FMP

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

First attempt at boards

FMP boards - prior final crit,

Questions at the moment
- should I include the proposed designs for the other books (bags, ebook and website design)

TO DO -
- include ebook for typographic poetry on boards
- replace screenshots with actual files
- improve roll packaging mock up
- reconsider yearbook boards

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

PHOTOGRAPHING

Packaging for the other books,

I prefer how the bags almost exactly relate to the bags, however I have altered a few of the designs to fit nicely with the format of the bag.

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for example, the layout of this design has been very slightly adjusted to fit with the paper bag. I don't want any of the design to fall on the other side, as the other side is filled with the full bleed logo. I also want the colours on the side to be solid and undisturbed.

Should the image be smaller on the bag? I feel it looks neater and works better with the books theme, small, black, simple imager. Key word being small.

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Monday, 21 May 2012

Book brief - in store design.. trying to improve

There is a poster that hangs up next to the area, it's the promotional poster I designed. However, I feel it doesn't suit this context as appropriately. I feel I need to design a simpler one.

Also the two birds clash a bit, taking away the specialness of the main bird on the right.

This poster still has the boldness of the colour and the type etc.. but the bird isn't on it, which I think helps to maintain the significance of the bird on the wall in the shop.

Trying out with a book shelf in the foreground to give the sense of content in the image.

Or I could just crop the image,

This looks a lot better.

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I think it looks dull...

The original images are quite orangey, so I didn't want to layer it with a further yellow fill colour to group it up. I changed the dark blue layer, to a more subtle grey blue,

I think it looks slightly warmer, but also looking more grouped together

making the Syntax CD covers,

Once I made the simple CD case, I needed to add the acetate. This was a slight problem when it came to folding the acetate, it was quite tough to fold.

The hard bit was adding the letters, I tried to make them look as straight as possible.

the covers as a set

Postcards for AHU exhibiton,

There will be posters and postcards sold at the exhibition:

I have designed the packaging for the posters, and the bags that the products will be sold in.

These are the two I am printing, the line theme that runs throughout

Similar to a standard post card with the line next to the address details, however it follows through the whole page.

website for book brief

Constructing a website that works with existing Waterstones.

ebooks!!!

I have added the element of my work onto the existing website, I feel this would be the realistic approach to the brief. However, I want to adapt the page slightly, so when you click on it, you can see the elements of design coming through slightly.

DECORATE.

I actually like the design when it's just blue background with a white object, I prefer it without the line going across. Seems to work more effectively, stands out more.

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Testing this design on other ebooks,