Tolerance Presentation

As the late stages of the tolerance brief arrived, Kat and myself was feeling the pressure of getting a solid idea. Early this week, our tutor informed us that the best ideas and a close finished visual would be presented to the class and to some second year students. This made us both feel a slight bit of pressure regarding nailing a solid, strong idea. We decided to play with the word tolerance and see if we could involve some of our research within the word. After some thinking, we managed to come up with three good typographic elements what stood for the meaning of tolerance.

One idea was slightly controversial as the word Race is spelt within the word tolerance. As the day of the presentation arrived, Kat and I agreed to take this out and stay with two finished ideas, as race is such a political issue, we didn’t want to give the wrong impression out for what we were trying to say. The presentation went well and the main deadline for the brief will be sometime in December. I hope to work on some more ideas to take this work further. Over these past few weeks, working with Kat was an experience I will forever be grateful for. Having ideas discussed and working with someone aiming for the same goal was enjoyable and Kat was a pleasure to work with. She is a fantastic worker and having someone like this on your team will guarantee you great results. I look forward to maybe working with her again in the near future.

Backed Beans (Old Work)

As I was looking through my old work, I also came across this brief I had to re-brand a can of backed beans for the Co-op grocery store. Looking back, I feel the designs are pretty more than a good idea behind them. I feel happy I have already made these mistakes as I feel my work has grown to a better standard but as I always say to myself, always room for improvement.

The Lost Weekends (old work)

Recently, I was looking through some past work to reflect on my improvements as a designer within the past twelve months. I came across these posters I did for the Warehouse Project (a night club in Manchester). I was slightly shocked at the artwork, as my thinking behind each brief has changed since then. I now take in the importance of ideas and design more carefully. Maybe in time I may try this brief again and see what the results will bring.

Ratio One Web Design

As I was refreshing my skills in illustrator, I decided to make a quick design for a website using my Ratio One logo’s. I have no experience in building or designing a web page so I was eager to see what I could do. I have no idea on the first steps of a website being constructed but I am working on a placement at a design website agency for sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Ratio One Logo

This week, I decided to set myself a small brief and work in Illustrator as while doing my current briefs, I have not used the software. I felt it was important to stay as fresh as possible with all the software’s as I forget small things like short cuts or quicker methods of doing things while designing if I have not touched the software in some time. I made up a name for an imagery company and decided to make a logo for it. I would say these are nothing special but I was happy to do the designs, as my use on Illustrator was slightly refreshed.

Business Card

This week I have been given a brief to make a business card for a small recruitment company. I have decided to make some quick designs with my details timed at five minutes per design. I feel I have come up with some good results and this method helps your speed on software. I would not consider this method all the time when designing but some good results come out of it.

Crowded Place - The Tolerance Festival

As the deadline draws closer, the ideas for the tolerance brief seem to be getting somewhere. Kat and I have again, sat down and discussed where we both want to take this brief. This was one idea we came up with yesterday and today with the numbers representing a crowded area. We want to really give it a strong final push. Our tutors seemed happy with our progression within the designs, ideas and research but feel we have the capabilities of taking it one step further. After a long talk, we have both decided to play with type and colour. Again, watch this space.