Is this design?
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- jdcomba0
it's not actually design. hahahahahahah. it's virtual reality life. it's not really there. the girl doesn't really have clothes on. the guy isn't really gay. they're actually having sex but you can't tell, because you're too wraped up trying to figure out if its design.
it's design.
- kld0
advertising design, 'nuf said.
- fate_redux0
Bonseff, no, I just think it fails to communicate a positive, progressive message for the brand. It's just like 1000 other ads. It's limp and boring.
2cents, I'd like think I actually present a different opinion or idea instead of just insulting people. That's all I'm asking for here.
- jdcomba0
it's an ad. it's very simple. and it is design. the photo. the type. the composition of the two working together.
it's design!
- tenpointtwo0
Of course it's design.
What you see there is a final product of a designer. It's not to say he was the only one involved, but you have no idea what that photo looked like before the designer got his hands on it. I'll bet you money it didn't come straight from the photog looking like that.
Not only did the designer place the logo where he did, but he no doubt influenced the colors of the photo and placement/cropping as well.
- BonSeff0
so basically you are so wrapped up in the brand that ad let you down? but it doesnt make it less graphic design because it didnt strike a fuzzy chord with you
i cant comment on this nomo
cheers
- shellie0
i always liked that bally ad. a fuckload. I think its beautiful. MHO tho.
- dablammit0
Not only is it design...it's divine.
(Let that soak in for a minute.)
- 2cents0
ok... is this better?
"not design?... do you understand what design is?
2cents
(Jul 20 05, 18:26)"thats not insulting, but had i posted that way you still would have had something to say about me "insulting" you... its not what i say in your opinion... its me.
- shellie0
as a matter of fact, i want that fucking purse. goddamnit. *searches internet for last season's bally bags.*
- rise0
I was insulted when all they had was fiji water at the store. :|
- MrDinky0
this is design
how u cut image and laying them out with logo is design
- travisbarto0
haha.
- BonSeff0
2cent is a p0nk cause he wont get down on ntpe2
k late
- T-B-O-A0
Phrases that start like "design is..." or "design isn't..." only manage to limit design. Design "can be" many things.
You might not like the Bally ads but that doesn't give you the right to publically disrespect it in this way. It's a matter of taste.
I like them. I think they work. It's not the Parthenon, it's a poster. I think you expect too much out of this ad without having done any research about it.
- MrDinky0
at least we are talking about design..
remember, the graphic designer who gets the photos does not usually have a say in how and what the picture is gonna be.
it is the job of GD to crop, place the image than apply logo or other treatment to give balance in both graphical element and photo.
some people may have a hand in how the photo is taken but that is why there is Graphic AD, Photo AD, Interior AD.. etc etc..
- 2cents0
p0nkz reprazent!
- fate_redux0
skt, if you had read the thread, you would have saw where someone else brought that image of mine up. And you also would have saw where I explained those were pieces of a full-fledged Flash website.
- MrDinky0
misconception maybe that when graphic deisnger do illustrations
a GD can produce complete new art work in to poster but they still need to lay them out correctly