Amy Woods DESIGN JOURNAL
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it’s gonna be messy.
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it’s gonna be beautiful. 3
SKETCH BOOK FINDINGS
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WHEN YOU ARE STUCK, WALK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND
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IT WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO
SEE — GERARD HUERTA
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SKETCH BOOK
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draw something
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M A KE RS G O N NA MAKE
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in design, grids are essential. 21
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creativity takes courage
t he secret t o get tin g a he ad , is get ting sta rt e d
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don’t break the grid. 25
live creatively
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constantly challenge yourself
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there is always room to be playful 29
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sketch more.
good design is as little design as possible.
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design is thinking made visual. 33
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PATTERN INSPIRATION
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -Leonardo DaVinci
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PATTERN EXPLORATION
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the polka dot
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stripes
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gingham
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ampersands
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ticking
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geometric
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honeycomb
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bodini ornaments
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Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de St.-Exupery
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ILLUSTRATION INSPIRATION
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She’s a free spirit who floats in and out of every situation with ease. Someone who’s aware of her surroundings yet still makes time for daydreaming. When she loves something, she holds onto it forever. She likes to look, listen, touch, feel ... discover. If she stumbles, a smile is never far behind. She’s a beautiful mix of contradictions.
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FOUND TYPE
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FAVORITE TYPEFACES
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Baskerville ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Baskerville Italic
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Futura Light ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Didot ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Bodini
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 93
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you get in
LIFE what you
have the
COURAGE
to ask for
-Oprah Winfrey
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THE AMPERSAND
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An ampersand is a logogram “&” representing the conjunction word “and”. This symbol originated as a ligature of the letters et, Latin for “and”. I designed and vectorized this ampersand in Illustrator.
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Quaver Serif
Baskerville
Quaver Sans
Prata
Veneer Extras
Didot Italic
Garamond Pro Italic
Clarendon
St. Marie
Aver
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& & o & & &
Baskerville Italic
Bodini Book
& & & & & & London
& & & & & & Chelsea II
Abril Text Bold
Clarendon Light
Adobe Caslon Pro Italic
Code Light
Goudy Old Style Italic
Flex Display Thin
Bodini Oldstyle Bold
Futura Book
Caviar Dreams
Goudy Old Style 101
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Poiret One
American Typewriter
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Bell Italic
Helvetica Neue Ultra Light
Rouge Script
Lato Hairline
Quicksand Light
Klinic Slab
Rockwell Regular
Party at Gatsby’s
Giovanni
My Own Topher 102
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Big Caslon
Harrington Regular
Century Schoolbook
Modern No. 20
Cochin Bold Italic
Snell
Didot
Lora
Edwardian Script ITC
Playfair Display Bold
Garamond
Josefin Slab Thin 103
what is lo 104
whatever is lovely
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COLOR
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good never out of 112
ideas go style
-Dale Harris
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