Design Museum

Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World

The Fear and Love exhibition features 11 different installations by inventive designers working in the industry today.

The Fear and Love exhibition is explores modern issues such as online dating, robots, fashion and Brexit.

Ma Ke Presents The Earth
Ma Ke is a Chinese fashion designer. Her ongoing project Wuyong or 'Useless' is about having a strong connection to to the land and the rural traditions of China. She rejects consumerism and fast fashion and treats her clothing as a form of art and ethical expression. It is about coexisting with nature and helping fight poverty in areas in China where they lead happy lives without the things we expect as essentials in life. She is trying to inspire others to live a more sustainable life.

Andres Jaque presents Intimate Strangers

Andres Jaque is based in New York and Madrid. He explores how people in modern society interact with one another and how behaviours are changing. He has focused his work on dating apps using audio-visual installation featuring a series of tales about how our pursuit of sex and love through social media is changing the way we view the city, our bodies and our identity.

Neri Oxman and Stratasys present Vespers

Neri Oxman is a architect, designer and professor at MIT in Boston. She has created a series of death masks that are called Vespers. She had created these masks with the Material Matter Group and the Vespers are created using high-quality printing with a 3D printing company Stratasys. The inspiration of the masks are of ancient ritual objects which are traditionally made using wax or plaster and state-of-the-art technology. She is questions how wearable technology may transform us at the end of our lives. She has made a mask for the singer/songwriter Björk.

Madeline Gannon presents Mimus

Madeline Gannon is a multidisciplinary designer based in Pittsburg. She had created Mimus, an industrial robot that has no eyes yet senses your presence and is intrigued and follows people around but will shut itself off when it gets bored. Gannon, with support from Autodesk, shows that despite our fears and surrounding robotics, we have the power to foster empathy and companionship between humans and machine.

Christien Meindertsma presents Fibre Market

Christien Meindertsma is a Dutch designer that focuses on the Fibre Market and explores the potentials of textile recycling. She has noted that there is almost no culture in textile recycling so she has shown this by collecting 1,000 discarded pollens and turned them into fibres to use as a colourful exhibition. 

Hussein Chalayan presents Room Tone

Hussein Chalayan is a UK based fashion designer that has produced a series of wearable devices that allow detect your emotions in the outside world. It addresses the idea of repressed emotions, and explores everyday emotions and anxieties from the fear of terrorism, sexual desire connected to city-living.

OMA/AMO presents The Pan-European Living Room

OMA, the architecture practice founded by Rem Koolhaas, presents The Pan-European Living Room. In light to the recent Brexit vote, the 28 EU members are shown as the vertical blinds in the form of the OMA-designed barcode flag for the EU. in the domestic interior that has been shaped by an ideal of European cooperation and trade.

Designer Maker User

The exhibition presents the development of modern design through the three interconnected roles - Designer, Maker and User.

The exhibition presents almost 1000 items of twentieth and twenty-first century design. The exhibition features architecture and engineering, the digital world, fashion and graphics. The displays are designed by Studio Myerscough and Studio Kin.

Industry Professionals

The type of design I would like to do in my own practise is packaging and print therefore have listed creatives to contact for my Creative Report.

Rifle Paper Co.
https://riflepaperco.com

Jessica Williams
jessicawilliamsdesign.com

Communal Creative
http://communalcreative.co

CR Designs
www.cr-designs.co.uk

Sarah Throne
http://www.sarahthorne.co.uk/index.html

Triangle Studio
http://www.triangle-studio.co.kr

Anagramas Studio
http://www.anagrama.com

Foiling and Embossing Workshop

Embossing stages 

1. Submerge paper stock in water for up to one minute depending on paper weight 
2. Place between blotting paper to remove excess water
3. Use a rolling pin over the blotting paper to make sure most of the water is removed
4. Etching press
5. Tissue paper base layer 
6. Place materials on base layer in desired composition
7. Stock paper goes down over the top of the materials 
8. More tissue paper on top 
9. Use two hands when using the press
10. Holt the wheel

Don't put thick wood. No metals should be used as it may tear the blanket. Always check before using hard materials. Laser cut shapes work really well with embossing. Tissue paper between all elements as to not transfer char marks.

The difference between embossing and debossing is that embossing is raised and debossing is imprinted.

Foiling 

1. Print a design onto a piece of paper either by using a laser printer with the design printed in black or using texiflock which is an adhesive glue. Texiflock can be printed onto paper stock by using a textile screen to screen print.
2. Choose a foil colour design
3. Place the matte side of the foil on top of either the laser print or texiflock design and place between tissue paper and grey board. 
4. Put into press and use both hands to press down. Wait 10 seconds for design or until it makes a noise
5. Use both hands again to pull the press up and swivel the press away from the design so the final design can be picked up.

Having never done either embossing or foiling, this will massively help and influence my practise as it allows me to broaden my horizons in my designs and further my knowledge. 

Glug Leeds

Glug is a creative networking space where designers/design studios and design students meet and give a talk about the industry and their practice. Glug started in 2007 in London and has gradually gone international with events in 13 cities where they meet local designers/design studios and inspiring designers of that city.

Intern Magazine - Alec Dudson
Intern is an independant print publication magazine that is published bi-anually. The magazine is for creative designers and is sold all around the world.

She Does Digital - Annie Moss 

She Does Digital was founded by Annie Moss-Quate, she has a team of female designers that set out to inspire and educate more women to be part of the digital design industry as it pronominally male orientated. 

Creative Life/Architects of Paradise - Matt Essam
Matt Essam is the founder of Creative Life which encourages creative people to develop in the industry they love and have a career by doing it. He is also the co-founder of Architects of Paradise which is a record label that mainly focuses on electronic music.

                                                            


Only Studio - Matthew & Daniel Tweedle
Only was founded by two brothers - Matthew and Daniel Tweedle. They specialise in digital design, branding and user experience.

Chris Kenworthy

Chris is a freelance photographer and copywriter. He has his own book published called 'The Human Freelancer'.

Responding to a brief - Yahoo! - Make Yahoo! The World's Most Popular Homepage

In a group of 4, we had to discuss how we were going to respond to the brief with having 2 ideas. The brief is to increase Yahoo!'s popularity and make it more appealing so that more people from the ages of 13-18 will access Yahoo!'s new homepage.

Make the homepage appear more authentic as possible so that younger people would want to use it as a platform aside from other popular websites such as Google and Facebook. The new Yahoo! homepage should work across all different device platforms. Make it appealing so that it engages the younger age group.

Idea 1
A homepage featuring trending searches informed by news, twitter hashtags and Facebook mentions.

Saved search results - no bookmarking needed. Pages visited/spent certain amounts of time on
auto-save. Frequently visited sites appear on the page and change with habits/changes as your interests adapts.

Social network dock allows you to send tweets/Facebook updates without going to the website.

Idea 2
Simplistic homepage. Stripped back to bare minimum flashing cursor bar. Optional accordion menu reveals more options to the user - still keeping the homepage minimalistic.

What's the Big Idea?

Don't think about the budget of the idea, just get the idea sorted first.

Don't shut down your idea before you've even fully thought about it. You can produce anything you want.

Plant a seed.

Think product/service, range (output ideas), distribution (think about where the product will be sold/seen).

Be open minded.

Creating an emotional engagement will attract more people.

Think about the brand and an adjective e.g. Nike Exhorts, IBM Solves.

Pose the brief/problem as a question.

Find the USP.

Visiting Lecture - Only Studio

Only Studio is based in Leeds and they specialise in brand design and digital design.

Common misconceptions about digital design:

• You need to be able to code
• It's not proper design
• It's boring 

It is important because:

• Primary way of consuming a brand
• Experimental and interactive
• It's here to stay

Design for screen is exciting because it has endless opportunity, is fast-paced and constantly evolving. 

Process of designing onscreen:

Phase 1: Research

Who is going to use the product, the competitors, the users.

Phase 2: Wireframing

You usually work with other people when doing this and it would be done for you.

Phase 3: Design

The designing of the product.

Phase 4: Front End

You work with developers which will help you create prototypes of the design.

Ask 5 or 6 people to test out the prototype before you finalise the design. 

Case Studies:

Goldsmith University

Re-design of their website. 

University of Suffolk

The institution gained it's University Title in summer 2016 as it was formerly known as University Campus Suffolk. Therefore there was a re-design of the university logo and the wayfinding system. The logo had the colours of the Suffolk flag incorporated onto it. 

Lost Village 

Lost Village is a new festival and it's aim is to sell tickets as a newly launched brand. Only created a visual identity for Lost Village where they made a video for the festival featuring the characters and theme whole theme of Lost Village festival.

Bring Me The Horizon 

Ahead of their album release, Sony asked Only to create a digital experience for their fans to interact with the band.

Helberts
Only were approached by Paul, the designer to create a harmonious identity for his fashion brand. He wanted his label and the website to show craftsmanship.

BIMA
Only designed a digital brand for British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) that showcases their professionalism, confidence, excellence and confidence.

Do you have any limitations to the size of the design?
There are no size limitations to the design but rather considerations.

When you said that you don't design all the pages, when do you know when to stop?
We create a template for each content page and then they create multiple pages using the template. E.g. we create one template for a university design course and they use the template to add the contents for the rest of the courses.

We try to optimise the design for all devices so that they work well on all platforms. We consider accessibility for people with learning difficulties, colour vision deficiency etc.

Especially consider the line length and spacing of the design.

Keep checking the design on different devices to see if it works well.

Make sure to communicate things clearly.

Visiting Professional - Harrison Park

Harrison Park is an Alumni graduate from Leeds College of Art where he studied Graphic Design. In his presentation, he talks about how he has worked in other studios and have not liked it and have left because it's not something that was making him happy. He said that although his friend liked the working at the same studio he left, everyone is different and everyone have their own interests in different design work.  

In his presentation, to be successful he said to:

• Build Relationships
• Accept that sometimes, relationships won't workout
• Its not going to be handed to you on a plate
• Work hard and be passionate
• Sell yourself
• Be flexible
• If someone says jump, you jump
• Don't be a dick
• Don't be afraid to ask
• Rejection happens
• Stay true to yourself
• Communicate
• There's more to life than London (Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield etc...)
• Think outside the box
• Don't be afraid to say no to jobs
• Know your morals - money or a good career?
• Be personal when contacting other practitioners
• Be humble

When asked about how to approach designers, Harrison said that commenting on their recent work or a particular work you like is better as it shows your interest in their work which would boost their ego. It'd feel more personal to send mail by post rather than email as designers get more emails so they may miss your email.

Who am I? Why am I here?

Identify 5 things you've learnt in the programme

• The workload is heavy
• How to use InDesign and Illustrator
• How to bind books
• Screen printing and mono printing
• How to create design boards

Identify 5 things you want to know more about

• Different methods of design 
• The design industry

Identify 5 things that you think are your strengths 

• Being punctual
• Using Photoshop

Identify 5 things you want to improve

• Presentation/speaking skills
• Software skills
• Drawing
• Analysing my work
• Communication skills

Identify 5 practitioners demonstrate you interest in Graphic Design

• Anna Rifle Bond
• Dori Novotny
• Forpackad

Identify 5 websites/online resources that demonstrate your areas of interest within the creative industries

• Instagram design accounts/Pinterest
• Online shops like Etsy
• Anagram
• The Dieline
• DesignSchool

Reflecting back to 1st year's PPP

What I found difficult during 1st year:

• Talking about myself 
• Talking about my work
• The presentation
• Trying to brand myself
• The workload 
• Finding the time to go to exhibitions

I will try to be more confident about myself and my work that I present to others and answer questions that may be asked. I will organise my time efficiently so that my workload is not overwhelming and make time to go out to exhibitions for my professional practise. 

Barcelona

Antoni Gàudi

Antoni Gaudí, son of a coppersmith was born on the 25th June 1852 in Reus and attended the Escoles Pies school, where he excelled in Geometry and Arithmetic. Antoni received traditional, religious and humanist education. At home, Antoni started learning about crafts in his father’s workshop in 1860. He moved to Barcelona in 1868 and joined the School of Architecture in 1873. He worked as an assistant in an architectural practice, as well as in the workshops of a carpenter, a glassmaker and a locksmith as well as studying. He is well-known for his iconic buildings situated around Barcelona.

Antoni died on the 10th June 1926, aged 73, as a result of a tragic accident three days earlier.

Casa Milà

Casa Milà is situated in Plaça Catalunya and resembles an open quarry so it is also known as ‘La Pedrera’ (the stone quarry). The building was constructed between 1906 and 1912. Since the building is so unique because of its artistic and heritage value, it has received major recognition and in 1984 was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, for its universal value.

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló was built in 1877 and is situated in Passeig de Gràcia and is sometimes known as Casa dels ossos (House of Bones) or casa del drac (house of the dragon). The façade of Casa Batlló looks like it has been made from skulls and bones. The design of the building looks boney/scaly and skeleton-like. The roof represents Sant Jordi (St George) and the dragon. The colours and shapes found have been inspired by marine life and the deep blue sea. Gaudí with a textile manufacturer, Josep Maria Jujol who assisted in the ornamentation and use of color on the surface treatments.

La Sagrada Família

La Sagrada Familia is situated in Catalonia and has been under construction since 1882 and is yet to be completed. The medieval cathedral it emulates, La Sagrada Familia building design is a symbolic expression in stone of the Christian faith and in this temple, an exaltation of the Family of Nazareth. The building is an international centre for spirituality based on love, harmony, good, generosity and peace.



Keith Haring 
Keith Haring was born on the 4th of May 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Haring enrolled in the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh which is a commercial arts school where he realised that he had little interest in becoming a commercial graphic artist and so after two semesters  he dropped out. While in Pittsburgh, Haring continued to study and work on his own and in 1978 had a solo exhibition of his work at the Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Center. Haring then moved to New York City and enrolled in the School of Visual Arts (SVA). Keith Haring later died of AIDS related complications at the age of 31 on February 16th 1990.

Barcelona Mural, 1989
Haring decided to do a graffiti in Salvador seguí square on aids in the Raval area for free. The Raval area was not chosen at random as the area at the time was known to be one of the poorest in town, where sexual illness were increasing, drugs etc... El Raval was also known as the Chinese neighbourhood and was full of drugs and the lowest part of society as well as prostitution. The wall chosen was 30m long and it took him 5 hours to paint using red paint and having aids symbolism: a big red snake that choked a syringe and in the other part some people that tried to scape from his bite. There was a message written: "All together we can stop aids".

LCA Money Is? Exhibition

The exhibition was held in Bank House in Leeds from 6pm to 8pm, sponsored by First Direct. The exhibition featured bank notes created by 1st and 2nd year Graphic Design students at LCA.