Tattoos... Secondary Research

Some popular tattoo artists, all very different styles but all show some extreme skills.

Nick Baxter

http://www.nickbaxter.com/tattoos/

 

Joe Capobianco

 http://www.joecapobianco.com/tattoos/

 

Hannah Aitchison

 http://www.hannahaitchison.com/gallery/

 

Juan Salgado

 http://www.juansalgadoart.com/tattoo-galleries.htm

 

 Chris Garver

 http://www.chrisgarvertattoo.com/#gallery

Tim Hendricks

http://blog.saltwatertattoo.com/tattoos/

Shawn Barber

 

This tattoo artist, Shawn Barber also paints portraits mainly based on tattoo art and based around the skill and technique itself. An interesting look behind the scenes of tattoo art, by a tattoo artist themself.

http://memoirtattoo.com/pages/shawn-barber_pg.html

Kev Grey

 Not actually a tattoo artist, but many people have had tattoos based on his designs. Simple and original designs I think, a far leap from your classic tattoo designs.

http://kevgrey.blogspot.com/2007/12/tattoos.html

What if... Secret Leeds Research

Brief: Create three design direction boards showing research based on our rationale.

1. Problem 2. Evidence 3. We Intend To...

This brief is a development on our individually collected research for the Collection 100 brief

The idea for Secret Leeds originally came from a facebook group and website called Secret London that allows members of the public to share secret or less known clubs, bars, parks, restaurants, cafes etc

 

Inspired by Secret London we decided to create a Secret Leeds group of our own to see how much feedback we would get, and as a way to find some lesser known locations in Leeds 

Not many people responded to our group, maybe because there want enough time or maybe because people don't know enough about Leeds? Which actually conforms our problem that people don't know about the quieter, more secluded parts of Leeds. Although this is good, we still needed to find out more information about people's favourite places to go in Leeds, especially the residents. So we conducted a survey and these were the most popular locations...

1. Kirkstall Abbey 2. Yorkshire Sculpture Park 3. Hyde Park Picture House 4. The Pack Horse (Hidden Pub) 5. St Georges Field 6. Nation of Shopkeepers 7. Smokestack 8. Brudenell Social Club 9. Fuji Hiro 10. Park next to Liberty Park 11. Viva Cuba

Leaflets and booklets 

From looking at leaflets and magazines found around leeds we decided that there is already plenty out there for students, so it would be better to aim our project at the residents of Leeds.

Bakelady's tearoom

We further developed our idea by looking at a lady with a concept similar to our own. She has people book on her Twitter page months in advance a tea party at her tearoom set in a secret location, which isn't revealed to the customer until just days before.

We've decided to elaborate on this by creating branding for a 'secret picnic' which will include a picnic set and map taking you to a secret location.

St Georges Field

 Through the use of surveys and Facebook questionnaires, we found a field that is an ideal place for the resident that wants to get away from the busy noisy student life that Leeds has to offer. It is hidden behind Leeds uni and is quite secluded, this would be a perfect location for us to send our picnic goers.

We made three design direction boards to aid our presentation in our mid-way feedback crit.

Primary and Secondary Research

Primary Qualitative: Pictures of St George's field, our opinion was that it was quiet and secluded. We asked a resident and they said that they liked going to St George's because it is quiet and not full of students. As a group we decided that there is a lack of non-student places to go in Leeds.

Secondary Qualitative: 'Bakelady's homemade tearoom'. Bakelady doesn't reveal her address until days before the booking to keep it secret. She referred to it as the 'underground tearoom' and a magazine article has said that it is exceptional value with excellent homemade food and is a completely different way to spend your afternoon.

Primary Quantitative: We created a 'Secret Leeds' Facebook group- out of 20 members 3 replied, although this didn't help us to find more places it supported our thought that not many people know the hidden secrets of Leeds.

Secondary Quantitative: 4 out of 5 leaflets and magazines we looked at were aimed mainly at students.

I have found a really useful website that can tell you both the PANTONE and the RAL colour numbers of any shade. It also automatically shows you a list of complimentary colours for each shade. It also tells you its RGB and hue percentage, and probably much more. A website that may come in handy in the future.

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

I also found a website primarily directed at graphic designers and interior decorators. It generates colour schemes, along with all the information you need to get it yourself, and if you find that too difficult then there's also an option to export the colour schemes straight into Photoshop, Illustrator or as a swatch.

http://www.colorjack.com/

Ikea colour wheel

I have come across Ikeas relatively new catalogue. The Ikea Color Spectrum was designed by Jessica Reynolds. It presents the entire furniture catalog arranged on a color wheel, which makes it both simple and beautiful to look at. This original idea allows for easy colour matching across the spectrum.

Leeds... Research

Opinions

• I like Leeds because it is better than Swindon, however its busy all the time and I’m paranoid about muggings.
• I don’t like Leeds at night because that’s when people get raped in bottle bins. However, in the daytime, its quite pleasant.
• Leeds is a great city if you want to party or shop, but its very badly designed in terms of roads and pedestrian access due to having so many crossings getting in the way and the ring road being a nightmare, and just the fact that even with a sat nav its the most confusing place EVER!! ...oh and full of northerners!!
• I like Leeds because there are lots of nice looking men. I dislike Leeds because it sounds like wee's and that is rude.
• Kids throw bricks at cars on the motorway leading to the town centre .
• Leeds is shit... that's all I have to say about it, oh, and the one way system is also shit.
• It looks nice and clean. The people are helpful.
• Bit studenty and northern.
• It’s easier and cheaper to get around than London, the majority or student housing is close so you’re never far from friends. Easy to get to other parts of the country by train or coach, vibrant city, and feel safer walking around there than here. Only thing I don’t like is all the stories of student houses getting robbed, but you hear that in every student area really!
• I like Leeds, it has a great atmosphere and seemed to have a very urban feel with lots of students! 
• Its just like London. Except the people talk funny
• There is a lack of road signs in Leeds.
• Christmas markets, mulled wine, German beer tents, bright lights, good memories.
• I really like Leeds its very homely for me as its just like Manchester only more condensed it has a lot to offer in terms of education nightlife and shopping the architecture is pretty nice too.
• Leeds is big and tasty.
• I like Leeds, but I’m too poor to do anything.
• Leeds has a really good music scene.
• Leeds is a great vibrant city, but is full of too many students.
• Leeds is a great place to live but there are some rough areas.

Facts

• The city centre has 2 miles of traffic-free shopping and over 1,000 shops
• Leeds was named ‘Best Place in Britain to Live’ by Henley Management Centre
• Leeds is one of the top student destinations in the UK and the University of Leeds is one of the UK's top ten research universities
• There are over 200,000 students here, 64,000 of whom are degree students at Leeds’ two internationally acclaimed universities
• Leeds is the second largest metropolitan district in the UK; extending 15 miles from east to west, and 13 miles from north to south.
• According to the data, the population of Leeds is 715,404 - making it the third biggest city in the UK after London and Birmingham.
• There are more females (369,570) than males (345,834) living in Leeds
• The foundations of Kirkstall Abbey were built in 1152.
• Leeds became a city by Royal Charter in 1893.
• Leeds is the financial capital of the North.
• Leeds is linked by road to London and Edinburgh via the M1 and A1 and to the east and west coast ports via the M62
• London Kings Cross can be reached by rail in just over two hours
• Leeds Metropolitan University is home to the largest business school of its kind, and is rated in the top 50 globally
• One of the driest places in the UK, Leeds rainfall is about 2" a month. Temperatures rarely drop below the 40s or rise above the 70s fahrenheit.
• The major industries at Leeds are the printing, publishing, engineering, chemicals, and IT electricity.
• The natives of Leeds are known as Loiners and the name "Leeds" came from "Loidis", a word of Celtic origin.
• Leeds is the third biggest city in the UK after London and Birmingham.
• Leeds has a very large student population, resulting in a large number of pubs, bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as a multitude of venues for live music
• The total number of full-time students in Leeds is approximately 60,000.

Statistics

• The city's media, communications & advertising sector is growing by about 10% a year.
• Out of a total workforce in West Yorkshire of 936,000, nearly half (that’s 442,000 people) work in Leeds.
• Around a third of GVA is generated by the financial & business services sectors.
• 80% of students in Leeds are mature students, at the age of 19+ (approx 12,000 under 19s, 48,000 over 19s)
• The ratio of male to female students is  40:60

No News is Good News... Mail Shot Research

http://www.itgetsbetter.org/

http://www.slapupsidethehead.com/

http://www.bgiok.org.uk/

http://www.bullying.co.uk/

http://www.gayyouthuk.net/

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/