New Virtual Pan Am Concept update

Here is the latest design for my virtual Pan Am livery concept.  Decided to place "Pan Am" and "WORLDLINK" on one line.  Also raised the ribbing lines on the lower fuselage.  Click on the Pan Am Concept Design tab above for more.  Hope you enjoy the progress and welcome your comments.

Virtual Pan Am Reality

As a graphic designer, I’m always looking at visuals and how they might be improved, if needed.  My favorite hobby is flight simulation, so I decided to create Pan Am liveries for current passenger aircraft if Pan Am were flying today as I perceive it might have evolved using the existing Pan Am logotype, globe and blue color, without creating a new identity, and be recognized.

Several more aircraft are nearly completed in the “design hangar” to be submitted individually when finished.  All aircraft will have the registration no. N739PA, and long distance aircraft named “Clipper Maid of the Seas”...  in honor of flight 103.  Click on the Pan Am Concept Design tab above for more.  Your comments will be most welcomed.

Redesigning the stop sign.

Every designer has been in this meeting at some point in their career..

e-Books... Not so new!

For almost 15 years, I’ve talked about the hidden advantages of Adobe Acrobat that most non-creative people are not aware of.  Recently, I embarked on a more aggressive repositioning of my graphic design services to focus mainly on “paperless” communication.  “No Ink or Paper = Savings” is my new direction from a long career in print design.  The money-saving advantage is obvious, but the environment saving is not.  I could write forever about the carbon footprint generated by the printing industry, but not now.

The initial success of tablets like i-Pad and Kindle prompted me to revisit my 15 year conversation about “pdf” formatting as a stand alone e-publication with user-friendly navigation and links.  To read that there were more than 80 tablet launches at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show confirms my new direction.

Two years ago, when e-publishing was relatively unknown, I wrote and designed an e-book titled “The Complete Prepress Guide” for a commercial printing/book manufacturing company, using enhanced pdf creation.  I’m amazed that a printing company recognized the advantages of e-publishing for their customer relations purpose while many others still remain unconvinced.

I would like to hear your thoughts on this.