tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65691243890755855112012-02-16T05:49:58.791-05:00I teach to provoke thought & to be inspired by what I learn .*//cghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909363104086902574noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569124389075585511.post-41199153963603698122011-04-07T15:33:00.024-04:002011-05-10T17:54:03.771-04:00

Here is what I have so far as final products go. Hopefully I will get new pictures and I will post as soon as I get them. WeSC Final book, product and some sample shirts.   Obey Final book and sample shirts.       

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So here we are, studio week is all that's left and it's a wrap for this quarter. This week things are in full production mode, below are some new developments and tweaks from last weeks class. Electric Shirts and type treatments FreshJiveYes she is planning on doing all her pieces by hand. As in HAND PAINTED! Can't wait. Here is a sample. Le Petit PetitNew look, new shirts, it is starting to

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My very brave team scaling the heights. This is just before our run-in with the "law." More to come on Tuesday!

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Obey Logo shirts and some alternates. WeSC New shirts starting to take shape. Book photo shoot was supposed to happen last week, can't wait to see the pictures. Hurley Nice silhouettes, collection is looking good. Fresh Jive Garment shopping anyone? Can't wait to see the designs on them. Electric Patterns and photos, match made in skater-heaven.

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The projects are starting to shape up and head towards the finish line. Here are some shirt designs and some look book layouts. Enjoy! Obey Below is the books' preliminary layout and some new shirts. I am loving the girl astronaut shirt. Hurley New shirts abound. The shell is almost there, a couple of edits and it will be great. Our favorite shirt of this collection was the grey with all

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Here it is. WESCLook book sketches and continued t-shirt explorations.  Hurley Graphic explorations and some applications. Can't wait to see that coral on a shirt! Le Petit Petit Shirt explorations FOX T-Shirts... OBEY T-Shirt explorations cont. Electric Patterning (My new made-up word) New t's Fresh Jive  New graphics and some new applications. So what

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http://vimeo.com/5148749Here is a link to the Shepard Fairey process video I mentioned the second week of class. It is great to see the layers and detail that goes into each graphic. It is a nice reminder that there are infinite ways to create graphics outside of vector and photography.

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I came across this the other night and I immediately thought of Julianna! Could make some awesome T's and great textures. Plus I had to try in out myself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY1Lr-yGtd8 So feast your eyes on the very first limited addition Graeme Nelson Space Paintings.

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This week we had tons to look at, so go ahead feast your eyes.Le Petit PetitHurleyWould the lines make a good addition? A happy accident?Great stamping.Oh it grew a beard or a medusa.ElectricFOXPhotoshop anyone...ObeyFreshjiveI want a lot of things from this board.WeSC

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Found this on Facebook, it's a friend of friend kind of thing. Thought you guys working on shirts might appreciate.Look at the angles and dark vs light. Very interesting.Also check out the Sartorialist.

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Check out below some of the mood boards and highlights from this past week.For Hurley, Catherine defined her persona as follows, (Y) girl who goes to Bali to study marine biology and while there decides to paint surfboards to make ends meet. Her inspiration spurs from the beautiful tones in the coral reefs, the local marine species and the culture itself. Check out some of her finds.That pen and

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And we are off. 2011 is here and the winter quarter has begun.The new retail class has started and I am very excited to see what great work will be produced this quarter. After our 1 week delay from snowpocalyse, we are back on track.So far students have chosen which brands they want to focus on and soon it will be time to see initial designs. As for the brands selected below is the current

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"I'm not here to tell the students what I know. And they're not there to ask for my permission to do things. I'm there to help facilitate their own exploration, and to help them find working habits that jive best for them through each new assigned project. It's hard to 'teach' someone how to have passion and tenacity, so I'm there to give them problems to solve and encourage them to do

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Trying to link blogger and tumblr!

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I can't believe my last post is more than a year old, i guess it is time for a much deserved update and photos. So here we go.Here is a little recap of last year, yes I have been teaching but it hasn't been exclusively packaging. My class has taken a new turn, which involves packaging but it's not limited to it. It has presented a new challenge that has been filled with exciting twists. The

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Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford in 2005, still resonates with me today. This is probably the most inspirational thing I have read in a very long time. It made me think about why I do what I do and the effects of it.So go on, read it.Enjoy.http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

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"It's always better to be a little scared and a little hungry. It keeps you working harder." Said by Paula Scher in an interview posted on Design TAXI.Great words to live by as a designer.

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Check out the photos from the Project Packaging class of summer 2009.They had one 9 week project, and three 1 week projects to do and these were the results.9 Week ProjectsPost CerealMilka ChocolateImperial SugarSkinny Cow Ice-CreamGeorgia Natural HoneyOne week challengesThe Alcoholic TypeFor this challenge students choose two fonts from a hat and had to design beer packaging around it. Only

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This presentation is based on the book by Marty Neumeier. Good presentation and great content.The Brand GapView more documents from Sj -.

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Recently Portfolio Center’s Project Packaging class came to our offices to have their work judged by the our very own Eric Berrios and myself, their current instructor. They had to pitch their idea, try to sell us on it while standing in the daunting environment of a real conference room.For this particular challenge students were given G.I.Joe or Barbie as their main product to design. They had

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More value, lower prices. HmmmmFor this challenge students were given Kroger brand as their main product to design. Deliverables included, 2 packages, one circular and square/rectangular box. To make this more interesting a couple of restrictions were put in place; company logo needs to stay true to it’s current version, photography must used on package, products chosen need to correspond with

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Hank was on the road yesterday and saw these, grabbed a quick snapshot and had this to say about it...Nice typographical handling on the packaging – bold to see and aesthetically curious and pleasing, + really held together as a unit in the main logo structure...The type is incredible and a challenge to achieve. I wish someone would step up.Take a look and delight in it's wonderfulness.

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The first challenge was all about snack food in a bag. We saw cookies, muffins, sunflower seeds and cheese puffs, interesting mix. Below are the finished products.JUDGE: The very distinguished Hank Richardson.Some of his insights on packaging, design and life... ( in no particular order)> Whenever you are presenting your design make sure your Brand Value is articulated> When designing anything

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Winter is officially over and below are the finished works for this quarter 2009.Christopher's Bean CoffeeAm i still dreaming.Scharffen Burger ChocolatesGNC VitaminsTraditional Medicinal TeasHealthy Choice Frozen FoodCrystal Springs Water

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Drink and Kern baby, Drink and Kern.Deliverables: 2 packages (beer label and package), concept and ideal customer personaLimitations: You can only used your assigned typeface.Judge: Jeff FaughtTHE WINNER!Lagunitas, IPA, with a sailing twist.The others:Arrogant Bastard Ale, because sometimes we all think we are NOT WORTHY!Olde English is officially seeing cuadruple.Havli Bier, is a

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The inspiration for this challenges comes from green, how to be more green while still being blue. How can something as essential and natural be the cause of so much waste. How come we in the US are using 50 billion plastic bottled waters, yet we are only recycling 23 precent of them? Is it lack of education or information, are there products out there than can help us reduce so much waste? How

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A woof and a meow and chirp, chirp, chirp, were the inspiration for this challenge.Deliverables: 2 packages, concept and ideal customer personaLimitations: It has to be dog, cat or bird food that is a main meal source. You must use photography, illustration and type and All must complement each other.Judge: Mimi TinThe Winner!Castor and Pollux Organix. Food for the urban dog. This package kept

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Pop, pop, pop! That's the sound for this first challenge. Can you guess?You guessed it, Popcorn it is.Deliverables: Outside box and inside bag, concept and ideal persona.Limitations: Package can only be 2 colors, and everything on the package should be hand drawn (lettering & illustration) with the exception of the barcode, nutritional information and mouse type.Judge: Hank RichardsonAnd here

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Season 3 New beginnings, new faces, new challenges and a whole world of opportunity. Stay tuned and watch what happens, when designers and packaging challenges collide.For the next six weeks one new challenge and winner will be announced every week and you have a chance to comment/dish on your favorite and not so favorite designs.So stay tuned and hope to hear from you.

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And now for the last challenge of the quarter...The melting pot, different cultures, different languages, different people, as one unified voice communicating to sell a product. In this last challenge, students were tasked with taking an international product and redesigning to fit in the US market while maintaining true to it's roots. The deliverables, 2 packages, 1 had to be a can. Guest Judge,

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In the spirit of Walmarts' new rebranding I decided to tackle their house brands as one of our challenges for this quarter. Walmart like Target, Publix and Kroger, has some house brands that they champion, unfortuneately they don't take as much care of the packaging as they take of the price. So with that said, why not package Walmart house brands, it seems like the perfect opportunity. The

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Does cutting Barbie's hair, playing dress-up, creating fantasy battle scenes while making gun noises stir up any memories? Students were asked to draw inspiration from the childhood, expand on it, and create new images for Barbie and G.I.Joe to be sold in retail. The deliverables should include one complete Barbie/G.I.Joe and an accesory or partner of their choice. Guest Judge: John Hartwell,

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Sipping and drinking, bold and light , stretched out over a period of time or line, is definitely the way to go.The challenge the designers were faced with this week was to design beer packaging only using type. Each designer was assigned a specific typeface that would become their muse, and that was all they could use, no images, no illustrations JUST type. The final package delivery should

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A bark, a meow, a chirp and hiss or a click, were some of the noises that inspired this second week challenge.This week the designers were tasked with finding a solution to a packaging problem while working within specific constraints. The challenge this week was to design "cat, dog, bird or reptile food packaging" while integrating photography and keeping the main package to 4 sides. The final

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Project Packaging is BACK! And now it will be documented every step of the way, so tune in every week to see what your fellow classmates are up against.In the first challenge of the Portfolio Center creative competition, the 10 designers were tasked with finding a solution to a packaging problem while working within specific constraints. The challenge was to design "a bagged snack food (real

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This quarter Portfolio Center students had to choose from a list of products provided to them and design a packaging series for this quarters deliverables, we had hair dyes, yogurt, detergent and even a fast food rebrand.The results...Palmolive - Detergent...the brand guidelinesFive Guys - Burgers & Fries ...the brand guidelinesActivia - Yogurt... the back label,... the cereal bar.Manic Panic -

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Enjoy some samples of work produced by Portfolio Center students in 2006 and in the winter quarter of 2007.  Great concepts that led to great designs.2006 & 2007 samples...SpanxDior BabyTwiningsSome more extensions......presentation piece.Carter's Modern BabySnappleCans,and bottles......presentation piece,and another view.Macanudo...presentation piece.Lindt ChocolatesMore extensionsOne-a-day

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Oh the Wal-Mart Class, welcomed by some and hated by others, a successful class at the end nonetheless.To all students this class was called experimental packaging, little did they know when they got to their first class that they would be designing packaging for Wal-Mart. At the time this class was being planned a rumor was being spread that Wal-Mart was about to embrace design as Target does. (

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Milk and socks, tea and paint, chocolate, cereal and hair products (for kids, for dogs and even for the sporty ones) were some of the products redesigned by my 3rd quarter students in 2005.2005 also saw the introduction of the presentation piece, it's purpose is to aid the students while explaining there products be to a critique panel or a client. Below enjoy a few that hit the mark with their

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Some samples of work produced by 3rd quarter students in 2004. Some of this projects eventually got redone for their final portfolio, but some were used as is in their book. Big variety, for sure. Enjoy!Band Aid - 75th Anniversary Edition Clorox - Detergent Goya - Individual JuicesMacanudo - Cigars Soex - Cigars Trinidad - Cigars Dr Bronner's - Soap DaVinci - Pasta

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