Typography 2

After working on static designs we went on to make kinetic typography in Motion,  I started to think about how they should or could differ from each other. Here is an example that I found pretty damn inspirational, unfortunately mine is not likely to look this good as it is the first time I have ever used the program.

Client Work 4

Recently designed a meningitis leaflet for biomedical students at King's University in London. It's not a leaflet that will be placed in hospitals/ doctors etc, but one that will be used as a model for the students to work from. Always nice to do work that may actually make a difference, i.e designing something to help our future doctors.

Ministry of Sound | Blog | Ministry of Sound launches The 20:20 Project

http://www.ministryofsound.com/blog/blogDetail.aspx?n=1665 - this popped up on Twitter...


Combination of my favourite club, city and inspirational design, definitely going to this!


"Showcasing a unique archive of photography, design, and featuring contributions from some of the biggest names in dance music, the exhibition is a must for anyone interested in youth culture, electronic music and the future of late night London."


Will also be a great opportunity to feed my interest in album cover art as well and how it has changed over the last 20 years regarding Ministry of Sound's genres.

Bit of fun..

Try out this logo game... it's surprising how much a logo can truly represent a company or organisation.
I managed 20/26, pretty pleased with that :p

http://www.jpink.co.uk/logo_quiz/

Interview/advice

Today I e-mailed Jonny Pink, an incredible graphic designer that i feel has influenced me a lot over the last few years and is a designer that I truly admire. I got in contact with him in the hope that he will get back to me to answer a few questions as our professional studies module requires us to go and interview/get advice from an industry professional or mentor.
Fingers crossed :)


As I was browsing through his website I came across a section called 'My Thoughts', I found the way he describes what he does extremely inspirational and worth putting on here.


""Good design is good business" - Thomas Watson uttered those words back in 1950, and I feel that quote is even more pertinent today than it was all those years ago; and it resonates with my own approach.

Good design isn't just about making something look pretty, it's about communicating the right values, aspirations, and the right voice to the intended audience. Starting out with good design is like giving your child the best possible start in life.


Sure, bad design can look pretty on paper, but made without thought or reason and it may target the wrong demographic, give off negative messages or just confuse the audience. These are things every business owner wants to avoid, but unfortunately it's what a lot of them get without really realising it.

A good designer will approach each job from an artistic sense, as well as (if not more so) from a commercially viable sense, and I think that's the one thing that separates good design from bad, and good business from bad business.


As a designer, my pleasure often comes weeks, months or even years after a project has been completed. It's only then that we can both look back and see what a positive difference good design has made to their business."

Networking

Very excited to be going to my first networking event with some friends. I'm hoping it won't be too awkward and that we won't be sitting in the corner not knowing what to say to anyone :) It's going to be a great opportunity to get some contacts and hopefully get my foot in the door of the design world. It's hosted by Creative Bath which I have heard a lot about from other students in my class, so will be good to put some names to faces. Will keep you updated on how it goes and if anyone's got any hints and tips on the whole networking world it would be much appreciated, from what to wear to what to say.
Here's a link to the event:
http://www.creativebath.org/events/148/networking-social-at-browns?ticket=true

Photo Shoot

One of the photo shoots I have done recently for my photography project, was to show upper class people in non-stereotypical situations. I chose to do a set that looks similar to a modeling shoot in a field. It worked out pretty well, and added to my experiences, especially working with a model I had never used before.

Competitions

After doing so many photo shoots recently, I decided it was time to enter lots of competitions :)
Here are some links to the sites, may not have remembered them all as I entered a lot in one afternoon...
www.wesay.com/Photo_Contest/
http://www.poster-printing-uk.com/win-an-ipod/
http://www.thegalaawards.net/
http://www.photocompetitions.com/2010/international-nature-photography-competition/


Annoyed that I can't find the site I entered lots of different comps on, but they have my e-mail so will keep you updated on the results.
Fingers crossed :)

Client Work 3

Over the past couple of months two other students and myself have been working for a company called 'Spoilt Little Pets'. It's a brand new company so we are basically designing their entire corporate ID.
The first job they gave us was to design their logo. 
Some initial ideas:

We came up with lots of designs and after many emails and discussions the company decided on what bits of which designs they liked, which allowed us to put together their desired logo. This was the chosen one, still needs some tweaking, but gives you the basic gist of what we're doing:

The next task they gave us was to design stickers for the animal hampers they were putting together. This was a lot easier to design as we now have a clear idea about what they are looking for and only took one set of sketches.