Progress tutorial.

Today's tutorial with Phil went really well. It was the first time I had spoken to Phil about my work so it was interesting to speak to someone with a fresh eye to my ideas. He loved the Atheist posters

and think they worked well the only thing that concerned him was that there was nothing to link everything together. 

He suggested I design a symbol. Although there seems to be an obvious theme to the posters, a symbol would make them more collectible. 

I asked how I could extend the range rather just having posters  and postcards. We came up with a few suggestions -

Xmas cards

Calendars (Dawkins could be Jan, Gervais Feb and so on)

Tote bags

Darrell Viner brief, 

Again a very positive response from Phil. He liked the fact I had one brief which had humour and

another which was quite serious. We both agreed that the logo worked really well and was a solid concept. We discussed what elements of Viner's work I could include within the exhibition itself. Viner worked with interaction so that was an important element of the exhibition. 

He thought the logo lended itself well to 3D application and asked how I could make it 3D/ interactive.

He suggested -

Projection of 3d logo

3d model of logo

Use wire to create interesting shapes

Talk with Andy.

Today I showed Andy my progress on the Artist brief and his response was very positive.
I asked what he thought of the logo and how the logo should be applied.

He really liked the logo as it was very clean and resembled Viner's work in a clever, considered way.
He also mentioned that the "Name shape" logo was better as it came from an idea.

In regards to applications...
Andy currently works freelance with the Hepworth gallery in Wakefield and designs the promotional material for the exhibitions, so he gave me a list of the materials he uses to promote the exhibitions.

 - Banners and posters - He mentioned that if it the designs work on a poster then you can pretty much apply it to everything else in the range. As long as the information is clear and considered.

- Online banners/advertisements
- Labels
- Animated gif for website
- Gallery programme
- Invites
- postcards

We both concluded that it's important to consider how the work is shown.
Can Viner's approach be incorporated within the exhibition itself.

He works with interaction so how does the audience interact with the work?
He also worked with light and motion. Are they factors that should be included?

The talk was very useful so I just need to get on designing the range and various deliverables.

Tutorial w/ Andy. 18/10/12

My sign up tutorial with Andy went really well. It certainly helped me clear the direction of each brief.
Andy made a few interesting points and showed me examples that could help/inform my work.

Brief notes 

A few notes were made in the tutorial which made me reconsider a few of my briefs.

Architecture 

- Don't get lost in the research
- Pick a specific style of architecture

No Comment

- As a type driven designer - is this the sort of brief for you?
- Think about who your audience is and how could you get it out there?

Everyday

In hindsight this began to look a lot like my design context blog. It's basically doing the same thing so this brief needs to be scrapped.

9thOctober tutorial feedback. w/ Fred.

I arrived to the tutorial prepared and confident in what I wanted to say.
But when it was my turn to speak about my briefs I had difficulty explaining exactly what I wanted
to do in a concise manner. I was very vague. This was a classic example of "I know what it is in my head" but that's useless just highlights the fact I need to pin point EXACTLY what I want to do.

I need to stop the vagueness and narrow down the deliverables.
Another interesting point Fred made was the the fact every brief had a publication
amongst the list of deliverables so I also need to consider different methods of getting this information out there.

This all sounds quite negative but it's a good thing (in some respects)
It means I can move on and again, focus on what I really want out of this.
And why!

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