CTS1 - Visualizing Words with fonts

Today we were told to cut 10 (10x10) squares from a large piece of A2 paper, we had know idea what this was for until Amber explained to us that we would be doing a series of 10 5 minute exercises. Within these exercises Amber would call out specific words and using the 10 sheets of paper with a range of 'A's in fonts and different sizes we had to show our interpretation of that word. I found this exercise hard to begin with but once i got into it the ideas came faster, what i quickly sussed out was that the simpler the image the easier it would be to understand and translate on paper.

Once the task was done we switched tables and we had to put them in order, i was very happy because i scored 8 out 10 for my images relating to the words.

Below are the images that I created for each word, underneath each image is the word.

Closed.

Horizontal.

Link.

Positive.

Above.

Form.

Difference.
Space.
Loop.
Finish.

How To... - Pictures of final pieces

These are the collection of images of the Final pieces we assembled for our how to brief.

Images in situation

How To... OUGD1 - Thursday/Friday

The last few days of getting the project together.

Thursday:

Chris and I in the morning before lunch we collected our research for the flyers that we had done and created our version. We both had a lot of versions of the flyer which we documented in the sketch books. We also got together with Ross and looked at what he'd done with his poster. We agreed that it would be better to

get our flyer to match the poster as a set. So we gave it to Ross to add his touches.

Also Chris and I went and collected the items needed to finish the box eg, the scissors, earplugs etc.

1PM

Once we had completed the flyer and settled on the final design we set abut sorting out the T-Shirt originally the idea was to spray paint it as I didn't know how to use a print and transfer. However once we got together we all sat down and discussed it in the crit we decided to try the print way, as this would give a crisper image and

a more professional edge. So I ha my first chance to us the digital print room and the heat press. Everyone agreed with me in using the boom box cut the noise T-Shirt i designed.

(example of T-shirt)

In the digital print room we printed it off then went to the large printing rooms where i could then use the heat press. I got the opportunity to do the printing by myself which was great because on a whole it was very simple and i have learn't a new technique.

By the end of thursday everything that had been assigned to Chris and I had been completed which meant coming to Friday we could help everyone else put the box together.

Friday:

Friday was the day of the presentation and was a fairly simple day. Everything was done and therefore all we had to do was collect the stuff and put it all together. We had to attach the handle and put the labels on top of the packaging.

How to... - Work sheets

Here are some examples of the work sheets that i put together for the final designs. The sheets show the initial ideas that i came up with as well as layouts for the flyer etc.

How To... OUGD1 - Market Research

Chris and I developed some questions that we asked our fellow class mates and student friends, to understand what people might think of our overall product. Below are the list of questions and answers that we collected:

Q1. Do you find loud music annoying, specifically when trying to sleep?

Answer: Yes: 95% No: 5%

Q2. What would you consider to be the most annoying genre of loudly played music?

Answer: Dance, Heavy metal, Niche/Happy Hardcore, Heavy bass/Drum and bass/ Dubstep, Cheesy pop/dance, Reverberation/Anything.

Q3. What would be your method of reacting to loud music being constantly played?

Answer: Politely tell them to shut up

Lie in bed and try to get some sleep

Complain to them or complain to landlord

Get revenge/retaliate with your own music

Stamp on floor

Put news/television on really loud

Q4. What coping methods would you use to deal with loud music?

Answer: Ear Plugs

Sleeping pills/Herbal drugs

Get drunk

Pillow over ears

Play iPod/MP3

Q5. On arrival at your student halls/accommodation you find a welcome pack in your room with various forms of advertising to promote awareness of loud music and the possible methods of coping i.e. ear plugs. Do you think this would be beneficial in the prevention of excessively loud music playing?

Answer: Yes: 84% No: 16%

This survey was based on a target group of 75 18-25 year olds with either percentages or the most common answers recorded.

How To...OUGD1

These are a collection of images that we took to illustrate our project and final pieces.

T-Shirt In Environment

Our Work Together

How To... Images of working

How To...

This week we were split into groups of 6 and given a 'How to..' brief, which consisted of questions that would surround how to survive being a student. In this case we got given ' How to sleep when your neighbors are playing loud music'.

Originally we all sat around and began to discuss the idea with one another bouncing ideas off each other, i then decided the best thing to do would be to collect these ideas into some sort of structure so i wrote them all down. We then decided to sit separately for 20 minutes and come up with 10 separate ideas to give us a wide variety. The list below are mine:

1. Poster with things to use to block the sound eg, get a pillow to cover your ears, cotton wool to stuff in your ears.

2. Budget noise stoppers

3. The does and don'ts - peer pressure of asking people to turn it down - looking 'uncool'

4. Ideas of keeping your flat mate up - Illustrations of someone lying in bed with speakers surrounding them

4. Door image with music blasting around it with a mute button on the side

5. Speakers as the halls of residents with one room in between

6. Nursery rhyme - Silence in the court yard, silence in the street etc

7. A list of relaxation techniques

8. A pop up portable tent for when it gets too much

9. A welcome box idea which has things inside to help you sleep

10. Noise images with a silhouette of someone tired and trying to sleep

Once we reconvened we decided that the best idea was the Welcome box as Steph also came up with a similar idea/same idea. This meant we could each put something towards the project but it all work on a whole.

A to Z of Me

Over the summer we were given a project to create a personalized A to Z of ourselves. I found this project quite tricky, some letters were a lot easier then others. For example i really like the letter 'T' because i am a huge fan of Tattoo art, whereas the letter 'U' was a lot harder because i wasn't sure what to use, i settled on 'Unusual' and got a collection of unusual signs. I feel 'U' was the weakest one.

However on a whole i did really enjoy doing the project as i found out more about myself, and i did quite a bit of experimenting with Illustrator and Photoshop.

Below shows some examples of my work: