UTS Design '10

Here is some of the branding for last year's show.


I must say - it certainly looks better on screen than in print. Go to the site to see their trailer - actually kind of nice. Though pointless.


UTS Design '10 Site

AgIdeas 2011 Branding

Just on the topic of multi-faceted logos/identity, AgIdeas 2011 was themed around the shared human experience, and they used these beautiful illustrations to form the print by Cato Partners and taken into motion design by XYZ Studios.

UTS DSGN08

Billy Blue Graduate Exhibition 2009 'Ex'

I'm sure a lot of you have already seen this on September Industry's January feature on Australian designer Magdalena Czarnecki, but she was part of the team that put together what looks like an amazing identiy and promotional campaign for the Billy Blue Grad Show in '09.

I really love her use of stacking in the photography of the posters. I think we should steer clear of a type-driven identity personally but this is just some food for thought.

"The biggest graduate exhibition in Billy Blue history needed to be big – literally. The Exhibition was about big ideas, expanding out from existing spaces and exploring new grounds. Ex- was used as a running theme throughout the design process and applied to the collateral material, such as Ex-panding, Ex-student Ex-hibiting and so on."

In collaboration with Felix Lobelius, Hampus Jageland, Robbie Powell & Malin Holmström.

http://www.septemberindustry.co.uk/magdalena-czarnecki/

Republic of Design (Design '09)

I've been looking at some of the photos from past shows ('07, '08, '09, '10) and in my opinion Republic of Design is the standout for the level of attention to detail.

Some of the design outcomes I noticed are:

• Large hanging vinyl signage
• 'Republic of Design' map wall sculptures
• Specially considered VIP section design
• VIP & Designer lanyards
• Hanging 'Paper Planes' above stairwell
• Vinyl stair-signage way-finding for fashion
• Altered application of identity design for fashion show projections
• Series of viral-style teasers
• Mannequin covers for opening night

At the end of the meeting on 03-08-11 I know we discussed the idea of an identity which incorporated interlocking shapes. The design team for '09 has had the same concept, only they have applied it to interlocking 'territories'.