year of the rabbit.

2011 = year of the rabbit. rabbit = my favorite animal. So with some substitution and simplification, 2011= my favorite year. Hopefully. Calling it until it comes to pass. That explanation was so geeky. Some things u cant help when you graduate from the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. Hehehe ;-)

In all honesty, I really love the graphic. first aesthetically pleasing post of the year. Which i'm contemplating moving my aesthetically pleasing posts to tumblr and have this be my stream of consciousness. Not completely sure though...

♥ A.Erika ♥

music, design and type.

I'm trying to do an aesthetically pleasing post at least once a month. Im often amazed at what designers can do..how they can take a concept and visually illustrate it. music, design, type. some of my favorite things...imagine all together...LOVE. I came across a video that utilized type and music. Typography is my favorite element of design...it can make or break a design. Im pretty good at memorizing typefaces too...yea imma type freak [as the BF says] but dont judge me. Anyways,  I loved  how the deisgner incorporate TYPE with different images of Brooklyn. The type was kerned and lead to my liking. Type + jay-z feat weezy = hello brooklyn starring one of my favorite typefaces, Akzidenz Grotesk, and the architecture of Brooklyn. Watch it here---> http://vimeo.com/10089801
Enjoy my loves!

♥ A.Erika ♥

puts things into perspective.

saw another piece that i like. maybe sundays will be aesthetically pleasing day. and i got a PT job. YAY for income! :) orientation on tuesday, updates then.

♥ A.Erika ♥ 

manifesto

i havent done an aesthetically pleasing post in a while. i felt this is a way to bring this series back. how we should all live our lives. i need to get this printed and put on my wall for work!

♥ A.Erika ♥ 

one love.

yea this is hot! Found via kiss my black ads. Designed by Erika Iris Simmons [www.iri5.com]

empire state of mind

these streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New Yorkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

That is my favorite song off of Jay-z new album, Blueprint III. I'll have to say its one of my favorite Jay-z album, only second to American Gangster. I never knew how much I liked Jay-z music until I watched his concert on Friday at Madison Square Garden. It was streaming live from Fuse and I thoroughly enjoyed it. You've thought I was in Madison Square Garden. LOL.

Another reason why I like the album because of the album art. I LOVE the album cover. One of the best designed album covers I have seen in a long time. I thought it was designed using Adobe Photoshop, thinking whomever used Photoshop to create this is a BEAST. Yet while looking at one of my favorite design blogs, kiss my black ads, it was actually a photoshoot to create the awesomeness of that cover. Dont believe me. See the video for yourself....



♥ A.Erika ♥

ms. keri baby....

So I really like Keri Hilson. As a artist, both singer and writer, and as a person. Not that i've met her or anything but i do follow her on twitter and seems like a down to earth person. Another reason I like her because she reps Decatur [Zonneee 6!!!]. So when I saw her on the cover of Complex Magazine via Grids, I was impressed [and will be getting my copy very soon]. Mixing my love of communication design and magazines with Keri Hilson seemed the perfect match. To understand my sentiments, see below....


♥ A.Erika ♥

aesthetically pleasing [1]

I love all aspects of arts....dance, music, visual arts, etc. Kinda why I'm a senior design student. LOL. I am starting a segment displaying art/ visually appealing pieces called Aesthetically Pleasing. So I found a couple pieces that are aesthetically pleasing.

First is artwork by Dawn Okoro, a 2002 graduate of University of Texas at Austin [GO LONGHORNS! :-D] and a recent graduate of Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

I really like this one! Every woman knows having at least ONE of these bags is important in their wardrobe.This next piece is kinda Harlem Renaissance-esque. With the jazz age and the speakeasies. Gracious....I love that period!


To view more of her work, visit www.dawnokoro.com

Second is the animation of post done by a design student. It is pretty cool....animation isnt my thing. Just sticking to graphic design.

♥ A.Erika ♥