#ISTD

[russmorris]

Star 9

Pentax *ist D, Sigma 28-135mm ƒ/5.6 Macro + Kodak Duaflex II

[olivermspecialistpractice]

Finished Outcome

[charliepipedesigner]

Experimenting with Linocut Printing - ISTD Project

Here I have carved the title of my final outcome ‘For The Culture’ using a rubber surface so that it can be printed. I thought the aesthetic of a hand-made font would bring a personable aesthetic towards the subject matter. The process of making these prints was very fun because I used materials that I would not often use, and it was beneficial in terms of my practical work during the experimental stages. 

Firstly, I gathered my materials together so that I could begin the experiment. I watched a few tutorials on YouTube prior so that I knew what I was doing. I printed the title of my project from an InDesign document, which I then transferred into a PDF. Then, I used tracing paper to draw over the text, and I applied the typography onto the rubber surface. After that, I used a lino cutter and handle set to carve the negative space, in order to apply ink/paint on to the letters. During this part of the process I made a few errors by accidentally carving corners of the letters. Despite this, I used the 5 different blades to make a precise carving of the letters. The printing ink stage required me to use a roller and multiple sheets of paper so that I can practice printing my carved lino print. 

From this experimentation of linocut printing, I was able to follow the step-by-step tutorials in order to provide a typographic print that is aesthetically pleasing. When I practice this type of printing again, I will make sure that my carving technique is precise, and that the ink is applied onto my linocut so that it prints completely on the paper.

[maddiecopesblog]

piece of writing a did a month ago

Wonder and amazement at all the things women do. 

the tasks we juggle, the children we carry, the hands we hold.

quietly getting on with it all, almost invisibly. 

almost 

we have been holding onto so many beautiful things for so long our hands are cramping. 

Holding life, house keys, hands and hoards of love.

We hold the world on our shoulders, between our fingertips until they start to break. 

We require acknowledgment for this burden

I do not need a handbag, 

I will not carry anymore 

I will not buy anything else 

I want pockets, 

like the ones men have. 

Not shallow, or sewn up or too small. 

Deep meaningful pockets to hold everything I love close to me, on my person. 

Women worked for years to own possessions, now we radically, want to hold them. 

I wish to wear my possessions like armour. 

I wish to be lined with trinkets, tickets, tampons and whatever else. 

Power to the people and power to pockets. 

[chloehaynesaub]

Specialist practise - Joybringer evaluation

Overall, I am really happy with my final outcome. I took into consideration all of the research I collated to make informed designs to convey the message of different ways people with ADHD chase dopamine. 

I used a variety of typefaces, I did this to convey that with ADHD everything varies so widely. For example, no brain is the same and no day is the same, so I felt having a variety of typefaces emphasised this. 

I also used very busy designs and illustrations filling each page. I did this to mirror the ‘chaos’ felt in the ADHD brain. For example, the sensory overload of hearing all the noises around them, as well as the hyperactivity side. 

I feel the use of the risograph style designs was very successful in my final outcome, it added a lot of texture and dimension to my designs and made them more visually interesting. 

However, if I were to develop this project further, I would want to incorporate more things tailored specifically to ADHD. Although all my designs were influenced by the research I had done, I feel that neuro-typical people also receive their dopamine in these ways and I have differentiated the difference in the extent people with ADHD do these things for dopamine. For example the caffeine design I have written caffeine 21 times to show how many coffee’s I drink in the week of my diary, which was significantly more than the average neuro-typical person, so I would want to add more of that. 

However, overall I think the outcome conveys my desired message and is an accessible way for people with ADHD to be reminded it is normal for them to chase dopamine due to the natural lack of it in their brains. 

[leiajoydesign]

ISTD - Bibliography

Tuesday 12th December 2023 - Bibliography

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BBC News (2023c). Derbyshire MP Robert Largan accused of ‘fake’ newspaper con. BBC News. 8th September [online]. Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66742672 [Accessed 17 October 2023].

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Gorny, Liz (2022). “What do they have on me?”: explore the scary limits of data collection in design with Data Aeternum [online]. Available from: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/shivam-sinha-data-aeternum-graphic-design-030822 [Accessed 12 October 2023].

Gorny, Liv (2022). Superposition reveals the disturbing reach of facial recognition tech in NYC with this interactive data visualisation project [online]. Available from: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/superposition-inside-the-nypds-surveillance-machine-digital-230222 [Accessed 13 October 2023].

Gorny, L. (2023). Huge entertainment ‘city’ in Tokyo transformed with variable typographic identity [online]. Available from: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/and-form-tokyo-dome-city-graphic-design-171023 [Accessed 18 October 2023].

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May, T. (2022). German photo artist Claus Stolz mixes real and fake to pose the question what is real? [online]. Available from: https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/chamber-play/ [Accessed 18 October 2023].

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[georgiafitzsimons]

ISTD - EVAL

LO1 - In terms of research I think this really helped informed my decisions and was the most consistent and helped developed my outcomes better than in any other project.

LO2 - My own understanding and establishment of my target audience helped inform my decisions. I was really happy with all the experiments I did and how I created lots of original content that helped me develop later on. Having enough experiments allowed me to build onto my work to create a narrative for the audience to watch.

LO3 - My communications through presentations has became much clearer through this term being able to show my ideas consisely even when I', struggling has helped me gain feedback and show my thought process to get the right advice. The structure of my process book and my final product come to a clear conclusion. My prototypes show clear development and LO4 feedback. I explored lots of different size options to get a feel of what would be right for this project too I'm really happy with the amount of tests I printed to see clear mistakes throughout.

If I were to do my project again I would make sure that the brief I choose as the start gives me the best chance of showing my specialist practise rather than trying to research and create something so abstract that it becomes overwhelming.

[felicityhicklingviscomlvl6]

sp – term reflection.

I'm proud of what I've achieved this term, with firstly getting it done because I felt I was pretty behind a couple weeks ago, but I managed to pull through and create something I'm happy with. Secondly, the outcome is really rewarding with an editorial piece as you get to finally flick through it physically, rather than digitally. Actually having it in your hands makes it feel worth it. Which is why I love doing editorials so much, I definitely think this is my specialist practice, and I hope I get to work on in my career.

Choosing ISTD wasn't a hard decision as I knew I immediately wanted to jump back into an editorial, but picking the brief was quite difficult as they all had so much creative freedom that I felt a little taunting at first. I chose The Line because at the time it was the one I was most confident to pick and there was so many paths I could've gone down. I didn't struggle too much with my initial idea, because I wanted to keep an open mind in the beginning. So looking into multiple ideas and then choose once I'd explored a little more than just a mind map confirmed that only one of the three ideas I was drawn to. Doing this was definitely a good idea as I remember last year I tried to define my idea too quickly without thinking of the important things that go into it.

My idea went through quite a few changes, from attachment, to family heirlooms, to family lineage. My original idea of my interpretation of the red string of fate can still be found within my underlying meaning for my outcome as I related the theory to more than just a romantic relationship, a family relationship/lineage. And, of course, family lineage or a timeline is visualised as a line, so I knew it still worked with the brief too.

I'd say what I struggled the most with was my narrative, I went through a lot of ideas for my narrative that I never felt worked so I never ended up taking it anywhere. So for my initial design it was a rough photo book because the only thing I knew I had was the timeline from my great great grandma to me. Having that last tutorial really helped me, and made me realise that my exploration of my lineage needs to be the narrative.

So the book starts with my discovery of my great great grandmas writings she had in the 1920s that she would recite to women's groups. This then lead me to want to learn more about her, then leading me to find out about the lace factory that her husband was running because he was from a lace manufacturing family. Then what pieced it together was the fact some of the lace that's been passed down has appeared in the wedding dresses of my great grandma, my grandma and my mum. Creating 'The Lace That Threads Us Together' as my title.

What I would do differently is instead of putting the writings in the main book, I would create a separate smaller book for inside the main book to create the idea that it's a notebook like my great great grandma's. This would've then added more dimension to the piece and it would've been a fun way to bring some colour into it. I'd have placed it between where I introduce the writings in the main book. Then just the timeline of my female lineage would've been in the main book. I think next term, before possibly submitting to ISTD, I may actually do this, so I'd re-print and bind the whole thing to have this instead.

Finally, I'm still super glad with how it came out, it became something so fulfilling since it was personal to me and will be a special thing to my mum and grandma. Overall, this term was a challenge, as it almost always is, but I finished with an outcome I’m extremely proud of which makes up for a lot of the struggles I dealt with this term.

[tillzzy]

ISTD

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[russmorris]

Leaf.

Pentax *ist D + Sigma 28-135mm ƒ/5.6 Macro

[olivermspecialistpractice]

Binding my Book

[orlamount]

Grids

[maddiecopesblog]

final box design

[chloehaynesaub]

final outcome

These images show my final outcome of specialist practice in respondence to the joy bringer brief from istd.

[leiajoydesign]

ISTD - Evaluation

Tuesday 12th December 2023 - Evaluation

This unit of work has given me the opportunity to further develop my skills within motion design, enhancing my work flow within Adobe After Effects and diving into kinetic typography as the outcome for my project. It has provided me with essential skills for the industry but also creating an outstanding piece of design for my portfolio, touching on a subject that I strongly believe in and has impacted me and my audience for the better. Once I am on the right path and feel confident in my ideas I am able to progress quite quickly, due to my dedication and great work ethic; this term provided me with some challenges which hindered my progress throughout the term but nevertheless I was able to push myself through and keep on track with the completion of this unit.

As a designer who is strengthening my skills within type design, I was apprehensive of how I would tackle type and motion design, and it took a while for me to understand a design style that would be suitable. Kinetic type has always interested me as a motion designer and this unit felt like the perfect opportunity to dive into it, being able to create expressive type that has a purpose, narrative and is engaging to the audience is a great skill to have for the industry. Throughout this unit I have considered my target audience and the way they would engage with my animation, knowing that my target audience, Gen Z, spend a lot of time of TikTok, creating a kinetic type animation that is face paced, hard-hitting and emotive would be best for the platform and would entice the best response. All my research from beginning to the end of this project has helped inform all my decisions, from theoretical research about modern day social media and the disastrous effects it has had on an impressionable young audience to the contextual research, looking at designers such as Morag Myerscough, who even though uses a bold, bright colour palette unlike myself her use of heavy weighted sans serif typefaces reflected back into my outcomes.

My project started very broad, picking the Big Data brief to challenge myself and push me out of my comfort zone, my research gave me a lot of avenues to go down. I was particularly drawn to how Big Data has a negative impact on our lives and the effects it has on society, and my main inspiration came from Fake News and the content we absorb. The biggest learning curve from this was having way too much information that I found it hard to narrow down onto one path, but once I finally made that link between Gen Z and the content they absorb through social media and how negatively this is effecting their body image and mental health, my project fell into place.

Reflecting on this unit I have realised that no matter the challenges of a brief, I will always push through and create a response that is engaging, unique and impactful. If I hadn't been faced with the personal challenges outside of university this term my time management would have been better, but taking that into consideration and factoring in the obstacles I have faced this term I actually believe my time management skills have been improved due to having to consider other external factors. Moving forward I will take the learning curve of this term through into my other units and also into industry, as it has taught me that as long as I keep pushing through, projects will fall into place and these outcomes will be just as, if not, more successful.

[georgiafitzsimons]

Final photos & binding - LO1 - LO3

While having discussions I wanted to find a more personal way of binding the book rather than staples because it felt less fitting. I looked at a few binding options that would work on a paginated draft which would help give it more volume than bindings such as japanese binding.

These are my final photos showcasing the cover, details and imagery. I am really happy how this turned out. i am glad that I decided to focus on just one outcome for this. Despite it definitely being possible to make multiple issue for developmental purposes focusing on one really helped me choose out design choices especially for image placement, space filling and text choices. If I were to do this again I would design and develop a set further from the deadline to make sure each could have an equal amount of attention. Even the front cover is much more consistent with the rest of the design.

To carry on considering the audience I definitely think a personal project like the could be turned into a distributed artbook. Whether that distribution is through public spaces like waiting rooms like hairdressers, public transport or other ways this could've turned into a mysterious but delicate push for generation z to look into. I hope for an audience this guidance using statistics and academic resources brings across the correct message of encouragement without being so negative that it becomes another brutal message ignored due to desensitisation.

Having the lighter side within with images and thoughts pulls it away from a less serious piece to something more suggestive.

I chose textured paper to present my book. Because it felt like the most personal/less editorial than glossy paper. Too with the stitching of my book made it feel 'handmade' again handing itself to the idea of a personal artist book for the audience to read/enjoy.