Cassandra

by Me

Red Rojos

I had to create a logo and website for a class and this is what I have come up with. It is about an imaginative band named "The Red Rojos" and I had to come up with everything from scratch. I decided to go with the red logo and a red mascot. I tried to create a reflection of the english word red, the reflection is the spanish word rojos. The red mascot is just a thing we want the fans to get connected with. The band is also an indie band and we wanted to direct it in a less professional look. We wanted to create a more fun and creative look, I think it looks better than basic professional website. It is a more fun professional side with a twist, it still looks professional yet it is fun. I think it turned out great and I'm finishing up the website as soon as possible.

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~swk245/redrojos/redrojos.html

WK Blog

I was exploring the Wieden + Kennedy site and I found the blogs for their offices. They have different blogs for different parts of the office. They just blog about what happens in the office and they write about some funny things. They show some of the progress of their clients and what they do on a daily basis. They show the founder Wieden and they the fun they have at the office. It shows how they have fun and how they still get their work done. It shows me that they are a fun company and it would be a great place to work at.

http://www.wk.com/#/blogs/

Wieden + Kennedy

Wieden + Kennedy is my favorite advertising agency, they do a lot of sports oriented advertising and marketing. They have done all of the Nike, Brand Jordan, and ESPN commericials. Their ESPN commercials are hilarious because of the dialogue and mimicing of sports. The Nike commericials are usually always something different, they always display athletes but sometimes people are chasing chickens and sometimes they make statements. Their work section has almost all of their ads, check out the moustache one and the old Nike commercials. It just shows you how advertising has changed and how different it looks now. I like some of the old school feel on the old ads but the new ads tend to be a little more creative. The old ones are good and they have their own creative aspect.

http://www.wk.com/

Gatorade

These commercials are hilarious, they remind me of some old school instructional movies about sports. All three commercials are pretty funny, but I prefer the basketball and football ones. The commercials themselves look like they have been in the Gatorade's corporate basement for the past twenty years. They made the old school look to go with the old school feel, the voice over is what makes it work best.

http://www.gatorade.com/film_and_downloads/commercials/

Your own Pepsi Can?

If your interested in having your artwork splashed over a can than go to that site and follow the procedures. It would be cool if our work got up there. It is just shades of blues and you can do designs. It has been a fun way for Pepsi to get more of their customers to be more involved with the company. I think more things like this will happen and it will continue to get consumers interested in participating in the company's success. It allows the consumer to feel like he or she is more than just a person who buys a product but that they actually help create. You can directly do it online or you can use another application. Maybe one of our cans will be in production.

http://designourpepsican.com/

Grindhouse Review

I just saw Grindhouse this week and it was an experience. Yes, the movie is grotesque and absurd. It is by far one of the the weirdest movies I have ever seen, it is basically an experience. It was also funny though and the dialogue was classic. It is a long time to be sitting in your seat to, so get ready to pay attention to something for a long period. It is something different though, it is something that people should definetly see and feel. The trailers in the movie are the even more ridiculous than the movies themselves, if you find violence to crazy sometimes than make sure to not watch the trailers. Also, there are some hidden messages in the movie about violence- even when violence is everywhere. So, pay attention to some of the details. The first movie is crazily fast paced while the second movie is all dialogue driven. The second film is the Tarantino film, if you don't like Tarantino than you won't like that second movie. Go check it out.

Cave drawings and writing

As we write something everyday, we really never think about how language came to exist. We just write and we do not look at cave drawings as a legit form of communication. We just see cave drawings as early paintings, almost doodle like yet I find that stuff to be almost amazing. I see it as a language and a form of continuing to standardize a symbol as definition. It is an amazing concept to me and I think it is as important as writing. Writing definitely is an advanced form but sometimes the simpler thing is much more beautiful. Make the judgement for yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_drawing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing

Graphical User Interface

I went to my friend's house the other day and he had Windows Vista on his machine. I started to use it and try to look for the new things. It was not as friendly as I thought it would be and I thought Vista was supposed to step it up. It just seems like it is the same as my Windows XP with some new graphics. The Apple OS seems to be better and it has shortcuts that people will use. It is a useful interface, it is pretty to but it isn't just all about the hype. I was a heavy Windows user before and I am currently typing on a Windows machine but the Apple OS by far seems to be the better one. Both are not perfect but the Apple OS is better and everything seems to run faster on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_User_Interface