is anyone else bothered by the fact that the type doesn’t line up along the left edge—Revolutionary and Alvin etc.—and that each of the boxes have a different vanishing point?
At first, I thought the same thing. But then I realized that while having them all line up would actually make more sense, it wouldn’t as accurately reflect the pseudo-aesthetic of the bar graph-using, powerpoint abusing, white board-centric corporate culture.
Also, when you line up all the words perfectly along the left edge, the cover loses a lot of its energy.
Is this clunky-type-thang™ some new design sensibility that I’m just not getting ? As far as “Future Shock”’s design goes, that at least survived as some kind of design icon in all its ‘in-your-face’ quality. This looks like the “before”. I’d like to see the “after”. Future SCHOLCK ?
Hehe. Was it the “Alvin” as in Alvin Lustig that gave you the idea for the constructivstish approach?
Nice cover, I agree with the alignment comments though. Also I would’ve made the colors slightly dirtier for a more screen printed in the forties feel, and kept them fewer.
Excellent and clever use of the subject matter’s native aesthetic.
Makes me think of David Byrne’s Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information exhibit. Except, y’know, without the irony.
— Ben Pieratt, 2006-05-10 23:10:00
is anyone else bothered by the fact that the type doesn’t line up along the left edge—Revolutionary and Alvin etc.—and that each of the boxes have a different vanishing point?
i don’t know about the colour palette either.
— scott, 2006-05-13 18:03:00
I love the colors, but I was wondering about the vanishing point as well.
I like the way that the cover is somewhat reminiscent of Future Shock without being, well, awful.
— Eric J, 2006-05-13 19:22:00
re: the vanishing points.
At first, I thought the same thing. But then I realized that while having them all line up would actually make more sense, it wouldn’t as accurately reflect the pseudo-aesthetic of the bar graph-using, powerpoint abusing, white board-centric corporate culture.
Also, when you line up all the words perfectly along the left edge, the cover loses a lot of its energy.
— Ben Pieratt, 2006-05-13 22:13:00
Not a big fan, really.
Or maybe that’s cause I didn’t like Future Shock.
— Stephen Carradini, 2006-05-15 19:30:00
the bar-graph using, powerpoint abusing, white board-centric corporate culture that designers are all part of
— john, 2006-05-19 11:54:00
not impressed
— fluux, 2006-06-04 08:43:00
Is this clunky-type-thang™ some new design sensibility that I’m just not getting ? As far as “Future Shock”’s design goes, that at least survived as some kind of design icon in all its ‘in-your-face’ quality. This looks like the “before”. I’d like to see the “after”. Future SCHOLCK ?
— Perry Blue, 2006-08-25 12:47:00
Hehe. Was it the “Alvin” as in Alvin Lustig that gave you the idea for the constructivstish approach?
Nice cover, I agree with the alignment comments though. Also I would’ve made the colors slightly dirtier for a more screen printed in the forties feel, and kept them fewer.
Best wishes.
— Olof, 2006-09-01 04:58:00