dykeumentary

Good design complimenting a good idea

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:40:41 +0000

Well done!

As if this summer wasn’t uncomfortable enough…

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:08:58 +0000

…let’s add really bad design to the list.

Keep Cool, NYC

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:13:51 +0000

Here’s a cone from Jacky to help cool you down. She took this photo in India.
Maybe some of you remember that the rule of “huge cone hunting” started out to be that the photo had to be taken from inside a moving car. (It was supppsed to add authenticity points, like the photos of Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster could be debated forever since they were so unclear.) So thank you, Jacky, for being my friend for a decade, and sticking with me through all my wacky artistic schemes.

The Austin Project

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:08:09 +0000

I’m told that one of the things i wrote is in this book….
Also, its such a small world. The woman who transcribed my videos was in the bar where i work the other day.
Experiments In A Jazz Aesthetic

Time to be positive!

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:34:49 +0000

This is a good graphic! And i worked with this artist collective back in 2002-2004.

This is the future?

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:20:06 +0000

I actually think they only used TWO fonts in this one, so maybe there is hope. Still loving the rainbow treatment of the fonts, though.

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admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:32:58 +0000

Who makes these? Is this supposed to be ironic?

Facebook icons on ads

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:41:01 +0000

It appears that Facebook’s “full spectrum domination” is complete — no one uses MySpace anymore to promote parties. Welcome Facebook icon to bad design! Not only does the “babe” get a shadow, the Facebook icon also is seen twice on this one ad. Lest we forget.
Also noted: a caterpillar is crawling across her left hand. Of course her right hand is sort of terrifying, so maybe this is a goth thing.
And speaking of domination…. how ’bout that kooky mash-up of blooming breasts with whatever-that-contraption-she’s-wearing-on-the-bottom-half? Fabulous prize to the first person who sends me the correct count of how many different fonts (ALL CAPS or not) are used in this wreck?

Wow this one is ridiculous

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:13:22 +0000

It seems like I’ve been concentrating on chickens wearing shoes and hats lately, so here is a link to one of the most awful “flash animation splash pages” I’ve seen in years. Did someone get paid to make this? Who? Will they be at this party?
http://www.edeninthebay.com/
Quick review of “gay graphic design features”: outer glow and inner glow (often on the same design element, go figure), a rainbow flag, People of Color on the ad to look “diverse”, multiple fonts (shamlessly mixing serif and sans serif), a cherry (!) and what the heck is that orange-y thing on the right side?

Words Fail Me

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:09:06 +0000