Tom Gauld - the noisy alphabet.

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Manifesto

BRIEF: You will create two pieces of typography. One will be your interpretation of a manifesto issued between 1880 and 1930. The second requires you to produce your own manifesto. This should reflect the technological and cultural changes that beckon in the 21st century.
Both typographic manifestos should reflect the content. Each should be between 300 - 400 words in length and as such may require editing.

I have chosen the De Stijl manifesto to re-interpret.
Below is a screen grab of the original manifesto and some research i have done into images based on the movement.











Below is my final design....i began by cutting out shapes by hand and assembling them on paper...then moved onto indesign.


Below is my own manifesto...i decided to do it in a laidback style as it represents how i work when choosing ideas and jotting down notes.

Not sure if this is a bit shit...hmmmm. Tried a more simple approach.

+ value

The added value project started off on the 6th Nov with Melissa Thompson and Nigel. It was a really interesting day as we got to consider things in an alternative light (which is always great for any creative mind!) Anyways, so to start the day we had to empty all the belonging we had with us onto the floor and think about how important they were to us and what the intristic and intagible values of the objects were. We then worked in pairs (me and Isabel), exploring the college to find objects or areas we could add value too. We looked into a range of ideas, such as; adding value to a pebble by adding a price so it seems more desirable or by putting it on a pedestal so it has purpose or would seem like a piece of artwork. Or taking a piece of paper and turning it into origami or a paper aeroplane. We then considered taking something old and restoring it or taking something new and ruffing it up so it looked like an antique or a 'vintage' item. We spent the afternoon discussing our ideas with the group and were told to have evolved one idea by the next session. Me and Isabel decided to look into the 'vintage' idea - however instead of changing the item - we decided we wanted to change the location the item was in to see how the value changed. The photos below are evidence of some basic research taken with a crappy camera, the next step is to hire a more professional camera from the photography department so we can take lots of photos and go from there! As part of the project we need to create an a5 size image that best communicates our idea, so i will update y'all on that at a later date!

Interaction Logo Project

Brief: You are to produce a symbol which communicates interaction, as seen in your presentation. You may use image, type or a combination of both. The design is to be black and white only. You are to produce two different sized versions on a single sheet of A4 white paper, landscape format; the largest of which should be 150mm on its longest side; the smallest should measure 35mm on its longest side. There should be two lines of copy in 9pt Helvetica, in the bottom right hand corner which explains the ethos of the design. And your name.

I began the project by designing 100 logos/images that represented interaction:





I then discussed with my tutors which was the best idea to evolve, and moved on with that:


Finally i kept working on the idea that was originally preferred and finished with the following logo. My design represents interaction as the arrows follow onto each stage to form a sequence thus interacting with each other and the viewer.

13/11/09 Letterpress

On Friday a small group of us went to a letterpress workshop in Hoxton to experience the process hands on. We were asked to create a poster which outlined 'How to make design successful'. After much deliberation we decided that the most obvious reminder to accomplish a successful design piece is to simply do the design again, and again, and again, and again...

So we all created our separate blocks of 'and again'(s) and then put them all together to make a poster. I had an amazing time at the workshop and loved getting my hands dirty with the tiny metal fonts and the inks. Hopefully we'll get to go back there one day for round 2!

Blog Blog Blog

Today i was told to set up a blog......