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Another Fucking Design Student

January 2010

6 posts

I designed the layout and typeface of this look book for Jessica Dance. The photography in the book is by Ross Trevail. I’m still finishing off the last few characters in the alphabet for this bespoke font to be used across the rest of Jessica’s promo material. I will be working on an animation with her to promote here latest collection soon.

For the letter Q of my A-Z I have the word questions. I believe we should never let that six year old with in us die, the age when we are most inquisitive. Why this, why that? It fades as we grow older and (in theory) wiser, but to stay wise would mean to always be questioning what we know, in order to adapt to changes and evolve as human beings and creative individuals. We should not take...

For the letter R of my A-Z I have chosen a quote from Robert Browjohn. Executing it using a process inspired by his work on the Bond title sequences. Projecting the type on to the set intergrates the type with the image much like his quote states. His notion of people looking at type as image as opposed to just reading it, is something you see a lot of these days and to have that kind of for...

This is for the letter Y in my A-Z. It’s more an experiment then anything else. I produced the audio to coincide with the glitchy nature of the animation. The word YES is made up of long drinking straws bought from a pound shop. —-

Finally I get round to posting some new work :) For the letter S i my A-Z of graphic language I raise the question does style = fart? the statement famously made by one of graphic designs rock stars Stefan Sagmeister. This statement stuck with me when I was first getting into the world of design. I was confused by it, but at the same time I agreed with it. Almost sticking to it religiously,...

MY HEAD AND FINGERS ARE SORE...

I have been writing a screen play for a film over the last few weeks for my entry to D&AD Student Awards. Which I will be shooting early Feb, to have complete for the entry in mid March. (Sore fingers crossed!) I will post further updates as it progresses. As for “real” design work I have been free lancing over the Christmas break, so I’m playing catch up with my uni design...