Monday, 7 March 2011

InDesign Workshop Briefing

We are required to produce a 'visually considered double page spread' based upon another classmate (James Flanagan). The content for the DPS is gathered from an interview with the subject aswell as information posted on their blog.

Mandatory requirements & deliverables

Broad range of visual investigation in the form of design sheets and notebooks
Landscape A2 double page spread - 237 x 380 (2cm bleed)

Notes from "interview"


  • Possible images - tattoo, trainers, graffiti, design work
  • Originally from Essex, Southend in a small village practically a mile long (5 min walk)
  • Younger brother and sister, live with mum and dad
  • Did a national diploma in graphic design & always wanted to do something creative. Process went from graffiti > type > graphic design
  • Did judo between the ages of 11 and 16, and won his first championship at the age of 15
  • Favourite foods: Carbonara, steak, mango rubicon, granny smith apples
  • Favourite films: Armageddon, Essex Boys, Taken
  • Favourte TV shows: Peep show (favourite character is Super Hans), Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Scrubs and David Attenborough
  • Dislikes: Expensive shops 
  • Would like to go New York & Amsterdam
  • Would like to climb a mountain 
  • Favourite designer/agency would be Pentagram - ideal job placement


Music
UK hip hop/rap but is versatile in the music he listens to - open minded.
Went to V festival at the end of GCSE's

Childhood memories
Bit by goose at the age of 9 or 10, the same day a seagull stole his hot dog
Prone to injuring himself
Went Dorset when he was 9 or 10 to go fossil hunting

Last meal would be:
Starter - Fruit salad/watermelon
Main - Beef roast dinner
Dessert - Banoffee pie

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