Fernando

My first ever record! Purely for the song Fernando as I have named my record player Fernando as a homage.

I will be soon have many more to add to this awesome collection.

Summer Reading

My summer reading list; The Rules of Attraction, re-read American Psycho, The Day of the Triffids, re-read Lolita, Orlando, In Cold Blood, Naked Lunch, Slaughterhouse 5 and Thank You for Smoking.

So far.

Birthday

Hello 21st birthday present.

Interactive Design Sync Show

And here's a small video of the making of filmed by Jamie Gregson:


Went to the Interactive Design final year show on the 4th June, it was really amazing! They had an interactive turntable piece were you moved small circle shaped markers to change how a music piece sounded, as well as everyones work on an interactive website and another piece called 'Circuit Breakers'. It was a really great night and definately something to attempt to match next year!

D.I.Y Screen Printing

This is mine and Amy's first attempt at screen printing. We made the screen using a cheap photo frame and a mesh fabric stapled over it and then covered each side with the emulsion and exposed the image onto it using the sun (which took several attempts to get the timing right)
For a first attempt I think it was a great success, needs more work to get the timing just right, also the material we used was a little too thin so it let ink through even with the emulsion on it.

Stay tuned for the 2nd attempt!

Bank of One Hundred

Final Prints.
Heres my final note designs for my 100 project based around the idea of how the value of £100 has changed from 1910 to now and how it will change again in 2110. I printed as wad of 50 notes for each and printed 3 cover notes using gold silver and bronze foil transfer.

Break Your Socks!

Went to a fun little night on Thursday organized by Johnathan Robertson and a few other 3rd years to raise money for the Interactive Design final show. They had live screen printing, illustration and a few audio visual presentations including a great light piece by Mike Tierney which you can see properly here: http://www.vimeo.com/11384068

Here are a few photos from the event

I also bought this screen-printed poster, dinosaurs rule.

New Books

Picked up these yesterday, "V&A Pattern Digital Pioneers" and "The Encyclopaedia of Typefaces" It's pretty great having a book that lists every typeface I just wish I could own them all. The Digital Pioneers book has a lot of inspiration in and the patterns created are really intricate and interesting AND it comes with a CD containing all of the images, can't really ask for any more.

Bank of One Hundred New Notes

Here's the next two banknote designs for my 100 project.

The first is the 2010 version, I based it around the idea of the internet and design styles of now, I used the grid system as the background pattern and then a binary pattern and a depiction of the internet as the imagery.

The second note is the 2110 version, I based this around the idea of future technologies. I was influenced by code languages for the design, using the typeface used in Actionscript for the main note design. Then I built up code languages to form the image of a carbon nanotube used in nanotechnology, which is cutting edge technology.

Bank of One Hundred

An update of my 100 project, I've developed my idea to make each note show the year in which the value is based. For this, the 1910 version I decided to go with the imagery of a car, as this was revolutionised transportation around this time. Im then planning on having the 2010 note's imagery based on the internet and the progress of communication and the 2110 note's imagery based more on the further advancement of technology, maybe nanotechnology, using abstract imagery and adding technology onto the note itself.

Lots to do basically.