Designercize 2 – Location Layout
Designercize II — Location Layout
Hot on the heels of the end of Round 1 — Round 2 is a go. This time we’re creating…something…pertaining to a random location somewhere on the globe. Instructions after the jump.
1) Go here. http://www.ptocheia.net/globe/
See that spinning globe? Close your eyes and click on it. The closest city to your stopping point is your new topic. (If you land in water with nothing around, try again.)
2) Head to http://flickr.com
Search the name of your place. Select up to three pictures from the first two pages of results.
3) Head to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Search your place. Depending on the article, select either the entire thing, or an entire section. (minimum of 100 words – you can check here: http://www.wordcounttool.com/)
4) Make a 1024×768 px document (either landscape or portrait).
Plop all the pieces in Photoshop/InDesign/etc. and make something awesome. Conceptualize it as you see fit. Travel poster? Magazine Article? You decide. Integrate (at the least) the place name into the image in some way. (Feel free to lay out the rest in any way you like.)
If you want to use colors, you can only use ones sampled from your initial image.
Email your entry with your name and a link to your site/twitter/etc. to
designercize [at] gmail.com with the subject “Location Layout”
Deadline: Friday March 6th, 5 PM PST
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