Top 10 Ideas-
- Trainers
- Rappers
- Songs
- Tv Shows
- Foods
- World City's
- Comedians
In the mean time i have posted some more kinetic type video's of song's which i though may give me some inspiration for my top ten rappers maybe.
Tuesday 29 December 2009
Top 10
After having a think about the briefs we have been given, I think I have decided to go for the ' Top 10' option. This way i can bring something into the brief that will hold my interest for the remainder of the module.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Monday 7 December 2009
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Moving image research
Again after today's session i am starting to understand how things like this can be made in after effects. (even if it was in 1984)
Moving image research
Really like the way the colour is injected into the black and white, using a bright colour will make the animated words/text stand out more.
Moving image research #
The ident here, has the kind of movements and transfers i want to be using in my work. I think the idea of tv distortion will be a good visual interpretation of my word and will give me chance to explore different methods of movement, time and space.
Moving image research
From seeing the 2nd part to the ident i can see how i could incorporate similar transform effects in after effects.
Moving image research
bbc idents over a period of time, amazing to see the progression, the hand made stuff is pretty funny.
Moving image research
I think this was done on some vj equipment but some scenes were created in after effects, It has given me ideas about how to use image in my work.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Moving image research
The word i have chosen for my moving image brief will be distort. It will give me more character to play with and i can 'distort' my word in many ways. I thought this video was relevant to my chosen word you can view it here.
Moving image research
DJ shadow - The Outsider (Typographic animation) from remote on Vimeo.
Just one off he many video's on the net showing moving type. In this particular video i really like the layout and feel that it engages he viewer and makes good use of timing and space.
Monday 23 November 2009
dtam
check out this guy [http://www.dtam.co.uk/] really sick. from what i understand i think he's a lecture at huddesfield uni.
Thursday 19 November 2009
ballon printing
Thought i'd look at how balloons are printed, this will give me a idea of how my glove will be printed. This is a custom made 1 man screen printing station with a built in air compressor.
commercially produces blister packs
this video shows how blister packs for medicine, tablets etc are made. This information will inform the way my blister would be made if it was produced commercially.
Friday 13 November 2009
Trip to the printers
Today i went to a printers called KJ print which is based in Crosshills west yorkshire, Its a smallish firm which specializes in offset litho they have 3 machine's, 2 CMYK full colour, 1 with a finishing and one without. They also have a 2 colour machine which is used for spot colours and duotone prints. The machines can produce up to 2,000 prints a hour.
It was interesting to see how the machines looked in real life and i was very fond of the smell of inks.
Most of the runs that they do are between 10,000 and 30,000 so the plates for printing were etched onto polystyrene rather that aluminum plates which are used for high quantity runs.
Another thing that i found interesting was the cutting and folding machine that they had. This folded and cut the prints after they had been printed. It looked very similar to a letter press and after talking to ken about it he told me that a lot of old letter presses can be converted into folding and cutting machines, foil stamping machines and embossing machines.
I liked the idea of this as the big old letter presses look so much more exciting than the new style printing machines. I suppose it's also good to put something back to use rather than it just sitting there gathering dust. The one ken has was converted by company in Bradford.
The machines were down stairs in the 'workshop' area. Up stairs they had a proofing team who set up the artwork and do little bits of design and amendments to artwork if needed. There was also a in house accounts bit, so the whole business was in one building.
Ken also told me about other types of printing which was good to find out, he said that flexography was mostly used for printed labels and that the quality of print was not as good as litho. He also spoke a little about gravure printing which is mostly used for doing high quantity fast runs, so things like newspaper supplements and magazines are often printed this way.
Here's some pictures i took of the machines, i intend to use the information gathered and pictures for my 16 page print production booklet.
Full colour litho machines
This is the machine that makes the styrofoam plates.
Letterpress converted into a folding and cutting machine. ( can do di-cutting with this too.)
Monday 2 November 2009
Give up art
This design studio is something i just found after looking at a previous post on this blog. They are responsible for the record sleeve design and whole idenity of apple pips a small independent record label.
As you can see on the previous post i noted that i liked the di- cut process that was used on the record sleeve and the stock used. Matt on the out side and dark grey and bright green on the inside and glossy.
I took a look at there website and found that the other stuff they did used various printing methods such a di-cutting and embossing etc. I also found out that the head honcho there went to london school of print, which im sure helps him create these different and tactile designs.
Here's the link for there website and some of my favored work.
{Botiga - the luxury destination club - needed a stunning brochure to communicate with potential new members. Working with their existing brand guidelines we created this compact and covetable brochure. Featuring a blind debossed logo on the 8 page cover; with a singer-sewn, drawn-in text section, and belly wrap. We also provided full copywriting and retouching services.}
Headhunter limited edition vinyl sleeves
tempa the client here decided they were going to press this on to coloured vinyl, to show the colour of the vinyl give up art designed the sleeve so it (again) had a cut out, this way the vinyl colour could be seen and there for you could tell which record it was even though the sleeves are very uniform.
Tropicana rebrand
I saw this video on ad age's video site on you tube and felt it was a good example of packaging design and how the audience reacted to it.
It's a good example of how re-branding a product that already has such a strong identity is a hard task. I shall use this information to inform my design of re-branding Sainsbury's chili packaging. The task is slightly different as i feel that the packaging for chili's in general is quite weak and does not represent the product very well. It has also made me think about how the final design will be per-trade and if such a dramatic change could affect the sale of the product for the worse rather than the better.
Thursday 29 October 2009
More vorm
Another version of the annual report done by VORM. This time its has been printing on a old printing on a printer roll of paper. this was done to give the impression that the data was continually collected over a period of time it started at the begging of the paper and ended at the end of the roll.
Just really like the layout and look of the design again another different way of showing collected data
that is visually engaging and interesting compared to just written data.
Vorm
I came across this work whilst on the net from a leeds based designer, Ashley Colbeck who's goes under the alias of vorm. I think this is a good way of showing data visually, making it much more
engaging to look at rather than just plain written data it also make the data much
more easier to understand.
I also think the layout is very clean and contemporary even though it is from 2007.
I feel i could use this as a reference for the layout brief and in the what is good
brief.
Monday 26 October 2009
Print research
Another find i found in manchester as well as the record below its a booklet for a chinese arts exhibition, really like the design but thought it was also a good opportunity to show a good use of foil on a print document.
Print research
Not connected to any of my work but does show a good use of di cutt. Perhaps it's something i could use in my book or even in my chilli packaging.
More Reasearch
I found a patient pack i received from when i had my shoulder operation and started to look more at prescription medications and non over the counter goods. They tend to be less in your face and more clinical and clean looking lots of white and maybe 1 or 2 colours. I also feel the small print information gives the design a very formal look. There is also a lot of use of logo's and pictograms which is something i will include in my design.
Miss used medication
Just looked at some medication packaging, For miss used medicine to link in with my chilli packaging. I want to give the idea that my product is not to be miss used much like medication, even though most medication is not used in its 'correct' way.
Wednesday 21 October 2009
TDR
This is some work from the designers republic. The text layout reminds me heavily on medical forms and paraphernalia. I would quite like to use this style of layout on my design.
http://www.chadhagen.com/
These are some prints by http://www.chadhagen.com/. These prints are to illustrate analog controls. I layout and colour scheme's are amazing. These are the kind are colours tones i intend to use on my packaging.
Inside Info
..... On the medication in side a box. Printed on a light weight stock and in one colour its very formal and informative, looks a bit like a business contract or data.
I like how its folded and fit's in the box it gives the consumer something to touch and open.
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