cristina... Default Font / Stereotypes vs Antitype

Thank you all for the collaboration in the blog. I think I got where I wanted now but I still have two different but similar ideas going on and on in my head related what i have explained before in the blog.

First idea: my aim is to design myself the "default" font. That is a font that you can use for every design. Therefore it would have, instead of the typical bold, italics,etc., a great deal of possibilities from sophisticated, elegant, beautiful to punched, cut off, messy, etc. So that you can adapt it for all your designs (a heavy metal band or a fashion magazine).
Besides, I would show examples of designs (one per category)

The other idea: to put together 2 opposites: stereotypes and anti-types (the word anti-types means there's no different "types"/kinds of design, annihilating every category that we can find -like the "list" mentioned before-). So it would be a visual representation of what it would be, "design" with just one possibility or design as it really is, with all its richness. So no design and design, to show the importance of our career.
This could take the form of a book with two covers -the back and the front- that you need to turn over in order to read/see one or the other. One side would be really boring and the other one really rich (antitypes and stereotypes).

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Aleister Kelman: Susannah Katz

• My project will require that I engross myself in the psyche of the female consumer and that I engage totally with their considerations, wants and needs

• I will be designing, from scratch, the look and feel of a lingerie designer at the limited edition/ exclusive end of the market, including identity, photography, look book and online interface

• Working closely with my client I am looking to create a new graphic that is mindful of obvious points of reference such as Agent Provocateur and avoids stereotypes, in terms of male gaze, domination et al.

[Two more bullet points to be added tomorrow afternoon pertaining to market research and seasonal design but need a little more info to get these down... got some quite cool stuff to say about research on the web interface after a discussion tonight.]

Ivy Amoah

1. Through the eyes of a child
I’m thinking of doing something that I would love doing, something to do with (surprise surprise) kids. The idea is to ask 50 (maybe less or more) children of what they would do if they were a final year student at Chelsea and then collaborate with these children and produce all the work they propose. It could be 'the 11 year old Chelsea student's portfolio'

2.101 uses for a single object
This idea is to look at household objects that we often regard as insignificant and find out other uses for it. For example what else can one do with a 'garlic crasher'?. This could take form in a book format like the '40 fact you wanted to know about Chelsea...' prospectus?
Does anyone think this is worth a 14week FMP?
Feedback would be most appreciated

Teresa- Final Project Idea

I would like to relate my FMP to my dissertation theme, which was the physical relations within urban communities through printed matter and self publication, and how the tactility and physicality of these objects and the particular ways in which they're created and passed around are bound to bring people together in a humanized, creative, de-alienated environment. It also highlighted the importance of being physically involved with the creation of one's one "entertaining objects". I would like to base my final project around the relation of the handmade and craft with contemporary forms of communication (blogs, sms, chat-rooms, etc).
I'm not sure what the outcome would be, but i would like it to be print-based, as it seems appropriate to explore the tactile qualities of paper for this subject, and also because it is compatible with the direction i would like to take in my portfolio of work.

Final Project Idea - Karina

I have been posting different ideas for the last couple of days and tried to narrow down the list of all the ideas I had, just to see what someone else thinks, so thanks for your comments guys.

Finally I have two ideas; I hope I can develop one of them into a project…

Point of view
The idea is to look through someone else’s eyes, for example a cat or a dog and see how pets see everyday life and maybe even guess what they think! I am very interested in this because I always wondered what, for example home pets think about their masters. Pets we love and cherish, what their life is like? Obviously this topic has been talked about and been discussed before, but I think it is very challenging to try to express it visually. My plan is to observe the life of several pets in a period of time, trying to catch the emotions and feelings of every aspect of their lives. The outcome will be something difficult to decide on, because there are so many books about pets’ lives, for example ‘The Dog Day Book’ and so on, but I am going to concentrate more on the idea, and try to convey the result of my research to the viewers.

Past Life CV
The idea is to write a CV for some iconic people, historical heroes, such as the King Henry VIII, Marilyn Monroe (thanks Christine), William Shakespeare, Alfred Hitchcock even maybe. And try to send it out and see if they get invited for a job interview, like a historical job hunt. The CVs will be written based on characters’ profiles. The final outcome can be anything from visual representation of the made up CVs, to represent the idea of how the past works with the future, and if such iconic personalities could survive in our time.