Category Archives: Design

JACKSON FIVE

Friday: April 16, 2010 Posted: Darien Victor Birks Category: Design, Photography 1 Comment

Jackson 5

Look at that beautiful “J5″ typography! This is a vintage Jackson 5 magazine tear.

Locomotivas.

Saturday: November 14, 2009 Posted: Darien Victor Birks Category: Design, Latin, Video 7 Comments

LOCOMOTIVAS LOGO

LOCOMOTIVAS Theme:

Locomotivas was a Brazilian soap opera that aired in 1977. There were a couple of amazing things about this show, and interestingly enough, they have nothing to do with the actual show.

What makes this amazing? For starters, the logotype for the show title is super dope! A silhouette of a female w/ LOCOMOTIVAS typeset to create her undergarment, and the “V” is designed as a cover for her uhhhh…”secret place”. DESIGN DETAIL! I love it. Another thing that I really like is that they created a sound to accompany the show. The theme music was created by a great Brazilian jazz group called the Banda Black Rio (check them out). Take a look at the opening theme…

Influenced v2.0

Friday: September 11, 2009 Posted: Darien Victor Birks Category: Design, Influenced 1 Comment

ORIGINAL:
Roy Ayers – He’s Coming album cover, circa 1972.



INFLUENCED:
Smif-N-Wessun – Dah Shinin’ album cover, circa 1995.

Barber Shop Style Chart.

Thursday: September 10, 2009 Posted: Darien Victor Birks Category: Design 2 Comments

This is a vintage barber shop styling chart from the 70′s. PURE FIRE! This was also repurposed for an ad as well, for Duke Hair Products. Notice the detail here in the cut edges of each image, the off-white background, the naming of each hairstyle (accompanied by the nice simple italicized font), the overall richness of color. This was well-thought out, from both a photographic and design standpoint.

Mood music for this one…

Maceo – Got To Get Cha

Newports and Black People.

Tuesday: September 8, 2009 Posted: Darien Victor Birks Category: Design 3 Comments

This ad from 1970 could single-handedly be the reason why most black folks prefer to smoke Newport Menthol cigarettes, LOL! My pops smoked Newport back when I was growing up…

I feel like this track right here could be the theme music for this ad:

Wendell Harrison – Farewell to Welfare

Influenced v1.0

Sunday: August 23, 2009 Posted: Darien Victor Birks Category: Design, Influenced 4 Comments

The album cover is very important, yet often overlooked. A powerful album cover can attract the attention of consumers, as well as support the concept of an album. These are two of my favorite covers, interesting to see how Redman was influenced by a Funkadelic record…

ORIGINAL:
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain album cover, circa 1971.
Funkadelic Cover

INFLUENCED:
Redman – Dare Iz A Darkside album cover, circa 1994.
Redman Cover

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