You can't miss: Icons, icons, icons

Apple (actually Linux...their icons are way cooler) has kind of changed the face of the desktop in many aspects. The icons that are the most popular and that are sort of the mainstream now all have that "aqua" feel to it - which is very distinctive of apple desktop icons. The newest Windows system - Vista (they need a better name, really) is also using that feel/design.

Check out this icons designer's website, he has done some really cool designs for some applications...and its kind of a flashback to our logo assignment where he shares about how he designs the icons from conceptualization to the actual product.

Response: Trends

It was interesting to hear about some of the presentations in class yesterday. I guess different magazines that cater to different markets have their own pros and cons. Talking to P*eter at Glamour was an interesting experience and I guess it was a really good insight into the world of commercial mass-market magazines. It was however very surprising that there is still that detachment between the online departments and print departments. I thought they would have started working together more cohesively to drive people to the website and also provide extra editorial content online and of course, coming up with a design that is a cohesive package for both print and online.

Critique: illustration

This is an illustration I did for a postscript story that will run sometime in the future. It is about a woman who is shorter than normal and how she manages her life around it. It's kind of cute but fun.