OUGD 402 - If you were a...

If you were a book what would your subject be and who would read you?

I think I would be a book on electronic music, People who would be interested in the subject would be the ones reading it .

If you were a package what would you contain be and who would open you?

I would be tightly sealed jam jar that contains dragons gold. only the strongest and mightiest beings could open it.

If you were a shop what would you sell be and who would buy it?

I would be a an antique shop that only dealt in very specific antiques, the people who would buy from me would be guys looking for my very specific antiques.

If you were a poster what would you promote and to whom?

I would promote a super underground night called 'triangle', only the coolest of the hipsters would come

If you were an exhibition what would you show and where would you show it?

I would be a minimalist installation exhibition that would only display Daft punk memorabilia, the location would naturally be in rural Australia in a little know town called WeeWaa

If you were a leaflet what information would you contain and who would read it?

I would be a leaflet containing information on the most recent sunny days in England, people could read it and look back on the good times.

If you were a sign what would you show, to whom and where?

I would be a sign to Manchester that could be placed any where, so people know where to go at all times.

If you were an App what would you do and who would use you?

I would be an app that would give you access to the security cameras on the Manchester Metrolink system, having this would mean you would never get caught by the met guys and slapped with a hefty fine. Everyone would use it.

If you were a blog, what would you be about and who would follow you?

I would blog about something obscure and funny like this blog Kim Il Jong dropping the bass. People who would follow me would be anyone up for a laugh.

If you were an event, what would it be and how would you promote it?

I would be an event for the biggest house party in the world, I would promote it with some kind of banner on the moon for half the world to see at a time. 

What is Graphic Design For - OUGD402 PPP1

1.

Way finding design could quite simply mean design to help some one find there way, so this could include road signs or maps.

http://www.holmes-wood.com/
http://www.biesek.com/
http://www.wolfstrome.com/
http://www.healthdesign.org/
http://www.medium.com/

2.

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/50-beautiful-and-effective-package-designs/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/02/beautiful-and-expressive-packaging-design/
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/about-design/types-of-design/packaging-design/
http://www.packagingoftheworld.com/
http://www.boredpanda.com/creative-packaging-designs/

3.

https://www.apple.com/uk/

http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/

http://www.nike.com/

http://www.ibm.com/uk/en/

http://www.redbull.co.uk/

4.

http://www.purepublishing.co.uk/

http://www.nozine.com/

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/

http://www.owtcreative.com/

http://pushpinzines.co.uk/

5.

http://retaildesignblog.net/2013/03/03/truf-self-promotion/

OUGD402 - It's up to you

For my It's up to you brief I decided to go down the route in the way that I felt best represents me and my style. I chose to base my product around illustration as its something I haven't really explored much this year and its something I enjoy doing.

In my pack I want to include business cards and a bit about me, all in one relatively small in size, probably about A6 so its easy to handle. 

Some of the artists I was looking at for my research were very illustrative and I took inspiration from some of there work. 
I looked at Joakim Ojanen who is an illustrator I have looked at in the past, I liked this idea of a long fold out sheet of paper that has a flowing illustration on that almost in some respects tells a story. 

I like his style of drawing and the weird characters he creates, I wanted to use a similar style of character drawing because I feel a realistic illustration style might not work how I want it to.

I also looked at Andy Rementer who is an illustrator who I've followed for a while, I like his simple style and use of pretty soft colours.

I like the colours he uses something that I would like to try and replicate on my final piece, I also like how the scenes work in the pictures he draws. 

So Me is a similar artist to the ones I've been looking at, his style although looks similar is quite distinct in other areas, for example the much bolder use of colour. 

I have decided on producing a long strip of illustrations on the largest standard size I can go to which will be A0. I want to concertina the pages so it will fit neatly into the pack.
For the actual fold out sheet I want to include the things I've learnt over the year and also include my experiences of uni life. I feel these are just important to the information pack so it effective communicates me as an individual.
Things I feel its important to include are the things I have learnt at uni mainly concerning the theories, I feel these are the fundamentals to graphic design and I something that I have found most useful.

Theories -
Typography 
Colour theory
Layout and the Fibonacci sequence 

I also want to Include other aspects of the course like illustration, blogging and software design. 

I want the illustration to flow together as one long picture so between the aspects of the course I want to involve experiences Ive had at uni, like going out, my students halls, drinking ect... 

I started by drawing out a grid on landscape A2 paper, two of these sheets roughly equal an A0 sheet of paper.       I drew boxes to help give me a guideline to see how the images would fit within each frame.

I started to draw out how I wanted the images to look, usually I wouldn't draw the illustrations out first in pencil because the images take on a different more refined look. This time though I wanted to get the flow of the drawings right and I also wanted to give the end result quite a clean look to it.

As I drew more onto the sheets I could experiment more with the pencil drawings, I felt there was a lot of blanc space so I filled it in with patterned illustration, I wanted the it to feel quite hectic rather than using negative space in the image. 

These are the final designs I sent off to print, On screen the colour, I think works pretty well but I will have to wait until the actual print arrives. I want to make a few different versions to see which work the best in the pack. 

This is a mock up i made of the pack, Ive concertinerd the A0 lenghth illustration so it fits neatly in the pack, I made the outside out of 28.5cm sheet of card that folds in on its self to give a flap to put the business cards I created.

This is the design I created for my business cards I went with something similar to the style i did with the fold out image except this time I used a much more structured layout to relate back to the grid work we did with Phil earlier in the year, I think it works well with the fold out page. 

Like the fold out poster I did three separate versions

For the outside of the information pack I designed a cover, I wrote my name on the front in a similar style to the inside to be in keeping in the design

For my hand in I have to use a mock up I created because the prints I sent off for haven't arrived in time, I feel the production is quite essential for this brief as it is reflecting you as a designer so my final result as its stands isn't as well as I could have done.