Retro Motel Sign

I saw this motel sign in Urbana. It caught my eye because of its retro style and bright colors. I also chose this sign because it was a very Late Modern style sign and we just talked about this style. The function of this sign to be very bright, vibrant and scream at people that they should stay at the Courtesy Motel in Urbana, Illinois. The use of the blue and yellow stripes make your eyes shift the the word MOTEL.

Great Golden Grate

I sort of went the other way with this blog and decided to use a sports logo that is on one of my hats. This is a good work of graphic design because it says what it represents without actually using type in the logo. Even if you don't watch basketball, by looking at this logo you can tell that, A. it is a basketball team, B. that they are from California, (Golden Gate Bridge), and C. the teams color scheme. The logo itself is made beautifully. Your eye instantly gets drawn to the bridge because of the color and placement, then the lines behind it representing the lines on a basketball fit nicely since the overall shape is a circle. It looks nice because the lines get cut off when it reaches the bridge, making it seem that the main point is the bridge. the function of this logo is for the person to look at it  for less than a second and realize what it is representing.

Punny Comedy Club

I found this advertisement for a comedy club in Chicago in a CMYK magazine from 2005. It caught my eye because it had a funny anti-joke on it. That is clever since the main idea of the magazine is about a comedy event. It uses very simple font and a black background with the sign to the club underneath it. It is a simple design but it is effective. The function of the ad is to make you laugh and be interested in coming to the Zanes Comedy Club.

PRINT Advertisement

I saw this advertisement in a PRINT magazine. (October 2012). It really caught my eye because of the number of different images and also the green and yellow really popped off of the page. At first I didn't know what the function was, but after looking for a couple seconds I found it was an advertisement for an art and design conference in San Francisco. The function is to make you focus on the strip where the information is as well as showing a number of motifs and logos.