Edible Colour

This was a competition brief set by YCN. The brief was to create an integrated marketing campaign for Fedrigoni papers new colour selection tool.

From reading the brief the main thing that struck me was quote 'the art and science of paper'. I decided to play with this idea and really investigate how colour is really made. Through experimentation I found that dyes can be made using a variety of natural products.

Edible colour is a tounge a cheek take on how Fedrigoni colour their papers. The produce used reflects Fedrigoni's Italian history as well as traditional cookbook design. The three ranges of Edible Colour reflects the different colour ranges Fedrigoni has on offer. To create an integrated marketing campaign I produced a cookbook, poster design and recipe cards that would be sent to designers.

BANG!

Now assessment is over and done with it's time to show my efforts to the world.

For the first brief of this term I created a narrative around the theme of fringes (bangs). The illustrations and the colour scheme provide a tension to what is already a dark story. I wanted the illustrations to be the main focus of the graphic novel, but I also wanted the type to compliment the images.

During this project I also created a fringe typeface to try and create the movement of hair with in rigid letterforms.

Jesus' Crib

For a fundraising venture I took part in a pop up Christmas shop organised by friends on the graphic design course, which was held in university to raise money for our degree show. I designed and printed some tea towels to be used all year round and I think they went down a treat! I think the next stop is to print some of the designs onto paper so I can experiment more with colour variations and to show the detail of the ornate woodblock type I used for the design. 

I also hand letterpressed over one hundred brown paper bags for everyone to take their goodies away in! I think the extra little touches really made our pop-up shop successful. 

A bit excited already. Just found out everyone on the third year graphic design course will get the chance to work on a two day brief with Johnny Hardstaff, the man behind the brilliant video above as well as many others. 

Letterpress

I had a potter around in the letterpress studio yesterday. This is one of the outcomes. Don't know what it is, but does it really matter?  Just came out of some experimenting with metal and wood type. Would be nice to use it in my current project, but we shall see where it goes from here!

Roll up! Roll up!

A recent great find in the library at uni. Will miss all those great books when I'm gone.

Super duper crazy insane!

WANT this wallpaper. It's made up of lots of stickers that can be applied in any pattern and moved to new spaces. From Payton Turner