Prints were sourced from Blanka
Monday, 10 May 2010
Type posters with no type://
Prints by John Taylor who deconstructed popular film posters/ dvd covers and simplified them into blocks of colours to represent the type. Aswell the majority of them still being surprisingly recognisable and also becoming design collectables in their own right, these designs introduces another way to look into design, breaking down the words and simply looking at the layout by the shapes and the colours. From this, the grid specification becomes a lot more obvious now, that has made me think in more depth about constructing my own layouts and covers for the set of publications.
Prints were sourced from Blanka
Prints were sourced from Blanka
Sites of resource://
A list and collection of websites that I have used as part of my secondary research://
www.city-data.com
Collected information on what people collect via this forum, where a user has asked others exactly what I was planning to ask.
www.city-data.com
Collected information on what people collect via this forum, where a user has asked others exactly what I was planning to ask.
Who, What, Why://
A selection of videos/ documentaries on people who have massive collections and have pretty much dedicated their lives to this hobby/interest of theirs://
Paul Mawhinney who has the biggest collection of records.
In this documentary, he explains how it started, why it started and what he intends to do with such an achievement.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Publication spreads://
Looking at existing publication spreads focusing on their use of columns, layout, image and type to engage and communicate to the readers. As much as I like the technology and digitalizing publications through the internet, I'd still much prefer having the actual book in hand to read. So apart from these 2 examples which I started looking into, I think it's probably best to browse physical copies instead...
IdN / InfoGraphics Issue
The magazine features a selection of design work ranging from established design houses to fresh graduate's. From reading so many issues of IdN, each issue focuses heavily on a specific area of design and visual communication, therefore I can understand how there's so much information in each spread. You get the feeling that they really want to show the work and allow that to tell the story. With the spreads inside, each issue follows a strict format in terms of the content, the layout, choice of colour, type etc often changes to reflect the subject matter, which make's it quite unique.
Grafik Magazine / Issue 181
In comparison to IdN, Grafik seems to have a layout that balances type and image more equally, with a focus more on the written side of things. The nature of this makes the content more relaxed as there's more white space in the spreads, this also allows for more experimental pages, giving the magazine a more diverse range of spreads. The images act as an accompanying feature of the text rather than the main focus.
IdN / InfoGraphics Issue
The magazine features a selection of design work ranging from established design houses to fresh graduate's. From reading so many issues of IdN, each issue focuses heavily on a specific area of design and visual communication, therefore I can understand how there's so much information in each spread. You get the feeling that they really want to show the work and allow that to tell the story. With the spreads inside, each issue follows a strict format in terms of the content, the layout, choice of colour, type etc often changes to reflect the subject matter, which make's it quite unique.
Grafik Magazine / Issue 181
In comparison to IdN, Grafik seems to have a layout that balances type and image more equally, with a focus more on the written side of things. The nature of this makes the content more relaxed as there's more white space in the spreads, this also allows for more experimental pages, giving the magazine a more diverse range of spreads. The images act as an accompanying feature of the text rather than the main focus.
Range://
One of the things I had to consider with working on a set of 12 publications was how I would incorporate the design so that they work as a set rather than being complete separate publications. Being a creative lead publication, I wanted to keep the majority of the covers quite open to allow space for me to experiment around with for each individual issue, but still sustaining some sense of conformity with the design direction as a whole.
I think I'd be looking to create a brand name that would run across all the publications, which would allow me to free up the rest of the cover space for different designs. Below are just a few examples of existing/past publications that show how they've incorporated there designs into a set of publications://
1. Anorak Magazine
'The Happy Mag for Kids'
Anorak magazine adopts a clean simple format for their covers, utilising a specified space for a different illustration and a different issue colour for each publication.
2. Foto8
'Photojournalism and documentary photography publication'
Foto8 has a simple format to their covers. The logo; which sits comfortable on the top left corner, and the rest of the space which often features an amazing photo that would be mentioned inside.
3. Eye Magazine
'International review of graphic design'
Similar to Foto8, Eye magazine carries a very similar format to many other creative lead magazines. The magazine is branded clearly as being 'Eye Magazine' with the rest of the cover space freed up for a completely different cover art/design - something that I'm looking to work towards for my set of publications really as this offers a platform for each cover to be completely different while still being able to distinguish that they are a set.
4. Under/Current
'Under/current magazine is published by an open collective of artists, writers, stylists, photographers, poets and musicians which invites collaboration and participation.'
5. Grafik Magazine
'The Magazine for Graphic Design'
Grafik Magazine went through a series of rebrands of it's publication, so I've included 2 different designs to discuss. Previously, it's covers were dominated by an visual piece of work with the Grafik logo pasted onto the top left corner. But more recently, the covers have adopted a complete vector based illustration approach for all it's issues, a direction that's worth considering for my ideas really, as it's going to be a set of 12, it would be sensible to keep the format quite simple and consistent to start with.
6. IdN Magazine
'International Designers Network'
One of my favourite creative magazines really, mainly as it focuses each issue on a very specific field of design and visual communication, while still following a set format. To me IdN has shown some of the most interesting and diverse range of cover designs, that both reflect the creative energy of the magazine while communicating what the specific issue's about.
7. Little White Lies
'Independent Film Magazine'
Strong visual illustrations are the main focus of the LWL covers, it stands out from other publications but all carrying the LWL logo and details.
I think I'd be looking to create a brand name that would run across all the publications, which would allow me to free up the rest of the cover space for different designs. Below are just a few examples of existing/past publications that show how they've incorporated there designs into a set of publications://
Due to the restrictions of Blogger preventing me from inputting text between the images, here are the references for the images below://
1. Anorak Magazine
'The Happy Mag for Kids'
Anorak magazine adopts a clean simple format for their covers, utilising a specified space for a different illustration and a different issue colour for each publication.
2. Foto8
'Photojournalism and documentary photography publication'
Foto8 has a simple format to their covers. The logo; which sits comfortable on the top left corner, and the rest of the space which often features an amazing photo that would be mentioned inside.
3. Eye Magazine
'International review of graphic design'
Similar to Foto8, Eye magazine carries a very similar format to many other creative lead magazines. The magazine is branded clearly as being 'Eye Magazine' with the rest of the cover space freed up for a completely different cover art/design - something that I'm looking to work towards for my set of publications really as this offers a platform for each cover to be completely different while still being able to distinguish that they are a set.
4. Under/Current
'Under/current magazine is published by an open collective of artists, writers, stylists, photographers, poets and musicians which invites collaboration and participation.'
5. Grafik Magazine
'The Magazine for Graphic Design'
Grafik Magazine went through a series of rebrands of it's publication, so I've included 2 different designs to discuss. Previously, it's covers were dominated by an visual piece of work with the Grafik logo pasted onto the top left corner. But more recently, the covers have adopted a complete vector based illustration approach for all it's issues, a direction that's worth considering for my ideas really, as it's going to be a set of 12, it would be sensible to keep the format quite simple and consistent to start with.
6. IdN Magazine
'International Designers Network'
One of my favourite creative magazines really, mainly as it focuses each issue on a very specific field of design and visual communication, while still following a set format. To me IdN has shown some of the most interesting and diverse range of cover designs, that both reflect the creative energy of the magazine while communicating what the specific issue's about.
7. Little White Lies
'Independent Film Magazine'
Strong visual illustrations are the main focus of the LWL covers, it stands out from other publications but all carrying the LWL logo and details.
Friday, 7 May 2010
A Magazine Curated By://
Following on from my idea of producing a series of 12 publications based on 12 completely different topics and subject matters, I came across A Magazine , which shared similar ideas and design direction that I initially had in mind. A Magazine, is a biannual publication that invites a curator for each issue to fill it's content, these curators so far include a range of influential creative individuals such as Yohji Yamamoto, Veronique Branquinho and Proenza Schouler.
I really like this idea of a publication being simply a platform for selected individuals to showcase their "ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity." The publication has a fixed format/ identity and the way it communicates itself, but ultimately the range of content it carries in different issues make's it a rather diverse publication, which reflects the ideas I have for my series of 12 publications. Rather than, having individuals/ design houses to curate each issue, I'm using a different topic to unite people's opinions and interests together.
Another things I like about A Magazine is their cover designs; each issue is simply titled "A,B,C,D...", with the contents page acting as the front cover, making it feel quite a sincere image. I think in terms of the packaging side, this allows it to be protected with plastic covers in shops, while still being able to communicate to potential readers what the publication covers.
I really like this idea of a publication being simply a platform for selected individuals to showcase their "ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity." The publication has a fixed format/ identity and the way it communicates itself, but ultimately the range of content it carries in different issues make's it a rather diverse publication, which reflects the ideas I have for my series of 12 publications. Rather than, having individuals/ design houses to curate each issue, I'm using a different topic to unite people's opinions and interests together.
Another things I like about A Magazine is their cover designs; each issue is simply titled "A,B,C,D...", with the contents page acting as the front cover, making it feel quite a sincere image. I think in terms of the packaging side, this allows it to be protected with plastic covers in shops, while still being able to communicate to potential readers what the publication covers.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
What I'd like to produce 04://
Innovative Packaging
I want to work on a range of projects that would allow me to produce innovative design solutions that challenge the conventional forms of packaging design.
'Medicine' packaging for 'Ladies & Gentlemen' By Spiritualized
Design by Farrow
I want to work on a range of projects that would allow me to produce innovative design solutions that challenge the conventional forms of packaging design.
'Medicine' packaging for 'Ladies & Gentlemen' By Spiritualized
Design by Farrow
What I'd like to produce 03://
Brand Identity
Apart from working on my own identity for my website and during the type sessions, brand identity is another area of Graphic Design that I can honestly admit that I have little experience on, but an area that I'd definitely try and take on now that the briefs will be self directed from now on.
Brand identity for Fiell Publishing
Farrow - Design, Branding & Direction
London
Apart from working on my own identity for my website and during the type sessions, brand identity is another area of Graphic Design that I can honestly admit that I have little experience on, but an area that I'd definitely try and take on now that the briefs will be self directed from now on.
Brand identity for Fiell Publishing
Farrow - Design, Branding & Direction
London
1. Lantern Branding & Identity
2. Hygena Branding & Identity
3,4,5. Moving Brands , Branding
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