tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post3175769150969900107..comments2024-03-11T02:59:30.839-05:00Comments on The Book Design Review: Thirty Ways of Looking at HillaryJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1097274051096784782008-03-06T14:55:00.000-06:002008-03-06T14:55:00.000-06:00+1 Warhol knock offs are far too over used. Come o...+1 Warhol knock offs are far too over used. Come on its been 40 years... and if they are going to do it, why so many of the same colors? <BR/><BR/>I think 30 different photos, showing different hair styles, eras, levels of intimacy, etc would be more interesting.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087614001351310801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-963468398146465282008-02-04T09:20:00.000-06:002008-02-04T09:20:00.000-06:00I like the idea of 30 illustrative portraits. I wa...I like the idea of 30 illustrative portraits. I was thinking the same portrait drawn/painted simply, 30 times. The natural variations in each one might be just enough for visual interest, without getting busy.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786590958886808936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-58007444818629220542008-01-20T11:54:00.000-06:002008-01-20T11:54:00.000-06:00Ideation for this cover:1. Use 30 little "icons" t...Ideation for this cover:<BR/><BR/>1. Use 30 little "icons" that depict thirty different ways of looking at things (i.e. binoculars, microscope, magnifying glass, television screen, peephole, etc.) as metaphors.<BR/><BR/>2. An image of Hillary's face folded into a thirty-sided rhombic triacontahedron (30-sided polyhedron) (so her face is multifaceted).<BR/><BR/>3. 30 binoculars aimed toward an image of Hillary (each representative of 30 literal points of view).RTFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967572314615618635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-34752434634444824732008-01-17T07:59:00.000-06:002008-01-17T07:59:00.000-06:00Not a designer, but I would have "built" a single ...Not a designer, but I would have "built" a single image of her from pieces of several different pictures. Unless it came out looking grotesque. :)Stephen D. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356287007864614439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-17052322935274901672008-01-16T22:08:00.000-06:002008-01-16T22:08:00.000-06:00How about thirty different illustrative interpreta...How about thirty different illustrative interpretations of her portrait? Or would that many styles still be too busy?Erik J Kreffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16600501989135593427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-21930757942118137502008-01-16T17:26:00.000-06:002008-01-16T17:26:00.000-06:00The Warhol screen-prints in different colours has ...The Warhol screen-prints in different colours has been way over-used, me thinks, and this doesn't even quite manage to emulate that properly (ie what kfinkler said). I think this might have been more arresting if one or two of the Hillarys had been flipped.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-38089585140159138772008-01-16T17:22:00.000-06:002008-01-16T17:22:00.000-06:00Oh, and Kate. That whole mosaic thing has been so ...Oh, and Kate. That whole mosaic thing has been so done so much, but I am sure it must have crossed the mind of the designer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-48616717624668737702008-01-16T17:20:00.000-06:002008-01-16T17:20:00.000-06:00Looks like a poster by Andy Warhol for a Hillary e...Looks like a poster by Andy Warhol for a Hillary exhibit.<BR/><BR/>It's fun to look at. I agree that it fails to illustrate much but it grabs you nonetheless. <BR/><BR/>If you're gonna copy an artists style, I'd have explored Hockney-styled photo collages of one main image...<BR/><BR/>It's easy to say that though after we see this, but I have to say this is quite a challenging cover to be presented with. On that level this is at least nice and acceptable and by no means ugleeeee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-7010737515547843152008-01-16T16:45:00.000-06:002008-01-16T16:45:00.000-06:00Reversing some images may have helped create a mor...Reversing some images may have helped create a more interesting cover. <BR/><BR/>Not that our hero flip-flops or anything. The sameness is uninspiring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-64595556596507288362008-01-16T13:38:00.000-06:002008-01-16T13:38:00.000-06:00The 'Warhol' concept could have been pushed furthe...The 'Warhol' concept could have been pushed further - higher contrast, screen printing perhaps. The use of ultra-thin Futura and black made me think 'deceased starlet'. But then, the title, subtitle, and publisher's statement are tepid, so maybe the design is fitting after all.kfinklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429608998278294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-56616559675529940512008-01-16T00:52:00.000-06:002008-01-16T00:52:00.000-06:00i may have done a single photograph; maybe a portr...i may have done a single photograph; maybe a portrait taken from her backside (ie an angle not often seen, or not easily associable with hillary clinton).<BR/><BR/>anyway, the cropping is god-awful, and if i had been asked to design a piece so obviously inspired by warhol, i'd have done a better job at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-50033869898411357462008-01-15T19:25:00.000-06:002008-01-15T19:25:00.000-06:00How hard is it to create those mosaic pictures mad...How hard is it to create those mosaic pictures made of of hundreds of tiny pictures (i.e. lots of pics of her)?<BR/><BR/>And would that level of detail come out on a cover?<BR/><BR/>I don't know - I'm not a designer (just interested in design), and that might be a bit of a cliche (and, OK, it's not 'thirty ways').. but it popped into my head when I read that description - something about the 'pointillistic'.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617194410275560509noreply@blogger.com