Bumper, Liverpool.

I successfully saved this receipt after going to this club in Liverpool. I don't often come across receipts that have branding on the top instead of just typing out the name of the venue. I found this one quite eye catching, the way the letters had been broken up with stripes. I googled to find the actual logo. You can kind of see on the second image in he left corner that they have utilized the stripes from the logo on the receipt in the window design. 

Thonik.

Another piece by Thonik. Trying to keep up with the topic of innovative type applications. I am liking the use of pattern as a grid to create a typeface. This reminds me of my Magic Brief, the way I use the grid to create letters. After looking at this brief I can see how I can improve my Magic pattern and type. I get the impression that this type is by water, which is why I think this works so well. The type is made up of a strict rigid grid but ends up looking like it has fluidity to it because the structure is not made up of straights lines, which reflects the motion of the water.

 Type design and a variety of other applications for an exhibition. I really like the mixture of sold shape and broken lines which have then been applied the the box to create a game to enhance the idea of play. The type seems really strong across all contexts. It is quite satisfying seeing it printed on al those exhibition hand outs too. This is really relevant to my exhibition brief, it just keeps giving me more ideas of what I could did and enhancing the possibility of me actually putting on an exhibition.

l'outsider

Not usually a fan of grafitti art, but these are considered typographic pieces of the work outside. I particularaly like the fourth one down, it seems more like work that has been designed digitally for another purpose and then applied to grafitti, rather than random spur of the moment grafitti work. I think that is why I like these pieces so much, they are intruiging because they seem alot more considered than most grafitti work, typographically wise. It seems a bit adventurous but I would really like to consider doing some work in an urban enviroment such as this.

Glasfurdandwalker

I am been finding myself drawn to typeface design that uses simple shape and colour. It has a youthful feel to this design. I love how the front of the business card is white and the back is coloured, this is quite unusual as it is often the other way around. Aestheic is important within in a business card I think as it draws the viewer in to see what it is all about, the only issue with this one is the spacing between heth and PR, I think it looks like it is all one word.

Moire.

I like how they have created a subtle link of sound by working with layers of the type to create a kind of vibrating/travelling effect. This works well with the plain backgrounds, and I think the injection of colour on certain pages helps keep it vibrant and interesting. This is a design for CD cover and booklet to go with it. This is a context I may also consider looking at, as it allows you to have quite a lot of freedom and focus on the aesthetic over concept. I think I am going to do this a one of the briefs for my FMP as well as the exhibition.

Identity for Rotwand Gallery. i thought this was relevant for my exhibition brief. Because I want to include branding of the exhibition. I like the small touches like they have created on the Lightbox matching the back of the letterhead pages. I was considering creating some light box graphics for my exhibition too, as I saw some as a setting on stage at a gig I went to a the weekend that looked really effective.

Feedback from Crit..

Summary of what I need to do for each of the assessed outcomes..


Breadth of Research:

I need to continue with what I am doing here, I have gathered a fair bit of information but need to continue doing this in order to improve on it further. Maybe look into more primary sources. I need to write up my account/case study of mind design as I learnt a lot from this visit and I need to make it more clear in my book or at least on my blog.

Level of Analysis:

I need to evaluate responses to the questionnaires and be more consistent with the evaluations that I have done. Personal opinion needs to be considered and why the work is there. I have started doing this but I think it does need to be more consistent as some of my earlier posts do not have much evaluation on them.

Organization of Material:

I don't think there are any problems here, I have been using labels to categorize the book and I think that has helped me to inform the book.


Design Development:

This is the weakest area. I kind of settled with just creating a book, and I knew I had done this because I was still unsure with what I wanted to do. I pretty much just did those layouts for the purpose of the presentation. Considering I was doing a book about innovation type applications - a book is not very innovative. Fred mentioned creating a series of posters with the back being like a patterned background with all the found A's B or C's. I picked up on this when I came across a book that had literally just gathered a whole series of found letters. I really liked this idea at first but I thought this was starting to consider aesthetic more than content.

Development of my book..

A book found by Present Correct.

This is another option for my design context book. To create a book of typefaces, arranged alphabetically. However, this could not be as successful as it does not consider a context. And another issue would be what letters do I use, do I base it on a theme, and have little books of alphabets for different topics? 

These are some scans from the promotional newspaper for the nation of shopkeepers. There are aspects of the designs I like, but others I don't. Looking at this made me realize I wanted to do more of a magazine than a newspaper, so that I can experiment with stock. I scanned these in as I picked up on a few things to do with layout. When i create my magazine, I want to keep the layout of body copy really clean & simple, but then experiment with bespoke typography as headlines. I the contrast between these two types could be really interesting and then experiment with stock colour, I think it could be nice to have a variety of different coloured stocks. I do not really like the layouts of these scans, but It has given me a few ideas of using patterned background and the use of colouring too. 

Klas Ernflo.

Lovely. I really like how the logo looks in contrast to the really thin type on the poster, and how it all lines up so perfectly. The line down the T, K and L is really sophisticated, and I think is what makes the design work, because it makes it seem more rigid and grid like in contrast to the curved lines of the letters of the logo. Here the black and white theme works really well. I am starting to see a link between colour stocks, busier logos seems to work well in black and white whereas the more simplistic ones can be brought to live with paper colour and printing effects. 

HelloMe.

        

I picked up on this because I really like the Videoclub typeface. I think that the type works well with the simple triangle shape, because the typeface is made up of simple shapes and the thin lines. 

Shaz Madani

I have decided on the format of a newspaper/magazine for my book. I really like Shaz Madani's work. It is all really clean, simple and sophisticated. She has done a lot of work for Topshop and when I came across her work I remembered Holger from mind design mentioned her work, and the fact that in house designers should not be wrote off as they still get the freedom to create good design. I love the bespoke typeface she did for the headline, toxic bailout. It looks so beautiful in contrast to the thin plain paper stock and the simple rigid layout of the type. I also love the coloured stocks she has used in the topshop magazine - they are such bold colours that they in a way clash but make the magazine jump and makes it more memorable. I have been wanting to do this as part of my FMP but thought I might as well combine the two, and then I have a subject matter for the magazine too.