Dumbbell or Dumbbottle?

This is one cool bottle to say the least. A lot of items are meant to accentuate people's hobbies and active interests. This is the first time that I have seen a bottle that been designed with a gym theme. Clearly shaped like a dumbbell, this bottle is holds a sports drink special for those who enjoy pumping iron. My favorite part about the piece is how the amount of liquid in the bottle is reflected as the weight of the dumbbell

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I randomly found this ad searching "cool ads" on Google. This ad is very funny to say the least. At first glance one would think that it is green buttocks with the arbitrary use of the beer bottle as a penis. Upon further examination it is the curved side of the two bottles put together. I liked this ad because it focuses on the main purpose of liquor, especially beer: gets you drunk and makes you pee. It is one of the few ads that I have seen with a very clear message and the brand included in it that does not involve typography.

Bus x Limosine

Although this piece is not a graphic, I picked it because I feel as though it is an influential component to design. Throughout time, the changes in the different styles of graphic design as been influenced by the technological advances of the time. This is true with the Model T Ford of the Early Modern period, the CC-3 of the American Kitsch period, and the iPhone of contemporary time. No matter the time period, technologically offers a sleek, new edge and many artists are influenced by that in order to accurately depict the style of the time period.

This is one of the newly invented limo buses for Chicago Limousine Company. Its sleek design puts a twist on the average rectangular limo. Its curvilinear shapes could actually be a new influence/motif on today's art.

I read a lot a lot and I got the bright idea to look up cool book covers and I literally Googled "cool book covers" and came across this one lol.

The book cover has a very serious look to it due to the use of a neutral color as the main color of the design. It is very cold and one-sided and reminds of the use of steel during the International Typography Design Movement. It didn't really move me much because it does not make the book look interesting.

What wound up drawing my attention in was the use of the two heads serving as the wheel and recording tape of a cassette. It reminds me of the conceptual images used during the Contemporary time period where the message, imagery, and text were taken into context for the intended design.

Salvador X Simpsons

I am a huge Simpsons' fan! While randomly looking for postmodern art references. I came across this one and instantly fell in love!

It is a remake of Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory". It is very postmodern with the use of pop art icons used in place of the clocks. It also embodies postmodern art with the use of a well known piece that has been reconfigured for modern humor.

Although this piece is on the fence, I think that it can be considered both fine art and graphic art. It plays a comedic role along side the meaning with Dali's original piece which carries the meaning that time is persistent and uses imagery in his piece to express life, sex, and death. The recreation with the Simpson's still holds the same emphasis on time I believe. The Simpsons is the longest running animated series in television history and I think to use the characters in place of the clocks symbolizes their duration through history and how they themselves can be seen as a persistent memory since many age groups are able to relate.

Psychedelic X Nouveau

While surfing the web for Psychedelic posters, I came across this one. It immediately grabbed my attention because it reminded me of the homework question asking if Psychedelic should be renamed Art Nouveau Revival. This is because of the combination of visual motifs that are prevalent in this poster that it is ambiguous of both eras.

Typical of the Psychedelic style, the visual motif includes complementary colors and the use warped and bent lettering. What really captured my attention was the use of the feminine figure that was typical of the Art Nouveau period, influenced the Edo Art Period of Japan. The woman is made of many curvilinear lines that are also of the Art Nouveau period. Her coloring is also more pastel along with the title of the event which immediately pulls the eye to the center and most important part of the piece.

The use of this poster is what Psychedelic art was primarily used for: concerts. This can easily be seen by the name of the event along with dates, bands, and ticket information listed at the bottom.

After going to Furniture Lounge, I decided to look at furniture for my blog this week. I randomly came across this chair on rapper Kanye West's blog.

The Panton chair by Verner Pantoni is a simple curved shape that resembles many of the kidney curves we have seen in American Kitsch art. It reminds me of a futuristic Cesca Chairs that were mass produced during the Late Modern period with.