Saturday, 7 May 2011

Speaking from Experience - Existing signage

Awful photo quality due to my phone.





Friday, 6 May 2011

Speaking from Experience - Progress crit

The progress crit provided me various directions I could take my concept in. As I wanted to devise a handbook consisting of a basic introduction to each facility/resource/area of college alongside a gallery of work, timetables, pricing etc, they suggested that I needed to simplify the content.

It was noted that the icons could be used as signage around college to help first year students find their way around college during their first couple of weeks of term. The current signage is not as clear or direct - it simply states a room number; and many people in the crit said they never used these but had instead, asked others to guide them. Perhaps I could create a more refined handbook using signage as the main concept whilst still incorporating a brief introduction as to what each facility/resource is and how it can benefit first year graphic design students.

Speaking from Experience - Mock up design for crit

As I have a tendency to start designing straight away rather than explore a range of possible outcomes, I decided to create a mock up design to convey my idea more clearly and to show how I intend to solve the problem.








Speaking from Experience - More icon development

From left to right: Digital print, Screen print, Letterpress, Lino print, Mac suite, Library. 
However, the collection will grow larger as the development process continues and I decide what areas I want to focus on in particular.

Speaking from Experience - Font choices