Portmanteau and dropping the "ohs" to make the year from the 45th Publication Design Annual

New word, well for me and maybe you? Portmanteau: A new word created by sticking together parts of two preexisting words, whose meaning is basically a blend of the two original words. A well-known portmanteau is spork, which is a combination of spoon and fork.

This is day 233 of tips and ideas from the book 365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!.

Can I tell you how much I LOVE learning new words and not only that, a new word about words!!!

Words and type are so much fun to play with. Here is a page from 45th Publication Design Annual that just rocks! (Yeah it's the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Check out how the "O"s have been dropped to form the year '00 for the Dec 24, 1999-Jan 7, 2000 cover.

So I ask you, "Got a good portmanteau?" Please share!!!!

One of my faves is "Chillax:" Chill and relax.

And one that maybe isn't the nicest, but when you live in a big destination town you get a lot of: "tourons:" tourist and moron. It's not like I say it out loud, and hey, I think we've all seen an out-of-towner do something not so brilliant, right?

Want more portmanteaus? Pop on over to this list of portmanteaus to spark your creativity or help you come up with one of your own! Then design something with it. Maybe have the letters pop out to do something else like the cover art from 45th Publication Design Annual.

More about the books:

45th Publication Design Annual

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Society of Publication Designers

The best visual design work is about emotion as much as appearance. Powerful, brilliant pictures—presented in just the right layout—can make us experience a whole range of emotions, from fear to attraction, anger to happiness. The Society of Publication Designers' (SPD) annual competition seeks the very best in editorial design work. Judged by a worldwide panel of top designers, the 45th edition of Rockport’s best-selling SPD series celebrates the journalists, editorial directors, photographers, and other talented individuals who brought events of the year 2009 to our doorsteps and computer screens. Stunning full-page layouts present everything from products to people, and objects to events, in ways that make each palpable and unforgettable. Featuring work published in a wide range of mediums and created by journalistic, design, and publishing talent from around the world.

The Society of Publication Designers is the only organization that specifically addresses the concerns of trade, corporate, institutional, newspaper, and consumer editorial art directors. The SPD encourages artistic excellence by annually judging the work of thousands of design professionals in the United States and abroad.  The Society of Publication Designers is based in New York City. http://www.spd.com/

365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!

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Noah Scalin

The concept of Noah Scalin’s "365 method" is simple but inspired: Choose a theme or medium, then make something every day for a year. Noah made 365 skull-themed projects... now he invites you to choose your obsession and get creative! The book offers 365 project prompts to kick start your creativity, plus plenty of room for journaling, sketching, and jotting down ideas. Learn how to choose your subject and document your work, and see examples from other artists and crafters who took the 365 challenge. In addition, master new techniques to incorporate into your projects, including quilling, clay-making, paper pop-up engineering, and more. Share your progress with other 365-ers at www.MakeSomething365.com. With 365: A Daily Creativity Journal you’ll get charged up, get messy, and get inspired, and you’ll see how making something every day can change your creative process—and change your life forever!

In 2007, artist Noah Scalin came up with an ingenious idea: he cut a skull out of orange paper and posted it on his blog with the note, “I’m making a skull image every day for a year.” His year-long art project became an award-winning internet sensation that resulted in the book Skulls, as well as landing him in the New York Times and on the Martha Stewart Show. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.

www.noahscalin.com

www.skulladay.blogspot.com

Comments

[Roberta]

We use to have a word that is really not politically correct for Massachusetts Drivers...cause you know we were the elite New Hampshire drivers...but I won't print it here...lol Love the 365 Daily Creative Journal...mainly because it looks like a composition book and I'm such a sucker for them! Just wanted to say THANK YOU for my fabulous Christmas giveway from Craftside and Windham fabrics...all the deliveries have arrived! I blogged about it all here: http://con-tain-it.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/01/craftside-holiday-goodness-giveaway
THANKS AS ALWAYS STEPHANIE!
Have a great weekend, fondly, Roberta

[Suella]

Looking inside this book was extremely interesting and useful for me. Immediately it sparked some ideas that I wasn't consciously considering for project that I'm working on.

Great web links and website as well.

Good stuff!