Comments for Eivind Bårdsen | Graphic and logo design from the Sunshine Coast

Comment on DVD cover for Kings of Convenience (School Project) by pandadorah

pandadorah — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:32:35 +0000

E!
I love the Kings Of Convenience…and I wanted to compliment you on your design of the type specimen book..
You see, I’m currently pursuing my foundation studies in design in India and this week we have typography for which we were given just a day and a half to research and do a 12 page(5 spread) Type specimen.So,your work gave me insight into what a small type specimen should look like.
Thankyou!

I also think it’s awesome that you worked at a bar in the French riviera and did Improv.
Very cool.
=)

Comment on Who is this ticket designed for? by sarath

sarath — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:56:26 +0000

HI Eivind,
Thanks for your valuable comment on my questions.

Comment on Who is this ticket designed for? by Eivind

Eivind — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:27:48 +0000

Hi Sarath and Andreas

Sarath: You have some interesting questions, and I think some of the answers can be found by looking at the equipment used and the cost of printing.
I believe most cinemas have a rectangular ticket simply because the printer they use is a standard one (and therefore more cost-effective to purchase). The reason the print is usually not coloured is also because of cost. Printing in one colour is cheaper than printing with more colours.

To make a succesful design for tickets I recommend you have a look at the usability aspect of design. You may have some books on it at your school library, or do a search on the net. Information hierarchy is the key to any successful design. Find out what the most important information on the ticket should be, and make that stand out. Also think about what information really needs to be on it.

Andreas: Thank you for your comment. It is a very good point that people are afraid of what they are not used to. Just look at all the ‘change it back please’ groups on facebook that pops up every time they change something!

Comment on Who is this ticket designed for? by sarath

sarath — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:01 +0000

hi Andreas Nilsen !

Thank you for your comment,
will you tell me how the future ticket going to be…

Comment on Who is this ticket designed for? by Andreas Nilsen

Andreas Nilsen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:31:13 +0000

Hey Eivind, (and Sarath)
You have some questions that I will try to answer, I am not an expert and not a design student, but I will try to answer them from my perspective.
When you ask why not change the shape of the ticket - well I think we people are “afraid” of changes. Meaning that I don’t think it is a good idea to change something drasticly. If you open a new cinema - well, then you can do whatever you would like. But as soon as people are used of one way they will be hysteric if it changes. I work both as a ticket checker at a theater and as a trafic assistent for SAS Airlines. Lately we have been changing some thing at SAS and when people see something they aren’t used of they “freak out”. Also it can be a problem if one cinema changes - while the other ones keeps the “standard”.
Colors could be a good - and easy way to seperate entrances and/or cinemas. That you give the different cinemas different colors (I know that the different cinemas have different colors in Tromsø, but they don’t use it for other than visually)
When it comes to make it interactive - I have an idea, but I am sorry that I cant write about it here on this open web-page. Because of novelty and stuff - but I hope to come back to you in a later stage when my ide hopefully is more developed. (Eivind - if you give me your mail it could have been cool to listen to your opinion. But then I have to know that it will be between our mails. You should have been written a non discloser agreement , but since I know you - I trust you that much ;) hehe…)
What kind of research you should do - well talk to the customers! Ask them what do you think of the ticket? What information would you like to have on your ticket?
AND..ask the ticket chekers!! What can make their job easier. As a ticket cheker you are “only in the way” - you are one more obstakle on the way for the customers to get to see the show/movie etc so it should go as smooth and quick as possible.
Hope that I gave some answers that you can “use”.
If not please contact me/us =)

Comment on Who is this ticket designed for? by sarath

sarath — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:28:02 +0000

Hi Eivind !
I’ am design student, I ‘am doing research about the Cinema tickets, for my project, I want to find a design problem in old ticket, and to create a new ticket to overcome that problem.
Help me with this question
why the shape of the ticket is not changing? mostly they are using rectangle shape.
why the colored fount is not used in the tickets?
How can I make an interactive ticket?
How can I make it as a successful design?
what kind of research i had to do?

Comment on DVD cover for Kings of Convenience (School Project) by sveno

sveno — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:14:56 +0000

it’s cool……i love that design..

Comment on Gill Sans type specimen book (School project) by Eivind

Eivind — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:51:02 +0000

Hi Augustina! (I sent you an email, but thought I might answer here to, for the benefit of others with questions about type specimen books)

Thank you for contacting me. I hope I can be of help with your project. When I did my type specimen book on Gill Sans, i did some research into other type specimen books that I found online:

You can do a search on flickr for type specimen, or have a look at type expert Ellen Lupton’s site. I also recommend her book ‘Thinking with Type’ if you are interested in typography.

Some things to remember when you do a type book is:

Show all the characters of the typeface, in all weights (bold, light, italic etc.)
Show the type both as text (paragraphs) and as headlines. In different sizes.
Make it interesting. Use funny quotes or interesting sentences. They don’t have to have a common theme, but maybe that is something you can consider?
Make a visual theme that is consistent between pages to show that they are all part of the same book.

Hope these answers were helpful. Good luck with your project :)

Comment on Gill Sans type specimen book (School project) by Agustina

Agustina — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:35:07 +0000

hi! i’m Agustina from Argentina… i’m a graphic design student too.. i’m in my second year of career..i need your help, as an assignment for typography the teacher gave us to do a type book, and i chose Gill Sans font, and i have no idea of how to do a type book.if u can help me i would really apreciate it..my email is : [removed] please contact me in y email because is easier for me than your website :D

Comment on 7 photographic business cards I designed for myself by Richard, Peacock Carter

Richard, Peacock Carter — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:14:37 +0000

Nice-looking cards, Eivind!