In my THF class about the 1950's we watched The Seven Year Itch (1955) in class and I really loved the introduction. The choreographing of the music with the graphics is very fun. So I thought I would share this terrible quality video of it with you. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOHqCmwcWzU

Typographic posters

So relating to our visual concepts class, I came across this website with a collection of typographic posters. It is AMAZING what you can do with just type and color. I thought this project was really boring, but if I can master how to get my point across using these type of methods, boring would be the farthest word from my mind.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/25/breathtaking-typographic-posters/

Page Spreads

Even though we cannot use images on our current spreads, this website shows a lot of ways in which you can make the title have its own meaning. Some of the spreads are cool, while others not so much, but I just thought some of the titles were inspiring.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/sets/72157594248624027/

This designer's website also has a wide variety of page layouts. There are a lot of examples on how to use lines throughout the page in order to group items together. She also does a great job at using different text sizes and spacing.

http://www.patriciaryanonline.com/MagSpreads/SpreadIndex.htm

Logos

I found this website that lists a bunch of different logos for magazines and newspapers. It's pretty cool to just flip through them and see how similar, yet how different, each paper has made their logo.

http://www.typedesign.com/