Week 8

Marketing in a day!

We had to think of methods in order to promote our magazine.

So I decided to make a T-shirt and a flyer. 

Week 7

Multimedia in a day!

Webpage, iPad and iPhone

iPad

iPhone

Website

Week 6

Production Day! 
In the morning me and my friend went to the wrong room and missed the beginning of the lesion. It was about developing a magazine in a day. We were given "Trashion" - a final year project of a graduated girl. It is a fashion and culture magazine with a specific audience - young girls who love shopping and art. Also i did some articles: 

 

Week 5

Preparing for Output

During the fifth week we learnt how to prepare a document for output. The most important aspects are: File Checking, Quality Management, Client Brief and Specification, Verification, Validation and Sign-Off and Output. We managed to understand how essential is the file checking in order to make a successful project. Also I found interesting the Project-file-cycle. Later, in pairs we had to design a sign-off form to conclude the verification of a project. That's what we did: 

Week 4

Grid and Composition

Week 3

The third week was about Colour and Image. We could understand how important they can be in a way of communication. In the lesion we were given some colours and we had to define what they mean to us with a noun or an adjective. The most interesting fact is that most of us had different understading of their meaning so we exchanged opinions and laughed a lot. We also tried to manipulate colour and image in InDesign.

Finally, I understood the difference between RGB and CMYK colours. For our directed study we had to make a CD Cover so i chose Justin Timberlake.
There are two logos i compared.

In Costa logo, the 'S' is distorted to look like steam. This implies the deliciousness of the hot coffee served there. The font is sans serif and the 'O' is a circle, which matches the shape of the mug the Costa coffee is served in. 

Red implies of anger and passion. When peppers are coloured in red, it gives the sense that they taste hot. 

Week 2

                              "Design is boring text and solid colours"

The second week was about Shape and Form. 

In the morning we were talking about visual metaphors and their impact on the design work. We had a task called: Visualising Words, such as backward. forward, ideas, motion, conversation and we had to make shapes combined with letters. It was pretty fun! For our directed study we had to make a business card like logo with design for young people - "Bright Ideas Design" I was also looking for interesting logos so i will post some of them here.