MONDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2009
We had our first seminar with Anna this afternoon for our essay. She has given me a few ideas on what I can base it on, trying to tie it into my Final Major Project. I need to do a little bit of research and come up with a solid title ready for the next seminar next Monday. Due to the nature of my FMP, I think I am going to focus my essay on the form of the book and the effect of technology on this.
I thought my idea for my FMP was all set and comprehensive. But, I had a strange feeling about it and so I had a tutorial with Kit and Sally. So far I have spoken to Mike Ryan quite a few times, and also Neil. I think the reason I was feeling unsure was that I needed to get a solid theory or purpose to my book to underpin the project. It seemed a bit aimless and I just needed to talk it through again and get some more opinions. Kit and Sally had quite an in depth chat with me and I think I know where I am heading now. I am a very indecisive person when it comes to decisions affecting me personally, and this will affect me personally. Once I have chosen it, and written the Learning Agreement I have to stick to it, and that scares me.
I have been working on ISTD and can see in my head what my final piece will look like. It is just getting it down on my design sheets that is the hurdle I am facing at the moment. I found the website project a real challenge, and due to that, and the hours I spent on it, it was my priority over ISTD at the time, which has resulted in me having ISTD to deal with at the same time as my FMP and essay. I have been doing a lot of research for all these projects and feel like I am getting no where for some reason. I was all geared up and ready to go to London last week, but due to the weather we didn't get to go, and we were sent home from uni on Friday which was the day I had planned out to do everything. I find it very hard to work at home, it just isn't the right environment for me, which is why I am always in uni apart from when I have to work.
Showing posts with label ISTD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISTD. Show all posts
binding
TUESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2009
I did some coptic binding this morning which I was really pleased with. There were a few mistakes I made which I have noted, but other than that it looks really neat. I spent the rest of today researching for my FMP and working on ISTD.
I am really excited to start my FMP, I just need to get ISTD finished so I can really focus on it as I know I am going to get really into it and would love to just focus on that.
I did some coptic binding this morning which I was really pleased with. There were a few mistakes I made which I have noted, but other than that it looks really neat. I spent the rest of today researching for my FMP and working on ISTD.
I am really excited to start my FMP, I just need to get ISTD finished so I can really focus on it as I know I am going to get really into it and would love to just focus on that.
Snow snow snow...
MONDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2009
We were supposed to be going to London today on the coach ... but it was cancelled because of the snow! Very disappointed but at the same time very excited about the snow! It hasn't snowed like this for YEARS! We can't get to London because the M25 is closed, and they have stopped all red buses in London and the underground isn't working apparently!
So, instead, a group of us went to Lyndhurst to take some photographs seeing as it is a rare opportunity with the snow! I found a relatively new polaroid camera in a charity shop for a fiver which is good, apart from the films being really expensive.
Tomorrow I am going to do some bookbinding, there are a few things I want to try out. I am going to mainly focus on ISTD work and then for a break I will look at my FMP for a bit.
I have also found somewhere to have bookbinding lessons, I am in the process of sorting it and speaking with them at the moment.
We were supposed to be going to London today on the coach ... but it was cancelled because of the snow! Very disappointed but at the same time very excited about the snow! It hasn't snowed like this for YEARS! We can't get to London because the M25 is closed, and they have stopped all red buses in London and the underground isn't working apparently!
So, instead, a group of us went to Lyndhurst to take some photographs seeing as it is a rare opportunity with the snow! I found a relatively new polaroid camera in a charity shop for a fiver which is good, apart from the films being really expensive.
Tomorrow I am going to do some bookbinding, there are a few things I want to try out. I am going to mainly focus on ISTD work and then for a break I will look at my FMP for a bit.
I have also found somewhere to have bookbinding lessons, I am in the process of sorting it and speaking with them at the moment.
Learning Agreement
FRIDAY 30TH JANUARY 2009
We spent today working on our learning agreement research for our FMP. I have been thinking about what I want to do and have come up with an idea that just needs to be developed now into something strong to work on.
I spent the rest of the afternoon working on ISTD. I have an interesting article from eyemagazine.com that is about 'designer as author' and how more and more frequently the designer is becoming the author as well. I have been doing more research and trying to sketch out ideas and plan how I want my book to look.
We are going to London on Monday. I have a list of things I want to do while I am there, including visiting some markets to find things for my FMP and paying a visit to Faulkners for some book binding supplies! I am very excited!!
We spent today working on our learning agreement research for our FMP. I have been thinking about what I want to do and have come up with an idea that just needs to be developed now into something strong to work on.
I spent the rest of the afternoon working on ISTD. I have an interesting article from eyemagazine.com that is about 'designer as author' and how more and more frequently the designer is becoming the author as well. I have been doing more research and trying to sketch out ideas and plan how I want my book to look.
We are going to London on Monday. I have a list of things I want to do while I am there, including visiting some markets to find things for my FMP and paying a visit to Faulkners for some book binding supplies! I am very excited!!
ISTD
TUESDAY 27TH JANUARY 2009
I came into uni today to work on my ISTD project. I have been collating lots of research over the past few weeks and because I was focusing a lot on my screen based project (website) it needed organising. I have lots of ideas and thoughts about what I am going to do with my people watching findings. I need to start experimenting. I find it very challenging to get started when it comes to typography - I don't know why this is. I feel I have an eye for it, but its the daunting feeling of a blank page - and trying to get the type and shapes to mean something relating to what I want to say.
I am very set on doing a small book that contains my findings, I think this fits well and makes the findings and things I have written about people contained and secure. I thought about doing a poster design, that folds down. But something doesn't quite feel right about that. I think its because I am studying people, and watching them, writing down things about them and they don't know I am doing it! Its almost a little rude or disrespectful to then create a poster - I think it sends the wrong message. A book is much more appropriate. These secrets notes I have taken, and my personal thoughts about the people will be securely and safely, privately contained within the pages of a book.
The brief says that the only production parameters are that I can only use one A1 sheet of paper, which can then be folded, cut etc as desired. There are no limits on binding/finishing either. Does this mean that I can use thread etc to bind the book? And does this include the cover? Can I make a cover from a separate piece of paper not included within the A1 sheet? I need to clarify these points because they aren't clear.
I emailed ISTD asking them these questions. This was their reply:
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:08:57 +0000
Hello Vicky
Yes, you may fold it and use any form of binding. On the cover question I can only ask you to examine the brief. We do not have any preconceived ideas of what form the submissions will take. Your strategy should be used to express/justify your design decisions.
I hope you are enjoying the project.
Good Luck
John
John McMillan FISTD
Education Officer
International Society of Typographic Designers
The issue of the cover still seemed unclear to me, so I had a quick chat with Sally and she said to go ahead and make a cover from another stock if I want to. I think she is right, as long as I can justify my design decision (as John said in his email) then it should be okay. I will make sure I show that my inside pages amount to no more than one sheet of A1.
I came into uni today to work on my ISTD project. I have been collating lots of research over the past few weeks and because I was focusing a lot on my screen based project (website) it needed organising. I have lots of ideas and thoughts about what I am going to do with my people watching findings. I need to start experimenting. I find it very challenging to get started when it comes to typography - I don't know why this is. I feel I have an eye for it, but its the daunting feeling of a blank page - and trying to get the type and shapes to mean something relating to what I want to say.
I am very set on doing a small book that contains my findings, I think this fits well and makes the findings and things I have written about people contained and secure. I thought about doing a poster design, that folds down. But something doesn't quite feel right about that. I think its because I am studying people, and watching them, writing down things about them and they don't know I am doing it! Its almost a little rude or disrespectful to then create a poster - I think it sends the wrong message. A book is much more appropriate. These secrets notes I have taken, and my personal thoughts about the people will be securely and safely, privately contained within the pages of a book.
The brief says that the only production parameters are that I can only use one A1 sheet of paper, which can then be folded, cut etc as desired. There are no limits on binding/finishing either. Does this mean that I can use thread etc to bind the book? And does this include the cover? Can I make a cover from a separate piece of paper not included within the A1 sheet? I need to clarify these points because they aren't clear.
I emailed ISTD asking them these questions. This was their reply:
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:08:57 +0000
Hello Vicky
Yes, you may fold it and use any form of binding. On the cover question I can only ask you to examine the brief. We do not have any preconceived ideas of what form the submissions will take. Your strategy should be used to express/justify your design decisions.
I hope you are enjoying the project.
Good Luck
John
John McMillan FISTD
Education Officer
International Society of Typographic Designers
The issue of the cover still seemed unclear to me, so I had a quick chat with Sally and she said to go ahead and make a cover from another stock if I want to. I think she is right, as long as I can justify my design decision (as John said in his email) then it should be okay. I will make sure I show that my inside pages amount to no more than one sheet of A1.
ISTD update
FRIDAY 16TH JANUARY 2009
I have to be honest and say that ISTD has taken a bit of a back seat whilst I have been working on my website. We have had a dreamweaver course, but it only showed us the real basics, I have spent a lot of time teaching myself things and learning things off other people on my course - because I have found this project a challenge (building the site) I have focused a lot of time on it, especially as its our last project before our Final Major Project. We are being graded on this so I really need to spend a lot of time on it. Its a shame really, it would have been great if we did a website project last year because our marks don't carry over. It has been a struggle for a lot of people. It would have been nice to have done this last year as a practice, like we did with our flash animation, and then been able to do it this year with more knowledge. I was starting to wish I had build my site in Flash because I got quite comfortable using it last year, but it has its downsides for websites so I chose Dreamweaver.
I really need to start working more on ISTD, this will be the first thing on my list once I have handed my website in.
I have to be honest and say that ISTD has taken a bit of a back seat whilst I have been working on my website. We have had a dreamweaver course, but it only showed us the real basics, I have spent a lot of time teaching myself things and learning things off other people on my course - because I have found this project a challenge (building the site) I have focused a lot of time on it, especially as its our last project before our Final Major Project. We are being graded on this so I really need to spend a lot of time on it. Its a shame really, it would have been great if we did a website project last year because our marks don't carry over. It has been a struggle for a lot of people. It would have been nice to have done this last year as a practice, like we did with our flash animation, and then been able to do it this year with more knowledge. I was starting to wish I had build my site in Flash because I got quite comfortable using it last year, but it has its downsides for websites so I chose Dreamweaver.
I really need to start working more on ISTD, this will be the first thing on my list once I have handed my website in.
Online Portfolio Update & ISTD
MONDAY 12TH JANUARY 2009
I spent today tidying up the design of my website, and the navigation. I know how I want the site to work, I was just struggling to settle on names for categorising my menu sections. With this all now settled, I can start building my site!
As mentioned in a previous blog, James McMorrow posted a link to some Dreamweaver tutorials by Will Goldstone. I went through these this evening as I thought they would be a useful reminder for me! Especially for the random little do's and don'ts, such as certain coding rules that you need to learn and things that you just have to do for your website to work. The tutorials were brilliant!! They helped so much. Its the basics and a little bit more. The rest of it is down to design and general rejigging. A lot of it was to do with having editable body text for each page, which isn't relevant for my site as I am going to load my buttons and small amounts of text as images in order to allow me to use my chosen font which isn't websafe. I have experimented with using a websafe font such as Helvetica, but it takes away from my design and so I am going about it in this way. I had a chat with Neil and he confirmed for me that the 'images' I load up for my buttons won't cause any problems such as slow loading of my site. So, with all this is mind, and those reminder tutorials under my belt, its all systems go!
Tomorrow afternoon I am photographing some of my work, as there are certain pieces that I would prefer to be on the site as photos, rather than the actual document. I also need to photograph my greetings cards and my hand made book.
I am also in contact with Rob Farrelly. Since the email he sent me after I blogged his site we have exchanged a few emails. It is interesting to hear about the course he did and how he found it, also what he is doing now he has graduated!
This weekend I am going to dedicate some time to ISTD. This has taken a bit of a back seat while I sorted out my website, but now this is ready to be built, I can do that, and then take breaks and concentrate on ISTD. I have been regularly researching and recording information since the last blog post about it. It is nearly in the stages of design now. I got some interested data at the weekend as I went to London with George, Luke, Lauren and Lewis. I did some people watching on the train and got a few interesting chunks of info that I can use! I am now getting more excited about his as the data I have collected grows!
I spent today tidying up the design of my website, and the navigation. I know how I want the site to work, I was just struggling to settle on names for categorising my menu sections. With this all now settled, I can start building my site!
As mentioned in a previous blog, James McMorrow posted a link to some Dreamweaver tutorials by Will Goldstone. I went through these this evening as I thought they would be a useful reminder for me! Especially for the random little do's and don'ts, such as certain coding rules that you need to learn and things that you just have to do for your website to work. The tutorials were brilliant!! They helped so much. Its the basics and a little bit more. The rest of it is down to design and general rejigging. A lot of it was to do with having editable body text for each page, which isn't relevant for my site as I am going to load my buttons and small amounts of text as images in order to allow me to use my chosen font which isn't websafe. I have experimented with using a websafe font such as Helvetica, but it takes away from my design and so I am going about it in this way. I had a chat with Neil and he confirmed for me that the 'images' I load up for my buttons won't cause any problems such as slow loading of my site. So, with all this is mind, and those reminder tutorials under my belt, its all systems go!
Tomorrow afternoon I am photographing some of my work, as there are certain pieces that I would prefer to be on the site as photos, rather than the actual document. I also need to photograph my greetings cards and my hand made book.
I am also in contact with Rob Farrelly. Since the email he sent me after I blogged his site we have exchanged a few emails. It is interesting to hear about the course he did and how he found it, also what he is doing now he has graduated!
This weekend I am going to dedicate some time to ISTD. This has taken a bit of a back seat while I sorted out my website, but now this is ready to be built, I can do that, and then take breaks and concentrate on ISTD. I have been regularly researching and recording information since the last blog post about it. It is nearly in the stages of design now. I got some interested data at the weekend as I went to London with George, Luke, Lauren and Lewis. I did some people watching on the train and got a few interesting chunks of info that I can use! I am now getting more excited about his as the data I have collected grows!
**Beautifully Bound Book**
THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY 2009
I just had a check of Nikki Farquharson's site to see if she has added anything new and I saw her '65 Modern Proverbs' book. It is so beautiful, I love it.
Nikki created a coptic bound book. She has split 65 modern proverbs into 7 categories.
I just had a check of Nikki Farquharson's site to see if she has added anything new and I saw her '65 Modern Proverbs' book. It is so beautiful, I love it.
Nikki created a coptic bound book. She has split 65 modern proverbs into 7 categories.
Hype Type Studio for Tracy A. Franklin
THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY 2009
I was just looking on Hype Type for some inspiration for my ISTD project, mainly looking for nice type examples and book design. I came across these that they are working on for Tracy A. Franklin, I think they are really nice ...
I was just looking on Hype Type for some inspiration for my ISTD project, mainly looking for nice type examples and book design. I came across these that they are working on for Tracy A. Franklin, I think they are really nice ...
Amazing letterpress poster ...
THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY 2009
I came across this letterpress poster by Cameron Moll on ilovetypography.com
I came across this letterpress poster by Cameron Moll on ilovetypography.com
Long overdue ... Update
TUESDAY 30TH DECEMBER 2008
I have just got computer and internet access back so am going to write a long overdue update on things since the end of term.
ONLINE PORTFOLIO:
This project has been such a big challenge for me. The main problem I have had is how to brand myself. I didn't want to use my name, mainly because I don't like how it sounds. I thought about using Victoria Martin on its own, but I never call myself that so it seemed silly to. After much thought and deliberation I came up with Berri Design. My thought process behind this started with fruit as a name, and then ended up as Berry being a nice word on its own but then from a design point of view, I much preferred how 'Berri' looked as opposed to 'Berry' when placed next to the word 'design'. This wasn't a factor in my thought process at all, but 'Berry' is the name of my friends daughter, so it also has meaning to me.
berri design - i think it looks nice and sounds nice
We had a crit at the end of term with Neil. I had some example layouts of how I wanted my website to look and be navigated. Neil suggested that a white background might be a bit boring and that maybe I could look at textures, such as hand made paper. I think this is a nice idea, but after further consideration, I really like white backgrounds on website, they don't take away from the images. I also think that it is more suited to an illustrators website maybe? I will look into it and see what I can find, but I really am keen on a plain white background - it fits with me as a designer and my style. I am also a bit of a control freak and a textured background would probably make me anxious, I like structure and organisation, so I feel that I need a site that shows this.
After further thinking, I have gone back to the idea of branding myself as 'victoria martin'. My website will be a certain colour scheme and layout and these have been chosen on the type of designer I am and the things I like, the name isn't going to have an effect on they way my site looks etc. So, I think it can be easily changed if need be.
ISTD
I went into Bournemouth to do my people watching for the ISTD brief. It was really hard to get down enough information about a person in just three minutes, whilst having to observe the person and write at the same time. Due to the places I was doing the people watching, a dictaphone wasn't an option. Still, I managed to get lots of information down, and at first glance, I really can't see how I am going to use it? Or whether it will be an interesting and effective piece of design? I have left it for now, and will revisit my notes tomorrow to see whether anything jumps out at me. I started to think about changing my idea ... again! But I think that I should continue with this if I can otherwise I am going to make more work for myself and my course projects will suffer (online portfolio)!
INK BAR
The Ink Bar is up and running and every time I have past it, it seems to be busy ... great stuff! We met up with Chloe before Christmas to get some printed media for our portfolios - we are going to see if we can get hold of some menus etc as well. They gave us a £20 voucher each for The Print Rooms which we spent before we broke up for Christmas holidays.
The website is up and running, please click here to view it. As we did the logo and the identity (ink in water), due to time constraints the website was built by their web design company - although it is a shame to see they have squished the logo up on the home page.
So, there is my update so far. I am working on my online portfolio still and will update again soon!
I have just got computer and internet access back so am going to write a long overdue update on things since the end of term.
ONLINE PORTFOLIO:
This project has been such a big challenge for me. The main problem I have had is how to brand myself. I didn't want to use my name, mainly because I don't like how it sounds. I thought about using Victoria Martin on its own, but I never call myself that so it seemed silly to. After much thought and deliberation I came up with Berri Design. My thought process behind this started with fruit as a name, and then ended up as Berry being a nice word on its own but then from a design point of view, I much preferred how 'Berri' looked as opposed to 'Berry' when placed next to the word 'design'. This wasn't a factor in my thought process at all, but 'Berry' is the name of my friends daughter, so it also has meaning to me.
berri design - i think it looks nice and sounds nice
We had a crit at the end of term with Neil. I had some example layouts of how I wanted my website to look and be navigated. Neil suggested that a white background might be a bit boring and that maybe I could look at textures, such as hand made paper. I think this is a nice idea, but after further consideration, I really like white backgrounds on website, they don't take away from the images. I also think that it is more suited to an illustrators website maybe? I will look into it and see what I can find, but I really am keen on a plain white background - it fits with me as a designer and my style. I am also a bit of a control freak and a textured background would probably make me anxious, I like structure and organisation, so I feel that I need a site that shows this.
After further thinking, I have gone back to the idea of branding myself as 'victoria martin'. My website will be a certain colour scheme and layout and these have been chosen on the type of designer I am and the things I like, the name isn't going to have an effect on they way my site looks etc. So, I think it can be easily changed if need be.
ISTD
I went into Bournemouth to do my people watching for the ISTD brief. It was really hard to get down enough information about a person in just three minutes, whilst having to observe the person and write at the same time. Due to the places I was doing the people watching, a dictaphone wasn't an option. Still, I managed to get lots of information down, and at first glance, I really can't see how I am going to use it? Or whether it will be an interesting and effective piece of design? I have left it for now, and will revisit my notes tomorrow to see whether anything jumps out at me. I started to think about changing my idea ... again! But I think that I should continue with this if I can otherwise I am going to make more work for myself and my course projects will suffer (online portfolio)!
INK BAR
The Ink Bar is up and running and every time I have past it, it seems to be busy ... great stuff! We met up with Chloe before Christmas to get some printed media for our portfolios - we are going to see if we can get hold of some menus etc as well. They gave us a £20 voucher each for The Print Rooms which we spent before we broke up for Christmas holidays.
The website is up and running, please click here to view it. As we did the logo and the identity (ink in water), due to time constraints the website was built by their web design company - although it is a shame to see they have squished the logo up on the home page.
So, there is my update so far. I am working on my online portfolio still and will update again soon!
ISTD talk from Jonathan Doney
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER 2008
Jonathan Doney came in today to talk to us about the ISTD briefs. I found it really helpful, he showed us some of the work that students have entered in previous years which helped to give us an idea of the standard of work they are looking for. I am really unsure about my idea now and I don't think it is going to give me enough information to work with. I am finding it really hard to think of an idea - maybe because I am thinking of it the wrong way round - i.e. I am aware that I need to present it typographically so am thinking of this and then trying to think of an idea, but it is clouding my judgment a bit. Hence the reason I think I am currently working on an idea that doesn't seem to have much scope?
Jonathan Doney came in today to talk to us about the ISTD briefs. I found it really helpful, he showed us some of the work that students have entered in previous years which helped to give us an idea of the standard of work they are looking for. I am really unsure about my idea now and I don't think it is going to give me enough information to work with. I am finding it really hard to think of an idea - maybe because I am thinking of it the wrong way round - i.e. I am aware that I need to present it typographically so am thinking of this and then trying to think of an idea, but it is clouding my judgment a bit. Hence the reason I think I am currently working on an idea that doesn't seem to have much scope?
ISTD progress ...
TUESDAY 2ND DECMBER 2008
I spent today working on the ISTD brief researching creative writing, people watching, body language, psychology etc. I have found it really interesting and have found some useful information. I think its progressing well - the more I research the more I can see my idea working. I just need to work out a day to go to London, maybe one day next week. I know I could always do my 'people watching' in Bournemouth, but there is something about the Tube in London, and the different people that get on and off. I think it would be more interesting, as opposed to doing it where I live - which may not be as inspiring!
I now have something solid to speak to Mike Ryan about on Thursday/Friday when he comes in which was my aim! I wanted to be able to make as much use of him being here as possible and I am sure he will be able to give me some good advice!
I spent today working on the ISTD brief researching creative writing, people watching, body language, psychology etc. I have found it really interesting and have found some useful information. I think its progressing well - the more I research the more I can see my idea working. I just need to work out a day to go to London, maybe one day next week. I know I could always do my 'people watching' in Bournemouth, but there is something about the Tube in London, and the different people that get on and off. I think it would be more interesting, as opposed to doing it where I live - which may not be as inspiring!
I now have something solid to speak to Mike Ryan about on Thursday/Friday when he comes in which was my aim! I wanted to be able to make as much use of him being here as possible and I am sure he will be able to give me some good advice!
Nikki Farquharson
TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2008
I came across a designer called Nikki Farquharson while I was researching for my ISTD project. She has done some really cool stuff - I really like her All Wrapped Up project. She took inspiration from the ribbon in a book that you use to mark the pages:
She has also done a project on conversations she heard over a period of 3 months - its called 'Snippets':
I came across a designer called Nikki Farquharson while I was researching for my ISTD project. She has done some really cool stuff - I really like her All Wrapped Up project. She took inspiration from the ribbon in a book that you use to mark the pages:
She has also done a project on conversations she heard over a period of 3 months - its called 'Snippets':
ISTD - three minutes
MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2008
There is something really interesting on www.formfiftyfive.com : Mike Reed self promotion by 300million
This is such a great piece of design, I have spent ages thinking about this and how it is done, but I can't seem to work it out! How annoying! I am determined to figure out how it is done.
For my ISTD brief I am think about making a book and something along these lines could fit really well with the basis of my design. I am playing with a few ideas at the moment, but there is one in particular I am really keen on pursuing! I have wanted to do something like it for a long time, and I think this could be a great opportunity!
There is something really interesting on www.formfiftyfive.com : Mike Reed self promotion by 300million
This is such a great piece of design, I have spent ages thinking about this and how it is done, but I can't seem to work it out! How annoying! I am determined to figure out how it is done.
For my ISTD brief I am think about making a book and something along these lines could fit really well with the basis of my design. I am playing with a few ideas at the moment, but there is one in particular I am really keen on pursuing! I have wanted to do something like it for a long time, and I think this could be a great opportunity!
Screen Based Communication Part Deux - Online Portfolio
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2008
We were given our new brief today for Screen Based Communication 2! I am really excited by the project, if not a little worried! I think that once I get into it I will be fine - but we are back to a blank canvas again and this is always quite daunting ... but as always ... plenty of research and ideas generation techniques usually gets me through and heading towards an idea!
There are so many things I need to consider for this brief including:
- What am I going to call myself?! I am definately not calling myself Vicky Martin, or Vicky Martin Design or basically anything with my name in it as I don't like how it sounds, or looks on the page! I was born Victoria Martin - but I don't like that either, I never call myself that, so it doesn't seem right to use it as an identity. So this leaves me with coming up with a name and forming a company identity that I can register. I have been thinking about this so much lately, but just can't seem to come up with anything that I really like! I am hoping something will come up soon though!
- I also need to think about the sort of designer I am - this is a difficult thing for me to do as I have always felt quite lost as to where my niche is. I feel I have strengths in type setting, layouts, design for print - I need to show the type of designer I am through my website. There are so many things I like and am interested in, but this website is about me and what I do and what my strengths are!
So, on with the research and ideas generation!
I am planning on spending Friday on this project. I can then come in on Monday and Tuesday and spend those days working on the ISTD brief ready for when Mike Ryan comes in on Friday.
We were given our new brief today for Screen Based Communication 2! I am really excited by the project, if not a little worried! I think that once I get into it I will be fine - but we are back to a blank canvas again and this is always quite daunting ... but as always ... plenty of research and ideas generation techniques usually gets me through and heading towards an idea!
There are so many things I need to consider for this brief including:
- What am I going to call myself?! I am definately not calling myself Vicky Martin, or Vicky Martin Design or basically anything with my name in it as I don't like how it sounds, or looks on the page! I was born Victoria Martin - but I don't like that either, I never call myself that, so it doesn't seem right to use it as an identity. So this leaves me with coming up with a name and forming a company identity that I can register. I have been thinking about this so much lately, but just can't seem to come up with anything that I really like! I am hoping something will come up soon though!
- I also need to think about the sort of designer I am - this is a difficult thing for me to do as I have always felt quite lost as to where my niche is. I feel I have strengths in type setting, layouts, design for print - I need to show the type of designer I am through my website. There are so many things I like and am interested in, but this website is about me and what I do and what my strengths are!
So, on with the research and ideas generation!
I am planning on spending Friday on this project. I can then come in on Monday and Tuesday and spend those days working on the ISTD brief ready for when Mike Ryan comes in on Friday.
ISTD Competition Briefs
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2008
I have just learnt how to add the Lightbox Application to my blog - thanks to Dan Hodson :o) hosted by Lewis Bullock - thank you guys :o)
Here are the ISTD guidelines and the briefs that I looked at:
I have decided to go with the 'Three Minutes' brief. I think it has a lot of scope and could be interesting. My aim this week is to get an idea sorted and plenty of research done ready for next week.
I have just learnt how to add the Lightbox Application to my blog - thanks to Dan Hodson :o) hosted by Lewis Bullock - thank you guys :o)
Here are the ISTD guidelines and the briefs that I looked at:
I have decided to go with the 'Three Minutes' brief. I think it has a lot of scope and could be interesting. My aim this week is to get an idea sorted and plenty of research done ready for next week.
Long overdue update...
MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2008
I haven't updated my blog for a while, so here is a long overdue update!
INK BAR
We have had an email from Chloe telling us we are on the VIP guest list for the launch party which is on Thursday! There is going to be a photographer there to take photos of us next to the branding!
Megs and I still haven't heard anything back about my cover letter or her flyers - I know they have been really busy with the launch, so maybe they decided to leave these for now. In Chloe's email she did say she would sit down and reply to our emails tomorrow when she had some spare time ... but for now we will just look forward to the party :o)
PENGUIN Getting Into Publishing Day
I applied for this a got invited to attend! It is this Thursday ... I need to be there at 9.30 and it goes on until about 1.30 - 2pm - so as soon as its finished I need to get back to Bournemouth in time for the Launch Party for the Ink Bar! Its going to be a busy day but I am sure it will be well worth it!
PACKAGING BRIEF
This has gone really well considering how behind we all thought we were after doing the Ink Bar Brief. I have managed to get loads of research done and get a solid idea together with enough time to work through it and produce mock ups and preliminary designs in time for the Final Crit - I really wanted to have something ready so that I could get something out of the crit, such as suggestions for improvements etc. Sally has said that the group that worked on the Ink Bar can have an extension on the hand in date - but ideally I want to keep working and get everything finished as early as possible. We don't get briefed on the next project until next Thursday, so that gives me some time to catch up on last minute bits that need doing.
ISTD
I am still really not sure what I am doing about this. Megs and I are having a meeting with Sally this afternoon to try and get a better understanding of what is expected/required. I think, especially due to the talk we had last year about it, we are a little bit daunted - but Sally said there is no need to be - so we just really need to work out what we are doing and start researching! That is my aim for this week!
I think that just about covers everything that has happened! I will update if I think of anything else!
I haven't updated my blog for a while, so here is a long overdue update!
INK BAR
We have had an email from Chloe telling us we are on the VIP guest list for the launch party which is on Thursday! There is going to be a photographer there to take photos of us next to the branding!
Megs and I still haven't heard anything back about my cover letter or her flyers - I know they have been really busy with the launch, so maybe they decided to leave these for now. In Chloe's email she did say she would sit down and reply to our emails tomorrow when she had some spare time ... but for now we will just look forward to the party :o)
PENGUIN Getting Into Publishing Day
I applied for this a got invited to attend! It is this Thursday ... I need to be there at 9.30 and it goes on until about 1.30 - 2pm - so as soon as its finished I need to get back to Bournemouth in time for the Launch Party for the Ink Bar! Its going to be a busy day but I am sure it will be well worth it!
PACKAGING BRIEF
This has gone really well considering how behind we all thought we were after doing the Ink Bar Brief. I have managed to get loads of research done and get a solid idea together with enough time to work through it and produce mock ups and preliminary designs in time for the Final Crit - I really wanted to have something ready so that I could get something out of the crit, such as suggestions for improvements etc. Sally has said that the group that worked on the Ink Bar can have an extension on the hand in date - but ideally I want to keep working and get everything finished as early as possible. We don't get briefed on the next project until next Thursday, so that gives me some time to catch up on last minute bits that need doing.
ISTD
I am still really not sure what I am doing about this. Megs and I are having a meeting with Sally this afternoon to try and get a better understanding of what is expected/required. I think, especially due to the talk we had last year about it, we are a little bit daunted - but Sally said there is no need to be - so we just really need to work out what we are doing and start researching! That is my aim for this week!
I think that just about covers everything that has happened! I will update if I think of anything else!
Back to the packaging brief!
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2008
Today it was really nice to have the day free to spend on the packaging brief - I think all of us that are working on the Ink Rooms Re-brand have felt as if we are really behind due to spending so much time on that, but, after the crit this morning it doesn't seem that is the case, as much as we thought anyway!
I spent today getting my box design finalised and researching into what I am going to have as my design for it.
I am working on design sheets this time - which I did for Typeradio last year - it might sound wierd, but I really struggle with it, I much prefer working in my sketch book. But I have started now so will carry on. I think its because I like to be organised, sometimes too much! Working in a sketchbook guarantees everything is in order - sounds sad I know - but hey! It is good practice for the real world anyway. Perhaps next time I can do my preliminary research and sketches etc in my sketchbook, and then have design sheets towards the end.
I think I am getting there with this brief - I have found lots of sites that have surf facts and info that I can use. I am just trying to decide at the moment how the watch is going to be inside the box - wrapped round a cushion? plastic stand? cardboard stand?
I really really need to look at the ISTD briefs too! I still haven't and am panicking about that! LOTS! I think this weekend I should have time, if I get loads of the packaging work out the way that should leave me some time to start focusing on ISTD - which, coincidently, has to be submitted on design sheets :o(
Today it was really nice to have the day free to spend on the packaging brief - I think all of us that are working on the Ink Rooms Re-brand have felt as if we are really behind due to spending so much time on that, but, after the crit this morning it doesn't seem that is the case, as much as we thought anyway!
I spent today getting my box design finalised and researching into what I am going to have as my design for it.
I am working on design sheets this time - which I did for Typeradio last year - it might sound wierd, but I really struggle with it, I much prefer working in my sketch book. But I have started now so will carry on. I think its because I like to be organised, sometimes too much! Working in a sketchbook guarantees everything is in order - sounds sad I know - but hey! It is good practice for the real world anyway. Perhaps next time I can do my preliminary research and sketches etc in my sketchbook, and then have design sheets towards the end.
I think I am getting there with this brief - I have found lots of sites that have surf facts and info that I can use. I am just trying to decide at the moment how the watch is going to be inside the box - wrapped round a cushion? plastic stand? cardboard stand?
I really really need to look at the ISTD briefs too! I still haven't and am panicking about that! LOTS! I think this weekend I should have time, if I get loads of the packaging work out the way that should leave me some time to start focusing on ISTD - which, coincidently, has to be submitted on design sheets :o(
ISTD Briefs_Initial Meeting
MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2008 - We had a meeting this afternoon with Sally about the ISTD briefs. I really want to do one of these, they sound really good and with an interest in Publishing, I think a typographical project would be great practice for me. There are a couple that are of interest to me. I am going to sit down and work through them and see what initial ideas and thoughts I come up with, then I will chose which one I was to progress. As per my previous post, we are working on the Ink Rooms live brief as well, which is a 2 week deadline! I really want to do the ISTD brief as well and need to focus on my project work as well. I think I will try and do as much on the Ink Rooms brief as possible. Then once that is done, I can focus on ISTD and also focus on looking at the D&AD briefs as well.
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