For my professional contexts project I’ve decided to design a guidebook to Southwark, as part of a larger series of guides to every London borough. I’ve used the name ‘Lightning’ for my series, although this is definitely subject to change! Here are a couple of cover experiments.
Really like the second one I think…
Typographic journey through San Francisco.
Academic Contexts project - potential front cover? Blue line will lead all of the way around the cover.
(Source: pushthemovement, via thecsbhive)
A map I’ve made of London’s bridges for the contents page of my structure and the city project - not bad for a first attempt at Illustrator!
Here are some photos from the two grids and colour workshops. More experimentation to follow (when I can get round to it)!
In my attempt to move the Academic Contexts project forward, using Google I have mapped out the numerous bridges and tunnels in London in my sketchbook.
Following on from this I experimented with simplifying the river itself by hand – I think this especially requires follow-up work on the computer. By doing this it raises the issue of when mapping out the ways we cross the river, how simple can we go? I feel particularly inspired by Harry Beck and his design of the London underground map – form followed function. During the design process he enlarged the central area where the density of stations was greatest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg3pfUqdLp4).
Looking at TFL’s river map of the capital’s numerous piers it is interesting to see how they have undertaken a similar concept and enlarged the areas where there are more piers.
I like the idea of designing my own map of the river (for the contents page, possibly?) that doesn’t focus entirely on being a literal representation of distance, for example where the concentration of bridges are in central London, however it is important to bear it in mind.
These experiments have inspired me to consider other dimensions to my project, such as how the river can be a reflection of the city.
Following from last week’s academic contexts review and the feedback I received, I thought more about what I could base this project around. I took this photo very near City Hall - it’s a water feature running along the ground between buildings.
This led me to think about how water, particularly in London with the Thames, is a slightly alternative form of structure in the city. I’d like to investigate deeper the various ways we cross the river - bridges and other forms like the Greenwich foot tunnel - primarily through photography. Now I need to do some primary and secondary research, which should hopefully lead me to the different sections of my publication.
Here are some (slightly overdue) photos from the visual grammar workshops. Hopefully they will inspire me to crack on with some further research and developments!
We’re doing the first of two colour workshops tomorrow, which got me thinking how colour is used in adverts. This Sony one came to mind, which I absolutely love since it’s filmed in San Francisco - I have a billion photos taking up space from my travels there of beautiful colourful houses.
PgCert Design for Visual Communication student organising the nice things I see.
