Disclaimer: Before I begin, let me just say that this post will be very "London-y" and photo-heavy. Over spring break last week I had the opportunity to travel to one of my favorite cities with one of my best friends and I just don't think it is possible to get it out of my head, or my blog. So, with that being said, I would like you to read this entire blog with a British accent. Cheers!
CRITIQUE
This past week I worked on.......(not much). I sketched a few things while on one of my plane rides for Storage.com, but nothing too wonderful. I spent the week in glorious Londontown, took roughly 300 pictures (something to look forward to later in the blog), and enjoyed my week away from having a class schedule and assignments.
While I was on break however, my cover for the Nicotine issue was published! I am very happy to share that with you! Overall I am extremely happy with how it turned out. I love that it ended up being a full bleed as well instead of having a border. I also love the typography (thank you Meredith for your help with this!) I really wanted this cover to be all about the power of the image. It is dramatic, bold and gives a different view of the smoking ban. Here it is!
The only other thing I have been working immensely on since I have been back from my trip is my website. It still needs very very much work, but I am happy to at least feel like I am learning the programs. Stay tuned!
This week I will be designing covers for the 4/16 issue of VOX (either an Earth Day issue or a School Safety issue). Again, stay tuned!
RESPONSE (are you still reading this in a British accent? If not, please resume using one).
London is....
A) Alluring
B) Inspiring
C) Full of life and surprises
D) Utterly Amazingly Wonderfultabulous (I had to make up a word just to describe it)
E) All of the above
I hope you chose E! Here are some of my favorite pictures from my spring break trip:
The London Eye (with London birdies)
Big Ben
Tower Bridge through a window in the Tower of London (click on to look...they are much better without being placed on a black background)
I hope to be these people one day
The Tate Modern museum. 1st two images are of an exhibit taking up half of the first level of the museum and the last is a giant timeline of artists and designers according to era.
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The Prime Meridian (being in 2 hemispheres at once!)
Looking through windows again (can you tell I like doing this?) Here's China Town!
Abbey Road (Left: Katie signing the wall. Middle: my contribution. Right: self-explanatory)
Rose gardens in Hyde Park (not quite blossomed unfortunately) Can I go back? Pretty please?
Even though I was not actually designing last week, the wheels in my head were still turning design-wise (I don't think that function can ever be turned off). It was the perfect refresher before I finish up my last semester. (rhyme?)
Even though I was not actually designing last week, the wheels in my head were still turning design-wise (I don't think that function can ever be turned off). It was the perfect refresher before I finish up my last semester. (rhyme?)
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There was a design auction in London....and I missed it!!
I thought this was a pretty clever piece:
Also, Jan Van Toorn spoke about making a design declaration.
Who is Jan Van Toorn?
(Jan van Toorn has been a graphic and exhibition designer since 1957. The emotional charge of van Toorn's designs stems from his interest in investigating visual meaning and the social role of the profession as opposed to purely practical requirements. His radical teaching and practice were highly influential on the younger generation of Dutch designers. He taught graphic design and visual communication for many years at various academies and universities in The Netherlands and abroad. From 1991 until 1998 he was director of the Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht, transforming it into an international postgraduate center for fine art, design and theory. Since 1989 he has taught in the MA program of Rhode Island School of Design, Providence USA.) -http://design.concordia.ca/declaration/participants.htm#Toorn
Some of his statements referred to designers needing to make sure there is content behind their designs; that their designs go beyond just "looking good" (DUH). He calls this a very "journalistic way of thinking." He also thinks that design should "contribute to a better world."
"For Van Toorn the way a project communicates is critical: ‘How democratic is it? The more commercial the world . . . the more designers accommodated it and design became stereotyped and abstract. In Holland today the form is wonderful . . . but when we come to the content and meaning then we have a lot of questions."
Did I mention that this took place in London's Mermaid Theatre? Ironic, yes?
END LETTER:
Cheers!
Have a great day
~Christy
There was a design auction in London....and I missed it!!
I thought this was a pretty clever piece:
Also, Jan Van Toorn spoke about making a design declaration.
Who is Jan Van Toorn?
(Jan van Toorn has been a graphic and exhibition designer since 1957. The emotional charge of van Toorn's designs stems from his interest in investigating visual meaning and the social role of the profession as opposed to purely practical requirements. His radical teaching and practice were highly influential on the younger generation of Dutch designers. He taught graphic design and visual communication for many years at various academies and universities in The Netherlands and abroad. From 1991 until 1998 he was director of the Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht, transforming it into an international postgraduate center for fine art, design and theory. Since 1989 he has taught in the MA program of Rhode Island School of Design, Providence USA.) -http://design.concordia.ca/declaration/participants.htm#Toorn
Some of his statements referred to designers needing to make sure there is content behind their designs; that their designs go beyond just "looking good" (DUH). He calls this a very "journalistic way of thinking." He also thinks that design should "contribute to a better world."
"For Van Toorn the way a project communicates is critical: ‘How democratic is it? The more commercial the world . . . the more designers accommodated it and design became stereotyped and abstract. In Holland today the form is wonderful . . . but when we come to the content and meaning then we have a lot of questions."
Did I mention that this took place in London's Mermaid Theatre? Ironic, yes?
END LETTER:
Cheers!
Have a great day
~Christy
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great photos christy! i like your preference for peering through windows. i am glad you got to go back!
ReplyDeleteI am very much in love with my memories of London, so thanks for taking me back. What an inspiring city! You are so lucky that you got a week to be both refreshed and inspired!
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