Wednesday, August 05, 2009

製作 Powerpoint 的反面教材

以下這麼多張,都是製作 Powerpoint 的反面教材。如果你看不出任何一張的問題,或者覺得任何一張沒有問題,你應該好好進修一下。























原文出自 Presentation Zen

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

viiiixviiv.com



download royalty free poster and stickers for viiiixviiv

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

嘔血

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Water should not be bottled

This is actually a very creative idea.





不過話說回頭,我十幾年前在丹麥讀書時,已經係飲紙包水㗎啦!


原文出自thedieline.com

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

10 design rules to keep in mind

(1) Communicate — don't decorate.
(2) Speak with a visual voice.
(3) Use two typeface families maximum. OK, maybe three.
(4) Pick colors on purpose.
(5) If you can do it with less, then do it.
(6) Negative space is magical — create it, don't just fill it up!
(7) Treat the type as image, as though it's just as important.
(8) Be universal; remember that it's not about you.
(9) Be decisive. Do it on purpose — or don't do it at all.
(10) Symmetry is the ultimate evil.


Except the last one, I completely agree, especially (3). In fact, not just in design, but you can apply these rules in other areas as well. OK, maybe not (3) and (7).

原文出自Presentation Zen, introducing "Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual" by Timothy Samara

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

看圖找錯處

請問圖中人的衣服有何不正常的地方?


提示:留意碧咸嫂對腳。

圖片來自台灣蘋果日報

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Monday, September 15, 2008

一望就明

最近趕功課,沒太經常寫blog,請諒。

不如輕鬆點,貼一些出色的廣告設計,學嘢啦。

護膚膏:


又係護膚膏:


Smart Car:


Tabasco 辣汁:


又是辣醬:


耳塞:


強力膠紙:


Strong beer:


綠色和平:



全部出自Advertising/Design Goodness Blog

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

混水摸魚

預錄片段和幕後代唱無甚麼大不了,混水摸魚才叫人髮指。

請比較以下兩張宣傳照片:





第一張,是關淑怡今年4月演唱會的海報;第二張,是關淑怡的舊公司最近推出的「關淑怡演唱會」加精選CD封面。但第二張的這個「演唱會」,雖然design抄到足,卻不是今年4月的演唱會,而是1995年(13年前!)的《難得有一個關淑怡演唱會》!用1997年的照片,Photoshop成為似足新演唱會的poster,個名改到差不多(由"unexpected"變成"unlimited"),等人以為是新演唱會的現場CD... 這才是真的「造假」罷!

多謝Chi在網誌come back to love的揭發。

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

萬能Photoshop!加導彈都得



請看上下兩張圖片有什麼分別?無錯,是一張發射了四枚導彈,另一張只有三枚。

事件是這樣的。早兩天前,伊朗試射了一批新式武器,包括了導彈及魚雷等。之後,由伊朗革命衛隊的網站,發出了一張成功試射的圖片(上圖),顯示成功發射了四枚導彈。但圖片在西方媒體及互聯網,被指相片是用圖像修改程式修改出來的;亦有人指出,在新聞片段中看到的同樣場景,是三枚成功一枚仍然未發射的。

其實對比一下,可疑點有二:左三左四兩枚發射時,下方的煙是相同的;而左三的煙下方,地面有些不尋常的陰影。

可能紙包不住火,又或者不想事情搞大而有失國體,於是在七月十日,另一個伊朗媒體「Iranian daily Jamejam」發出同樣的照片,看到的,是其中一支導彈是沒有發射的。那麼真相大白了,或者革命衛隊覺得不是四支齊發不好看,於是「改圖」粉飾一下…

有人說笑,發射失敗嗎?Photoshop 幫到你。但其實以此思路,各國還要研發武器嗎?用Photoshop 弄一張假的合成圖出來,等外國傳媒玩玩「找錯處」遊戲,已經足夠嚇一嚇各國。時真時假,反而更有效。

又或者,伊朗方面會說:我們不是用Photoshop,是用GIMP 的。


原文出自moliuOLOGY

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Monday, June 30, 2008

家居、理想、塵埃

憧憬獨居生活的少年時代,我們經常備受引誘。缺乏高品味指導,我們不能抗拒的,也不過是IKEA或無印良品的貨品簡介書。他們各式各樣的傢俱和用品,總是向我們展現著一些新奇的、愉悅的可能。翻著一頁一頁的年度宣傳冊,我們以為某種看上去甜美的生活是垂手可得的--只要我們消費,在有限的空間內。
宣傳冊裡每一幀照片在在呈現著窗明几淨、溫暖明媚、低調含蓄的家居世界。我們知道傢俱的真身並沒有那麼漂亮,我們知道傢俱訂價不合理,我們知道我們不設實際,不過,你看--


嗯,就是看看也覺得舒服。心頭柔軟起來的舒服。
然而最後最後,我們的心和眼口和耳腳和鼻一切一切都變得務實,我們明白,把一整套傢俱搬回家依樣葫蘆去堆砌,我們也不會得到那個理想家居。事情看上去好得不像真的,那大抵也不是真的,亦舒說。真相是我們的窗明几淨必須要靠自己親手洗、抹、拖、再洗再抹再拖。
「人活著就是噁心,一地頭髮,皮膚也掉碎屑,拉拉撒撒馬桶起漬,吃吃喝喝製造垃圾,這世界沒有人就沒有污穢骯髒!嘖嘖嘖,本來無一物呀!」一邊勞動一邊大發牢騷。「難怪出家人要第一時間剃頭!」一邊清除頭髮渣滓一邊怪叫。明鏡亦非台,宣傳冊裡,原來沒有我們的理想家居。


原文出自Lazylife

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Friday, June 27, 2008

找錯處

來自壹週刊附刊Travel Guy:



再一次證明常識不常。啤。

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Friday, May 02, 2008






原文出自Becoming Blog, 轉自Atmostheory

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Friday, November 16, 2007

出色=出位?


不顧用家,自求自己天馬行空的,不是好設計。
我好想問大家一個問題:你們怎樣收納Eason的最新專輯《Listen To Eason Chan》呢?[...]那趣致的Q版T恤封套,已令它不能放置在一般CD架上。放在書架上好嗎?然而CD開封之後,要是直放的話又恐怕光碟會從T恤的底部掉出來。跟那些Box Set狀的唱片放在一起,這個平平扁扁的T恤封套又怕不知會「攝」了在那裡。就算像我現在那樣平放在一疊CD之間,這T恤的衫袖位卻又會七菱八角的凸了出來而甚礙眼。[...]《Listen To Eason Chan》的包裝設計,就正正是那種只求有趣有Gimmick,抑或放在唱片店貨架上能達至突出效果,卻不顧樂迷如何收藏的出品。[...]如此新奇有趣包裝設計的CD,大抵會被樂迷放置在書桌上、床頭上,仿如一件家居擺設,不知幾過癮。但是久而久之,當你想好好地收納如它時,方發覺如此新奇有趣包裝設計,其實是幾麻煩。[...]正如我以往所強調,一個出色的唱片封套設計,是要在限定的空間內發揮到創意,才是出色,而非一味靠大、靠奇形怪狀。[...]走到大型唱片店的中文部逛逛,看看貨架上一盒二盒、一Pack二Pack,儼如在互出怪招在爭妍鬥豔的CD專輯,這就是我們的流行音樂文化了。


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Photo from YesAaia.com

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Hiring

AFC Vancouver is hiring a part-time graphics designer. Perfect job for design student. For details go to: www.pp959.com.

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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

創意


看完了許多關於住好啲事件的報導,有以下感想:

1﹒ 有創意不一定要踩界,踩了界不一定就是有創意。正如我老師Howard Davis說:Don't make it special. Make it good.
2. 有錯,不夠膽認,就不要學人踩界。踩過界又死撐,無guts。
3. 金飾成色,有18K,24K,從來沒有14K。無知。
4. 你可以不同意法律,但無權不守法律。你的公民權利包括向政府和立法會反映你對某法例的不滿,但不包括透過觸犯該法例來表達你的不滿。
5. 藝術和創意並不凌架法律。例子:我可以很有創意和美感地以殺人作為行為藝術嗎?當然不可。
6. 那件t-shirt,很醜樣。

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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Web 2.0 路線圖



看似巴黎或倫敦地鐵圖,其實是網絡生活路線圖。Where do you want to go today?

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Saturday, July 14, 2007

Effective Design


Effective design communicates emotions.

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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Does the iPhone Look So Great Because Everything Else is So Bad?


It's not over yet. I think the iPhone phenomenon will still be talked about for a while. And people keep on finding new perspectives to approach it. Here is an interesting one from Fast Company (again).

When was the last time a car made anyone’s spirits soar? GM just had their worst June in nine years. And it’s not like the foreign automakers are bringing any turbo-charge of excitement to their showrooms, either. BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Audio make perfectly fine vehicles, but there are only predictable, incremental improvements from model year to model year. The only semblance of consumer intensity – for hybrid vehicles – is fueled by politics, not engineering.


Why is so much of the consumer economy so boring? In large part, marketers talk about creating a culture of innovation, but then either isolate the truly original ideas, Guantanamo-style, or subject them to death-by-PowerPoint and death by research. It’s easy to look at the iPhone and then reverse-engineer the arguments that would have killed it off at damn near any other company:

  • “Consumers will reject a keyboard they can’t feel.”

  • “No one will spend that much for a phone.”

  • “You can’t expect people to get a new number online.”

  • “You can’t succeed working with just one carrier.”


The objections would have gone on and on – almost as long as the lines outside the Apple store last week. C’mon now, Steve Jobs is good, but he shouldn’t be lapping the rest of the American consumer economy.


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Thursday, May 03, 2007

Don't you write letter anymore?



Poster from Australia, as seen on littleoslo's blog.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Branding



1. informative
2. beautiful
3. too long

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  • 正如林一峰話齋,閱讀,也是一種 state of mind。
  • 所以不限文字,還有聲音影像一切雜崩能東西,都在涉獵反思消化乾坤大挪移之列。
  • 看重的只有一個字:Insight

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