Monday, November 16, 2009






Apple's first logo was designed by Jobs and Wayne which depicts Sir Issac Newton sitting under an apple tree. Not too long after that was designed, it was replaced by Rob Janoff's rainbow apple. Jobs insisted that the apple be in color as a way to humanize the company. In 1998, with a new iMac coming out, Apple discontinued the rainbow apple and began using monochromatic themes, no specific color is prescribed.


Sources: Wikipedia

Monday, November 9, 2009



As we all know, pop art superimposed repetitive patters to underscore the concept of mass production. "In this abuse advertisement, the multiple mouths both increase the metaphorical intensity of the scream and symbolize its deep psychological root, which is born of emotions that dwell deep inside. The emotional type treatment for a terrifyingly emotional idea is the only way to convince the view that abusive might makes wrong."

Sources: Anatomy of Design, Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic

Monday, November 2, 2009



This poster that i found in one of my many Andy Warhol books is an event poster for the Velvet Underground and Nico which were apart of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable. (EPI) was a series of multimedia events organized by Andy Warhol. There they played screenings of his films, dancing, and performances. It had flashing lights, loud and very psychedelic. I believe that this poster does a great job of conveying the mood of this particular event

Here is a video of how amazing EPI was:



If you haven't heard of the Velvet Underground you should check them out!


I like them so much that i got the album cover tattooed on my foot. Warhol designed this by silk screening an image of a single banana:







sources:

Warhol by David Bourdon