We'll talk about these at the meeting today - ash

Some examples of possible directions...

Here I've played around with the word 'Show' as we were discussing in the last meeting. The first two examples would serve well as invites, as they emphasise the words 'Show Up'. Conceptually the idea of the list with various 'Show' words could work but visually it needs to be developed more. In the third example a hand scrawled mark cuts through the title as a 'slash'. This could be carried out across other words combinations if we had multiple titles.

Here's some more work with the word 'Show' again. The four examples show possible invites. This goes by the idea that we would name the exhibition 'Show' and use various words after depending where it is used. I used the arrow to suggest inviting the viewer forwards into the show - I think this whole approach adds a sense of mystery slightly, we're not really giving too much away which could be effective in drawing interest to the night.

Just some more examples in which I've been playing around with the composition of these words.

I like the bottom left hand corner 'Show & Tell'. I think it sits nicely as a title for the show and the heavy type gives it a strong presence.

Here I was playing with the idea of hand scrawled words and the 'Show' concept. I think it personalises the whole aesthetic and adds in a sense of playfulness and fun. We would definitely need to develop this more visually but I think it could be an effective direction.

I had another idea that we could play with the date of the show. (If I am correct) the show is on the 21st of November this year which is a nice date visually: 21/11/11. Here I started mucking around with making patterns from the date. Could we simply call it 21/11/11? With a small by line of 'UTS Design Grad Show'? Another option could be to look at 11/11 - November 2011. 11/11 could be really strong. What typefaces have the best numbers? Here I've used Didot but I'm sure there are better numbers...

And ONE more idea I had but haven't really played with it much visually yet is:

PREVIOUS/NEXT

We could use symbols of arrows to make patterns and indicate past/future - the idea that we've reached this turning point in our design careers and there seems to be a very clearly defined 'previous/next'.

- Ash

By Go Welsh

GO WELSH...

http://www.designworklife.com/page/51/

Check out this project scroll down page a little bit - Go Welsh: Dear Bill

Simple use of paper... created some sort of abstract piece using the catalogue and also as their sculptural pieces.

Minus The Rough

Have a look at this site for the 2010 UWS Grad Show for a bit of inspiration.
Its amazing these guys managed to put all this together while completing their final year. Great stuff.


http://www.commarts.uws.edu.au/bdes10/home.html

Nice.

This stuff below is nice. I think it captures what I was trying to say last week about doing stuff that's more bold and has more of a visual presence.

Also nice and quite flexible in its application

http://nodaysoff.com/#pick-me-up

Some ideas in terms of type and colour. I liked the simplicity with these small ideas...

Project

VGL.

Design

Ben Stott

Link

benstott.com
vgl.co.uk

Project

Design Museum Membership

Design

Spin

Link

spin.co.uk

g. 

Some ideas in terms of type and colour. I liked the simplicity with these small ideas...

Project

VGL.

Design

Ben Stott

Link

benstott.com
vgl.co.uk

Project

Design Museum Membership

Design

Spin

Link

spin.co.uk

g. 

SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE AGRESSIVE....

SHOW me the money

SHOW who's boss

haha

liv

SHOW...

up

down

us

me

off

face

hand

reel

yourself

now

in

over

and tell

case

girls

stopper

place

biz

room

talent

ground

around

just though id put a few up.

liv x

WALL DISPLAYS

Also from Bibliotheque.

Identity. Super Contemporary. Design Museum London.

Royal Academy Exhibition London.

YES. NO

Identity for the D & AD awards 2010 by London design agency Bibliotheque. 'yes' 'no' identity. The ident is based on the judging panel for the awards. The identity is primarily typographic however there is an exception of photographic portraits. Yes (positive white) No (negative black). I like the simplicity of this identity, it portrays a very clear and distinct message.

Liv x

SLASHIE

I think this 'slash' idea could really work. We definitely need to work on the concept more and work out a specific pair/pairs of words but below is a selection of my suggestions. I feel these words very loosely relate to design/design studies, do we want it to be more specific? I think a bit of mystery and ambiguity would be fun, and give us that edge:

push/pull
show/tell
inhale/exhale
hunt/gather
this/that
here/there
then/now
come/go
depart/arrive
and/or
up/down
yours/mine

or perhaps the slash should involve the word 'design'?:

design/show
design/graduate
design/you
design/us
design/reveal

I like Design/Show because it can be read straight as a noun 'Design Show' or 'design' and 'show' as verbs.

I think using the graphic of the slash could be really strong, perhaps in a bold, hand-scrawled way like this:

In terms of a poster or invite design, the slash could literally take over the canvas like this:

We could use a variety of hand-scrawled slashes, using different people's handwriting, furthering the overall 'personal' aesthetic.

- ash

Other interesting grad shows...

This RMIT furniture design grad show one could definitely be done better, but I think its interesting to see other grad shows are going for a more of a handmade, human aesthetic.


- ash

OFF TOPIC BUT THIS IS COOL...

Hey,

Off topic from the identity but I found this - and will forget about it and lose the link unless posted immeadiately. It's the Mobile Museum and is being run at/in partnership with (?) the V&A...

Link is above but here are some pictures too...

p.s. the first picture is an animated gif but it doesn't seem to animate unless you click on it. 

t.