Saturday, 23 February 2013

OUGD406 - Communication is A Virus Research (2)

Branding & Identity
The branding of our brief needs to be something simple and memorable, but also relates completely and is recognisable.
I looked into some identities that were very simple, relying on one simple shape or a letter to represent their companies.





http://whynotassociates.com/branding-identity-2/square
http://whynotassociates.com/branding-identity-2/envy
http://www.de-war.de
http://www.davidairey.com
http://bvd.se
http://www.josipkelava.com/41371/505875/gallery/common-man-restaurant
http://www.designbydave.co.uk/index.html
http://bluefaqs.com/2010/04/60-highly-clever-minimal-logo-designs/

Research for Twitter Etiquette Book

Do's & Don'ts

Do’s
  • Be yourself
  • Show some personality
  • Acknowledge tweets sent to you
  • Fill out your bio with something meaningful
  • Search on topics that interest you and follow topic experts
  • Follow people that seem interesting
  • Tweet Different Types of Content
  • Find original content to share
  • Tweet something meaningful
  • Be opinionated
  • Tweet something worth tweeting
Don’ts
  • Hashtag every tweet
  • Don’t Make Long Tweets
  • Don't overuse #hashtags
  • Whinge or moan
  • Spam your followers
  • Share mundane updates all the time
  • Don't tweet about your breakfast
  • Tweet too much in a single burst – space it out
  • Don't tweet just to tweet
  • Don't tweet several times in a row
  • Tweet in text talk
  • Bully
http://www.copywritematters.com.au/60-dos-donts-for-twitter-newbies/
http://www.practicepro.ca/LAWPROMag/TwitterDosDonts.pdf
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/mar2011/ca2011037_164304.htm
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9127747/Twitter_Etiquette_Five_Dos_and_Don_ts
http://aquamagazine.com/content/post/10-Dos-And-Donts-Of-Twitter.aspx
http://sharpmindmarketing.com/10-dos-and-donts-for-twitter-newbies/
http://mysocialgameplan.com/twitter/10-dos-and-donts-twitter
http://websites.premierit.com/blog/dos-donts-amazing-tweets

For Visual Aesthetic

For the visuals of the book, I wanted it to be informal, friendly and hand-rendered looking. To do this I looked into four designers/studios who worked in this particular area of design.
Mike Perry

Buro Destruct

Koen Taselaar

Cody Hudson

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