Typographic Research

November 20, 2008 in VCC2 - part 1 - A3 poster | Leave a comment

When it got to the point in my poster development when I had a lot of type I needed to work with, I took a little break and just browsed through some examples on deviantart to give me some ideas….

http://jfashner.deviantart.com/art/Oxymoron-Typography-study-993747

http://gcore.deviantart.com/art/Death-by-Typography-46884415

http://desertviper.deviantart.com/art/Got-a-Light-68710882

http://newklear.deviantart.com/art/Type-Study-Neue-Helvetica-53099179

http://cooldesignvn.deviantart.com/art/Typomin-M-98933990

http://exige2.deviantart.com/art/And-So-I-Begin-42365046

http://emn1ty.deviantart.com/art/Introversion-100386548

http://emn1ty.deviantart.com/art/The-Mind-82352634

A3 Poster Re-do

November 18, 2008 in VCC2 - part 1 - A3 poster | Leave a comment

After the extra research, and the absolutely STAGGERING statistics I found, I decided to go with the military spending vs. education spending and see how far I can get with it. So this is the first design I came up with. Much more simplified and just tried to focus on the world of money and the few falling coins.

With this one I went back to one of my older versions, the green&red one that I had signed off on account that the colour scheme was too military….and basically brought that back since now it was much more appropriate. But, I just got the idea of really blowing up the coin world image and have that off the page on the top and the few falling coins at the bottom and type inbetween.

Here’s one approach to my experiment…

Doesn’t quite work I think….though the individual falling coins are better then the grouped ones….they provide a better visual arrow towards the education spending stat. Maybe try having the coin globe a little smaller so exactly half is cut off of the page.

In the next version of the piece above, I added more text, because the way it is now it isn’t strong enough, it’s just stating a fact….it needs to campaign change! So due to the extra text the layout didn’t work anymore so I decided to work around the image of an exclamation mark + the coin earth….

Further development on this….I didn’t think the font was working anymore….wanted to try something more serious and perhaps bring back the black background.

then…

and…

and lastly…

Further Research (for finalization)

November 16, 2008 in VCC2 - part 1 - A3 poster | Leave a comment

Finishing up the project, whilst taking into consideration feedback from Sally.

Military spending research….

“year 2005: worldwide military spending of 1200 BILLION”

http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

“World military expenditure is estimated to have been $1339 billion in 2007—a real-terms increase of 6 per cent over 2006 and of 45 per cent since 1998.”

http://yearbook2008.sipri.org/05

Worldometers – world statistics updated in real time

“Govt. Education spending worldwide this year
(in millions of US Dollars):

2,187,771″

“Military spending worldwide this year
(in millions of US Dollars):

1,211,965″

http://www.worldometers.info/education/

This site is really amazing…just went to the homepage and they have a huge list of global statistics updating themselves in real time! http://www.worldometers.info/

Deaths, Births, military spending, education spending, hectares of forest lost etc.

Gap Between Rich and Poor: World Income Inequality in 2002

Percentage share of income (poorest and richest 20% of population)

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908770.html

	Countries with greatest inequality	Gini index	Lowest 20%	Highest 20%
1.	Sierra Leone	62.9	1.1%	63.4%
2.	Central African Republic	61.3	2.0	65.0
3.	Swaziland	60.9	2.7	64.4
4.	Brazil	60.7	2.2	64.1
5.	Nicaragua	60.3	2.3	63.6
6.	South Africa	59.3	2.9	64.8
7.	Paraguay	57.7	1.9	60.7
8.	Colombia	57.1	3.0	60.9
9.	Chile	56.7	3.3	61.0
10.	Honduras	56.3	2.2	59.4
11.	Guinea-Bissau	56.2	2.1	58.9
12.	Lesotho	56.0	2.8	60.1
13.	Guatemala	55.8	3.8	60.6
14.	Burkina Faso	55.1	4.6	60.4
15.	Mexico	53.1	3.5	57.4
16.	Zambia	52.6	3.3	56.6
17.	Hong Kong, China	52.2	4.4	57.1
17.	El Salvador	52.2	3.3	56.4
19.	Papua New Guinea	50.9	4.5	56.5
20.	Nigeria	50.6	4.4	55.7
21.	Mali	50.5	4.6	56.2
21.	Niger	50.5	2.6	53.3
23.	Gambia	50.2	4.0	55.3
24.	Zimbabwe	50.1	4.7	55.7
25.	Venezuela	49.5	3.0	53.2
26.	Malaysia	49.2	4.4	54.3
27.	Russia	48.7	4.4	53.7
28.	Panama	48.5	3.6	52.8
29.	Cameroon	47.7	4.6	53.1
30.	Dominican Republic	47.4	5.1	53.3

	Countries with greatest equality	Gini Index	Lowest 20%	Highest 20%
1.	Slovakia	19.5	11.9%	31.4%
2.	Belarus	21.7	11.4	33.3
3.	Hungary	24.4	10.0	34.4
4.	Denmark	24.7	9.6	34.5
5.	Japan	24.9	10.6	35.7
6.	Sweden	25.0	9.6	34.5
7.	Czech Republic	25.4	10.3	35.9
8.	Finland	25.6	10.0	35.8
9.	Norway	25.8	9.7	35.8
10.	Bulgaria	26.4	10.1	36.8
11.	Luxembourg	26.9	9.4	36.5
12.	Italy	27.3	8.7	36.3
13.	Slovenia	28.4	9.1	37.7
14.	Belgium	28.7	8.3	37.3
15.	Egypt	28.9	9.8	39.0
15.	Rwanda	28.9	9.7	39.1
17.	Croatia	29.0	8.8	38.0
17.	Ukraine	29.0	8.8	37.8
19.	Germany	30.0	8.2	38.5
20.	Austria	31.0	6.9	38.0
21.	Romania	31.1	8.0	39.5
22.	Pakistan	31.2	9.5	41.1
23.	Canada	31.5	7.5	39.3
24.	Korea, South	31.6	7.5	39.3
25.	Poland	31.6	7.8	39.7
26.	Indonesia	31.7	9.0	41.1
27.	Latvia	32.4	7.6	40.3
27.	Lithuania	32.4	7.8	40.3
29.	Spain	32.5	7.5	40.3
30.	Netherlands	32.6	7.3	40.1

Final Crit

November 15, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

Friday – 1:30 final crit

Here are the designs I showed….

(a new version using the same ripple/water logo, but it’s blown up and covers the entire pebble)

(another version, this time with the logo around one corner of the pebble)

(the last design, with the logo spread around the side of the pebble)

(Measurement & Materials)

(my version of the animal logotype, two version actually, the ‘i’ is different. A unisex version inspired by the style of my ripple/water logo design)

(the ripple/water logo and a colour swatch down the side for the available pebble colours)

Opening- Closing Mechanism Dilemma

November 14, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

Respire Magnetic Inhaler Case

http://www.respirecases.com/

Glasses Case

http://www.best4glasses.co.uk/info_case.asp

Metal Case

http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/esprit-ladies-watch-glam-love-black-w-diamantes/

http://www.sz-wholesale.com/P/Metal-watch-case/Metal-watch-case—————-71324.html

– would need to have the soft silicon/polyurethane around the metal.

Visual Research

November 14, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

Watch cases contact sheet

Pebble pics contact sheet

Materials…

November 13, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

The perfect material!!!!!!

“Freecom ToughDrive”

http://www.freecom.com/ecProduct_detail.asp?OID=10773&ID=2332&catID=8020&sCatID=1146257&ssCatID=1146260

Info from the site:

Shock protected 2.5″ hard drive from Freecom with 120GB. Built-in USB 2.0 cable. Internal anti-shock mechanism. Withstand falling from 2 meters

Features :
Durable, soft silicon cover
Internal anti-shock mechanism
Withstand falling from 2 meters
Integrated USB 2.0 cable
Buspowered
High quality, slimline design
Fanless design thus no noise

Modelmaking said….

my Freecom is probably soft polyurethane or soft silicon
look up injection molding
companies who do it can send you samples

More Research

November 13, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

“Dining Pod opens up to accommodate family sit-down dinner”

http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/kure-dining-pod-opens-up-for-family-dinner-hour/

“Purified water through eco-filtration”

http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/ovopur-pours-fresh-water-using-eco-filtration/

“Two wheeler egg-shaped car for a green future”

http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/egg-shaped-car-runs-on-two-wheels/

Development….

November 12, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

Visual realization of my idea…

(the first one)

(first series of pebbles)

(second series of pebbles, added after I rummaged through the men’s and women’s clothes section in terms of their colour use and designs)

Research

November 6, 2008 in VCC2 - part 3 - packaging | Leave a comment

This is a visual train of thoughts which starts with Andy Goldsworthy and his take on pebble and ripple imagery, and then progresses products, concepts and designs which pertain to: ripples, water, waves, pebbles, round forms, natural forms, nature inspired design, surfing, and interesting packaging design.