Smile for London on the tube

Second trip to London to see Amy's winning animation playing on the underground, we decided to view it at Victoria station as this was on our way to the Saatchi Gallery.

Great to see the animation in the environment of the tube platform on the massive CBS screens they have, also great to see it alongside the animations from Airside and Aardman, the latter being particularly good.

Proud.

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3 Cubed Grid

Here's a close up of the grid for my 3 Cubed project. Using a condensed typeface to mimic the design of nutritional information on food packaging.

3 Cubed

These are the final pieces from my 3 Cubed project. We had to analyse a space and then produce a piece of work based on this analysis. I chose to analyze a kitchen, I spent 5 days analysing the use of objects and food and I then split this into food groups and food eaten off a plate, bowl, mug and glass over the 5 days.
I based the design on that of the grid and typeface of nutritional information on the back of food packaging, also using the headings you'd find on nutritional information like GDA and % of GDA.
I then printed these grids on the objects of a plate, bowl, glass and mug and then three grids on a piece of kitchen worktop. I then arranged the objects to form my own kitchen based on my analysis of it.

Next I would like to either make a book containing blank grids that other people can fill in, or set up a website where they can input their analysis and then I can produce a plate for them based on this.

Selleck Waterfall Sandwich

 

What could be better than the combination of Tom Selleck, a waterfall and a sandwich in one image. Well nothing, so check out this blog that only combines those three things over and over again.

http://selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com/

The Inside Light

These are from a project called 'Inside Light' which is a collaboration between Cinco and Chris Hornbecker. They photographed creative people who had to define their inspiration in one word, they then transformed the words into light boxes and then flashed so they would leave a reflection in the photos.
I really like the final photographs for this project, especially the first, which has 'thief' reflected in his eyes, its a really subtle inclusion of the text and fits with the overall look of the photo. I also think the concept is really good and makes the photos more interesting as the words reflected mean something, which is personal to those in the photos.
Also the flash website for the project is nicely designed, using a book format and illuminating the words reflected in the photos

You can see it here-- http://cincodesign.com/CO/TheInsideLight.html

Xerox Art- Doreen Lindsay

These are examples of Doreen Lindsay's Xerox Art.

These were achieved with a Xerox 6500, which has given them a really nice quality, as the colour isn't quite right and when you look closely you can see how the photocopier has built up the colour leaving blurred pixels of colour to make up the print. There is also a lot of tonal values in them, with really strong shadows to show the 3D quality of the heads and hands and gives a really effective texture on the fabric and hair.

Although these are static images they are still very lively due to the colours and grainy lines left by the photocopier.

You can see more of her work here-- http://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_work.html?languagePref=en&link_id=352&artist=Doreen+Lindsay&startRec=1&cnt=65&ord=asc

Xerox Art- Joan Jyons

These are two examples of Joan Lyons work, they are made from multiple transfers on large sheets of paper using a Haloid Xerox medium, which makes a carbon based image on paper.
I think these work really well, I especially like how they appear ghostly and faded. She has also achieve a double exposed effect and layered imagery on top of each other, making the images appear more photographic than photocopied. I also like how she has drawn onto the images as well, with the second one where she has scribbled a circle, which adds to the distressed look of the photocopy.
They have a slight movement to them, as they are not completely in focus and the woman in the first image looks as if she has been captured in the middle of a movement and the hands at the bottom of the image are really blurred and appear to be moving as the were captured.

You can see more here-- http://www.joanlyons.com/xerox.htm

Bryan Dalton- 'LAME'

This is by Bryan Dalton, an art director and graphic designer.
His work mainly consists of small sets made up of found objects, which he then photographs. I especially like this called 'Cool Kids'- I thin the use of 3D typography to spell out the word Lame is really effective-- turning the typography into an image. I like how he has staggered the letters within the space, giving the photo a depth and showing the 3D quality of the design. The inclusion of the triangles and the figure makes the type fit better within the space.

He has also made some pretty cool animated gif too.
See him here-- http://www.mistakethebeautiful.com/

Neglected Type Project

These are some of my initial photos for my current Typography project, Neglected Type.
I focused on signage, in particular signage which has been forgotten and is ripped away or deteriorating. These show the neglected theme very well as they have just been abandoned and not looked after.

I will be collecting all these photos in a book format as the finished product.

You can see more here-- http://www.flickr.com/photos/louiselawlor/

Effective Design, Urban Type Study

These are by Effective Design, from a project called Urban Type Study.
They link very well to my current typography project called Neglected Type, where we document neglected type in Lincoln and then catalog it in some way.
I particularly like these two photos as they have been forgotten and are faded and ripped away.

See more here-- http://www.effektivedesign.co.uk/project/urban-type-project/

Julien Breton

These are ridiculously amazing. They are by Julien Breton, he created these using light and long time exposure photography. The result is great, he is also a very skilled calligrapher (which comes across) I really like how he has got the change of weight of the light, making it look like hand written calligraphy.

Here he is-- http://kaalam.free.fr/eng/index.html