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• Observations on Design and Illustration #4: Design Elements and Principals

  October 5 2011 Posted by Dennis O'Brien under Design | Comments (1)

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  • Design Elements and Principals
  • Design Pet Peeve #4: Unreadable Text

  Design Pet Peeve #4: Unreadable text.  Can’t find that shop?  Can’t read what’s on that jar?  How many signs or labels around the world do you know that are unreadable or confusing for one reason or another?  I know a lot.
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• Observations on Design and Illustration #3: Design Considerations and the Process.

  April 15 2011 Posted by Dennis O'Brien under Design | Comments (0)
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  • design and illustration
  • Design considerations and the Process
  • Design Pet Peeve #3: Door handles

  Design and place human-scale objects taking into account the largest number of potential users with the widest range of physical abilities; in other words, to design universally.
  
  Design Considerations. Questions to ask while developing designs for any two- or three-dimensional purpose.  Not all necessarily apply to all designs.  The most important consideration from the beginning of the design process is the ultimate outcome of the design, the end-user, and their interaction with one-another.
  
  The Design Process. A generic guide that can be adapted for use through any design development. 
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• Observations on Design and Illustration #2: Design

  February 9 2011 Posted by Dennis O'Brien under Design | Comments (0)

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  • Design Definition and History
  • Design Pet Peeve #2: Sales Receipts

  Design Pet Peeve #2: Sales Receipts. In the USA there is a standard chart-style label mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for inclusion on most food packages. Similar charts are required or recommended in many other countries including Australia, New Zealand, India, Mexico, Canada, and the European Union. In the USA, it’s a small black and white list titled “Nutrition Facts. Are you familiar with it?
  
  The label was controversial at the time the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required it in 1994, but has since gone on to be considered one of the finest single design breakthroughs in the history of graphic design. Why? Because each label has more-or-less the same look, layout, size, shape, content, and placement no matter what product it explains.
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• Observations on Design and Illustration

  January 5 2011 Posted by Dennis O'Brien under Design
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  • changing human behavior
  • design and illustration

  Observations on Design and Illustration
  
  Design Pet Peeve #1: Why is it that so many consumer products are over-packaged, often using the most environmentally toxic materials known to exist, in forms that require scissors or a knife to open?  Electronics and computer components are the worst, but even products such as humus and organic lettuce sometimes offend.  I’m not completely naïve.  I understand that “freshness” and theft-prevention are design considerations driving much of this packaging. But that brings up a much larger issue.
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