Message & Delivery: Research Crit

I presented my visual research and discussed the potential routes I could go down. Although the article is about the two members of Pussy Riot who are being sent to labour camps I think I want to focus more on the punk protest side of the story, with particular emphasis on the fact that it is feminist based.  I have also been looking into other Russian creatives//artists who have been persecuted by the state in some way for their art. There are a lot of cases of this in Russia and it is interesting that it is Pussy Riot that has been picked up by the world and its media so intensely. We discussed how social media has played such a big part in publicising the story - especially because Pussy Riot are an anonymous band a lot of their self-publication is done via Twitter. Another route to go down might be protest via social media. I think I need to further organise & categorise my research - there are so many potential strands to go down I need to decide which appeals the most to me and which I can gain the most interesting information from.

Blog Questions//5

Does my blog communicate my progress as a designer?

Blog Questions//4

Is my blog completely up to date and complete?

Blog Questions//3

Is the work on my blog relevant & appropriate?

Blog Questions//2

Is there a good quality of written content?

Blog Questions//1

Is my blog easy to navigate?

Alphabet Soup: Partner Typeface//Final Evaluation

Final A1 Typeface & Name Badge

At first I struggled with the brief as I felt that the typefaces I was testing weren't representative enough of Sarah. However after our final crit yesterday I feel really happy with the result of the brief. 

The typeface I created was based on Bebas in uppercase in reference to the style of typography used by Sarah's favourite designer, HelloVon. Although she placed an emphasis on liking bold design I felt that as a person she can come across as quiet and not overly loud, so I softened the type by taking away elements of it and curving the lines. I split the letterforms into two parts to show the contrasting sides to Sarah's personality - one thick bold side which comes through in her design and then the other linear because of HelloVon and her illustrative style of working. In the name badge I wanted to echo the design of the typeface and used more lines to link the letters together. I kept it monochromatic once again because thats how I think Sarah would like it.

Although she was unable to be in my crit I received positive feedback from the rest of the group. They liked the interacting//varying elements to it and the intricacies of the design. To develop the type further I could experiment working with lowercase letterforms.