Here we feature the seasonal special of Ted & Andy’s Graphic Adventure – ‘Folder Guidelines’.
This video is a page-by-page, turn-by-turn, and in some parts explicit in detail…guide to laying out and submitting your folder for assessment on Friday 13th December. With no stone left unturned, you need to follow the format Andy demonstrates when finalising, crafting and finessing your project work for assessment.
Conference week 9 is 3 months away folks…put it in the diary!
Here we feature a few concept examples of creative packaging culled from our recent graduates portfolios. The brief - Take an everyday average item from a supermarket shelf, for no more than a couple of £’s, then apply an idea, re imagine and re package. Place back on the shelf and see who’s prepared to pay a little more for the item.
Pocket Tissues
Antibacterial
Heavy Duty
Scented
Ice Cream Cones
Twist for a new Doo!
Sleepy Tea
Second Best in Show - No 2’s
All the above solutions help raise a smile and go some way to making the world a slightly happier place. “There really is no excuse for bad design…under any circumstances” - Rev Jackson Whitehead
Here we feature a few examples of the design development from the year 2 students Bauhaus 100 project. This exercise was a chance to brush up on the students typographic layout skills. Building upon their year one magazine layouts the students had to consider, copy, composition, grids, general typographic principles, hierarchies of information, image, cropping , colour and detail.
Final Crit wall
Last week, the first years were briefed with writing a ‘lonely hearts’ advert, with the task to look for a friend (or more). Imagining being airdropped into Preston with no money, no contacts, no nothing, the brief called for a creative response using only words to attract the attention of another. Using the classic structure of act one, two and three; plus brevity and wit, the best examples raised a smile but also incited a response.
We write words everyday, but this brief always challenges as it brings a supposedly simple task back into conscious thought. Thinking about what you’re actually writing requires thought, concentration and time. But, the more we write, and the more we read, the better we get.
The latest – and epic – instalment of Andy & Ted’s Graphic Adventure takes a turn to the 3D world of nets and cardboard packaging. The first section of the video describes and demonstrates the construction of three different nets which are crucial in understanding the foundations of packaging and making up a good quality mock up. The final section showcases previous student work to demonstrate lateral thinking applied in a 3D context.
A word of warning: viewers may find some scenes upsetting, real life injures are contained within.
Here is a link to Twenty Thousand Hertz, as recommended by advertising tutor, Guy.
As Guy attests: 'Everything you need to know about sound design and effects - Essential listening.’
Enjoy.
First years have recently taken part in the one week (ish) photography project. As may be apparent, this year we travelled to Blackpool and spent the day photographing typography both old and new, cherished and forgotten, shiny and faded… The idea was for pairs of students to create a Blackpool A-Z between themselves, and then recreate a joke or catchphrase from the comedy carpet in their new font. A few examples of which are below.
Blackpool is a typographical treasure trove, and it is one of a few locations from which you can create a real sense of place. Truly, the type found here will exist nowhere else. There is a further extension to this project, as the tutors wish to tile the new re-imagined quotes together into a new version of the carpet. This is both in homage to the carpet as is, but also to the visual wonder of Blackpool and its type.
Here we feature a few of the design developments from our 2nd year graphics students who are currently producing a series of posters based on key Bauhaus practitioners. These will then form part of a limited edition box set/coffee table book.
Final crit tomorrow so we will post the finished articles soon after.
Building on last week’s post, here we share some more photography from Blackpool. The aim was simply to capture the essence and sense of the town.
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