Jessica Hische and Louise Fili

First off, I love these two ladies because one of my favorite things in the world in hand made type. Well, type in general, but especially people who can design their own type. That is what first peaked my interest in design is type. Whether it was on some package of some make-up I bought or picking the perfect type face to write a paper in, type has always been a favorite. The Jessica Hische video was really interesting because she has worked in a lot of different fields of design, so she has a perspective that a lot of other people do not get to see. It was great getting to hear about how the different fields differ so much and the pros and cons of each, because as a sophomore in design, I have no clue where I will want to be or what specifically I will want to be designing. The fact that she just kinda bounced around from project to project makes me a little more at ease because I know that I have time to choose what I will want to do after college, and even better is that if what I am doing doesnt interest me after a while, I can just merge into another field. But besides her lecture, Hische does amazing work. I can definitely see the influence that Fili had on Hische through her lettering, but it is also interesting how, even though Hische learned from Fili, she spun what she learned into something that she can now call her own style. Its nice to see two people who have had so much success in lettering, despite now specific of a niche it is.

TFiOS Pinspiration board

Here is the link to my inspiration board on Pintrest for "The Fault in our Stars". http://pinterest.com/jhill9644/book-research/

Chip Kidd and Paul Rand response

Chip Kidd may be one of my favorite people now. The way he spoke and what he had to say was so inspiring to me, and gave me a lot to think about when it comes to book covers, and design in general. He made a good point about how you are designing for many different people, and how you never know where the design is going to go. Take the Jurassic Park logo. That design blew up beyond Kidd's wildest imagination. But he had a responsibility for that, to give that book a voice, and everything there after. I also really like his methods of designing some of his book covers. It wasn't all the same illustrations or styles, but he really thought about what the book was and how he could portray it the best, no matter what the title said. Even though the saying goes "you can't judge a book by its cover" everyone does, and so we have to give every book a good first impression.

The Paul Rand video was very interesting and his style was very different from Kidd's, but it was nice to see that diversity. Rand's book designs were a lot more abstract from Kidd's, but they still got their point across, and still gave readers a reason to pick the book up and want to see what it was about. Through his video, I realized that the reader does not have to understand what the cover has to do with the book at first, all it has to do is spark enough interest that they want to find out what the connection between the story and the cover is.

"Still I Rise" Final Video

This is my final video for my speech project. I used Maya Angelou's speech- "Still I Rise". This was a difficult process for me, because I was not use to working with motion, but I am happy with the end result. 

"Still I Rise" Motion Graphic