The fat lady has well & truly sang!

Pictures from my years FMP show @ the FEED studio

Envelope design

To contain my handout/business cards I wanted to create something a little different so went about the task of making hand made envelopes. Using a technique I picked up in fine art during the first year, I used a combination of wet inks and hand typed text.

yet another redsign/think....

Once I transported my large pictures to the FEED studio I was aware of the large border inside the frame, that at first wasn't an issue to me but in the lighting of the studio & against my other pieces it appeared to be more of a cream inlay rather than white. To rectify this problem I removed the pictures to take back home and paint the inlays either White or Black. As the images show I went for black as once again I felt that this work better within my whole united project style & presentation.

Hand out/Business card rethink

After designing my hand out which contained all the pages from my book I felt that alongside my project it was a week design, even after hours of giggling & trying alternative approaches I decided that the format & delivery did not fit the clean cut, Swiss inspired deign that I was wanting from my overall project.

This is my revised handout/business card which is a scaled down version of one of my main pictures. The sleek design works better alongside my project and reflects the feel and look I was aiming for. I chose to produce these as long strips rather than the standard business card size as it resembles a book mark, which fits with my final piece being in book format.

Blurb Book redesign

So after the issue with the front cover I decided to reorder two new soft cover books with the new revised front cover that I preferred. This was a chance to do a little giggling about inside also, as doing a design on screen is actually a lot different to actually seeing it printed in a book in front of you. I altered a few pages that I feel were a little week such as the intro page, also reducing the size of the time codes on each page as I felt these were a little bold & brash in printed form. The book has a much better feel to it & a stronger form of consistency now.

grrrr printers! again!

Had some issues regarding my book publication. After weeks of altering, checking and double checking my designs for my book it has arrived with a issue with the cover. All the attention payed to the inside regarding 'trim' guidelines from the company that produces the book was forgotten about the cover layout, as there was no trim marks to work to I presumed that the page was full bleed, only for it to turn up with the design slightly cut off on one side!..... but every cloud has a silver lining as they say, & I was luckily enough to order on hard back copy which comes with a dust cover, which I have been able to re-design & independently print, and it turns out I prefer the new design, so all is good..... well nearly :) here is the design I had printed to cover the one that went wrong.

grrrr printers!

Have had several issues with the printers, some problems being my fault most being theres. But have finally got some prints sorted, here is one of my framed pictures, these were going to be hanging banners but thought a sleek black frame would work better.

final designs for my hanging banners to accompany my displayed book.

Final Show - Display Case

Some pics from building my display cabinet at Sutton Design Centre. The finished piece will consist of a perspex case sitting on a simple sleek base.

Hand out media

Was looking at creating a funky hand out card that will show all the pages of my book, I didnt want to create a large format poster with them on, the point of the book was to make it small & personal. I looked at different options of displaying the pages along the theme of a time line which tied in with my kodak coding.

Drop Posters

Designs for drop posters to hang near the displayed book, these will be printed as on design onto AO then cut in half to create long vertical drop posters. I will also be producing a stack of long flyer type hand out cards with the pages printed on & my contact details. Pictures of that to follow....

Final double page spreads for my book, have worked to keep them all consistent, they may look pretty straight forward but a lot of hours have gone into getting them just right. I wanted a up to date way of presenting information from the past, Adam did comment that it was a bit 'apple-like' but then thats the current trend & I am producing a book for now, not trying to break the next great art movement! I think the mix of the facts along with a small selection of imagery & then presented in a Swiss style works well.

Book Spreads

Display Cabinet layouts

rough layout design for my display cabinet.

display cabinet...

Started work on my display cabinet to house my book. The idea is to create a clear book on a stand in the style of how jewellery cases are. This would have a slightly lowered floor so from a distance it would look like a large empty case, as the viewer gets closer the contents is revealed. The book is incased across the floor with barb wire (yes Adam, barb wire, Im going to at least try it) as reference to the cells that were lined with barb wire floors to stop inmates being able to sleep as a form of mental torture. This will also create a strong contrast between the book & the bard wire, creating impact. Pictures coming soon!!!

Making the time code work

As I didnt want to use standard page folios to number my spreads I decided to bring my kodak film code time line in on each page to create a numbering system, along with a large format poster, the viewer would have to interact with the book to try & figure out the coding system. I created a few poster/banner idea to support my book.

Book page tests...

Starting to piece together the pages of my book.

Typewriter tests

These are the hand typed text elements that i will use in my book alongside the imagery.

Typewriter tests

FMP double page test spreads

A few more test pages, these are first mock ups & I have already made changes to many. These still need to be treated with the hand typed text from the typewriter.

Typewriter tests

Due to the nature of the subject I wanted to use a traditional way of creating & presenting the information. I managed to get hold of an old typewriter, which has been sat in my folks attic for many, many, many years. These are a few test pages while I try & figure out what I want to do with it.

FMP