Who gets to say What to whom?

by Maud Lavin

presented by the second group .

We are surroundings by all the kinds of visuals , ads , posters , banners in the street but what differ a a design from another is its concept , idea . strong concept is the main factor of success for any design . such as the posters that was made to aware people about smoking, well it has huge impact in people because of its strong concepts .

but still as a graphic designers we should avoid the fact that people are too busy too look behind the visual to figure the concept , so with taking creativity in consideration , the design should be clear and simple so it attract people as they see it and it won't take their time in understanding it . 

Coca- Cola has very strong concepts in their ad campaigns , even though it is a strong product form the beginning but the campaigns they do give people more motivate to buy it . it shows the company as caring for the people feelings even though it is not a healthy product .

Beautility

BY :Tucker Viemeister
Presented by : Nouf al Saud , Deem Al hagbani , Samar Sulimani 

Beautility is combine of two words : Beauty and Utility ,
Beauty is differ from culture to another but in general it is what pleases human senses 
Utility is the thing that is practical and useful .
form a design aspect the designer should consider those two elements on their design , if there is something useful but not very beautiful and comfortable to the eye . of course you will look for another product of the same function but in a better look . thats don't apply in every person some people they more into the practical side of the product , for example: Crocs . they do not have very beautiful shape but still many people wear them because they are comfortable and useful .

Even though beautiful design add touch to the product and some people like me buy things based on there packages specially perfumes , I like to buy these perfumes which comes in a very creative and different shapes and I keep them even if it's finished .

The Designer as Producer

by Victor Margolin
Presented by : Shaimaa Qadi , Mnahel Aiel , Noura Bajri , Dina Al Amoudi .


A Designer could create new product that designed nicely and be sold in the market . for me product design is very interesting field that I like to involve in it in the future . The product Desigener should design something that met the social needs of the society not only the need of the market . here in this website there is many creative products that function in many ways . 
http://www.boredpanda.com/50-cool-and-creative-inventions-products-fred-n-friends/

One of the most creative project was done in the middle east was Kashida for the furniture , they'v done amazing work in furniture design using the arabic calligraphy .

What’s Wrong with Plagiarism?

By: Gunnar Swanson
presented by : Noura Ashwli, Hiba Fayad , Abrar Hamidaldin .

Plagiarism is another word of Stealing , from design aspect it consider the worst thing in design field , because if you can't do the work yourself you don't deserve to be a designer . and beside being a thief you are a lair too . as a designer it is ok to be inspired by other work by the same style maybe but not copying the same idea , there is several examples of plagiarizing very famous logos and use them in other things .

there is a a famous guy I heard of him a lot , the press wrote about him :

"Damien Hirst shocked the art world this month by hosting his very own AuctionBeautiful Inside my Head Forever at Sothebys. Cutting out the middle man the artist was able to make over $200M, making him the richest living artist in the world. Of Hirst’s $200M, $17M was generated by his shark piece entitled, The Kingdom."

but the real shock was that before two years the same idea and almost the same exaction was made by Eddi Saunders

Here in Saudi Arabia Plagiarism become like (AL Salim Alukim ) it means it become a habit . and nothing wrong doing it . and many places they steal logos and packages of famous global companies such as be cold who look like pepsi can .

The weaving of design and coumunity

presented by : Samar Sulimany , Nouf Al Suad , Deem abdoulmohesen

Nowadays people are more aware of what happening in the word . this way of thinking was increased by the media in the first place . so now people give more importance for companies and brands that concern about the world issues . also celebrities tend to show concern about world problems such as Angelina Jolie and brad bitt who are involved in many charity business , to increase their popularity or any other reason .

for branding it also binfitual if they show some concern about world issues , which could increase their sales a lot . as the example I mention before , Al baik campaign it was good for the community and for the company it self . this campaign was all about the graphics it used , that show the importance of graphic design to motivate people to do something or to be award of something . some graphic designers do community services project but they get paid for it , as a part of their job but some are volunteered by their self to involve and help the community by their talent . 

 here in saudi arabia there is a foundation called Benefit Arabia , it support good causes in the world , last year they had an exhibition 

"Art Auction for Humanity"in jeddah for graphic designers and photographers  and all the funds went to charity work.

Rreality branding : addressing real concerns and real needs

by : Noura Al Ashwli , Abrar Hamidalddin , Nouf Muslam


Reality branding should be honest , reflect the real product , with out exaggeration its real value , it should convince the consumer that it is the good product for him honestly with out lying even if it was silly product they should say that and their ads and their consumer will appreciate this honesty and buy it  . 


One of the most annoying ads on the TV are the Shampoo ads , its obvious that they are lying , all the shampoo companies bring models with a fixed hair and claim that it become like that after using of this shampoo , actually I believe the theory that all shampoos are the same in content with a different package .

But in the other hand Dove made ad campaign of real beauty , instead of using models with a fake hair and skin to lie on people , they use real women in their ads ,  they come with the new definition of beauty. Beauty is not about glamour or fame. It’s about every woman and the beauty that it in each of us.
and that was a very cliver idea to attract women to this brand by this soft touch .

I ♥ NY more than ever

Done by: Laila Al Hatlani ,Mudi Al Zouman,Sarah Al Balawi

The presentation is all about the interview of Steven Hiller with Milton Glaser about using his famous logo “I ♥ New York” . Milton Glaser Said :“I did the bloody thing in 1975 and I thought it would last a couple of months as a promotion and disappear.” but unacceptably it become a free of charge trademark , used in everywhere not only in New York city , but in the whole world . the secret of this huge success of this logo is because it was the first logo that used symbols in it , it was very simple but creative in that time . and the evdince of this success is that it still used in New York it self , it became part of its identity , and it spread for the whole world . and these pictures are some examples of “I ♥ New York”  in different uses and different languages .

these couple logos was lunched in different times by diffrient people but this specific one was modified version to commemorate the attacks of 911 , reading "I Love NY More Than Ever", with a little black spot on the heart symbolizing the World Trade Center site. The black spot approximates the site's location on ManhattanIsland.