Graphic design within sustainability campaigns

For our Monday module we were asked to look at a plethora of sustainability campaigns that come under the spectrum of what UNESCO consider to be the 10 sub genres of sustainability within the modern day world, and from our research work in groups to present a 3 minute designed presentation on them to engage…More

Typography and meaning notes

Typography is one of the most important tools for an effective visual communication and as a graphic designer. The instant words materialise on page or screen, they begin to express ideas and possess a meaning. Something with a meaning relies upon its ability to present its idea in a form that can be communicated and…More

Ruben Pater’s CAPS LOCK further reading summary

CAPS LOCK is a book by Ruben Pater that retraces the relations between graphic design and capitalism. It is an inspirational book full of sources for design students, educators, and visual communicators all over the world. These are just a few of my notes: The book uses clear language and interesting visual examples to show…More

Sustainability campaign research

On Monday we we’re asked to go into groups and between us deliver a presentation on sustainability campaigns that we each individually researched. The aim of this task is to get us engaged with researching and finding what works well for a sustainability campaign. I really enjoyed this task and the prospect of working in…More

Introduction to visual cultures

Today we we’re introduced to the content of our critical thinking module for semester 2. I found this session really useful and engaging, and I foresee myself really enjoying learning more about it as the term goes on. It will give us an insight into visual cultures and a space to reflect on the ethical…More

Letterpress workshop 1

A new generation of graphic designers are working with letterpress to produce innovative contemporary design by employing the traditional technique to create visually tactile and bold prints that can be used across most areas of graphic design and art. This semester we will undertake several letterpress workshops to not only teach us the practice but…More

Creation and destruction of value

For the majority of the workshops in GDES4003 we had to explore the idea of creating new value or meaning to our seemingly useless items. One of the exercises was to use imagery of our objects and manipulate them using a range of different techniques and processes, this could be up to our interpretation of…More

Mind mapping and brainstorming

As part of our ‘object as a narrative’ workshop we were taught the importance of mind mapping at the start of creative projects, to help enhance our creative process and generate as many ideas as possibles before settling on one. Whether working alone or part of a group mapping and brainstorming preliminary ideas visually is…More