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Graveyard of Ideas

Jennifer Daniel is a prolific, witty, and talented illustrator who works for the New York Times. I even dig her gallery of rejections: Graveyard of Ideas.

Written by Nick Senske on August 25, 2009
Graveyard of Ideas
Check out that tombstone interface, too. Sweet.
rejected illustration for Vagabond Films
Jennifer Daniel, rejected illustration for Vagabond films.

Vagabond was a film and production company that wanted a more “worldly” look. Since they exclusively shot in America and South America- I created a new world for them.

I don’t think they “got” it. Also, maybe logos aren’t supposed to be sarcastic.

rejected illustrations for NYT: How Industries Survive Change.
Jennifer Daniel, rejected illustrations for NYT: How Industries Survive Change..
“How technologies evolve and how the businesses change with them”

There’s something about looking through designers’ rejected work and the stories behind it– the process, I guess– that I find really appealing. Kudos, Jennifer, for sharing.

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Nick — Aug 25, 2009
 
Tagged with: Failure, Illustration, Jennifer Daniel, New York Times, Stuff We Like

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