I feel like i have been a hell of a lot more organised, possibly than ever before, over this module. Working rather consistently instead of having long stints of procrastination, and because of this, i have not been stressed at all around hand-in. This, however, made me stress a little. I'm pretty worried i've missed something glaringly obvious (as usual).
The actual amount of work produced is not at a massive level, which is unfortunate. I do think that my blogging has become much better and much more regular, which should balance out and make up for the amount of paperwork in my files. Furthermore, i'm extremely happy with my final products, particularly the zine.
My zine is probably the crowning part of the module. the balance between want and need in styles (lo-fi/clinical) is at the exact level that i wanted it to be and this gives it a really unique and interesting selling point. The mixed stock (tracing paper!) and layouts give it a massively "graphic design" aesthetic which i feel like i have not been able to achieve over the last 2 years. It is also relatively easy to produce, the only problem being that each one has to be put together by hand. My only negative issue was gathering everything together! Complete nightmare. Oh and the double sided crop mark. They fucked me right off. there's random little black squares floating around cos the crop marks wouldnt align properly. However, its not important because if sent to a proper printers' it would not be a problem.
My dissertation Mass Media Posters got off to a very slow start and i was too worried about their context. I wanted to make the brief one that i wanted and needed to do, however by the time i came to actually writing it and sorting it out, it just because a typographic investigation into mono printed positive/negative space. The context i decided up was that it was an adaptation and continuation of my 78RPM - mp3 brief from last year. I am happy with this and the briefs are very similar and have final products that could almost be released in series. The experimentation with stock was also great fun.
cardboard rocks.
Resistance is a classic example of me coming up with a few ideas, making them a series and then running with the series idea and not looking back. There is a clear development (i think anyway) but not much experimentation. It probably equals out as about a 4 or 5 days brief, rather than the 1 dayer intended, bit i think that the extra days (and the adaptation to a packaging brief) make the brief stand out from just a straight up Dont Panic Poster Brief. I really dont like the feel of the gloss pack though. it look awesome but feels like death.
The website and branding brief was an immediate success. Constant communication with the client informed every design decision, suggestions were made, particularly about logo and colour choices. My final 6 page layouts are, in my opinion, very well carried out. It does look a bit myspacey, but thats cool, right?
The actual CD design will be simply the logo and will be printed when the CD are finished are duplicated. The disk space and booklet re on opposite sides in order to maintain focus on the zine (this is a layout brief after all).
Oooh, it opens and there's postcard in it and all that.
