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Submission Form & Evaluation & Design Context in PDF format

Submission Form

Design Context Publication

Evaluation Form

Photographing all of my Products

Today all of my FMP work was photographed by Lauren Danks (a second year photography student). Here is a selection of photographs we took together. I love the lighting we had, they look great on my boards.

Hunter Gathers Books

Drugs: The Patterns

Cover Progression

Notebook Colour Options

The Final Diary, Final Book Cover and Final Notebook

I'm happy with the publication that I have designed... but the print quality is rubbish! I used James 130 gsm stock he uses for books, but the ink has transfered onto the next page. Also the front covers are completely the wrong colour turning out pastel... NOT BRIGHT. I will print again for the end of year show and my portfolio.... but I have no time to print again for tomorrows photographs.

Drugs publication

First Printed Publication

Printed off my publication in uni and it just didn't look right. 

The point size of the body copy and headers was too big. I've reduced it to 8.5pt on 12pt tracking for body copy and 11pt on 12pt fo headers.

I also need to make the inside and outside margins a lot bigger. 

There is too much information on each page, with conflicting hierarchy. I need to have less risk boxes, and defiantly more white space. 

Final Drugs Publication
Printed it out.

Final Alterations
The Printed Article.... Final, The End

DRUGS

Lets begin ...

Final Crit

Today was the final Crit.

After feeling not too bad about it last night. I went to bed and woke up at 10:30. The crit started at 9:30. For the past two months I've had really bad eczema and now I can't sleep because of it. 

So I had no feedback for the crit, but it helped being around peoples work and seeing where everyone else is up to. A few people have told me they like my Design Context book which is nice. I now know exactly what I have to do. It is a lot but I think I will get through it all. So here is another list:

Brief 1: type posters PACKAGE

Brief 2: Print letterheads and cv. Make textile sample PACKAGE

Brief 3: Event, Posters, Tickets

Brief 4: START

Brief 5: Help Chris tomorrow mock - up a book and print the poster

Brief 6: Print Posters and Postcards

Brief 7: FINISHED

So brief 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 and nearly finished. I will have everything finished (and printed) for Monday at the VERY VERY latest.

So that from Monday (maybe before) onwards I can start and complete Brief 4 (DRUGS) and finalise Brief 3. 

I have a photography student  photographing my final work on Thursday the 23rd. 6 days before deadline. Which gives me a lot of time to finish of my boards, and my PPD: portfolio and branding.

So much to do. But I think it is do-able.

The Crit with Fred

This went surprisingly well.
Basically.... 
Brief 1 (Séarlait) expand so it is two: branding & full typeface use.
Brief 3 - Hunter Gatherer, make full use of illustrations and use colour.
Brief 2 (Hannah), Brief 5 (Fashion Yearbook) and Brief 7 (Mosses Centre) Finish them for next week making sure when Inhand in they look consistently branded in a pack.
Brief 4 - DRUGS use colour. Going to make this a significant brief
Brief 6 - Context could be posters..... but I want to make a book. 

Finish Brief 1, 2, 5, 7 for next week, so I can focus on Brief 3, 4 and 6

Planning some more.

With less than 2 months left... 7 weeks to be near exact.
It makes me want to cry.... so I made a list of everything I have to do. 
Whilst working at home over Easter I managed to put together all of my final boards. So to do a short summary I have to photography Séarlait's and Hannah's branding (Brief 1 & 2)... then that is finished. I have submitted The Mosses Centre (Brief 7)
I am working with Chris Van, Cherry and Kirsty F on the Fashion yearbook which has now been scrapped to the 2nd choice. We are all working on poster designs and will have the final content on the 15th of April. (Brief 5)
So that leaves:
Hunter Gathers (Brief 3),
ISTD Books Still? DRUGS (Brief 4)
and Design Context (Brief 6).

I am creating the smaller guide today for Brief 3. I will print it this week and continue to gather all the content and design for the full publication. In this is need to create a mock up exhibition. Creating posters that focus on a certain group / person who survives somewhere in the world.

For DC (Brief 6) I am defining my final studio choices. I hope to get some answers to my questionnaires back asap.

Drugs Content

THE RANGE

Working out the content for this publication that will be carried across into educational products that will help publicise the content and advertise the print solution to drug myths and stigmas.
The Website about ALL DRUGS
BBC Bitesize
Content taken from the website Erowid:
Alcohol,
Amanitas, Psychoactive (Shrooms),
Ayahasca, Brew
Cacti, Psychoactive
Caffeine
Cannabis
Cocaine
Datura (Plant)
DMT (visual psychedelic)
DXM (cough suppressant, medicine)
GHB (Sedative)
Heroin
Ibogaine (roots)
Inhalants (Solvents)
Ketamine
LSD / Acid
MDMA Ecstasy
Methamphetamine (METH)
Morning Glory
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Nitrous Oxide
Opiates / Opioids
Oxycodone
Peyote
Salvia Divinorum
Tabacco
Zolpiedem
2C-B (2CB)
5 MeO DMT
Big Chart Index
Plants & Fungi
Psychoactive Chemicals
Medicines / Herbs
Smarts (Said to have positive effects)
Animals
Quotes on Drugs
Slang

Content breakdown:
Introduction
Depressant: Slows down brain activity
Hallucinogen: Alters what we hear and see
Painkiller: Blocks nerves and impulses
Performance Enhancer: Improves muscle development
Stimulent: Increases brain activity

Talk to Frank

Depressant: Cannabis, GHB, Inhalants, Heroin, Morphine, Codeine, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Pethidine, Dilaudid, Kapanol, MS Contin
Alcohol
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Cannabis
Tranquillisers
Mephedrone - M-CAT
Heroin

Hallucinogen: LSD, Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybin), PCP (Phencyclidine), Ketamine, Mescaline
LSD
Magic Mushrooms
Ketamine
Salvia
Mescaline
Methoxetamine (fake ket)
2C

Stimulent: Speed, Cocaine (powder & crack), Ecstasy (MDMA), Methamphetamine, Amphetamines, (Crystal) 
Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Dexamphetamine, Phentermine, Paramethoxyamphetamine, Nicotine.
Piperazines
Speed
Aerosols, Glues and Gasses
Amphetamine / Speed
Nitrate / Poppers
APB
Tobacco
Ecstasy
Cocaine
PMA
Methamphetamine (METH)
2-DPMP
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)
Mephedrone
Naphyrone NRG-1
Gabapentin
GBH
Cathinones
PMA / paramethoxymethyamphetamine
Khat
Tramadol

Unknown
Anabolic Steroids
Legal Highs
Phenazepam
Nitrous-oxide
Codeine
Gabapentin
Pregabalin
Poppers


Within this I will include current laws: Class A, B and C
Class A: 
Procession: Up-to 7 years in prison, unlimited fine
Dealing: Up-to life in prison, unlimited fine
Class B: 
Procession: Up-to 5 years in prison, unlimited fine
Dealing: Up-to 14 years in prison, unlimited fine
Class C: 
Procession: Up-to 2 years in prison, unlimited fine
Dealing: Up-to 14 years in prison, unlimited fine

What I need to Finish

Today I have designed all of my final boards for submission... very early, but now I know exactly what I have to do, and what I need to photograph. I have nearly finished both Séarlait's and Hannah's Branding brief.
For Séarlait's:
I have to Print her Portfolio and letterheads, Cv and Compliment Slip and Sticker more tools, lazer cut pencils and photograph all of the final products.

For Hannah: 
I have to make her website on cargo, order moo cards, create her mail out, print everything and photograph. This has to wait on her creating her FMP patterns. So as of now I cannot do anything.

Design Context: 
I need to email my questionnaire to all of the other studios I did not mail. 
I need to gather all of my content... but I want to wait until I hopefully get responses.

Hunter Gatherers:
Get all the content soon! Know what bind I will use. Start to draw / sketch images for the publication
Gather the content for the survival guide. 

ISTD: 
Gather Content.
Think about the publication layout.

Fashion Yearbook:
It's still up in the air if we will actually do the yearbook. It's looking like we may drop the whole brief. 

A lovely long list ...

21st February Crit

Feeling pretty positive

Not being big headed, but I think compared to a lot of people in the group I had a good amount of work to show and the most annoying thing about these sort of situations are that I have so much more background work... I have all of my stock ordered... I just need to carry on making. 

I didn't really get any feedback that helped me, or told me something that I didn't know. So a pretty pointless crit... but at least I have done work.

Things to do today

Brief 1: Séaralit McCrea

Print out Typeface

Mock up mail outs

Create a mini portfolio fo Séarlait (vector of design outcomes)

Mock up Business card

Mock up Apron & Tools

Brief 2: Hannah Rampley

Pineapple patterns (Stationary)

letterhead, compliment slip, cv

Self promo (mail-out and fabric in a envelope)

Brief 3: Hunter Gatherers

Information & Format

Hunger Gatherers from around the world.

A survival guild for the UK

Survival Kit

Brief 4: Books Still? Drugs

Information & Format

Brain Storming Typefaces and layout

Brief 5: Fashion Yearbook

Meeting today

Brief 6: Content

Gathering info, Info-graphic

Brief 7: Mosses Centre

Brand and Identity

Different groups (rooms)

Café

Annual Report

Additional Brief 1: Fashion Show Pitch (Done)

Additional Brief 2: Yearbook Pitch (Done)

Additional Brief 3: ECLECTIC Album Cover

Sent of Image artwork, tbc about print specs

Additional Brief 4: Sam Jones

Printing a booklet / book or duplex poster of her Interdisciplinary FMP

Additional Brief 5: Fearless

Competition Brief by Taxi (Bristol Studio) to win a 4 week placement

12th February CritL: Andy Lodge

Feedback
I need to keep sending off to lots of stock companies to get a lot of free samples. So I have examples for clients and as reference. Order Fedrigoni. and Garnett based in Otley.
Geometry of Pasta interesting iconography.
Hannah Logo needs to be more consistent, I need to make the pineapple less sharp edged or make the type more sharp to make them fit better together. Push the material promotion.
Séarlait... get the type together. do examples for this week on how it can be applied.... make business cards. Get promotion together.
It's a case of gathering content for Brief 3&4. And creating a identity and style. In brief 3 I need to start categorising content and get the publication layout sorted.
Brief 4 I need to get content and know what I am going to make. Info-graphics. Find a lot of facts. 
Brief 5 we are waiting to meet the fashion team.... I feel this will take a while.
Brief 6 I need to contact people.
Brief 7 (The Mosses Centre) - Andy said I should layout the brief and know what I should do and leave the major designing till later when I have the other briefs underway.
Additional Brief 3: Geordan ECLECTIC, basically just do designing as it comes along.

Drugs.

Still gathering information
Dividing the information into categories of drugs.

Statement of Intent

Statement of Intent
I have defined all of my briefs and know exactly what I want to create for my FMP.

Books Still?

Deciding on the Content
The ISTD Books Still Brief I knew I wanted to do all along. So after speaking to Fred I am going to see what content I think I should include, the concept / audience and start to gather this information.

15th January FMP Crit

All Briefs Up to Date

Influence for the Crit