Presentation of interview

In my interview with Dan Everitt he said he has a modernist style but did not limit himself to it, because of this i decide that i would use a modernist style to present the interview.

I decided to use vertical columns to put the text in as this was very commonly modernist in style.

I found that putting the questions in red really helped them to stand out on the page. 

I then researched modernist style publications and came across this page design from a book.

I really liked the large G with the underline, i found that it was very modernist looking but also very sleek and clean. I then replicated this with the D from dan and placed his full name underneath. 

I found that this very very appropriate to the tone the design and was very bold of a statement for the front cover.

After using the bold red on the front cover and questions i decided to add two horizontal red stripes as the top and bottom to continue the red from the front and back covers. I could not use red behind the bulk text as it would limit the legibility of the text. 

Belfast Punk By Ricky Adam at the Village Leeds,

Belfast Punk is a book based upon The ‘Warzone Collective’ which began in 1984 in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland when a few local punks decided to consolidate their efforts and get their own venue, practice & social space. In 1986 the Collective opened its first premises in Belfast called ‘Giros’. It provided a vegetarian cafe, practice space, screen-printing facilities, etc. Over time the space soon became a focal point for anarchists, punks & other forward thinking individuals. Ricky took the Photography that featured in the publication between the years 1997-2003 in this location, in which he featured highlights of the book in the Village exhibition space. The photography was an interesting look at the youth of the past and their style and design methods and how it was a rebellion of the art and design movement of the period.

DR.ME shoulda’ Woulda’ Coulda’

The DR.ME shoulda’ Woulda’ Coulda’ exhibition at Colours May Vary as a part of the Leeds Print Festival was a great exhibition. The exhibition featured a variety of experimental prints curated by DR.ME, I decided to go visit their exhibition as I haven’t seen there work properly before, I had heard of there practice and saw it as a great opportunity to visit and see there work first hand as it was recommended to me by a friend. I found their work to be really interesting as they used collage in an exciting visual manor to create experimental yet refined pieces of design, college is not a media what I tend to use so it was interesting to see a range of work in that style. After going to this exhibition it made me want to experiment with college in my work and in DR.ME'S work it added a really nice dept to the work.

Article: Calvin Klein, New Logo

The above article about the change of the calvin klein logo really caught my attention. My first reaction to the change was very negative as the previous logo was classical and very recognisable as well as being representing the brand. But after further reconsideration i really like the new change, it still links back to the previous branding as it uses a san serif typeface similar to the old logo which makes it a smooth transaction to the not clean logo. The new logo say good bye to the CK and gives itself a grown up sophisticated full name.

Collective presentation

Above are the slides for mine and eve's collective presentation, unfortunately i was unable to present as i was absent that day. The presentation states the rolls and our intentions for this projects.