This semester for PDP we have been tasked to create a book that documents our final year, showcasing examples of our own work, sketchbook pages and work of others that have influenced our work. I have been looking for inspiration for my book and came across 136 points of reference by Jonathon Ellery of Ellery/Browns. These examples have given me some ideas for my own book.
Magazine Front Covers: Issue 1-3
Spreads from Issue 1: Morag Myerscough
Spreads from Issue 2: Anthony Burrill
Spreads from Issue 3: Studio 8
It is nice to have my work back from last semester, after not looking at it for a few weeks you actually appreciate what you have managed to design. I am really pleased with this project.
Our presentation celebration made in to the Essex County Standard and Colchester Weekly News, so I thought I would share our 5 minutes of fame!! L-R Brain Groves (OMCI) Laura Kerry, Chester Fletton, Paul Cotterill, Hannah Yapp, Julie Graham, Jade O’Bryan, Matt Czesnikowski, Hannah Parry, Kelly Leman, myself and Dawn Rose (OMCI).
“The definitive work on the most controversial artist of his generation: see the exhibition in Berlin and remember why you’ve always loved Koons, even though you’d love to hate him—he’s not only richer, but better looking. Then plunge into this Taschen überwerk and revel in the kinky and kitsch, but always conceptual art of Jeff Koons. Basketballs in tanks! Stainless steel blow-ups! Topiary dog sculptures! Michael and Bubbles in porcelain. No artist since Warhol has made the banal appear so profound, and the trivial carry such import.
Includes a biographical essay, analyis of Koons from a European perspective, and a scholarly study of his work. With hundreds of large format full color images, it traces Koons’ career from 1979 to today. A sumptuous objet d’art—he says so himself—and the definitive overview of Koons’ work.”
Source: http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/05050/facts.jeff_koons.htm
“Name, identity, promotional publication and sample swatch for a new range of coated papers for full colour printing. The four colours Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black) are the four colours used in full colour printing, combining in tiny dots to produce the full colour effect.”
This is a book that has been created that documents the printing process and different paper stocks and print results on the different paper types.
Source: http://www.design-ed.co.uk/client/istdbrief/for-a-specialist-paper-range
After researching in the hope of finding some inspiration, I instead found some future exhibitions I really want to go to, completely unrelated to graphic design but I think they will be very good exhibitions to visit.
The first appeals to me greatly! Christian Louboutin at the Design Museum from 28 March – 1 July.
“The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective
of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin’s career to date and showcases twenty years of designs and inspiration, revealing the artistry and theatricality of his shoe design from stilettos to lace-up boots, studded sneakers and bejewelled pumps. Louboutin’s shoes are the epitome of style, glamour, power, femininity and elegance.
At the core of the exhibition will be a unique exploration of Louboutin’s design process, taking the visitor through every stage of the design journey, revealing how a shoe is constructed, from the initial drawing and first prototype through to production in the factory. Looking beyond design and production the exhibition will also explore the company’s innovative store design.”
http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2012/christian-louboutin
The other exhibition I really want to go to this year is the Hollywood Costume exhibition at the V&A, which starts in October. Everyone likes film and cinema, so this is a great opportunity to see the amazing costumes.
“The V&A’s autumn exhibition, ‘Hollywood Costume’, explores the central role costume design plays in cinema storytelling. Bringing together over 100 of the most iconic movie costumes from across a century of film-making, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters such as Dorothy Gale, Indiana Jones, Scarlett O’Hara, Jack Sparrow, Holly Golightly and Darth Vader.”
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-hollywood-costume/
Dates for both exhibitions have gone straight in to my diary!!
“TASCHEN has paired Mailer’s original text (his 1973 biography Marilyn) with Bert Stern’s extraordinary photographs—widely considered the most intimate ever taken of Monroe—to create a fitting tribute to the woman who, at the time of her death in 1962, was the world’s most famous, a symbol of glamour and eroticism for an entire generation. But though she was feted and adored by her public, her private life was that of a little girl lost, desperate to find love and security. Mailer’s Marilyn is beautiful, tragic, and complex. As Mailer reflects upon her life—from her bleak childhood through to the mysterious circumstances of her death—she emerges as a symbol of the bizarre decade during which she reigned as Hollywood’s greatest female star.“
These kind of books are another option for me to persue for my FMP.
“Design, editing and layout of the new IK magazine. The magazine of Ikas-Art movement.
IK is a free magazine dedicated to universitary art, with content aimed at students of Fine Arts.”
Source: http://cargocollective.com/lavita#1118417/IK-Magazine
At the moment there is a lot of discussion about our final exhibitions and the promotional material for it. While researching I found this lovely promotional material for a student graphics show.
Source: http://www.behance.net/gallery/REFINED-Exhibition/2485471
Over the next two weeks I have to be working on my self promotion material ready to be signed off and printed in time for the end of year exhibition, which isn’t far away as I only have 4 months left of uni! So I’ve been looking for some inspiration. I originally wanted to do a small book for people to take away with them, now I want to experiment with a broadsheet instead! Then compare the two and decide!!! These images have been my inspiration for my broadsheet, time to get designing!
Caitlin Jones 