Monthly Archives: May 2016
Social space is a social product. The space thus produced also serves as a tool of thought and of action. In addition to being a means of production it is also a means of control, and hence domination, of power.
Henri Lefebvre – The Production of Space (1991)
PHOTO EDITING & ORDERING
I have edited my photos of Bolton and added layers to create an old affect, to start off with the editing I turned all the photos a duller colour so that it looked very aged. I added in different images of newspapers over the image and reduced the opacity to create a newspaper looking image. I like how they have turned out because they look like old photos, for printing I have ordered them to be printed in a professional printing location online and soon to be delivered so I can organise them onto my collage background.
TYPOGRAPHY TO CUT UP
This is my quick image for the typography that I need to cut up and place into my background, mixing in with the images and different fabrics. I wanted to go with a bold font to make it stand out, I used a different font with the ‘revisited’ text to flow with my app icon which I designed in brief 1.
IMAGES FOR THE PERSONAL PROJECT
For the background of my personal project which consists of different types of newspapers, fabrics, train tickets etc I need images to add onto the top. I want to create a college similar to George Grosz’s work because I find his work so interesting and creative. For this experiment, I’ve found free templates of newspapers which I can add into the background; I changed the contrast and brightness of my images so that it looks more old and dull. I like how it has turned out because it suits the background.
Free template link: http://previews.123rf.com/images/razvodovska/razvodovska1109/razvodovska110900015/10612865-abstract-old-newspaper-vintage-background-Stock-Vector.jpg
I accidentally put two of the images into one document with the template but I thought it looked good because it shows more in the image, it looks more busy and appealing.
CRAIG OLDHAM
Designer Craig Oldham gave us an opportunity to see him talk about himself and his new book ‘Loving Memory of Work’ which was about the UK mine strike in the 1980’s. He spoke powerfully about his book and talked about the issues concerning the strike in the olden days. His father was also in the mine strikes so he got inspiration and stories from him to include in the book, the book was produced, designed by himself. He created and designed the book in his spare time after going to his daytime job, meaning he stayed up many nights gathering information and thinking what he could put into this book. He spoke for about 2 hours to the first, second and third years in graphic design studio 1. In my opinion, I quite like the guy because he speaks his own opinions and doesn’t care what other people think about him or his work. He inspired me to do whatever I want to do and ignore people that try to change your designs; to stand up and say no this is MY design. For this, he has became very successful in his work.
Lauren Catherine Procter 