Just uploaded my first marks on the entirely blank canvas that is Susie Burstein's branding... check out my blog! Been through many fonts and arrangements to arrive at something really simple in the end... any feedback I can get before I show it to the client will be most appreciated. The mock up products are just to show where the logo would be used and in no way indication of how I expect the finals to look!!
Awesome to see some new projects getting off the ground and also that some of the earlier approved projects are gaining momentum... Anna and Michelle currently rocking my socks with their blistering progress :-)
--A
Monday, 12 March 2007
'Chelle' hosts charity event back in her local home town
If I am going to be famous I must do my bit for charity.
Running alongside my FMP is a ;James Bond' charity event I am organising for my local pub. An idea of mine is to use this as one of my methods of getting my name noticed. This will be done through all advertising by announcing the event is 'hosted by Chelle'. This will be seen on all posters, leaflets, newspapers, radio. People will think- Chelle? Who is that... Then they will see my website address and hopefully log on hence more publicity for me. For this event I worked with the manager to organise:
- an Aston Martin, a Rolls Royce and a Z4 to be outside the front
- celebrity guests, 'Jaws' from the actual film James Bond will be there along with 'Odd-Job' who stars in it too.
- photographers
- radio advertising
- local newspaper advertising
We have also organised a Charity Auction, prizes consist of
- P&O Cruise
- dinner for 2 at The Langham, London
- Adnams brewery tour and dinner
- golfing for 18 people
- beauty treatments
- a Z4 for the weekend test drive
- signed football shirts
- signed James Bond posters
Lots more to come!
Hopefully this will also demonstrate in my portfolio my skill for PR work which I am hoping to move into in the future. I have already designed all the graphics for this event and so the pub are willing to help my name become known by radio / media work that will be involved.
I will have photographs from the event to record the outcome. If you feel this does not relate to my FMP in anyway then let me know
Michelle
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Running alongside my FMP is a ;James Bond' charity event I am organising for my local pub. An idea of mine is to use this as one of my methods of getting my name noticed. This will be done through all advertising by announcing the event is 'hosted by Chelle'. This will be seen on all posters, leaflets, newspapers, radio. People will think- Chelle? Who is that... Then they will see my website address and hopefully log on hence more publicity for me. For this event I worked with the manager to organise:
- an Aston Martin, a Rolls Royce and a Z4 to be outside the front
- celebrity guests, 'Jaws' from the actual film James Bond will be there along with 'Odd-Job' who stars in it too.
- photographers
- radio advertising
- local newspaper advertising
We have also organised a Charity Auction, prizes consist of
- P&O Cruise
- dinner for 2 at The Langham, London
- Adnams brewery tour and dinner
- golfing for 18 people
- beauty treatments
- a Z4 for the weekend test drive
- signed football shirts
- signed James Bond posters
Lots more to come!
Hopefully this will also demonstrate in my portfolio my skill for PR work which I am hoping to move into in the future. I have already designed all the graphics for this event and so the pub are willing to help my name become known by radio / media work that will be involved.
I will have photographs from the event to record the outcome. If you feel this does not relate to my FMP in anyway then let me know
Michelle
x
Rachel Roberts
Environmentally Graphic
The focus of my FMP is the relationship a designer has with the environment-both digitally and naturally. Graphics is a tangible form for communication, something you see, touch, interact with and take away with you, it is a narrative on society-its needs and its wants. My project looks to archive this narrative in an initially print based manner, focusing on the environmental crisis we currently face.
The project would be about connecting people, working together is far more effective then apart. The outcome would be in the format of a book with pages that transform into things you can use/interact with to aid the environment or to raise awareness/ make a social observation or comment about it. I want the outcome to be simplistic and clear but beautifully made and preciously put together as the environment is.
I would look to involve environmentally conscious practises as my critical mass to view my working progress such as the big ask, Howie's,etc.
To clarify:
-Aims to observe and utilise graphic responsibilty through its processes, to draw attention to environmental crisis.
-To display a range of skills through the book from print to layout,product design etc
-Indicate a vocational area-ethical graphics/charities etc
-To produce a beautiful interactive book that uses print,paper craft,photography,illustration etc
Alex Kirmitsis - Web Design Exploration
Comments VERY VERY VERY much appreciated!!
Since the FMP is a great opportunity to promote the paths of graphic design that we are most interested to follow in the future, I would like to operate within the field of web design. I would also like to focus on the live market of Nicosia, Cyprus, since it is a market that I’m familiar of and easier for me to approach, as well as because it is a thriving and progressing market, since Cyprus’ inclusion in the European Union.
My aim will be to research and track down several companies, preferably ones that represent international brands, and design their websites. Some of them may already have existing, running websites, which I will attempt to re-design. The companies and enterprises I will select (or better, try to select) will be from various domains of the industry (fashion, music, medicine, property, sports etc), so that the project will have an interesting variety. All websites will have a similar and familiar layout, since my aim is to introduce my personal graphic touch in all the works so that they will appear balanced and in proportion when assembled and viewed together.
I have started researching and enquiring in the Cypriot market, anticipating to find worthwhile customers before I write this proposal. So far, I have found 3 companies that agreed to participate in this task. Fortunately, all of them from different industries.
1. Kirmico Ltd. is the official representative of the KYOCERA printers in Cyprus, also responsible for the importing and distributing of scanners, faxes, shredders and other office machines.
2. ESPRIT. The famous worldwide clothing brand.
3. Deep Horizons Recordings. The first electronic/dance production studio in Cyprus with a 7-year experience in house music production and DJing.
The project will be a live brief since the constructed websites will be published on the net and will be running normally. I will endeavour to overall find at least 4 or 5 different companies ranging from as much types of business as possible to create my collection of websites.
14 weeks will be just fine.
Since the FMP is a great opportunity to promote the paths of graphic design that we are most interested to follow in the future, I would like to operate within the field of web design. I would also like to focus on the live market of Nicosia, Cyprus, since it is a market that I’m familiar of and easier for me to approach, as well as because it is a thriving and progressing market, since Cyprus’ inclusion in the European Union.
My aim will be to research and track down several companies, preferably ones that represent international brands, and design their websites. Some of them may already have existing, running websites, which I will attempt to re-design. The companies and enterprises I will select (or better, try to select) will be from various domains of the industry (fashion, music, medicine, property, sports etc), so that the project will have an interesting variety. All websites will have a similar and familiar layout, since my aim is to introduce my personal graphic touch in all the works so that they will appear balanced and in proportion when assembled and viewed together.
I have started researching and enquiring in the Cypriot market, anticipating to find worthwhile customers before I write this proposal. So far, I have found 3 companies that agreed to participate in this task. Fortunately, all of them from different industries.
1. Kirmico Ltd. is the official representative of the KYOCERA printers in Cyprus, also responsible for the importing and distributing of scanners, faxes, shredders and other office machines.
2. ESPRIT. The famous worldwide clothing brand.
3. Deep Horizons Recordings. The first electronic/dance production studio in Cyprus with a 7-year experience in house music production and DJing.
The project will be a live brief since the constructed websites will be published on the net and will be running normally. I will endeavour to overall find at least 4 or 5 different companies ranging from as much types of business as possible to create my collection of websites.
14 weeks will be just fine.
Pedro Proenca Final Project
Lula Magazine Font
I will be redesigning the font Kursivschrift Stehende for the exclusive use of Lula Magazine. Following the brief set by the magazine´s creative director, Becky Smith, I will be working on improving the way letters flow into each other, creating ligatures and redesigning some characters for improved legibilty and aesthetic. If sucessful, my contribution will be credited in the next issue of Lula.
In case this project doesn’t develop into something more substantial, I would like to propose another project.
Book Project
I would like to do an information mapping exercise based on the ‘modern artists monographs’ section at the Chelsea college library. I would be approaching the collection from a quantitative perspective (i.e. the amount of books per artist, the shelf space occupied per book/artist). Taking scale into acount, I would produce a book in which each artist would be granted space in its pages proportional to the number of centimeters of shelfspace he occupies , basically flattening the 3D space of library into the bidimensional surface of the page.
This can seem quite a simple exercise, but I think that the ambiguity of the outcome can be thought provoking, and whilst being simple, subtly refer to the wider realm of culture ( the obsessiveness that can be associated with repetitive work tasks – I am a shelver at the library -, the human necessity to hierarchize even the most subjective things, like measuring artistic merit by the centimeter ).
It would provide me with the opportunity to produce a beautiful book related to the ´cultural field´in which I am interested.
Thanks for your comments!
I will be redesigning the font Kursivschrift Stehende for the exclusive use of Lula Magazine. Following the brief set by the magazine´s creative director, Becky Smith, I will be working on improving the way letters flow into each other, creating ligatures and redesigning some characters for improved legibilty and aesthetic. If sucessful, my contribution will be credited in the next issue of Lula.
In case this project doesn’t develop into something more substantial, I would like to propose another project.
Book Project
I would like to do an information mapping exercise based on the ‘modern artists monographs’ section at the Chelsea college library. I would be approaching the collection from a quantitative perspective (i.e. the amount of books per artist, the shelf space occupied per book/artist). Taking scale into acount, I would produce a book in which each artist would be granted space in its pages proportional to the number of centimeters of shelfspace he occupies , basically flattening the 3D space of library into the bidimensional surface of the page.
This can seem quite a simple exercise, but I think that the ambiguity of the outcome can be thought provoking, and whilst being simple, subtly refer to the wider realm of culture ( the obsessiveness that can be associated with repetitive work tasks – I am a shelver at the library -, the human necessity to hierarchize even the most subjective things, like measuring artistic merit by the centimeter ).
It would provide me with the opportunity to produce a beautiful book related to the ´cultural field´in which I am interested.
Thanks for your comments!
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