FMP nazi segregation

maps of the death camps drawn by guards & survivors from memory. All the original documents including maps were destroyed when the camps were shut down.

FMP nazi segregation

a mock up visual from my sketch book;

the guards at the concentration camps use to use the homosexual inmates as target practice, the pink triangle that they were made to wear was used for alignment.

pages from my research book -nazi segregation

FMP nazi segregation

So i have been up for the past 5 hours reading all about the rise of Hitler to try & gain some background knowledge of why he had such homophobic views along with well know fact of being a campaigner for antisemitism and so far i am only as far as him getting into full power around 1933 with the enabling bill that gave him dictational powers. Now i have never claimed to hold any knowledge of political battles past or present so this has been a reeducating experience for me, and if i am honest one i was scared to take on. When in talks with Clyde about my final major project i never thought it would take this direction and when this topic came up i admit i was initially not very keen to do a project that was based on such rooted and detailed facts based around political wars, but i have to now say that i am very pleased it has taken this route, i am questioning my knowledge as an individual and learning things that i have always wanted to shy away from through lack of knowledge. As an person and a graphic designer i should be learning about my surroundings, past and present, facing a few fears along the way.

Im finding this research aspect of my project fascinating, i am sat here reading about one of the most hated men of our times, one that i should initially feel hatred towards as a mark of respect for the treatment towards individuals of the same sexual orientation as myself, but as i sit here reading about his finely tuned plans of domination & his use of propaganda i cant but admire him as much as it cuts me up. For an individual to be so narrow minded, hateful & inhuman, he had the tactics of a genius & i can see how people fell for it.

I want to close my book & throw it across the room, but i just cant stop reading on.....

FMP Proposal

FMP Research

Was looking at a few government campaigns regarding selective issues that define people & came across the latest dementia campaign, i like the way that the message is delivered in a very real & honest way, kind of makes it feel very close to home.

Another piece i found interesting was on you tube, it was made as a kind of anti pigeon hole piece, its not that great but i like the concept of people making statements about themselves but these statements dont define who they are. I dont know how to upload video from you tube so its just a copy & paste link:\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsjOlsG9ZG4

record sleeve designs - covers

I didnt want to try & theme the covers to the type of music as i felt i didnt know enough about each style. So i kept the cover designs very style based, working with the circles created for the mock magazine & company ethos guide.