3D type

http://typography-daily.com/blog/2010/10/17/interior-design-3d-type/

This 3D type was eye catching with what the words were made out of. The letters are designed to look like rooms! Each layout is different by shaping the rooms to fit in the letters spelling out interior design. They even went as far as to decorate some of the rooms with chairs. It is a simple and clean san serif typeface that makes it easier to create rooms in the type. I would not originally think to put such detail into a type such as a room design but I think that it is very successful. The type is readable and so are the details.

Meredith Cahill

Beer Design

Colorado Native

This beer stands out from among the beer brands with its crisp natural look. The packaging has a textured feel and looks like it was printed on the printing press. The color and the mountains of beer change with each flavor. The type is bold clear and goes well with the natural theme. Colorado Native beer is brewed using water from the Rocky Mountains and the images keep with the theme. The letter C at the top comes from the Colorado flag is a nice touch showing the beers Colorado pride. Each of the beers has the same image of a bird on it though the location might change. The background image might change but you can always tell they go together based on the typeface, and other smaller details on the packaging. The colors are fun and stand out amongst the other beers it will sit next to in the stores. I think overall the bottle design is successful.

Meredith Cahill 

3d type

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/248894316877885231/


I really like these balloons letters. I think the colors chosen work really well together.  I like that you get the feeling that these letters are floating. The letter O looks like a doughnut the way the confetti is placed. Even though its a balloon it still looks bold and everything has the same weight and height.

-shanna

3d type

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/09/yesno-by-markus-raetz/

When I first looked at this picture I was only looking at the top half that said yes and then I scrolled down and saw how from different angels you read different words YES and NO. I think this piece is really cool not only because it is somewhat interactive but just the simple fact of trying to figure out how to place each part of the letter. If I tried to do this it would probably take me forever because just looking at it I wouldn't be able to figure out which way which letter has to go to make up a whole letter from looking at it a certain way. Even trying to explain it gets confusing but it would be pretty cool if this artist did other words that were opposites such as hot and cold or in and out.

-Joanna DeCicco

Bargara Brewing Company

http://www.bargarabrewingco.com

The beer bottle packaging I chose is for Bargara Brewing Company which is a craft beer company founded in 2014. At first I was drawn to this image because of the background but once i took a closer look at the labels themselves I really liked them because each type of beer has its own name and illustration. I found the names themselves to be funny.. an upside down "drunk fish" and a bright lager thirsty turtle. I think it was a very good idea to have a simple brown bottle with a pale tan label with so that way it becomes very easy to see and read the illustrations and words on the bottle. This company was created from the ideas of six people in the costal Queensland town of Bargara and because it was only created in 2014 there are only these two types of beers made from what i have seen on their website but it would be cool to see what other creative names they can come up with for future beers.

-Joanna DeCicco

Bubble Wrap Type

I found this 3D type experiment super creative. The Spanish company Losiento Studio, uses syringes (with a hypodermic needle) to fill bubble wrap with colored water, forming 3 dimensional typography. They essentially use the individual bubbles in bubble wrap as pixels to build letterforms. The project was part of Tokyo Visual Culture Magazine's September cover design. The theme was

"next creativity" which prompted Lo Siento to Form those words in a sheet of bubble wrap hanging by the Barcelona beach. The company has an obsession with typographic constraints and studying the grid. This type experiment was an exercise in the typographic grid and the structure of letterforms. By breaking each character down into a collection of pixels (bubbles), the artists learned about the basic structure of letters and numbers, all while producing some pretty epic 3D type.

Alyssia Bifano

3D Type

Above is my 3D type design that I found. This I found pretty cool because it's kind of a combination of 3D type and a collage. It seems this designer threw together a bunch of his or her favorite things and put into one piece. I can also relate to this piece because a lot of the objects incorporated into this piece I enjoy myself. Like, rock music, ice cream and doughnuts. Seeing the composition the way it is, the only thing I would change is the color palette. The different shades of red are cool but I kinda get a Valentines day vibe off of this and I'm pretty sure the designer wasn't going for that intention. I think of this designer added more blues and greens, I think it would pop a lot more. Maybe even if they tried it in black and white would give it a totally different look.

Andrew Russo

Beer Bottle Packaging- Angry Angel

The beer bottle packing above is for Angry Angel Beer. What appealed to me about the design of Angry Angel was the one color vintage color scheme. People tend to be visually attracted to very colorful packaging, but in this case Angry Angel's muted tones are done very well. The cartoonish design reminds me of an info-graphic. The typography used in the packaging is a simple condensed san serif typeface that is bold. This bold san serif typeface works very well with the overall design of the beer bottle packaging. I also appreciate how the typeface is white as opposed to black due to being on a dark navy background. This contrast allows for the type to pop off the packaging and be very legible as opposed to blend in and be illegible.

- Maegan Nathan

3D Type in London

This is known as "Songboard London," known as a "multi-sensory interactive installation" according to its website.  The little yellow and black balls allow the public to spin them to change what is being displayed.  People have used this to make words and spread messages.  Many created typographic messages, which makes this a very interesting example of 3D type.  Children and adults alike have used this to make pictures and words.  Students at a local university created this outside King's Cross Station, a major transportation hub in London.  The installation was up from July to September in 2012, but I believe it should have been permanent.  Projects like this allow people to express themselves in a public forum, bringing out the artist in everyone.

Here are links to the official site, and a blog featuring the installation:
http://www.songboardlondon.com
http://collabcubed.com/2012/10/17/song-board-central-saint-martins/

-Franny

Milk Stout Beer

     I took a trip to the Biergarden in Asbury Park and tried different beers. This Milk Stout caught my eye because it tasted like coffee and the label design (of course) so I had to take pictures. First off... there is a cow on the beer which makes no sense, totally random, another reason why I like it. But the typography is curvy using capital and lower case letters throughout giving it movement between the letters. The white type on the royal purple background makes the type stand out. There is a pattern in the background that would clash if the type was a different color. The pattern is curves and entwines overlapping with other lines. My favorite letter is the M because of how the top part does not touch the two vertical lines. The air between the letters is small but is just enough that from far away you can still make out what letter it is. It letters are decorative which continue down to the bottom where the saying is. It is a small point size which fits perfect in line with the length of the cow. Continuing around the bottle, the ingredients and information about the beer is written in sans serif capital letters and bold. Again white type of purple background but it is separated into sections to break down the information. An icon is used to show how to properly drink this beer. The type starts out around 12pts then gets smaller to 7/8pts at bottom. This is one of the first beers I've seen that includes their social media tags. The design is overall beautiful yet playful and yes... it was delicious!

- Alyssa D'Urso

Hand 3D Type

http://www.3dtypographybook.com/2013/02/handmade-type.html

I found this to be an interesting example of 3D type. The artist drew black lines on her hands and proceeded to use the lines in which she drew to create the relation between upper and lower case letters. In some cases she only use one hand while in others she used two and in some instances she even used her arm. This is a different and unique way to display type. The artist made her creation of 3D type to be more interactive rather than something that just hangs on the wall. It is something that was done in the moment and photographed.

Natalie

Montauk Brewing Company

The Montauk Brewing Company utilizes a simple packaging for their beers. Although simple, the design is unique and immediately caught my attention. The use of one bright color along with the text allows for the name of the beer to stand out. The design of each can is also different, for example, the summer ale uses two blue horizontal lines while the driftwood ale uses a yellow X. I also like the layout of the text on the cans. The first line of text is their slogan, "Come As You Are," with two horizontal lines before and after it to add a design element. Below that is their unique logo and below that is Montauk in all caps. Beneath Montauk is a small curved line depicted waves followed by the name of the ale. The last line of text is situated the same way as the top and reads "craft beer 12 fl oz." What I found most interesting about this beer was how it was depicted on their website. If you were to read about their beers, they do not have a real picture of the cans, rather, they have sketches of what the cans look like. I found this to be unique because it is a different way to approach the presentation of their beers and it gives their website an elements that allows them to stand out. The package design of the Montauk Brewing Company is one that is inviting and pleasing to the viewer.  The design also gives the beer a beachy, refreshing feel which is what the creators were aiming for. If I were to see this on the shelf in the store I would most likely pick it up and I am not even a big fan of beer.

http://montaukbrewingco.com/pages/home

Natalie

Beer Bottle Packaging - Carton Brewery

http://cartonbrewing.com
This is a local brewery out of Atlantic Highlands, NJ. This particular brewery is known for coming up with many different flavors of beer. Carton brewery use the color orange a lot for their logos, but would often use red as well. They split the two colors between their pints that come in a can (orange) and the (red) for 12 fl oz. bottles. Carton brewery is also known for their playful cartoon labels that can be seen on the cans and the bottles. They often incorporate colors that would coincide with the flavor of the beer. I feel that the 3d square they use for the flavor of the beer is to much. Just having maybe rectangle the slightly off would be enough. The type that they seem to use is appears to be the widely used Helvetica. Whatever typeface they used, it is a sans serif typeface that is clean and readable especially on the angle. I found that they were very creative with the UPC barcode by making it to look like their Carton logo. Maybe someday I might even try one of the flavors shown.

-Phil

Beer Bottle Packaging - Thirsty Turtle

Thirsty Turtle

http://www.ohbeautifulbeer.com/2011/05/thirsty-turtle/

I tend to be drawn to simplicity just like this packaging because it has a simple logo with a simple san serif typeface and kept a limited color palette. The bottle imitates the same shapes from the logo to the packaging (the turtle on the bottle and the windows in the packaging).This makes it cohesive with the packaging because it With the choice of using black as a dominant color, it looks as if it plays viewer's eyes especially in the type. Since turtles live underwater, with the choice of using the blue for the type, it looks like it is actually water showing through. I thought this beer packaging was really cool. Overall, it has many elements that makes it a very successful packaging.

-Kayla Cusano

Adam Schwartz- 3D type

I saw this picture on pinterest and was immediately drawn to it. This is an ampersand created completely out of balloons taped to the floor at different distances from the viewer’s eye. All of the balloons are black on the white background and pop off the page like they are right in front of you.  I think it is completely awesome that someone thought to make an ampersand out of balloons. It creates an almost perfect composition of what one looks like. This is a common everyday object, not something that may be lying around someone’s home but something that a person may come across every day and not notice. This draws the viewer in because the balloons are black; balloons are normally colorful and bright. This reminds me of stefan sagmeister’s 3d type in different materials that he found. If I created this composition I would have liked to see what this looks like in different environments. I would also like to see how it would look in different colors.

-Adam  

Corona - Adam Schwartz

The corona bottles as well as the package are simple designs with few visual graphics, which makes the type one of the main focal points besides the actual beer. The type is an old English or black letter typeface and takes up the largest portion of the package. First letter C is capital and the rest of the letters are lowercase. Under the word corona is sitting the word Extra. Extra is written in the font but is a fraction of the size of Corona. The terminals at the bottom of the letters come to sharp points acting almost as arrows pointing to the rest of the information at the bottom of the package.  The type is in the center of the two long sides of a six-pack and is blue on a white background. The color offers a high contrast that makes the name stand out. The being an old typeface represents that the beer is the same as it’s been since they began producing it. The rest of the package has few graphics. Two strange looking animals that could be birds are at the bottom of the package. There is also a crown that could represent royalty or being king. I think it symbolizes the original and old school look that they are going for because today there is no longer people that rule as kings and queens. Corona is going for an original and simple package to represent their beer. The rest of the package is divided into two main colors white and royal blue. Corona is almost trying to say it is what it is, without dressing up their package like all the other beer companies do. there are attempting to be as transparent as possible with the simple design and clear bottles.

- Adam