Art Nouveau Soap Box

For my Art Nouveau-inspired soap box, I wanted to go for a more simplistic and minimal approach. The packaging is basically a wrapper that goes around the soap bar instead of a box. The wrapping paper is brown because I wanted to create for companies that are 'green-friendly' and used organics. For the strap around the brown tissue wrap I used different tones of green. Once again the green is used to signify it being natural. The brand is called "Veloute" and means velvety in French. My concept is that the soap contains moisturizers so it not only cleans but softens and rehydrates one's skin at the same time.

Victorian Matchbox

My Victorian-ized matchbox consists of red as a main color and yellow as a secondary color. This design solution was to create an eye-catching box with strong contrast. The typefaces that I chose were to create the sense of class or sophistication.  The wooden pipe symbol was used to further reinforce that idea. The slogan "Taste of Class" represents the high quality and perfect blend of flavour that one will enjoy from its use.  

ASSIGNMENT #1

Question: 

What historic styles and designers interest you and why?

Answer:

Historic styles that interest me the are Impressionism, Futurism, and Minimalism. I love Impressionism for its ability to convey beauty without painting too tightly.  It allows a sense of freedom.  I am also strongly influenced by Futurism and Minimalism because I enjoy painting abstract paintings that incorporate a sense of movement and speed while keeping the painting clean and simple.

One of my favorite designers is Massimo Vignelli.  I am inspired by this man's ability to design everything: product design, packaging design, graphic design, furniture design, architecture.  I am also aligned with his concept of design: creating beauty through the use of a minimal color palette and keeping only the essentials or necessities in a design. 

Another designer that I admire is Paula Scher.  I love her bold usage of typography.  Her posters always demand attention.  I also love her typographic maps. Those maps consists of beautiful color combinations paired with simple and clean typefaces.

Through the course of the class, I hope to enlarge my knowledge on design styles and history.  I want increase my design 'vocabulary'.