Speaking from experience: Second hand shops in leeds

Speaking from experience: Brief & task

BRIEF

Produce a graphic response/ graphic product /body of work that makes a statement, comment, observation or gives advice about your experience on your first year of this course. You will need to identify appropriate content, and develop/identify appropriate media/formats that will effectively deliver your concept to next years new first years. Will it be entertaining, advisor, informative or instructional?

Background / Considerations

Think about the new experiences that you have had, the difficulties that you have overcome and the new people you have met and the life skills you have acquired this year. Remember what it was like starting your first week, how did you feel and what emotions did you experience? Excitement, trepidation, fear or did you feel overwhelmed. You might have benefited from some advice, opinions and insight from others that have experienced the same transition. What might you say, do or give to next years graphic design students to make the transition into the student experience, particularly this course more welcoming? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the following task we were set by fred to identify what type of massage we wanted to convey: 3 messages that i want to deliver 5 reasons why it needs delivering 5 ways they can be delivered  identify 3 problems that could be addressed for each problem: 5 ways of why it needs addressing  5 ways of how it could be solved  messages: -how to get walk to college from liberty park -- quickest route -how to get drunk -survival food - basics -where to find a bargain - clothes, food, essentials -where to do a food shop -best weekday night life message 1: where to find a bargain (clothes) 5 reasons why it needs delivering: - to save money  - cut costs - be able to buy more - happy shoppers 5 ways it can be delivered: - an online website - a map - booklet - poster - zine 3 problems: -high street clothing tends to be over priced -new students maybe don't know leeds enough to know where to find bargains - vintage and charity shops a ret as well know/ advertised as much as hight street shops 5 ways of why it needs addressing: 'High street clothing tends to be over priced'  - to give people the opportunity to look even if they don't buy - to tell people about clothes bargains  - so that students don't over spend - so that students can get their moneys worth when shopping - spread the word about cheaper clothes shops around 5 ways of how it could be solved:

Study task 5 - Who are you? thumbnail layouts

Here i have designed some simple thumbnails for Steeps Indesign layout, i wanted to keep it site subtle and simple with clear lines and shapes inspired by Stephs own work and elements of swiss graphic designs. 

Time management

During as couple of sessions with fred we were asked to document our time management over the space of a few day to see what our daily life style was like and whether we could help alter it.

Here are some of my daily plans to be able to get work complete!

Study task 5 - Who are you? Blog research

BLOG REVIEW

After the interview i had with Steph i decided to ave a look through her blog to get an idea of what type of art work interests and inspires her to get a an idea of the tie of designer and individual she is. 

I have collected a range of images which will help me reflect Steph into the indesign spread i will produce for her.

Images of Steph's work

My eye was drawn to the work that she has recently produced, i think the designs are great and i love the aquatic colour palette she has been using regularly this is something i will demonstrate in my own design.

Inspirational work

 Websites she regularly visits 

 Work she admire and would like to produce something similar - useful quote below.

Study task 5 - Who are you? Interview with Steph Buck

Here is a interview i had with Steph, we asked each other a series of questions in relation to one another's personalities and experiences. 

Where are you from? Tell us about it? Wigan, Manchester. Quite an urban place, with good night life. Surrounded by expressive people.

What is your earliest memory? Holiday in France, where I made friends with some Dutch people.

Which living person do you most admire, and why? Beyonce. she would be amazing.

Cat, Dog or other? Dog; pet lover, and i love funny animals. 

Where would you like to live? why? What would you do if you lived there? India; it's an inspirational place, has cool culture. I would quite like to work over there doing educational or tourist based. 

What would your super power be? What would you use it for? To be able to morph into anything and everyone, to see in a different pint of view.

If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose? Dinosaurs; massive and amazing. 

What is your most unappealing habit? Drunken antics!

What is your favourite word? Amazing: It's sick. 

What is your favourite book? What do you like about it? To kill a mocking bird; opens up your eyes. 

Which four people would you invite to your dream dinner party? Why? Johnny Cash, Beyonce, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman. 

If you could edit your past, what would you change and why? Nothing ..

If you could go back in time, where would you go? What would you do while you were there? 1960's, to live the era, experience fashion, music, meet people and do EVERYTHING. 

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Getting into LCA

Tell us a joke? "What do you call a woman who leans against a wall?'' Eileen 

Tell us a secret? Don't keep secrets!

Study task 5 - Who are you? Brief

TASK

You have been given a subject matter (a fellow classmate) and you are required to produce a visually considered double page spread based upon them. The content for the double page spread will be gathered from an interview with the subject matter and information they have posted about themselves on their blog. The article must have 300 words and contain two images. Explore a range of visual outcomes before working digitally. Don’t design while sitting at the computer.

Research Sources / Further Information

One of the problems with software is that everyone has access to it but not everyone knows how to use it creatively. Abode In-Design is primarily used for the generation of compelling print layout and breaking down the barriers between online and offline publishing. The possibilities of which can used as a springboard for further visual research. THINK VISUALLY. Explore layout/type/image/colour and how they relate to each other. What tone will the article take and who will the audience be? How will this visually affect your design(s)? Legibility is to be considered carefully.

Mandatory Requirements / Deliverables

All work should be supported by a broad range of visual investigation in the form of design sheets and notebooks. The final image double page spread. Landscape A3 stock.