Magnolia

Colour 2 - Magnolia

30 February 2008

Joint Project - Thom Bradley

Brief:

To design and produce a piece of work that inventively but clearly communicates a viewpoint on a particular colour, applied to a context which is either historical, social, cultural, environmental or political.

Description:

Here we wanted to celebrate the mundane quality of magnolia by putting it in the context of "a living room" space. We tried to create a scene where the viewer would expect to see a focal point. Instead the magnolia saps the individuality from the objects, this leaves the viewer with little opinion on the scene.

Fog Fog Fog

Word & Image - Weather

13 December 2007

Brief:

To investigate the weather in the UK and produce a piece based on your findings

Description:

My chosen aspect of the English weather was fog. Using letterpress blocks, I wanted to create an artificial fog. I printed it on net curtains for they their natural opaque quality, and the letters 'f' 'o' and 'g' are printed in various sizes and both upper and lower case, to give a greater sense of depth. I also tried to get a sense of density and depth by using three curtains so the viewer could be inside the 'fog' and interact.

End of the World

End of the World - too fucking pretty

June 2008

Brief:

To create a 2D piece of work that was our interpretation of the end of the world. Only the colours of "Kingston" pink, black and white could be used and it must be in an A2 format.

Description:

My piece was based around my hate for things which are pretty for the sake of pretty, and have no other purpose. The negative space is cut out of one piece of A2 card and mounted on black foam board to give an oppressive feel.

Expressive Letterforms

Expressive Letterforms - LiFTEr

November 2007

Joint project - James Titterton and Craig Bryant

Brief:

To create typography with the inspiration of our given action: stealing milk from the fridge.

Description:

We decided to use the light that you have in a fridge when it is open to create our letterforms in shadow on the inside of the "fridge" door. The POV of the photos are from the inside of the fridge.

World AIDS Day '07

Location - South Kensington Tube Station Underpass
Joint Project - Thom Bradley, Ed Baigrie, Billy Steel and Lucy Simmons

Brief:
Create and realise a concept to raise awareness about AIDS and raise money for the charity, The Terrance Higgins Trust

Description:
The focal point of our concept was on the scale of AIDS and the HIV virus in the UK as opposed to the international scale.
We wanted to illustrate the statistic "Every seventy minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed as HIV positive". This was achieved with hand prints in light blue, and every seventy having one in red with the statistic written underneath.

Glypha

Wiz Types - Glypha (punctuation) 11 Jan 2008

Brief:

To design a simple but inventive promotional sheet for an aspect of the typeface Glypha. Then design packaging for the promotional sheet(s) that reflects the typeface.

Description:

I chose to look at the punctuation of Glypha, and as a group we wanted to bring out the 'Swiss' element of the font; light, airy and clean. Other main features of the typeface we focused on were the large slab serifs and the large counter shapes of the letters.

For the packaging we used the shape of the slab serifs to get the form of the box. It consists of four sections in a concertina formation, held together with tracing paper, allowing light to disperse into the box when it is open. It is constructed from foam board to keep it light for postage and again to accentuate the light, airy feeling of the typeface.