Brief 2/ Example Products/ Computer Arts

Here are some examples of the types of products I would be wanting to create for the brief where I will be producing stationery. I need to think about how I would display the products when I actually make them, and also, could do with working on my photography skills.

As seen in Computer Arts - I've taken some photos of their designed for life pages where they include a few products they recommend for that month, all which would make great gifts for the type of people who read this magazine.

Looking at these photos has given me some ideas for what I can create, and how I can arrange the products in a creative way.

Example products:

Cards, posters, cushion covers, cases, t-shirts, badges, tea towels, plates, cards, toys, notebooks, bags, stickers, novelty items, coasters.

Brief 4/ Exhibition Design & Leaflets

Leeds Museum - Treasured exhibition

York Museum

Leeds Art Gallery

Henry Moore Institute

View Bradford Media Museum Photos

I've visited Bradford Media Museum for one of my ten briefs about the internet, and took some photographs of the exhibitions there.

Collection of leaflets from Leeds tourist information office

Brief 2/ The Internet/ Opte Project

The Opte Project

I found out about The Opte Project at the Life Online exhibition. It seeks to make an accurate representation of the extent of the internet through visual data. The images are not only useful and educational in teaching people about the internet but look beautiful, and are even shown at the Museum of Modern Art.

cheswick map

This is another internet mapping project. I think the results created are so interesting and could be used across a variety of products.

 

The above graphic was featured in Wired magazine in 1998.

It would be impossible to make something similar with accurate information so I don't know yet how I would use these images in my design practice. They could just inspire me to create patterns that look similar and are based on this theme. 

Brief 3/ Rule Book/ Illustrated Type/ Quoteskine

The Quoteskine book by Lee Crutchley is what gave me my initial idea to create a graphic design rulebook. I really like the idea of loads of hand drawn images and text put together in a sketchbook. Designing something like this would give me the freedom to try out lots of design skills as not every page would have to match in with the rest. The quotes in this book have some meaning to them, which made me think about including inspiration or rules.

I found out about this book through the computer arts magazine so here are some photographs of the spread:

Here are some photographs of the book from the website. I'd like to get my hands on a copy to see more examples of his work. I need to be careful not to go to fine arty if I'm creating something like this, which is why I wouldn't want all of the pages to be hand drawn, I'd want to include some computer based typography.

The book demonstrates totally different styles of typography, some mixed with image.

As well as the book, the prints are available on other bits of merchandise, such as these postcards, which made me think about how I could take my rule book further, extending on my product range.

PPD... Branding Inspiration

When starting to create my branding for my business cards, I looked back on business cards that I have collected from degree and design shows. I wanted to make sure I was including everything I needed to, and I wanted to see what had worked and what didn't on other peoples. I was quite surprised how many cards didn't have a website or how many had inaccurate details on them so I will double check mine before sending them to print.

I like this idea as its really clever, as this is the business stationery for Ben Brand, and the image is his name on a branding iron. These things might only work if you have a surname that can be relevant, but its made me think about creating the text in some other way than just typing the letters out on the computer. My idea was to create my letters in 3d and photograph them in different surroundings. This is all about thinking outside the box to get an idea that stands out.

These photographs are of my business card wall I have made in my bedroom for constant branding inspiration! I don't want to copy off what has been done before, but just looked at all these business cards can help me think about new ideas.

These are the business cards from past LCA graduates that I think work particularly well. I am considering using print finishes such as foil, spot varnish, duplexing etc in my business cards. I also like that some of the cards are a bit unusual, such as the few that are screen printed. I think these would be quite difficult to make but would stand out from the rest.