This week I chose my concept and created three dimensional
pieces that celebrated the rubber band. I then photographed the star shapes and
manipulated them in Photoshop to begin the finished poster. The concept of the
finished poster is based on stars and constellations as they are celebratory in
nature. The background colour reflects the colour of the night sky. The colour
of the text reflects the colour of the rubber bands. I placed smaller versions
of the stars in the background so it would look like a night sky.
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Sunday, 12 May 2013
Poster Design- Week Three
This week I began to develop two concepts and began
thumbnails for my poster design. One of my concepts was creating a figure out
of rubber bands and stretching the limbs in an exaggerated manner to portray the
rubber bands elastic quality. The other concept was to make star out of rubber
bands by manipulating the rubber bands. As a star is a special and celebratory
symbol it would fit in well in celebrating an everyday object.
Poster Design- Week Two
This week I began to
experiment with the elastic band as a material. I made three dimensional
structures and designs with the rubber bands. I discovered I could manipulate
the elastic band into different shapes and designs. Seeing as I can manipulate
the elastic bands into multiple shapes I may use this to create an image for my
poster. I also continued to develop
visual concepts.
Poster Design- Week One
This week we began a new brief entitled “Celebration of
Everyday Objects”. In this brief we were given an everyday object to celebrate my
object being the elastic band. We were asked to look at the salient properties
of the object and create a poster that celebrated those properties. I began this
brief by researching the origins of the elastic band. It was invented in 1845
by Stephen Perry and it was originally used to hold documents or paper
together. I then thought of the many different other uses of a rubber band as
well as the physical properties of the band to begin developing the concept for
my poster.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Typeography Week Three
This week I designed and made my final piece for the three
dimensional alphabet. The concept is a stack of A4 paper in the shape of an “A”
that is slowly being shredded. The shredding communicates the state of the
nation at the present time. I also experimented more with materials as seen
from the above images.
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Typeography Week Two
This week I continued my exploration of materials based
around the word audit. I also began to explore creating fully three dimensional
letter-forms. I think the visual image of shredded paper effectively portrays a
lot of the problems we associate with the state of the nation today. As seen
from the image below a solid, three dimensional “A” that is in the process of
being shredded signifies the economic and social situation we are in presently.
I will continue to develop this concept and create a finished piece from it.
Typeography Week One
This week I started a new typography brief entitled “State
of the Nation”. The premise of the brief is we are all give a letter of the
alphabet and based on the letter we must come up with a word that reflects the
state of the nation. The letter form must both portray the word as well as the
words connection to the state of the nation. As seen from the images below the
letter form I picked was “A”. I started my research with a mind map and I also
went through a dictionary and picked out all the words starting with “A” that
had associations with the state of the nation. The word I decided on was “Audit”.
I then began looking at the structure of the letter-form “A” as well as typeface
references. I then began to explore concepts and visual imagery associated with
the word audit. I also gathered material associated with the word audit and
began experimenting with those materials to make letter-forms.
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