Graphic Design

Graphic design is the process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and any other type of visual communication. Today's graphic designers often use desktop publishing software and techniques to achieve their goals.
Graphic Design is actually all around us. It is in our morning paper, on our commute to work, and on the cover of our favorite books.  The most common forms include:

• Logos
• Websites
• Business Cards
• Advertisements
• Book Design
• Brochures
• Billboards
• Product Packaging
• Posters
• Magazine Layout
• Newspaper Layout

What is a Texture?

The natural world is rich in texture: the surface of any visible object is textured at certain scale. A wealth of textures are observed on both artificial and natural objects such as those on wood, plants, materials and skin. In a general sense, the word texture refers to surface characteristics and appearance of an object given by the size, shape, density, arrangement, proportion of its elementary parts. A texture is usually described as smooth or rough, soft or hard, coarse of fine, matt or glossy, and etc.

Examples of natural textures

 Examples of artificial regular textures

Examples of natural regular textures

 Examples of stochastic textures

Examples of weakly-homogeneous textures

source : tcs

LE MODULOR

In the years 1942 to 1948, Le Corbusier developed a system of measurements which became known as “Modulor.” Based on the Golden Section and Fibonacci numbers and also using the physical dimensions of the average human, Modulor is a sequence of measurements which Le Corbusier used to achieve harmony in his architectural compositions. Le Modulor was published in 1950 and after meeting with success, Le Corbusier went on to publish Modulor 2 in 1955.
There are two incompatible scales; the metric system and imperial system.

(1) Metric system: meter, kilometer, centimeter, millimeter. 

(2) Imperial system: inches, miles, feet

photo taken from: google image.

Spring Potato Bus Stop Design

Bus Stop Done!!

FRONT VIEW

PERSPECTIVE VIEW

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW

PROJECT 1 - BRANDING @ BUS-STOP

Brand (Spring Potato)
Today En. Zul will explain (tools),demonstrate how to cut things in the right way and make box for our bus stop project..

Tools that will used :-

photo by here

1) Cutting Mat

2) Steel Rulers

3) Cutter; Small cutter a must, big cutter is optional.

4) Hobby Knife / Scalpel / Pen-knife

5) PVA Glue

6) Adhesive Spray Mount

Example bus stop that we should do :- 

photo by me

Company Background (Spring Potato)

Spring Potato (M) Sdn Bhd is the first company in Malaysia to introduce the potato-based food products in the Malaysian market. Spring Potato (M) Sdn Bhd is owned by 100% indigenous and guaranteed 100% halal. Brand Potato Spring Street Stallis the menu that comes from Korea and adapt to tastes of Malaysians.

Spring Potato brand outlets offering affordable prices and a menu of other
than others which will be many options other than an efficient and quality service.

Mission
Help entrepreneurs to start a business with a complete package at a price
reasonable and provide all the materials which need not have taken the trouble to find
in other places.


Ensure sales and brand market Potato Spring will continue gaining popularity in the
business and entrepreneurship and to achieve the target set.

Vision 
Spring Potato brand makes one western-style food franchise successful local and
well-known.To expand the franchise brand Spring Potato international market level.

10 local brand

Form follows function or function follows form

From my understanding, FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION is a principle associated with modern architecture and industrial design in the 20th century which states that the shape of a building or object should be predicated by or based upon its intended function or propose and the other one by the opposite. A building which come with good form will tend to attract people’s attention. 

Example : 

The r-pod is a perfect example of “form follows function”, with its unique shape and construction giving way to a 78” interior height! in term of form follows function, it manage to grab customer attention.

FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM, Mies van der Rohe says that he did not stand against the form, but he think that form is a goal of the designing process. He also thinks that function follows form always end up with formalism, satisfied the building’s appearance from outside view, but we don’t know what will be happen inside.Tom Wright, one of the Atkin’s architect whom designed Burj Al Arab, said: “if you can draw a building with a few sweeps of the pen, and everyone recognizes not only structure but also associates it with a place on earth, you have gone a long way towards creating something iconic”. This is one of the examples of “function follows form” architect.

Example :  

This building was done by Frank Gehry. look at his work at MIT Strata Center. Iconic building with deconstructs style. But what happen next, MIT Sued Gehry much for that design.