In this post-manystuff* internet environment, it seems pertinent upon my person to make a list. A list of all the different ways that a modern graphic designer can hold a poster! When a poster is held correctly, it is done great justice! When a poster is held correctly, it is totally blogged all over the internets!
The whole is something else than the sum of its parts
University of the Arts - Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Twenty years ago, in April 1989, Central School of Arts and Crafts (est. 1896) and Saint Martins College of Art (est. 1854) merged into what is now called Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (CSM).
On Monday, I went to a panel at the college’s Cochrane Theatre, celebrating the 20 years since the union. Geoff Fowle, former director of the Graphic Design course, hosted the panel of graduates from the last 20 years, who discussed their experiences before, during and after studying at CSM.
After the panel, we were invited to a reception with Geoff and other members of staff and alumni, which lead to some interesting discussions. While sipping our drinks, my tutor asked my opinion on the university website. This was a very thought-provoking question and I wanted to share my ideas here. Continue Reading →
Universal Mashup Album Cover 2.0
Mashup Albom Cover 2.0
Times have changed and designs too. It is time to update the cover design I’ve made for the different mashup tracks on my iTunes collection.
The Universal Mashup Logo started as an idea to have a unified album cover to the different mashup tracks I have on iTunes.
Since then, I thought that the logo can be used to promote the idea of mashup across different mediums.
‎It could be interesting to see the icon on differnt applications, music videos, websites, and videos to represent the fact that they are taken from different sources (example: thru-you.com, where the creator used unrelated YouTube clips of individual musicians to create a album).
You are free to share and to remix the cover, and you can use the vector graphics to create something new. You can find the SVG file on Wikimedia Commons.
Enjoy.
Consumerism Reflected
This concept came to me as I was walking in the streets of SoHo in New York in April 2007. The display windows reflected the houses on the street, and I thought that the houses reflected the window displays.
This is happening in any city that we live in. The city is a reflection of our way of consumer culture. We can see it in every corner, in every city in the world.
This is my reflections on consumerism.
* I would like it to be my next idea for an exhibition.
My Dissertation
This is my dissertation “The Freedom to Create & Creating freedom”. It was written as part of my final year project for BA Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins College in 2006.
A lot of the ideas came to me from reading Lawrence Lessig blog posts and books, as well as the work of The Creative Commons.
I’ve uploaded the PDF to Issuu.com, Scribd, and you can view it here, or you can download and share the PDF (908 kb).
The Freedom to Create and Creating Freedom
This work is presented with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 – you are free to share and remix the work, under the conditions that you will give credit and distribute the result under the same license.
Use Typography
Use Typography was created to showcase and describe websites that utilize good typography.
Inspiration series: Movie credits | Veerle’s blog
Luckily people start realizing that more was possible in the late 1950s and it became a form of art. There is one graphic designer that made several credits mini movies a work of art and his name is Saul Bass. He is solely responsible for a turning point in the movie credits world. What follows is a small selection of what I found inspiring.
Corporate Connection (2003) is now here
Corporate Connection (2003) is now part of my blog, and not only on Flickr. You are welcome to visit it, interact with it, and leave some comments too.
With the help of MapLib, I was able to mash my image with the technology of Google Maps. But this is only semi-interactive.
Lately I’ve started to think about the next version of this creation. I believe (and hope) its going to be very interesting and not so far from now.