Thursday, 8 November 2018

OUGD501 STUDY TASK 1

10 words that relate to my graphic design practice
  • Bold
  • Messy
  • Fast
  • Texture
  • Busy
  • Print
  • Collaged
  • Contextual
  • Scanner lads
  • Mixed media
  • Collaborative
10 design issues/themes i'm interested in
  • Music - Documented music events
  • Magazines - Editorial - Layout 
  • Cool socks
  • Poster design - Animated posters
  • Big mosh pits
  • Design with well thought concept
  • Tattoos
  • Textures - Effect of print on different paper
  • Other cultures
  • Collaborative studies
10 things I learnt last year
  • Layout design
  • Sense of play
  • Typography terminology
  • Colour theory
  • Not trying too hard
  • Not overthinking things
  • Physical print
  • How important concept is
  • Communication through design
  • Book binding
How can graphic design...
  • Collaborative - Editorial - Layout design
  • Collage - Cool socks - Book binding
  • Contextual - Mosh pits - Physical print
  • Print - Music - Concept
  • Messy - Magazines - Overthinking
  • Bold - Magazine layouts - Communicate through design
  • Sense of play - Editorial - Physical print
Sense of play
  • Colourful
  • Outgoing 
  • Mixed media
  • New
  • Adventurous 
  • Dangerous
  • Pushes Boundaries
  • Is there a limit?
  • How far could it go?
  • Can generate new forms and concepts
Editorial
  • Communication design
  • Having an idea and explaining it visually
  • Concept book
  • Translate a message through a publication of sorts
  • Translation using visual aesthetic
  • Books, publication, magazine, zine, website, newspaper, regular article, etc...
  • How far can it go before it is no longer an editorial piece
Physical Print
  • Traditional print methods
  • Screen printing
  • Etching
  • Embossing
  • Letterpress
  • Book making
  • Lithography
  • Mono printing
  • Lino printing 
  • Dark room
  • Can these be combined?
  • How far could they go?
How far can I play with traditional design methods on an editorial format before it becomes too much?

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