Realization of Design

Sorry for posting so late, got into an accident after class then went to the emergency room on Friday night. Here it goes.

Design is everywhere as we know. When did you realize that everything is designed? I remember when I was in HS and read a book on design. I read a part about Paul Rand and his creation of the UPS and IBM logo's and was astonished that those logo's haven't changed to drastically over the years. So sitting in a Mickey D's parking lot I was starring at a handicapped sign then moved to an Exxon sign then moved to the McDonald's sign and so on. I then realized that everything around me environmentally that everything is designed. Even the sweet beaded seat covers in my 76 Yota.

The article below I ran across sums up what I was thinking. Sitting in line at the supermarket my wife show's me ads from her fashion magazines or articles from another mag. As soon as look at it I critique it immediately, ie. widows in text, misalignment of elements, no grid etc...I feel like nerd. I do that with commercials and everything I see as well. She suggested I'd start a blog and take pictures of what I am talking about, which is a great idea.

Normal people (non-designers) don't look at those aesteics of an ad or commercial. The don't notice that FedEx has that nifty little arrow etc... I wanted to do a poll at work to see who noticed that arrow. Anyways, this was on my mind when sitting in the emergency room looking at all of the different machines and logo's and chairs and ...

So when did you realize everything around is designed around you one way or another?

Here is the article "A Layperson's Guide to Graphic Design"

Here is some cool Obama Art. I don't remember as much political design for one canidate.

Again sorry for the late post.