OUGD404: Studio Brief 01 - How Do You Read? Finalised Cards

The information and colour wheels are from:

http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm

I decided to make cards aimed at students to help them learn about colour theory. The card idea was inspired by the pantone 100 postcards set which is why the text is Helvetica Neue. I was originally going to make them A6 size but after some feedback I decided it would be better to make them A5 so that they are easily legible even if they were to be stuck to a wall. They are multipurpose. I wanted to keep the information quite limited but formal so having the colour wheel as a focus on the card kept a consistency throughout the design of them and made it so they all worked in conjunction to help the student memorise the information on the card.

Feedback:

OUGD406: Monoprinting

On monday I did some mono printing as potential backgrounds for my money design - for the more illustrative concept. I decided to create leaves because if one of the focal features is a tree then it would be a good composition to have leaves in the background because they will not take away from the focal point - it just fills in the background. I like the textures monoprint gives after you've done a few initial prints and it becomes a bit less inky and worn down. 

OUGD406: Studio Brief 02 - Developing Ideas For Concept 1 - Illustrative Approach

Illustrative:

Food chains show the hierarchy of living things.

The currency I am going to illustrate for this concept is GBP (Great British Pounds).

£50 - Lion

£20 - Deer

£10 - Fox

£5 - Trees

This is an example of the detail that would be on the bank notes. I haven't drawn much since being at uni so I want to try and practise drawing again. Then we also did a monoprint on monday so that could be used as a background for a sketchy print for my bank note.

I might create my print using copper plate etching because of the accuracy and detail I can add to it. I can make the image sketchy and then apply UV ink to it.

OUGD406: Studio Brief 02 - Initial Ideas

Illustrative:

Initially for the illustrative idea I thought of Quinten Blake's visual identity.

His style is quite sketchy and reminds me of the Roald Dahl books. I feel like this style of illustrations on bank notes would make them interesting and versatile for everyone - any age. It's simple but has a unique charm to it.

The animals I chose to include on the bank notes would be shown as a hierarchy of animals and increases for the amount of money is given. For example £50 would be a lion because it is at the top of the hierarchy. Then like a butterfly for £5 because it's lower.

To avoid counterfeit money - UV light.

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Space:

The concept for the "space" theme for the money is something that could be used universally. Similar to how you can pay contactless. It would be a card or something that everyone can obtain and connect to their bank to pay with. This makes it a fast, easy transaction that can be communicated easily globally.

Design ideas:
The print would be grey scale with a metallic accented print.
To avoid counterfeit - glow in the dark or holographic element; this is also so that it doesn't distract too much on the design or make it look too clustered.

OUGD406: Studio Brief 02 - Individual Practice - Licence to Print Money Page - Research

Research:

The history of money concerns the development of means of carrying out transactions involving a physical medium of exchange. Money is any clearly identifiable object of value that is generally accepted as payment for goods and servicesand repayment of debts within a market or which is legal tender within a country.

Many things have been used as medium of exchange in markets including, for example, livestock and sacks of cereal grain (from which the Shekel is derived) – things directly useful in themselves, but also sometimes merely attractive items such as cowry shells or beads were exchanged for more useful commodities. Precious metals, from which early coinswere made, fall into this second category.

The History of the British Pound

The British pound, also now known as the pound sterling, is generally considered to be the world's oldest currency that is still actively used and circulated. It originated during the 760s when King Offa of the Mercian kingdom (present-day Staffordshire) introduced the silver penny into the coinage of the time. Inspired by the Carolingian system, 240 of the new pennies equaled a pound in silver. Additional subdivisions of coins included farthings and shillings. Shortly after introducing this system in Mercia, the surrounding Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy followed suit and also adopted it. Eventually the pound became the standard monetary unit in the region.

Shells were used as money (shells of the money cowry) it is an exchange of seashells. I feel like aesthetically this would make a nice print. 

Future of money:

Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices, that use radio-frequency identification (RFID) or near field communication (NFC) for making secure payments. The embedded chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card, fob, or handheld device over a reader at the point of sale terminal.

Some suppliers claim that transactions can be almost twice as fast as a conventional cash, credit, or debit card purchase. Because no signature or PIN verification is typically required, contactless purchases are typically limited. Those unauthorized may still take advantage of contactless payment systems as no identification occurs before payment except for certain devices, such as when using mobile payments. However, owners can block transactions, and that may provide a relatively short time frame, if any, for fraudulent activities to occur.

Research indicates that consumers are likely to spend more money using their cards due to the ease of small transactions.^[1]MasterCard Canada says it has seen "about 25 percent" higher spending by users of its PayPass-brand RFID credit cards.^[2]

Apple Pay

Secure, simple, and even more useful.

Paying in stores or within apps has never been easier or safer. Gone are the days of searching for your wallet. The wasted moments finding the right card. Now you can use your credit cards, store credit cards, and rewards cards with just a touch.

Apple Pay is simple to use and works with the cards you already have on the devices you use every day. And because your card details are never shared when you use Apple Pay — in fact, they aren’t stored on your device at all — using Apple Pay on your iPhone, Apple Watch, or iPad is the safer and more private way to pay.

Bitcoin is a digital asset^[16] and a payment system invented by Satoshi Nakamoto,^{[note 7]} who published the invention in 2008^[12] and released it as open-source software in 2009.^[18] The system is peer-to-peer; users can transact directly without an intermediary.^[19]:4 Transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledgercalled the block chain.^[20] The ledger uses bitcoin as its unit of account. The system works without a central repository or single administrator, which has led the U.S. Treasury to categorize bitcoin as a decentralized virtual currency.^[1] Bitcoin is often called the first cryptocurrency,^[21][22][23] although prior systems existed.^{[note 8]} Bitcoin is more correctly described as the first decentralized digital currency.^[19][26] It is the largest of its kind in terms of total market value.^[27]

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Imagery for inspiration:

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Initial Ideas after research:

After researching money and a few examples of what people have done to the bank note. I think I want to make an exhibition piece that is an illustrative perception of money or space money - something that could be used universally but has elements inspired by tech and space such as holographic elements.

OUGD406: Studio Brief 01 - Secret 7", 7 Songs, 7 Sleeves.

One of my pieces of feedback was that this concept could work as a series so for my final piece of work for this was to create a cover for each song to create a series for the exhibition. I decided to create the text with other phrases or words that would reference the song because you cannot use the song title or band name. All these photos were taken by me and I thought would be relevant to the cover in obvious. They are reference landscapes and the sky because the songs for 2016 were all quite dreamy and peaceful. The finalised series:

Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better

Concept: Together - To Get Her

Final submission.

Etta James - At Last

Concept: Finally

John Lennon - Imagine

Concept: Lyrics - I'm A Dreamer

The Jam - Art School

Concept: Edgy - Arty 

Jack Garratt - Worry

Concept: DW

Chvrches - Clearest Blue

Concept: Lyrics - Not Enough

Max Richter - Dream 3

Concept: Sleep

"A photography based concept as part of a series using synonyms to covey the message of the given track."