By a filmmaker named Johnny Kelly

----- I <3 Infographics -----

I'm going to tell you why I love infographics. It possesses all stimulating aspect of graphic design. The designer would require to pull out almost every trick they own and know in: typography, graphics, illustration, organization of information, text, colour—wait. You aren't sure what infographics are? Simply, they are a collection of data that has been reformatted in a visually arranged system to communicate facts and info to you; in an order that's not haphazardly thrown on the floor to let you sort them out. Aren't we considerate? In Off Book's documentary on typography, which I blogged before, the duo designer, Julia Vakser and Deroy Peraza, brought up infographics and about Good. I went on it, I've seen their stuff in and around design magazines. My goodness, it was exciting. You do not understand. The infographic(ally) designed articles were organized in cohesive formats, using visual tricks and tools. Auugh, delicious.

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See the arrangement of the graphics, text, colours are done so well to keep your eyes happy. Data is already boring and having to read it without visual aid would not be a joyful ride.

I adore this way of explaining typography, click on the source to see more.

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----- A Skinny Drink for Skinny People -----

One of things that make designers cringe or dispel is when they are asked to design an idea to help a company falsely sell and promote some unethical belief, like for example, packaging design for cigarettes or diet pill advertisements for youths. Would one know when they've crossed the line? Does one have the right to reject a project due to personal beliefs? Anyway, the reason I brought this up is because Diet Pepsi is repackaged in a Skinny Can. It's called this way due to its shape and six inches in height. The company quotes "celebration of beautiful, confident women." My ass. Is beautiful and confident. Not some aluminum can that has been lengthened and trimmed to reflect society's perfect ideological thinking of what skinny women should look. Another marketing gimmick to add to the wasted spaces of Earth. Just like the way Zero is marketed to men so they can drink comfortably without having the embarrassment of drinking feminine Diet drinks. What a way to enforce more body confidence Pepsi.

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