Make-up Art

I often look at everyday things around me and relate them to design. Creativity in every aspect inspires me and I lovely the intricacy and detail that are put into the execution of ideas. One thing that I have been noticing recently is make-up art.

I often watch Next Top Model, they have produced many series all over the world. The make up done for the photo-shoots is fantastic, the detailing that goes into always amazes me. I have posted a few examples of the make up art below.

French Connection

One website that I visit regularly is the French Connection site. Although not always entirely relevant to my course it has recently released a new advertising campaign. The new campaign runs across a variety of media from, web, editorial/print and digital. The copy writing in the ads is what caught my eye. The language is simple and straight to the point.

WKD TV Adverts

Today I was chatting to my friend about the WKD TV ads so I decided to post them on my blog, I think they are really successful as they manage to keep a fun, upbeat feel to them without going against any of the government guidelines, something that I know from experience is a difficult thing to do!

Logo Evolution

Today I stumbled across these logos, each set shows how a company's logo has developed. There are some great early designs!

http://vividunderground.com

True North

I went to visit Ady a designer at True North today, he invited me in to chat after I had emailed him last week. I took my book dummy with me and a few more spreads that have been adapted since I created this. The advice Ady gave me was really helpful. His opinion reinforced what I was thinking myself which I feel is a good thing as it made me feel as though I am on the right track with my project.

Ady felt that once I had sorted out the order of my book, as I explained I would be changing this by adding section dividers, it would be almost there. He showed me some examples of work True North had done and explained how adding imagery to my book may break it up slightly as currently it is purely typographic and becomes slightly repetitive. Overall the visit went really well I plan to work on the following pointers over the next few weeks:

• Reintroduce page dividers
• Find place for page word and lock in place to help keep the structure of the book
• Visualise each quote by using typography and page elements
• Introduce imagery to break up pages

Contact: True North

Last week I got in touch with the design agency True North, I emailed the company as I wanted some advice on my Final Major Project. The Creative Director Ady got back to me and invited me to go in and speak to him about it. I am going in next week to show him my work so far and get some feedback and advice on how I can maybe change this. The email is posted below.

Contact: Buddy

As I was writing my practitioners report it got me wondering what other designers thought about collaboration so I decided to send some emails out and ask a few questions about what they thought. One company that I contacted was Buddy I asked a few questions about collaboration in the industry and also as a student. One of the designers, David, at Buddy got back to me with a really helpful reply. I have posted the email below.