Copyright Issues

Images:
We can download the images from Internet for free, but it doesn’t means there is not has copyright issues. It is depends on what kind of images you download and what are the purchasers going to use the images.

Where to get the images:

Shutterstock images:
http://www.shutterstock.com/
Shutterstock images is one of the largest images download website in the world, you can download many kinds of images whatever you want from this website for free or buy the images.

Term & Conditions of images

A, On web sites, provided that no Image is displayed at a resolution greater than 800 x 600 pixels;

B, As toolbar skins, screensavers and mobile phone "wallpaper" for your own personal, non-commercial use, not for resale, download or distribution;

C, As prints, posters (i.e. a hardcopy) and other reproductions for your own personal, non-commercial use and display, not for resale, download or distribution;

D, As a single hand painted reproduction (not as a printed reproduction) on canvas or other material to be used as decoration and not resold;

E, In coordination with opt-in email marketing. However, Images cannot be used in connection with unsolicited email - or linked from unsolicited email and no Image may be reproduced or used more than 250,000 times;

F, On letterhead and business cards, pamphlets, brochures, catalogs and on pop up and/or panel displays for use in conventions and trade shows, provided that no individual Image is reproduced more than 250,000 times in the aggregate;

G, In the artwork for the packaging of any product provided that the print and/ or manufacturing run does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) copies in the aggregate;

H, Incorporated into software as a background image or splash screen, provided that the Image or any digital files containing the Image cannot be unincorporated from the software and further provided that the manufacturing or duplication run(s)of such software (including downloads of such software) does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) copies in the aggregate;

I, In multimedia presentations and incorporated into film and video for television and/or internet broadcast, and theatrical display only where the intended audience will consist of fewer than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) viewers;

J, In multimedia presentations and incorporated into film and video for distribution and/or sale in the home video market, provided that the manufacturing or duplication run (including downloads) of such home videos does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) copies in the aggregate;

K, As CD or DVD cover art and/or artwork, provided that the manufacturing or print run of such CDs or DVDs (including downloads of such artwork) does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) copies in the aggregate;

L, As part of editorial or advertising copy in magazines, newspapers, books, book covers, textbooks, editorials and directories provided that the print or manufacturing run(s) of such magazines, newspapers, books , book covers, textbooks, editorials and directories does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) copies in the aggregate;

M, In eBooks, including multi seat license electronic textbooks, provided that the number of potential seat licenses or end users is fewer than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) in the aggregate; and

N, As advertising posters for use in promoting the sale of other products (as opposed to promoting the sale of the prints, posters, etc. containing the Images), provided that such prints and/or posters and/or other reproductions combine words and an Image or Images and further provided that the print or manufacturing run(s) of such posters does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) copies in the aggregate.

Fonts:
We also can download fonts from Internet for free or buy them, but it still has copyright issues, like the poster for the company, the fonts should be purchased otherwise it will has copyright issues.

Where to get the fonts:

Fontfont.com
https://www.fontfont.com/
FontFont is the world’s largest library of original contemporary typefaces. It has included many different kinds of type fonts for customers to download. It has the function of search, the customers can easy to find whatever fonts they want.

Terms & Conditions of fonts
https://www.fontfont.com/terms-and-conditions

Concept Evaluation

Critique/Analyse the work

This work by Martin Yang from AGIDEALS conference. We can see this nice work is constitue by many traditional pattern, but the designer Martin Yang used strong colour make them had the modern style. It very interesting when we see this work, we can feel the indigenous Taiwan culture and modern style get together this graphic. This graphic use 3 colours, blue, yellow and red, when this three colours constitue will create strong visual impact and create them more modern style.

However this graphic also has some deficients, there are too many elements on the graphic,
when people see it, we can't find the most improtant pattern, at the same time it make people's
eyes confusion.

 

Review and assess how well it conveys this concept.

My advise for this concept is delete some graphic, maybe some of them are not very improtant, for a designer the most improtant thing is know what is the most improtant graphic you want show, the other graphic are ornament the most improtant graphic, and the other graphic I think it need more mellow and full, course the shape of the eyes are very aswome, maybe the designer doesn't expression his meaning clear, but I think  the traditional art alsoneeds clear shape.



Trends and Designers

Trends of design

AGIDEALS conference is a big public event of graphic design in the world, every year there are many famous designers get together to show their product and share their experience of design.
It always will find the trend of design after you finish listen to the speech, because the AGIDEALS conference include all the types of design, this year include, photo, 3D, cartoon, workmanship and so on. My deepest impression is a designer from Taiwan, called Martin Yang.

Martin Yang's product is the traditional and national way to design, he like used simple but traditional pattern to design logo, also the pattern is simple but he will use the strong colour to expression the logo's meaning. This style is the one of trends in 2012.

This product by Martin Yang, we can see the traditional patterns, all of them are indigenous culture art, they are simple but the designer used the strong colour make it very beautiful. This is the trends of logo design in 2012 I study from AGIDEALS.