Wednesday 29 August 2012
Monday 30 July 2012
Monday 21 May 2012
Logo inspiration
Monday 26 March 2012
Needs and wants in Wagga Wagga
Need
Teenage activities
- Funland
- Amusement Park
- Family -
- Laser tag
- Local music/gigs
- Basement
- The Big Thing (centre)
- Roller skating ring
- Leagues club
- Function centre that alternates/multi purpose
- Bowling alley - age alcohol areas
Backpackers/cheap accommodation
- Red lion - revamp accommodation
- Formule 1
- Australia Arcade
- 1 bedroom flats - long or short term no lease
- Old hospital utilised
Hospital/Health-care
- Security
- Health-care
- Dental - public dental clinic
- Technology to take mind of pain/wait
- Taxi system/community transport
- Foods - TAFE
- Incentives to bring doctors/nurses (state of the art facilities)
- Teenages - present music/art to patients
Industy
- Railway Bomen - upgrade
- Airport - upgrade - jets - international
- Recycle
- Incentives for organic grown farmers
- Primary industry utilised
Supermarkets
- Boutique
- Organic
- Farmer support
- Community supermarket
- Permanent market site
- Community discount
- Food barn for the poor (provide proof)
River
- Philadelphia - Restaurant - organic/local
- Dance hall
- Flood resistent restaurant/display home/local produce/health/organic
- Catch your own fish
- Noahs ark of the river
- Sandcastle competition
- Gumi festival - parades/miss gumi
- Aquarium
Want
Lake
- Slides - Lake Talbot
- Paddle boats
- Skiing competition
- Sailing
- Beach - sandcastles
- Cafe
- Markets
- Lighting up at night
- Fireworks
Restaurant
- Organic
- Grow your own
- Catch your own
- Flash room (ie boat club decoration, fairy lights)
Poker machines
- Large poker machine
- Put a limit/governor on it
- Lower coinage ie: 5c, 10c ect
- Backlash on taxes
Monday 27 February 2012
David Carson
Questions about David Carson
- Q:David is best known for? A:His innovation of magazine design and the use of experimental typography. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Carson (graphic designer))
- Q:Some of his highest profile clients. A:ARMANI, Boss Corporation, Nine Inch Nails, Quiksilver, Western Union. (Source: http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/category/clients/)
- Q:Education. A:David attended University of Arizona for a two week graphics course in 1980, he also attended San Diego State University, Oregon College of Commercial Art and also undertook a three week workshop in graphic design while teaching in Switzerland.
- Q:Birth date/place. A:8th of September 1954 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Q:Exhibited in which countries. A:His photography has been exhibited in San Francisco and Europe (including London). (Source: http://www.gingkopress.com/03-gra/trek-david-carson.html)
- Q:Software he uses for television commercial (motion graphics). A:David uses Adobe After Effects, before AE, he used "very expensive suites in post-editing houses in Los Angeles and New York". (Source: http://layersmagazine.com/an-interview-with-david-carson.html)
- Q:Where does he surf every winter? A:He surfs in the Caribbean during the winter.
- Q:What is Ray Gun? A:It was an Rock-&-Roll magazine which was first published in 1992. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray Gun (magazine))
- What is "The End Of Print" about? A:The book contains work done by David early on in his career and looks into the impact he has had on graphic design.
- Q:How would you describe Davids work for Quiksilver? A:Modern Retro but using elements from the 60s/70s and mixing them with modern work such as photographs to create advertising that targets the surfing and skating crowd by making the brand look different but cool and a must have.
- Q:What is David's association with Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor? A:David uses his own photographs and designs the album covers. <!--Need to do more research on this question, Google isn't helping much-->
- Q:Why would David use Franklin Gothic type on the poster of "Helvetica" the film? A: On his site, he stated it was done as a "joke". (Source: http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/2006/11/29/two-posters-for-the-film-helvetica-by-gary-hustwit/)
- Q:What do you think about his treatment for the Armani campaign? A:I think it is interesting as a graphic however I don't get what it's about, unlike the Quiksilver adverts.
- Q:How does David regard his progression in design aesthetics? A:"personal, intuitive and extremely self-indulgent" (Source: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/interviews/carson.html)
- Q:What is TREK? A:It is a graphic design book by David, with illustrations of his work.
- Q:What does David think sets him apart from other designers? A:He has no formal training and uses his trusts his intuition.
- Q:How does David keep pushing the boundaries of Graphic Design? A:He doesn't deliberately mean to "break the rules" and only does it by following what makes sense to him and his style.
- Q:Does Davids background in sociology play a role in his work? A:Yes, he likes to design his work to allow the user to have a response and allowing them to see a real event and to interpret it.
- Q:Ok you've read enough. What do YOU think? Give me your thoughts. I'm going to ask you in class too so get some stuff down on your blog... A:I think most of his work, such as the adverts for Quiksilver, Mumbo and Boss Corporation) is good and uniquely David Carson but some of his work I do not get and leaves me thinking to myself, what the hell is that about.
Monday 20 February 2012
Sudanese Restaurant exercise
Questions:
- What is your budget and deadline for the logo?
- What will your business' main purpose be (e.g. Sudanese or a mixture of African food)?
- Who is your target audience and the message you want to convey to them?
- What elements would like to be in the logo such as colour, text, layout, size and design?
- Is there any logos which you like and does the competition have any logos?
- Do you have any ideas on the name you would like to be in the title?
- What type of file format does the logo have to be in (e.g. tiff)?
- Will I still have some rights to use the logo in my portfolio?
- Sudanese Sensations Restaurant - A Taste of Sudan
- Cuisine of Sudan Restaurant
- A Taste of Sudan Restaurant
- Sudanese on Fitzmaurice
- Sudanese by the Bridge
- Sudanese Cuisine Safari
- Safari of Sudanese Cuisine
- Sudan Food Safari
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