Copyright Issues.

To purchase a font

To download Neue haas grotesk font complete family pack, the price is USD $1032 (AU $962.823). The pack includes 28 different types, 3 different formats.

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1.“Font Software” as used herein shall mean software which, when used on an appropriate device or devices, generates typeface and typographic designs and ornaments. Font Software shall include all bitmap representations of typeface and typographic designs and ornaments created by or derived from the Font Software. Font Software includes upgrades, updates, related files, permitted modifications, permitted copies, and related documentation.

2. The information and materials made available through the Site are and shall remain the property of Monotype Imaging, its subsidiaries, affiliates and licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and/or rights and laws. You may not use, download, upload, copy, print, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, post, transmit, rent, lease, modify, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based (whether in whole or in part) of, the Site or any information from this Site, in whole or in part, without the express prior written authorization of Monotype Imaging. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any of Monotype Imaging’s or its affiliates’ or suppliers’ trade names, trademarks or service marks without Monotype Imaging’s express prior written consent.

3. “Derivative Work” shall mean binary data based upon or derived from Font Software (or any portion of Font Software) in any form in which such binary data may be recast, transformed, or adapted including, but not limited to, binary data in any format into which Font Software may be converted.

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To purchase an image

To purchase a medium version (1942px x 1300px) of this image with a Pay- as - you - go plan, it requires:
10 Credits x 95¢
= US $9.50
= AUS $8.40


http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-2812542-raised-hands.php?st=149a252

To purchase a large version (11.5" × 7.8" @ 300 dpi) of this image with a Pay- as - you - go plan, it requires:

15 Credits x 95¢
= US $14.25
= AUS $13.34


http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-58741-modular-family-01.php?st=59f49e2

To purchase a large version (2292 × 3451 px) of this image with 

a Pay- as - you - go plan, it requires:

70 Credits x 95¢
= US $66.50
= AUS $62.28>

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-6944427-spiral-staircase-with-ripple-effect.php?st=59f49e2

Term & Condition for images:

PERMITTED TO USE

Advertising and promotional projects, including printed materials, product packaging, presentations, film and video presentations, commercials, catalogues, brochures, promotional greeting cards and promotional postcards (ie. not for resale or license);

Entertainment applications, such as books and book covers, magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, and video, broadcast and theatrical presentations;

On–line or electronic publications, including web pages to a maximum of 1200 x 800 pixels for image or illustration Content or to a maximum of 640x480 for video Content;

Prints, posters (i.e. a hardcopy) and other reproductions for personal use or promotional purposes specified in (1) above, but not for resale, license or other distribution; 

Any other uses approved in writing by iStockphoto.

PROHIBITIONS TO USE

Use the Content in design template applications intended for resale, whether on-line or not, including, without limitation, website templates, Flash templates, business card templates, electronic greeting card templates, and brochure design templates;

Use or display the Content on websites or other venues designed to induce or involving the sale, license or other distribution of “on demand” products, including postcards, mugs, t-shirts, posters and other items (this includes custom designed websites, as well as sites such as www.cafepress.com);

Use the Content in any posters (printed on paper, canvas or any other media) or other items for resale, license or other distribution for profit;

Use any of the Content as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo

My Team Logo

Pandora is kind of a symbol for curiosity and she keeps the secrets in the Pandora box, which makes me choose Poker as a sport. Keeping your cards a secret  and other players are curious about your hand, just like Pandora. Plus, Pandora is known as a gorgeous woman created by Gods, a beautiful girl (might be dressed up like a dealer or Joker) is also in the logo. The second concept is actually a girl open the box like Pandora and inside the box are poker chips and playing cards.

Concept evaluation.

http://www.stuart-mclachlan.com/folio.html

Stuart McLachlan

This is one my my most favourite design/concept. Stuart wanted to create a classic scene from the King Arthur tales of the "Lady of the Lake" story in an unique new style for both the area of fashion and advertising. With that idea, he hand cut the paper to create all of the illustration, layer by layer to produce such stunning, amazing finished art. He really went into the concept, the lady model in the middle of the paper layers looked like she's surrounded in a lively marine world, the bottom of a magic lake. 

He collaborated with Photographer Simon Cardwell to setup the scene in the studio, sticking up all huge size of paper illustrations. And yes, we can still see the sophisticated technique in creating paper illustration from the finished digital art. Even though the final art is digital, it is unique for the way he built the scene not from the computer but his dexterity. It was totally nicely done!

Trends and Designers

Trend 1 - Using shapes and colours as main elements to form new typefaces

Fanette Mellier - from France

Something Splendid

Trend 2 - Repetition/revolution of colours and shapes in animations

Benjamin Ducroz - Australia

 Something splendid

http://dicepainter.com/

http://www.somethingsplendid.com.au/work/2011/cocktail-typer/

Source: 
http://www.somethingsplendid.com.au/work/2007/pipedream/
http://www.graphicbirdwatching.com/Index.php?category_name=event-design&paged=2
http://www.youtube.com/
http://sumofsun.blogspot.com/2009/12/press-by-benjamin-ducroz.html

Indigo design network

http://www.indigodesignnetwork.org/?p=4485&cpage=1#comment-319

Aboriginal Motifs

Functions and Philosophies

Respect.


The rights of Indigenous people to own and control their heritage, including Indigenous images, designs, stories and other cultural expressions, should be respected.
Respecting Indigenous rights to cultural heritage incudes the following protocols:


- Acknowledgement of country: the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people are the original inhabitants of Australia. They have strong link to country, meaning the totality of life and the spirit of the partiular area of land they and their ancestors inhabited. When organising an exhibition, installation, event, state, national significance and such, it is respectful to invite a representative of the traditional owners to attend and give a 'welcome to country' address. It is respectful for others speaking officially to also acknowledge country and custodians at the site of the event.
- Public art - acknowledging land: It is comon practice for Indigenous artists to seek approval from the Indigenous community for public art - based projects in any particular 'county' within Australia.
- Accepting diversity: There is great diversity of experience and cultural context within Indigenous communities. Indigenous cultures are living and evolving entities, not simply historical phenomena so it's necessary to avoid inappropriate or outdated perspectives and terminology when dealing with any cultural groups.


Communication, consultant and consent.


Communication and consultation are important in Indigenous visual arts projects. Consent is necessary for the reproduction of Indigenous visual arts, and if traditional communal designs are included, consent may be required from traditional owners.
Consent must be inform, means that people must be given time and information to consider the requests made of them. Consultation and communication processes will differ for each community.

Traditional and communally owned images. There may be requirements to consult with the traditional custodians and community members, as well as the artists, for material that is communally owned ritual knowledge. Consultation with and consent from each identified group should be sought.
Interpreter and translators: Indigenous artists in remote communities may require interpreters and the interpreters should be paid for their services.
Sensitive of Content: such as secret and sacred material of gender-based works may require special communication procedures that should be ascertained first. Consultation may take time depending on the sensitivity of the material.
Geographic diversity: the variety of the indigenous groups causes the difference in cultureal practices, languages and te way people refer to each other.
Gender: there may be a gender division of responsibilities and cutural knowledge.
Photography of Indigenous people cannot be used without permission.
Collaborating with Indigenous artists: It is important that communication and consultation with Indigenous artists and their communities takes place in the initial develop ment phrase of the project. Consent should be obtained before going ahead. Copyright ownership at the outset where more than one artist or a community is involved must be discussed.

Moral Rights and Issues

Indigenous people's right to culture exists in perpetuity. To respect Indigenous cutural hertitage, it may be necessary to get permission to use Indigenous stories, designs and themes even though legally, they are in the public domain.
Some Indigenous art comprises certain motifs like rarrk/cross-hatching and such. It is not an infringement of copyright to pain in these styles or to pain creation figures unless copying from a particular copyright protected artwork. It is against the law to paint ceremonial styles and creation being without permission where the styles and figures originate.
The reference of Aboriginal motifs in your design is one kind of copying where the copyright laws do not recognise Indigenous rights to control cultural material. Nevertheless, we should refrain from incorporating elements derived from Indigenous heritage into the artworks without the inform consent of the Indigenous owners.

Native American motifs

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association.

The team was first established in 1946, as the Philadelphia Warriors. Logo (1946 - 1951)

The Warriors changed their name to the Golden state Warriors for the 1971 -1972 season. Logo (1972 - 1987)

Warriors logo 1987 - 1997

Warriors logo 1997 - 2010

The Warriors' new logo 2010

Description of the current logo and concept/theme behind the design

The Warriors introduced a modernised version of "The City" logo, with a dendition of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge in the logo and returning to the original colours of royal blue and gold. The Golden State Warriors unveiled a new logo, color scheme and branding elements today, all of which bring together the past and future of one of the National Basketball Association’s longest tenured franchises. The colours of the new logos and branding elements are Warriors Royal blue and California Golden yellow. these two colours have been the most prevalent in the team's Bay Area uniform history, appearing as the dominant scheme in four of the last five decades since the team’s arrival on the West Coast in 1962. 

The Warriors’ new primary logo salutes the team’s Bay Area past and links to the exciting prospects of the organization’s future. A silhouette of the yet-to-be-completed Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge is the focal point of the design and a direct spin-off of “The City” logo, one of the most popular emblems in the history of professional sports. Depth was added to the circular band portion of the logo – taken directly from the original model – to provide a modern customization of the graphic design. The simple, yet sleek, design of the Warriors new logo is the result of an 18-month creative and marketing collaboration between the Warriors, the National Basketball Association and adidas – the official outfitter of the NBA.

The depiction of the Bay Bridge in the primary logo serves as the link between the Warriors’ original Bay Area home in San Francisco, where the team arrived from Philadelphia 48 years ago, and its current home in Oakland, where the team is headquartered downtown and has played home games at Oracle Arena (formerly the Oakland Coliseum Arena) for the last 39 seasons. 

Personal thoughts and feelings

I personally think the current logo is a successful design. The look of the new design is modern, simple yet very traditional in the same spirit as the past logos which have been extremely popular with the fans. As Warriors' President Robert Rowell said, this new logo paid homage to their organisation's rich history and unique standing in the Bay Area sports community.

Image source: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors

Information sources: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors

http://www.nba.com/warriors/