interesting concept
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two quick illustrations I created on Adobe Illustrator ‘tracing’ over a photograph with the brush tool and layers of colours.
I really like the way this looks and think it could be the beginning of a ‘style’ to carry out through the kids booklet.
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While working through the information that I have been gathering throughout this project so far, the relevant outcomes seem to be showing themselves for me from time to time.
For example, right now my direction is simple - I’m leaning towards some kind of ‘educational pack’ that could be the sort of thing sent out to primary schools. Containing an information leaflet for the parents, and a small pack of interactive information objects for the child it’s aimed for.
Talking about how by taking steps to reduce your carbon footprint you are in turn helping endangered animals all around the world.
Playing with paper is a love I now see my oldest daughter exploring and testing, slowly succumbing to all of its fascinating properties. Like her, I jump at the idea of being able to transform a piece of paper into something new—be it something I come up with, or a paper that comes with instructions.
The University of Houston Graphics Alumni Partnership (UHGAP) is an organization made up of alumni whose primary focus is to give back to the Graphic Communications program in various ways. One of those is by providing scholarships to the best and brightest students. To help raise funds for the scholarships a series of posters were created to help raise awareness of the campaign.
The first poster gives thanks to those that have given and recognizes those that were awarded scholarships as well as displays portraits and a testimonial as to how they have benefitted, specifically, from the UHGAP scholarship fund. On the reverse, a diagram was illustrated that outlines how to create a 3-dimensional pig. The pig serves as a visual metaphor that reminds the audience that the organization is collecting funds and that no amount is too small or too large. The second poster contains the actual pig template to be cut out. On the reverse, testimonials are expounded upon from scholarship recipients. There is also information about the Graphic Communications program, in general, as well as sponsor information and donor levels. Once the pig has been cut-out and built, it stands alone as a three dimensional object, i.e. “paper-craft”. Posters have been sent out to the design community at large, encouraging them to display the poster and pig prominently as a reminder to contribute to the UHGAPscholarship fund. The idea is for the campaign to be expounded upon with more testimonials in the coming months and that everyone at all levels has the ability to contribute—thereby furthering the design community at large.
The design of the pig template was a bit complicated to the extent that I believe it prevented some people from participating. Also, the folding of the poster was of a custom dimension, creating an issue with finding envelopes of the right size so that the posters could be mailed effectively. It worked out in the end and the general response was good, but it probably could have been more thought out.
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Nice example of a simple map.
With all of the Royal Wedding hoopla we got to see some rather questionable design choices being made. We may agree or disagree on the event’s branding effort, but that does not matter. Far more interesting is the poster developed by Brittany Watson Jepsen that showcases the royal procession route in a beautifully designed and printed poster that combines an illustration printed in giclée and hit of red letterpress.
This poster was designed for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It shows the drive from Buckingham Palace to the place of the wedding site, Westminster Abbey and indicates major London locations.
A poster worth a thousand lessons…Registering letterpress to giclée can be quite a challenge. Each sheet of Crane Lettra had to be hand fed into the giclée printer very carefully to ensure consistent printing of the image so we wouldn’t be angry at ourselves when trying to register the photopolymer letterpress plates to the giclée image. After the paper is through in the giclée printer, we cut down the parent sheets to fit into our vintage Vandercook SP-15 letterpress. After adjusting the registration, packing, and amount of ink on the press, everything was just right and we started the process of hand printing the posters one at a time. Once we are to this point there is little adjustment and, other than adjusting the ink, it is only a matter of printing through the pieces. So that is what we did.
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I HAVE FOUND AN ABSOLUTE GEM!
If I could at all get my hands on one of these, it could be absolutely amazing for source material alone.
This isn’t the route that I’m really interested in going down, but the execution of this is truly excellent, it lays out the facts plainly and clearly for the reader to read through without getting bored by tonnes of plain black and white text.
The field of environmental annual report design is heating up, but Dinetz’s calm, collected presentation is pretty darn cool.
The world’s population demands the resources of 1.5 Earths annually. If everyone lived like the United States, it would be 5 Earths. Global Footprint Network is a think-tank and team of “ecological accountants” measuring human pressure on the planet. The annual results, and other Footprint tools, are used by countries to inform policy decisions in an effort to demand less of the Earth, protect more of its assets and achieve the goal of living within the means of one planet.
The biggest challenge with the project was obtaining quality images with a very limited budget. We found that photographers were very kind with donations and discounts when they understood what Global Footprint Network was trying to do with their research. It helps to have a good story. It’s how I got involved.
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another idea springing from this little card:
It could be possible to create a ‘card’ of some sort to send out to homes across the nation who have possibly signed up to somewhere to show an interest in environmental issues - that includes something to construct yourself that could go somewhere in your home in order to remind you to maybe ‘turn off the lights when you’re not in the room’, or ‘take your bike/walk for shorter journeys’.
Paper crafts are best when they are easy to assemble, and especially when they don’t require any adhesives. Include a fancy ribbon, and no one can resist the fun of putting all the pieces together.
This was the first time our team had created a “punch-out” piece, versus a typical die-cut or perforation. We worked with the printer to refine the die-cut shapes and decide where to place the small tabs that hold the shapes in the front of the card before they are punched out. It was important that the pieces be easy to remove, but that they didn’t fall out of place while in the mail. We also had to find the right thickness of paper since the ornament pieces hold themselves together without the use of adhesives.
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