PLEASE VIEW MY PROFILE, AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS A LIST OF MY DIFFERENT BLOGS.
I START A NEW ONE FOR EACH PROJECT AND THEY ARE TITLED ACCORDINGLY (IN MOST CASES!)
CD COVER BRIEF
www.whichbrief.blogspot.com
FOR THE NEW ORANGE BRIEF I WILL BE USING
www.orangekerrie.blogspot.com
Friday, January 26, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Group Work So Far
I am pleased to say that working as a group has far exceeded my expectations. I feel it is really benefitting my skills and sharing our ideas has lead to some really good outcomes so far.
I know I am coming up with ideas I never could have imagined without the discussions we are having. Bouncing our thoughts off each other and constantly trying to raise the level of the work, and consequently the performance of the group has been a great way of developing.
Also, the use of the group blog has been an absolutely invaluable tool for the development of ideas, including compromise and agreement on issues. Especially over the weekend, when everyone lives by different schedules, I have valued being able to leave posts at such unsociable hours when I return from work. So far, I am thouroughly enjoying the challenge!
I know I am coming up with ideas I never could have imagined without the discussions we are having. Bouncing our thoughts off each other and constantly trying to raise the level of the work, and consequently the performance of the group has been a great way of developing.
Also, the use of the group blog has been an absolutely invaluable tool for the development of ideas, including compromise and agreement on issues. Especially over the weekend, when everyone lives by different schedules, I have valued being able to leave posts at such unsociable hours when I return from work. So far, I am thouroughly enjoying the challenge!
THE DOORS OF MISGUIDED PERCEPTION______ The D.O.M.P [18th Jan - 25th Jan]
DURING THIS WEEK I AM WORKING ON A GROUP PROJECT, WE HAVE SET UP A GROUP BLOG FOR THIS SO I WILL BE ABSENT FROM MY OWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE...
The D.O.M.P's blog can be viewed at:
http://cradle2thegrave.blogspot.com/
The D.O.M.P's blog can be viewed at:
http://cradle2thegrave.blogspot.com/
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Collaborative Project - Professional Context
SEMESTER TWO - PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT
GROUP 8 - THE DOORS
After day one working together, this is a brief record of the possibilities that were discussed for each brief in idea generating sessions.
Brief One - 'A Day in Your Life'
All 6 people record a day of their life, obssessively. What they eat, in what order they get dressed in the morning, when they go the toilet'
This can be represented visually in whatever media suits each individual, creating a very personal response. This could also be a way of showcasing each persons design styles and interests.
Music, film, photography, bus tickets, observational drawing can all be part of a response to your day.
Following this, the group could come together again and swap days, then live someone elses day. You can record how this restricts your lifestyle, how you reflect on that person's day, and what things you just HAD to do differently.
This would be presented in a website with some kind of mapping format, following through six different days
Brief Two - 'Stuff-o-Meter'
We could create a screensaver of a 'Dad' character knocking on the screen that prompts the person to shutdown if it is not in use. This idea originated from the way my dad runs round the house switching off tvs, lights etc shouting "what do you think this is...Blackpool Tower?'
A screen saver with all six Dads knocking at the same time could become quite irritating and worth switching off!
This idea then developed into creating a gimmiky save energy pack to be sent out to house holds including stickers to put next to light switches etc.
Another idea... creating a systematic labelling system to go on electrical products to inform how much waste they produce, how efficient they are etc. Similar system to food labelling of salt content and fat.
Brief Three - NSPCC
A series of beer mats with facts about child cruelty displayed. These would be easily mass produced and cheap. It could raise awareness and cause the NSPCC to become a topic of discussion for men sitting at the pub table. We also talked about creating a beer brand called NSPCC, with it appearing on pint glasses etc, hypothetically for use in posters.
Brief Four - Orange
Short advertisement of people licking each others phones, resulting in faces of disgust. Only then they are pleasantly be suprised by licking an orange phone. 'Things taste better when orange' or some other relating tag line.
For the 'New Direction' section I suggested using something that is so set in stone in tradition that changing it in an orange way is an entirely 'new direction', for example the tomato throwing festival in Spain could be changed to oranges.
Brief Five - Horror Posters
We found this brief particularly difficult as it was a major factor to avoid cliches. It is difficult to represent the horror theme within just a type based poster. Imagery can only be a supportive tool. The ideas we came up with were pretty basic, using famous quotes from previous films such as 'here's Johnny' as the main basis for the posters. As it would be a Liverpool specific festival, we played with the word Liverpool. 'LiverFest' and 'Pool of Blood' were put forward, but we didn't come up with any ideas with much potential.
Brief Six - 15 ways to climate cool
GROUP 8 - THE DOORS
After day one working together, this is a brief record of the possibilities that were discussed for each brief in idea generating sessions.
Brief One - 'A Day in Your Life'
All 6 people record a day of their life, obssessively. What they eat, in what order they get dressed in the morning, when they go the toilet'
This can be represented visually in whatever media suits each individual, creating a very personal response. This could also be a way of showcasing each persons design styles and interests.
Music, film, photography, bus tickets, observational drawing can all be part of a response to your day.
Following this, the group could come together again and swap days, then live someone elses day. You can record how this restricts your lifestyle, how you reflect on that person's day, and what things you just HAD to do differently.
This would be presented in a website with some kind of mapping format, following through six different days
Brief Two - 'Stuff-o-Meter'
We could create a screensaver of a 'Dad' character knocking on the screen that prompts the person to shutdown if it is not in use. This idea originated from the way my dad runs round the house switching off tvs, lights etc shouting "what do you think this is...Blackpool Tower?'
A screen saver with all six Dads knocking at the same time could become quite irritating and worth switching off!
This idea then developed into creating a gimmiky save energy pack to be sent out to house holds including stickers to put next to light switches etc.
Another idea... creating a systematic labelling system to go on electrical products to inform how much waste they produce, how efficient they are etc. Similar system to food labelling of salt content and fat.
Brief Three - NSPCC
A series of beer mats with facts about child cruelty displayed. These would be easily mass produced and cheap. It could raise awareness and cause the NSPCC to become a topic of discussion for men sitting at the pub table. We also talked about creating a beer brand called NSPCC, with it appearing on pint glasses etc, hypothetically for use in posters.
Brief Four - Orange
Short advertisement of people licking each others phones, resulting in faces of disgust. Only then they are pleasantly be suprised by licking an orange phone. 'Things taste better when orange' or some other relating tag line.
For the 'New Direction' section I suggested using something that is so set in stone in tradition that changing it in an orange way is an entirely 'new direction', for example the tomato throwing festival in Spain could be changed to oranges.
Brief Five - Horror Posters
We found this brief particularly difficult as it was a major factor to avoid cliches. It is difficult to represent the horror theme within just a type based poster. Imagery can only be a supportive tool. The ideas we came up with were pretty basic, using famous quotes from previous films such as 'here's Johnny' as the main basis for the posters. As it would be a Liverpool specific festival, we played with the word Liverpool. 'LiverFest' and 'Pool of Blood' were put forward, but we didn't come up with any ideas with much potential.
Brief Six - 15 ways to climate cool
Saturday, January 6, 2007
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