Since we are working on designing menus in Graphic Design II, I thought I would share a few of the Carry-Out Menus I have laying around. Remember this is just a few of many. Ha ha!
Most of you will recognize this first image; it's for Jimmy John's! I think this design works really well. It's 5x7.25 (not a standard size) and crammed full of information, but, I think it is an overall good design. They have a few fun additions, like the finger pointing, the star burst, and the playful way they put the prices at an angle. They also have a white with black ink version of this, but I prefer this one.
The second image is for Billy Barooz Pub & Grill. Some people don't even realize what GREAT food they have here (my favorite is the Monterey Burger). This is only the front of their carry-out menu. It is actually legal size, front & back, folded to 7x8.5. It's nothing fancy, only one color, but it has all of the pertinent information.
The last one I'm sharing is kind of an odd size too. It's 11x6 and full color. It's for Fire Station Pizza (now called Fire House Pizza). If you thought Jimmy John's had a lot on theirs, take a look at this one! If they have to have all of this on here, I don't know if I could design it much better. You can read it and it has "Eye Catching" headings, although they're not really my style.
This week I decided to look at some more of one of the illustrators from our "Thinking Visually" book - Mick Brownfield.
The first image I have included is one that is actually in our book. It's called "Cocktail Bar". The image caught my eye partially because of the retro looking surrounding and her long purple gloves. I just really like the way the image is put together.
The second image I have is from his website. It was in his Advertising section. I thought that this was kind of different way to address the "free" aspect of advertising. He just simply puts it in the steam. But, you've got the starry night depicted there, & who wouldn't want a nice cup of warm cocoa (Ovaltine) before going to bed.
Most of you are too young to even know who W.C. Fields was, but, I loved this image. It's on a postcard series Brownfield did & I think it is a Great depiction of Fields. It captures his persona perfectly! Note the mask in the background is pretty much his face & not a disguise at all.
I included this one simply because I love just about everything snow related - sledding, snowmen.
I was using one of my GDS books from last year (Meggs' History of Graphic Design) as reference for another class & decided to take a closer look at one of the designers. I got the first and fourth images from this book and the other two from the web.
I remember briefly going over Otto Storch, but couldn't remember much about him. So, here are some of his most well known pieces.
Storch was an art director at the Dell publishing house and then worked freelance for a period before going to work for McCall's magazine, where he was art director for almost fifteen years. This magazine was aimed at housewives, mostly.
You'll notice that he really liked doing the double page layout - with an image starting on one side and continuing across the other. I like this concept - it draws the eye from one point to the other. His designs were a little bit advanced for the more conservative magazine and he therefore resigned to concentrate on photography.
I really enjoy looking at this sandwich - It makes me think of an old cartoon called "Blondie". Her husband, Dagwood Bumstead, was constantly making sandwiches that looked like this. How on earth would you even get your mouth around it?
Then you have the last image. It looks like she's sleeping very comfortably, and the text is even bending with her on the page. A very clever design that I think works very well.
If you're interested in more of his designs, just "google" him, there are a ton of blogs, pinterest boards, magazine articles, etc. about his career. He passed away in 1999 at the age of 86.
I just can't stay away from packaging designs! This week I thought I would share just a few of the local pizza box designs with you.
This first image (sorry the picture is so bad) is for the current Pizza Hut large pizza box. The only thing on the cover that points to Pizza hut is the logo superimposed on the mug. Otherwise, their logo isn't anywhere on the cover at all. This image immediately caught my eye due to the typography in the mug.
The second image is one of Domino's boxes. They tend to have a couple of different one's that they rotate between, but, this one is one of my favorites. Who doesn't like to do mazes. Haha! Plus it has so many interesting facts, too.
Who doesn't know the catch phrase "Better Ingredients, Better Pizza - Papa John's"? If you live in the C-U area you should! Papa John's has been using this box (or a variation of it) for quite some time. There's not really anything wrong with it, either.
Rosati's (sorry it has a receipt over it) is a bit more formal looking to me. It has an illustration of a neighborhood on it which gives it an inviting, "come see us" feel.
Lastly, I've included Little Caesars. Their boxes have changed over the years, but one thing hasn't changed much at all - their logo. As far back as I can remember they've had their "Little Caesar guy" on their logo & I get a kick out of him. I don't know if it's the style he's drawn in or the personality they give him in their commercials. I just know I like him.
I know I've missed quite a few of the local pizza joints, but, I thought 5 were plenty. If you're still interested, just look up "champaign urbana pizza places" online - you won't be disappointed!
This week I decided to go with something I find very necessary this time of year since I have allergies - the tissue box!
The first one's that I'm showing are for Kleenex and were done by a designer named Hiroko Sanders. I find these very playful & fun to look at. The designer also did another version of this for the flat, rectangular boxes, but I didn't include a picture of it.
The second picture is of designs by Annie Chou and they are for Scotties tissues. These are in the "standard" shape, but have a more modern design to them that I find inviting.
The Looney Tunes box design is aimed more at youth, but I think it is a really fun idea. Who hasn't tried to make things out of a tissue box at some point in their life? This design is by Franco Creations.
The castle and dragon one's are just for the kid in me (those in my Illustration class know how much I love dragons). These were designed by Jared Moore. I think it's fun how they added color tissue paper to the boxes, when they were done using them, to look like flames coming out of the mouths.
I added this one to show you that sometimes they have design contests even for tissue boxes. You should check out the winners here.
