Cow T-shirts redesign...

As we are nearing the end of the course I have been looking back at projects from this term that I wasn't particularly happy with. I thought that the vintage t-shirt project would be an ideal opportunity to work differently from how I normally do, however I did not take full advantage of this.

I went back to look at a modern car which is purposefully designed to imitate a vintage style, the Nissan Figaro. The colours and the retro look make this car extremely fashionable today which I felt fitted in very well with the Cow brief.

I decided to use the Figaro badge as a logo for the t-shirt set so that they have an identity which would be used on tags or promotional material.

I am really pleased that I decided to work on this brief again, I feel that these designs are a big improvement on the last and I enjoyed developing my drawing skills which I do not often have the opportunity to do.

Today...

Anyone seen the google home page today? I LOVE it! Would have been useful when working on my DCSF project ...

Packaging...

I was given this last year when I bought a new phone I was given this relatively generic looking piece of packaging. It wasn't until after that I realised how interesting it actually was. As you pull the contents out of the right side, a 'secret' part on the left side is automatically revealed:

I think that this will provide me with lots of inspiration for my new staycation project.

Journal...

After a few minor disasters and two hours in the paper store the journal is finally done! I tried my best to make a generic ring bound booklet look different and designerly, I hope I succeeded!

I decided to create a range of dividers each with a section heading on in order to make it easy to flick through the journal and find what you're looking for. These proved to be much more difficult than I had imagined...

AA...

Recently I have been working on a project for the AA which is to reinforce what they do to their existing customers. The brief encouraged using a variety of different media in order to connect with a younger audience. I therefore researched how the AA advertises at the minute and it appears that they have used the same methods and styles for many years, therefore I decided to adapt this in order to make it stand out more. As they are so well known for the black and yellow style I decided that it was important to keep this but simply redesign it to make it seem new and fresh. In order to connect with a younger audience I began to look at film stunts involving cars, mainly those in which it seems likely that the vehicle will be destroyed. I then decided to use these images and use them along with the AA logo to imply that in desperate situations the AA are always there. It also brings a sense of humour to a relatively stressful situation.

I also extended this idea by creating a flyer using a well known quote from the iconic film, The Italian Job.

Cow T-Shirts...

I decided to come up with some designs for the Cow Vintage T-shirt brief as a side project. I thought it was quite an interesting brief to answer because the word 'Vintage' means different things to different people. Personally, the first thing that comes to mind when i think of vintage is vintage fashion and vintage cars.

I decided to research more into the aspect of vintage cars as they are very

interesting images. This led to me looking at old car adverts from the 1920's when cars were first becoming readily available. I liked the irony of the selling points of each of the vehicles when compared to those of today.

As the designs had to be screen

printed onto the t-shirts I split my images into three layers, one white, one grey and one black. This also meant that they could be put onto any colour t-shirt.

Magitiapiesosaphobia...

Last week myself and Hannah decided to create a piece for the Panic exhibition. After experimenting withe several different ideas we decided that we would focus on phobias. More specifically, magitiapiesosaphobia. The phobia of seeing a lone magpie. I particularly liked the idea of this phobia as I find superstitions very interesting but I had no idea that they could lead to recognised phobias. Originally we decided to focus on the nursery rhyme "one for sorrow, two for joy..." but we later went on to develop our idea to show the contrast between hundreds of magpies which look very threatening and one on its own.