most popular posts on the knowtoneed blog. Go read the number one post Tattoo Typeface here

Where are you reading ?

Some interesting stats for countries reading the knowtoneed blog, as well as browsers and operating system use.

Typographic Inspiration

Communication Arts annual competition http://www.commarts.com/annuals/typography. Go view some of the past winners here for some great typographic inspiration.

Candy Land by IxD

The 2011 Btech IxD students completed their Arduino training with a collective project which was on display for a short moment on the Graphic Design Floor.

Chain reaction was the concept which showcases how interaction design is not all about going to the carnival, but it is about social relationships, our efforts to think and do things together - in another words "building an experience". Each team had to build a 3D element around the theme "Candyland" by combining a digital element which was "ARDUINO" in order to keep the ball in motion to the very end. All pieces together created a gravity fed sequence of reactions, which included lights, lifts, rails and finally, those candy balls.  

You can find out more about Arduino here.

I also encourage all students in this project to please comment below.

CPUT Design Party

Time	15 June · 13:00 - 17:00
Location	JC's Brasserie and Pub Tennant Street, Close to Mercury Cape Town, South Africa
More info	The end of the first semester is upon us and the only thing left to do is to end it off on a MASSIVE HIGH!! So cut your losses and loose that frown Come join us at JC's and let your hair down Let's drink till we laughing, lets laugh till we cry And let friends be the reason if someone asks why It starts at 1, will last the rest of the day Then its Assembly for "See you next wednesday"

Apple OSX Lion Launched

http://www.apple.com/za/macosx/

Digital Life: Today & Tomorrow

Digital Life: Today & Tomorrow from Neo Labels on Vimeo.

JP figuring it out with Arduino

Graphic Designer Wanted

Greetings all knowtoneed readers. If you know of any CPUT Graphic Design students who have recently graduated and are super creative and motivated, then let them know about this job opportunity. This is a fantastic agency and is going to be a tough one to get in to. They request a pdf porti to be emailed so check the size of your pdf and get emailing.


Red Crown, Cape Town’s newest design agency, is the result of Fuel Design and Liquidlab joining forces. Red Crown operates within the Bester Burke Slingers media group. Specialists in developing brands through strategy, identity and packaging design, Red Crown is looking for the best junior graphic designers to join our team. To apply please send a PDF portfolio to rob@fueldesign.co.za


Cheers for a moment

ON/OFF

The much spoken about "Marshmallow Murder"

Brilliant Vector Illustrations by Loulou & Tummie

Go view the Dutch Illustration Duo's work here. 

Bursary Opportunities

There are 6 Bursary Opportunities available from Vodacom, Spoornet, South African Institute of Race Relations, Old Mutual, De Beers and the South African Weather Service. CPUT Graphic Design students are invited to apply for these busaries. 

Please email Janet on vangraanj@cput.ac.za in order to receive the application forms or comment below this post leaving your email address and I will get the forms to you.

“What a 60’s Rock n’ Roll Band Can Teach Us About Digital Marketing”

Come hear Fred Roed speak in L1 at 13:00 on Wednesday 1st June

Some points covered:  

·         How an aging rock n’ roll band managed to build and maintain a passionate community of fans (over 800,000 fans on Facebook)  

·         How that band converted its community members into customers making the band $60m per annum in merchandise a decade after they disbanded.   

·         The biggest problems we’re facing with the new age of digital marketing  

·         Why is building an online community important to modern day brands?   

·         Some profitable case studies in building online communities   

·         8 key lessons we can implement in sustainable strategies  

Presenter: Fred Roed of Worldwide Creative, who has just delivered this talk at Cape Towns recent Marketing Indaba.

http://fredroed.com/

knowtoneed is keen to hear your thoughts on last weeks student protests. Word up!

Strømmer / Dobpler - The making of...

from http://www.dobpler.com

Nearness explores interacting without touching.

Nearness from Timo on Vimeo.


More here
nearfield.org/​2009/​09/​nearness
and here
berglondon.com/​blog/​2009/​09/​15/​nearness/​

Police presence on CPUT Campus due to student unrest

Students carry on working outside during student unrest at CPUT

New broom and boots

GD Students getting some autumn sun

FID Stand at Open Day

Maryhill Freeride 2010 - enjoy

Maryhill Freeride 2010 from Hovey on Vimeo.

Supporting the Karoo fracking is just plain wrong. Here's why.

 "If we damage our limited water supply?and fracking will do just that?we will have conflict again here in South Africa. Look around the world. Wherever you damage the environment you have conflict."

Although this is really lengthy read is covers the subject matter really well. It is worth your while reading the comments at the end of the lengthy article and the responses from the author Donald Paul. Please read the knowtoneed post below this for a descripton of fracking with a video included.

Either way get on with reading the lengthy article at The Daily Maverick

What the FRACK!

What is fracking and what are people talking about with Shell and the Karoo.

From Hydraulic Fracturing Facts

About Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is a proven technological advancement which allows natural gas producers to safely recover natural gas from deep shale formations. This discovery has the potential to not only dramatically reduce our reliance on foreign fuel imports, but also to significantly reduce our national carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and accelerate our transition to a carbon-light environment. Simply put, deep shale gas formation development is critical to America's energy needs and economic renewal.

Experts have known for years that natural gas deposits existed in deep shale formations, but until recently the vast quantities of natural gas in these formations were not thought to be recoverable. Today, through the use of hydraulic fracturing, combined with sophisticated horizontal drilling, extraordinary amounts of deep shale natural gas from across the United States are being safely produced.

Hydraulic fracturing has been used by the natural gas and oil industry since the 1940s and has become a key element of natural gas development worldwide. In fact, this process is used in nearly all natural gas wells drilled in the U.S. today. Properly conducted modern hydraulic fracturing is a safe, sophisticated, highly engineered and controlled procedure.

Read more from Green Frac

FRacking by Lewis Gordon Pugh (the human polar bear)

SHALE GAS FRACKING IN THE KAROO - PUBLIC HEARINGS

This is the content of a short speech given on Friday night in Cape Town by Lewis Gordon Pugh OIG (a.k.a. the Human Polar Bear) about the proposed fracking for gas in the Karoo, by Shell. He received a sustained standing ovation! Please read it and pass it on if it matters to you….

Ladies and gentlemen, thank for the opportunity to address you. My name is Lewis Pugh.

Read more on this here especially the readers comments at the end of the article.

One day for Design

Animated Infographic: Which City Is Best for Biking

Infographic: Which Countries Are Most Reliant on Libya for Oil?

As unrest continues to mount and conflict rages on in Libya, questions surrounding the North African nation's oil exports remain in the air. The international Energy Agency said in March 2011 that the country's oil production has "slowed to a trickle" as the fighting has prompted international companies to halt their operations and close ports. 

What does this mean for the countries that receive shares of Libya's typical daily output? Here's a breakdown of which ones depend most on the turbulent but oil-rich nation. 

www.good.is/post/infographic-which-countries-are-most-reliant-on-libya-for-oil/?utm_source=supr

Tempest Freerunning Academy

Photographic Exhibition: Billy Monk - Nightclub Photographs

Michael Stevenson is pleased to present a selection of 47 images by the legendary photographer Billy Monk taken in Cape Town nightclubs in 1967-9. The unusual narrative of his life and work has often been related and embellished upon, and has become entwined with our perceptions of the images. In essence, he was born in 1937, and worked as a nightclub bouncer for Les Catacombs Club in Cape Town in the late 1960s when he was around 30 years of age. He later moved to the West Coast and lived in Port Nolloth periodically until his death in 1982.

More info here

An Executed Convict Returns to Life, in Mind Blowing 3-D Light Paintings

Source Data for Photography/12:31 from Croix Gagnon on Vimeo.

The jaw-dropping "Project 12:31" visually reconstructs the body of an executed convict who donated his body to science.

Yes, 3-D light painting -- in which a flat glowing image is traced through the air to form a quasi-3D version captured in long-exposure photographs -- is an amazingly creative hack. But Croix Gagnon and Frank Schott have taken the technique to a truly mindblowing -- and emotionally affecting -- level with Project 12:31. Their own description can't be topped: "In 1993, a convicted murderer was executed. His body was given to science, segmented, and photographed for medical research. In 2011, we used photography to put it back together."

Read further here