Now it is time for me to attempt to redesign the SDGs icons following the minimalist style of Genis Carreras.
I ended up loving Genis’s project so much that I purchased his book to be able to see his complete collection of work and use it for future reference;
And I’m quite glad to have been able to read through the books, as I am finding little surprise along the way. One interesting thing I found is that Gneis’ design for “ individualism ” looks like one of the dot, line, plane projects I did for my teacher Pual in semester 1;
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And what's more interesting, the inspiration behind my design was seeing an out-of-place yellow pencil amongst a group of red pencils. When I thought about it, my inspiration also hinted at the philosophy of “ individualism”, and out came similar design concepts.
Through discovering this, I gain a newfound appreciation of the dot, line, plane excise to increase our awareness of design basics. Admittedly, I had little understanding of the excise's real goal back then.
To efficiently apply the style, I first need to study the style a little more and find out some of the style’s basic rules. I don't plan on strictly following all the rules and restricting myself, but having a basic idea in mind will help my icon style stay more consistent.
I found that the minimalistic style focuses on two basic rules.
The style uses very simple, organic shapes for each one of the designs. ( mostly triangle, rectangles, and circles) There are exceptions, but they are very rarely used.