Tuesday, 6 November 2012
How to be a sustainable graphic designer
This document presents an overview of the design area, the research question, research methods, audience, outcome and further planning. It was digitally printed by London-based, FSC certified and ISO 14001 registered Calverts with biodegradable inks and on recycled papers. The envelopes and wrap-arounds are made out of the used paper's wrapping material.
Action Method Journal
An action journal by Behance and New Leaf Paper. Made using 100% sustainable materials, it is designed to bring sustainability to productivity. A great reference to the kind of thing that I am trying to create for the Change Makers brief- something that designers find useful, yet still communicates how feasible sustainability is for design for print.
The distinct zones on each page provide a flexible template to get the most out of meetings and everyday brainstorm sessions, while the materials used tocreate each notebook are cleaned up, de-inked and bleached with hydrogen peroxide instead of chlorine.
The distinct zones on each page provide a flexible template to get the most out of meetings and everyday brainstorm sessions, while the materials used tocreate each notebook are cleaned up, de-inked and bleached with hydrogen peroxide instead of chlorine.
Sustainability Report
Sustainability report for Austrian print company Gutenberg-Werbering.
The annual report tells the success story of the effort and energy Gutenberg printers put into being sustainable and environmentally friendly. The visual language tries not to show typical "green" cliches but interesting and unusual aspects of the company as well as giving the employees a voice.
Every copy is unique and hand-finished by one of the company's employees showing their passion and enthusiasm for their working place.
Ethics for the Starving Designer
I have made a start on some idea generation for the RSA change makers brief. To help push this along I have been looking at some sustainable and eco-friendly focused design projects. I have mainly focused my research on design for print, as I want to aom my project at printers and designers.
Ethics for the starving designer is a project that focuses on what roles we play as designers.
Ethics for the starving designer is a project that focuses on what roles we play as designers.
The project aims to create a manifesto that outlines our code of ethics. Although this is talking about our role in a broader sense, it still definitely ties to sustainable and eco-friendly design. The amount and variation of products produced for the power of persuasion is also very influential.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Inpress promotion
I have been looking at different layout designs to influence mine and Francesca's designs for the promotion for the Inpress event. I like the use of fragmented type, and originally came across these poster designs with the prospectus design in mind. I think that this kind of idea will work well, as it is visually interesting and doesn't require much of a concept, as that lies more in the production of the design work.
Friday, 26 October 2012
Fujin 風神 and Raijin 雷神
Fūjin (風神) or Futen is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods.
He is portrayed as a terrifying dark demon, resembling a red headed black humanoid wearing a leopardskin, carrying a large bag of winds on his shoulders.
In Japanese art, the deity is often depicted together with Raijin, the god of lightning, thunder and storms.
Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology.
His name is derived from the Japanese words rai (雷, meaning ‘thunder’) and shin (神, ‘god’ or 'kami'). He is typically depicted as a demon beating drums to create thunder, usually with the symbol tomoe drawn on the drums.
The tomoe symbol:
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Sugar Skulls
I have researched sugar skulls in a bit more depth, so that I can get a better understanding of what they are and where they come from.
Sugar Skulls are given to the living and to the dead, made of chocolate or of sugar, and are inscribed with the name of the recipient. These skulls are the icon of the of The Day of the Dead, and they are thought to have good luck. Traditional Sugar Skulls are decorated with feathers, glitter, foil, icing, and are not meant to be eaten, but are a sweet offering none the less.
http://www.medropship.com/index.php/cPath/82?osCsid=c7b5aa5d733c0e5ebe945ad6912672f9
Sugar Skulls are given to the living and to the dead, made of chocolate or of sugar, and are inscribed with the name of the recipient. These skulls are the icon of the of The Day of the Dead, and they are thought to have good luck. Traditional Sugar Skulls are decorated with feathers, glitter, foil, icing, and are not meant to be eaten, but are a sweet offering none the less.
Illustrations, aztec style skulls and sugar skull art.
I really like these illustrations, and think that something along these lines would work really well for our project. I particularly like the focus on human anatomy, which ties in well with our subject matter.
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