RESEARCH

 Monday 26th February 2024

 CREATIVE PRACTITIONER FOR YOUR INSPIRATION

MORAG MYERSCOUGH

Morag was born and bred in Holloway London where she studied at St Martins School of Art now known as (Central St Martins) and the Royal College of Art. Morag set up studio Myerscough in 1993 a successful independent studio for over 20 years and her house gallery shop in 2002.
She is a multi-award-winning creator and much of her work examines how color, pattern, and words can alter the urban environment. Morag transforms public spaces from schools and hospitals to cultural hubs and creates an engaging experience for everyone. Her strong visual approach is instantly recognizable and elevates every context in which it is placed. Morag Myerscough combines geometric patterns with bold shapes and hand-painted type and aims to always bring joy to all those who encounter it, she often works with community groups to develop ideas inspired by their individual identity, shared cultural heritage, and their local area. 

Morag moved to Clerkenwell after being born in Holloway and then spent 15 years living and working in Hoxton, but in 2021 she moved to a small village in Surrey. 

If you look at her work, one of her best-known projects is a photographed wall in London's new design museum, but others include the temple of the agape on London's Southbank. 

            

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SAUL BASS

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos, he was born 8th of May 1920 and sadly died on the 25th of April 1996 at 75 years of age. Bass stepped up the sophistication of movie posters with his distinctive minimal style and he completely revolutionized the role of title credits in films, typically credits were still and static. 

Some of Saul Bass's most famous films were The Man with the Golden Arm, vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock, anatomy of Murder, and West Side Story. 

Bass utilized two sets of sans serif fonts all in the capital, Venus bold extended and news gothic bold. News Gothic, a close relative to Franklin Gothic is one of the most iconic typefaces by Morris Fuller Benton. 

Friday 1st March 2024

IDENTITY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS

The reason why I have chosen the topic that is experienced (Thailand) is that a few months ago I had just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Thailand which I was there for 14 days and had the most eye-opening and spiritual experience ever, By chose this for my FMP I will be able to share my experience and let people know why they should consider doing it 

Friday 1st March 2024

THE V&A MUSEUM

Wednesday 6th March 2024

RESEARCHING DESIGNERS

MAX HUBER

Max Huber was born on the 5th of June 1919, he was an influential graphic designer from Switzerland. He was a jazz fan and designed a series of stunning record covers, music covers and stage sets, he designed the poster for the Monza Grand Prix. 

He went to the University of Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich where he also followed and appreciated different designers.

I am not the biggest fan of Hubers's work as it is not very exciting, there could be more color and it could be more vibrant, I do like the fact that it was created for the F1 but you can tell that it was made many years ago. 

APRIL GREIMAN

April Greiman was an American designer widely recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool, she was born on the 22nd of March 1948 in New York and she is 75 years of age.

she has achieved several awards in her life and a lot of notable work and achievements, these include the Modern Poster Competition 1988 and Achievements of Women Hearth and Magazine 1985. 

I really like the look of Gaiman's work because it is firstly colorful which catches the eye of the audience, it is well constructed and it is different. 

Monday 11th March 2024

SELF-IDENTITY - THAILAND - GOOGLE FORMS    

I have created a Google form to collect some primary market research to understand more about what people would want to see from my FMP, a survey/ questionnaire is a very good quick easy, and cheap way to gain information, it also allows you to understand what you are going to do better.  

GOOGLE FORMS RESPONSES

 The responses in areas were mixed, the majority of people wanted to go to Thailand yet everyone wanted to go travelling. we also found out that over 60% of people felt that it doesn't matter what age you go travelling and 40% felt that the best age to go is between 21-24. There was an even split of which social media people consume travel content on which was very interesting to see, Also people were very interested in seeing a promotional video about Thailand. 

Monday 11th March 2024

RESEARCHING INFOGRAPHICS OR CARTOGRAPHY

An infographic is a visual representation of information or data, for example, a chart or a diagram. It is knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by using graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends.

These two examples of infographics are good examples because firstly we have a timeline which is a simple way to do it but it can be made to look really cool in many different ways as you can see here. Also, we have got another one of a different style which is a sort of mind map type thing with lots of images and visual representation. I like the colors and the different types of fonts that have been used which gives it a very cool look. 

TIMELINES

A timeline is a graphic representation of a period, on which important events are marked. Usually, this would be in chronological order of their occurrence. This would include dates paralleling it and usually the events to match

I have chosen these timelines to talk about because they have some relation to travel and getting around like I'm doing for my FMP this could be a good way for someone to display their traveling journey by creating a timeline of the events that occurred whilst they were on their adventure. I also really like the colors and the organization they are all very different in their own right which shows that they can be made into so many different things. 

Monday 22nd April 2024

WEBSITE RESEARCH

This website is an example of an experienced website which is what I am going to do for my FMP, what I really like about this website is how it is laid out, I like the simplicity factor, my website isn't going to be a selling page it is going to be providing information about different experiences, what I think could be better about this particular website is the imagination, there isn't much going on and there needs to be more information on the different types of activities that you can book. 

 

This website is something that I want to stay far clear of, firstly the amount of content that has been put on the website looks far too confusing and it doesn't look like it is in a good order, There is too much going on and it would be better to be something more simple 

   

Tuesday 16th May 2024

PROMO VID RESEARCH

Promo Video 1 : This first video is very good, it displays good energy and speed of the video, it has got some very nice clips and ideas of travel and it is vibrant

Promo Video 2 : This second video is very contrasting in regards to the first video this video is made through an animation which is a very good concept.