Giana's Blog http://giana-g.com/blog and some other stuff about my process Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:53:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Book Covers http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=265 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=265#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:53:33 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=265  

 


]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=265 0 Hacking Couture’s Mobile App http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=260 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=260#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:46:12 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=260  

 

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=260 0 More article illustrations http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=256 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=256#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:39:38 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=256  

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=256 0 Illustrations for news articles http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=248 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=248#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:28:47 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=248  

Anonymous brake into Turkey's government site

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=248 0 Magazine Spread http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=244 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=244#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:17:05 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=244

I would art direct Britney with the image of her hair to the opposite side

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=244 0 My 5 year bucket http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=230 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=230#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:08:31 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=230  

 


]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=230 0 Printing the color I want… seems challenging! http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=222 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=222#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:49:30 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=222 Continue reading →]]> So I have been playing around with the different covers (2nd one is not to scale). On screen I swiped this very nice color I wanted to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then when I exported as PDF it gave me such a disturbing color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I exported as a JPG and this got better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is this the right way to make sure you get as close as possible to what  you are looking for?

 

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=222 0 Progress on UX Book Covers http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=204 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=204#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:15:21 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=204 Information Architecture for the WWW

 

 

 

 

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=204 0 Book Covers – UX Books http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=182 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=182#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:26:16 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=182 Continue reading →]]> The concept proposed is to design a book series for any design professional interested in the area of User Experience.

Peter Morville has written three quintessential books on the topic. The books are used by user experience professionals but their knowledge should be embrace by all design professionals. The idea is to sell it as a kit.

The design goal is to make these books appealing to visual designers, strategists, producers, entepreneurs in order to position the practice of user experience as more expressive and appealing to all.

The Challenge: O’Reilly books all feel the same independently of who the author is or the topic.

THE BOOKS

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web - Identified by a Bear
Teaches about the principles and the practice of information architecture


 

 

 

 

 

 

Search Patterns - Identified by a Butterfly
Shows how to design and build a search, from a  conceptual perspective, not diving into engineering details. What are the elements of search, how they integrate, insight in how user approach search and the psychology behind it.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambient Findability 

This book is about way-finding within information systems, information is found and how pathways to find information are created

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCEPT
Structure and Form

To make the covers fun, they are still for practitioners, and they are hands on books, but they should feel part of a collection, of a kit for the information designer.

These book should be distinguished as trilogy, they should fun, contemporary, instructional, geeky, how-to but still feel classy. It is a hands-on version of Tufte’s work.

INSPIRATION
Edward Tufte’s books  – They are well designed, they are a quintessential on information design, but these are hand more approachable and sold as a group when attending his conference.

 

MOOD

 

]]> http://giana-g.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=182 0 Nice packaging resources http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=177 http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=177#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:19:55 +0000 Administrator http://giana-g.com/blog/?p=177 http://www.thedieline.com/

http://www.packagingoftheworld.com

http://www.behance.net/?field=66

http://lovelypackage.com/

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