Tuesday 26 July 2011



This is unreal! I think this will be the next thing.. designs for digital posters.

Saturday 7 May 2011

Character ideas: I have come to the conclusion that i do need a small set of character for potatoes carrots broccoli, peas.





Wednesday 4 May 2011

For my new project I have decided to go right out of my comfort zone and do packaging and branding to get children interested in gardening!

For this I will have to see how children react to games/designs/ packaging and which ones interest them and compare what I find.

 A lot of the children's product packaging has a character on it. Obviously to play on their instinct of wanting to play and a character they can relate to, some what like a friend, making the product more personal to the child. However I do not like characters within design at all but what I am thinking is that i could maybe create a version of a character from a vegetable.


 This crayon packaging gave me the idea that I could make a package that meant they would colour it in once that have had the product out of it. As i know many as a child including myself ended up playing with the cardboard box instead of the toy that was inside of it.

What I could always do would be to add features onto the vegetables and fruits that they would be growing.



 I quite like the idea of brown paper above, and using environmentally friendly packaging materials. I also really like the design below, vectored coloured images, what I could do with this would be to have al the images of all the products they could grow on the front but the only one with eyes would be the vegetable or fruit they would be growing.. I quite LIKE THIS idea!

Thursday 28 April 2011



This is completely random but a friend from home showed me it & it is really good!

Friday 22 April 2011

I really like how within this website as you scroll down the navigation stays in the same place!

Little detail but appreciated.

Thursday 21 April 2011

Website Love..

 This website above i like due to the simplicity of being able to look around it, it was easy to navigate! And did the job, although I would have more images/photographs on each page rather than just the one.


 I really love this website above! It interests me when i clicked on it to look through it. Although maybe not as simple to navigate around I do like the amount on each page and also the links along the top.

I think this website is the kind of way I would like to have mine! Inventory Studio has kept the amount of type down along with adding enough images to interest you when you first click on it.

Although I think for my website I would like to have the navigation bar down the left hand side.
Website Hate..


This website above i really don't like there is just a series of different photographs on each different page. There is no link to an About, Contact.. Anything about who it actually is. 

This website above is pretty much worse!! the title slides along the top of the screen. The blue speckles in the background of the orange also flickr and fall down the screen! The colour scheme is just unbelievable!

Sunday 20 March 2011

What is Graphic Design?
Areas Of Interest


Subject/Content
The subject and content of my design of which I am interested in are:

Fashion.
Graphic design for fashion is mainly used to promote the produce. To keep the fashion world's newest product in the publics eye, a lot of promotional work, along with branding the company and also the corporate identity for the business.

Graphic design within fashion is across a HUge range of medias. From billboards and publications to in store graphics and signage.




Retail
Graphic design for retail is seen everywhere. I like the idea of this as you get the oppourtunity to adapt your designs to a range of medias promoting the company/product.

Retail graphics are targeted towards the public, to entice them into the shop then once in the shop making them feel comfortable and happy to be looking around the shop.



Photography
I really like photography within graphic design. I think it looks proffessional, and a photograph is relatable to the audience and much more life like for people to relate to and understand.

Designs with photography can be as simple as product photography targeted at the consumer society. On the other hand photography can be targetting the 'arty' world and is more appreciated by other fellow artists to understand a photograph.



Travelling
The subject of travelling intrigues me!.. I think that if I was also to travel and work/visit different places my design would be influenced by the experiences and cultures I'd see and do.

Media/Process
The ways in which I want to work with or in are:



Design for print such as: catalogues / books / magazines / posters / corporate identity
Design for web

Product and Outcome:
The products I would like to create are:

Websites
After having an introduction to web I do think I would like to design websites for clients. Graphic design for websites is mainly used for promotion and informing the public of the company/business is there and what they do.

There are thousands of websites and since the graphic design industry is slowly progressing into the digital age, a website seems essential for business's these days.
Publications:
Graphic design for the publications I like doing are targeted at the arts. People within the art industry appreciate the clean cut simplicity. I also would like to create publications for the fashion industry and use the fashion photography.

Publications are one of the  main ways within graphic design to promote and also inform with a lot of space to hold information.




Packaging
Graphic design for packaging is a huge industry targeted at the consumer society. People will buy into the product if it 'looks good'. Therefore graphic design is an essential within packaging to be able to capture the essence of the product in the design. 

The food industry has a huge demand for packaging design, as there is a consistent need for it as new and developing brand come out. Along with current brand wanting to modernise their product. 





Audience / Context
The audience of whom i would like to target in my profession would be:
Other creatives
Retailers
Fashion based companies
I also want to do a lot of branding and corporate identity
Businesses in need of a website

Sunday 13 March 2011

I really like this layout of type, it just makes me interested into reading what it is actually about.

This is quite cool!! As a pair me and sophie want to create interesting experiments with the paper for people to be inspired by.
Ideas for mailshot and sample book..

I think the image below is a good idea for packaging for a mailshot.. I like the way in which the paper folds around the package!


For the sample book, i think it would be quite cool to have different materials within it such as acetate and samples of the card, so that people can interact with the book.




For our 3D type i really like this idea! i think it would be really effective to make a few designs out of paper along with the type, and also the shredded paper. Then photograph this experiment to create a poster.
Poster Ideas
What we want to do in our poster campaign is to create interesting designs done by hand and also screen printing experiments. We also thought about the technique of shredding some multi coloured paper and also creating 3D type, then photograph the experiments to create posters.













I really like these three designs above.. I think it would be really effective to create loads of the same designs then fold them to create a bigger folded poster.


After having a discussion with sophie we both decided that we would like a simple design of poster then experiment more with the print processes