Design Practice III//Negotiated Briefs//Orange Juice and Shredded Poster Designs.

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Going on to look at potential design outcomes for the 'Orange Juice 'Rip it Up' 2013' hyperthetical tour I will promote and brand as one of my projects in the OUGD301 module, I've had an idea, for quite a while, to look at tactile forms of design to visually communicate the 'Rip' in 'Rip it Up', as well as communicating the cut-n-paste style of the 1970's/1980's of Graphic Design with a punk influence in Britain, of which Orange Juice were such a part of.

One of my initial ideas is to explore paper shredding to visual represent the 'Rip' on a bold colour palette of orange and black (bold, uppercase serif typeface) for the brand identity of the tour and the proposed identity of the band itself. On this post, I've shown a few examples for inspiration, the top image ('Graphic Design Portfolio Review') being a particular favourite, and something that I'm really keen to start experimenting with throughout the range of product outcomes.

For future developments, see my Design Practice blog.

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Design Production for Print//Silent Movie//Desperate Housewives Title Sequence.

Another great example of a contemporary source of animation in a film/televised programme titile sequence- here, the US programme 'Desperate Housewives' (created by Marc Cherry) is introduced in a simple, yet effective animated sequence which could easily have been crafted on the Adobe After Effects software- with iconic images of women in arts, culture and the media used to represent the housewives of the tv show's title.

The overall effect is perhaps a little messy and cluttered for my liking- but a great inspiration to see how something so "busy" can be simply created.

Again, I have gone on to capture the key frame images in an Issuu document (above) through the use of screengrabs in order to gain an understanding of time and motion through the sequence- what would be useful, it the future, would be to also note down the specific times to see how the story board key frames were developed and prioritised.

Design Production for Print//Silent Movie//Charade Film Title Sequence.

An example of a slightly less contemporary source of motion graphic title sequence design- though a design which could still effectively be achieved through the similar style on Adobe After Effects that we look set to achieve through the Design Production for Digital, and, in particular, 'Silent Movie' brief (more information of which can be found on my Design Practice and Personal & Professional Development blog).

Although the design for the classic 1963 film 'Charade' (featured above) still serves a purpose- and serves it well... it is far too cluttered and "mad" for my liking- very psychedelic and fitting for the time, nevertheless... a lot going on in a short space of time for this animation- would be really interesting to evaluate it further to note when the key frames are featured on the entirety of the sequence and the affect this has on speed throughout the duration of the design.

Design Production for Print//Silent Movie//Monsters Inc. Film Title Sequence.

Looking into closer details at some commonly popular stop motion and animation sequences- particularly looking at title sequences and the way in which they are styled to be both unique and visually communicative of the forthcoming film.

One of my favourite title sequences (featured above) is from Pixar's 'Monsters Inc'- this sequence showcasing the great character and playfulness that can be adopted by both letterforms and inanimate objects- great inspiration for my own typographic work in the 'Silent Movie' project (see my Design Practice blog for further information). I love the way that the colours are also used against the stark black for a really high-impact, memorable animation piece.

The key frames of the animation have been highlighted by myself through a series of screengrabs (featured in the Issuu document above)- really interesting to see the frequency of key frames in relation to the overall duration of the motion piece and how this is effected in the overall pace of the motion- a great help to develop my understanding of how time is manipulated within animation- I will keep doing these small tasks to help build my contextual research and awareness.

Design Production for Print//Silent Movie//Anatomy of a Murder Film Title Sequence.

Here, Saul Bass' (legendary minimalist Graphic Designer) design for the film title sequence of Alfred Hitchcock's Thriller classic 'Anatomy of a Murder'- shown in an animated motion graphics style that Hitchcock became well known for.

Although very simple with bold, sans serif type, a minimal monochrome colour palette and simple cut-out-like shapes for the visual imagery, this film sequence is simple and communicates easily to the audience the subject matter of the film without overpowering it, or overshadowing the film itself. 

Again, I have highlighted the key frames throughout this Issuu manual document (feature directly above) which will hopefully be a source of inspiration for my own key frame and storyboard development throughout the 'Silent Movie' motion graphics project (see my Design Practice blog for more information) in which I will emulate this classic minimalistic style to fit in with my own portfolio of work.

Design Production for Print//Silent Movie//Catch Me If You Can Film Title Sequence.

Brilliant motion graphics piece created for the title sequence of Steven Spielberg's film 'Catch me if you can' starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo Di Caprio. 

The colours, simple pictorial style and typography used throughout the animation work wonderfully together- usually I'm not a fan of mid-blues and blacks, (I find that black often dulls blue, as opposed to white) though I think that it works really well in this instance- as can be seen throughout the keyframes I have screengrabbed and put into an Issuu document (above). So far, this is probably my favourite title sequence animation I have seen- stylish, consistent and yet full of varying content- a great example of what I could aspire to achieve throughout this Design Production for Digital module.

Good Is//Benneton UnHate Campaign.

Another day, another brilliant campaign by the advertising team at Benetton.

For the company that is now far more famous for it's guerilla, and often outlandish marketing tactics than it's clothing range have made another winner with their 'UnHate' campaign, in which World Leaders embrace the love with a quick kiss. LOVE the political satire used (once again) by Benetton- always so edgy and contemporary. The Angela Merkel/Sarkozy design makes me hoot. 

Brilliant concept, imagery and print production utilised here- the editorial work on the photographs is really amazing. I aspire to create work like this.

Great feature below from design boom...

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/17676/benetton-unhate-campaign-features-kissing-world-leaders.html United colors of benetton advertisement featuring hu jintao, paramount leader of the people's republic of china, with barack obama, president of the USA united colors of benetton has just unveiled its new 'unhate' advertising campaign in a handful, of cities, featuring manipulated images that show unlikely pairings of international religious and political leaders kissing one another. the ad campaign supports the company's 'unhate foundation' think tank and arts research center, designed to organize events and promote acts of intervention towards a more tolerant world. as its first series of actions, benetton organized the hoisting of large posters and projection of digital images of the controversial advertisements in public spaces in new york, milan, rome, tel aviv, and paris. online, the organization's 'kiss wall' invites users from around the world to upload diptyched images that mimic kissing duos, alongside a message of tolerance and 'unhate'. 'what does 'unhate' mean? 'un-hate. stop hating, if you were hating. unhate is a message that invites us to consider that hate and love are not as far away from each other as we think. actually, the two opposing sentiments are often in a delicate and unstable balance. our campaign promotes a shift in the balance.' - alessandro benetton, executive vice president Ad featuring pope bendetto XVI with ahmed el tayyeb, imam of al-azhar mosque in cairo North Korea's kim jong-ii and lee myung-bak, president of south korea Israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas German chancellor angela merkel and french president nicholas sarkozy US president barack obama with venezuelan president hugo chavez 'guerrilla intervention' in milan, piazza duomo 'guerrilla intervention' in milan's piazza affari (milan stock exchange) 'guerrilla intervention' in new york's times square

Design Production for Print//Vector & Infographic Design Inspiration.

A selection of images and general design which have inspired my vector-based infographic designs. Love the minimal colours used and bold, grided formats and styles- a great collection of images to work from 
for my own design development- which can be found on my Design Practice blog.

http://designspiration.net/image/38547/ 

Labour Market Intelligence publication. Love the minimal colours used and the page layout and griding- really bold and simple- great, rich orange colour. Definitely going to make my work look like this!

http://designspiration.net/image/45117/

The Official Manufacturing Company / Work / Frances May / Re-Brand- sweet, simple design which reflects my design idea for my latest logo design (which can be found on my Design Practice blog)

http://designspiration.net/image/49356/

cla-se / Claret Serrahima. Again, great use of minimal colours and griding structure- a playful, contemporary style that I would love to emulate within my own work.

http://amandajanejones.com/#1286219/Once-More-NEW

LOVE this designs by Graphic Designer Amanda Jane Jones- really fun, playful designs- love the one colour plus stock and the really clever vector designs- fun, yet still grown up with a sophisticated colour palette. The "Party in a box" has given me great inspiration for the film festival mailshot- I need to create something much more fun! Lighten up, Sophie.

Design Production for Print//Existing Film Festival logos.

Throughout my project, I have constantly been returning to films, and film festivals as a source of inspiration for my own work- wanted to create something which is new and original, yet is still visually communicative, and high impact. One of the unusual things I found when researching film festival logos (some examples shown below) was whilst there was plenty of laurel wreaths, film reels, and other standard representations of film, there was also a great deal of variation- some innovative and inspired, others, frankly, looking rather corporate or visually confusing and a bit lost... some of the more interesting examples found can be seen below.

LOVE this idea- great logo- however, naturally, I would have assumed that this was a logo for a NYC film festival (big apple connotations), but it is actually for a film festival in Kazakhstan... this city/town may have an association with apples (?) though I don't think I'm the only one who would of have my initial reaction, despite the text reference below the logo's image. 

The BAFTAs take a slightly more traditional route, emphasising the classic art of stage performance and theatre- I want to try something a little more fun and upbeat.

Whilst the series of logo images above are- well, fine, they aren't necessarily very representative of a film festival. Staked with style and heritage, the logos are an effective form of communication throughout the years, but to a newcomer to the festival(s), it may not be quite so clear.

Innovative illustration idea- but reminding me of a palm tree, and with a very Sandals- esque holiday brochure typeface in the world 'Cine' (Cinema) this reminds me a little too much of a hotel resort logo.

Probably my favourite logo of the bunch- picrograms are a great way to directly portray a message in a bold and simple way- love the shape and the colours used, really high-impact and eye catching- certainly inspired my own logo development which can be found on my Design Practice blog.

Design Production for Print//The Films of Bill Murray.

http://www.cmybacon.com/2011/11/bill-murray-tribute-poster/

Got a link today from friend and fellow BAGDer, Joe, to this infographic vector design noting the films of Bill Murray, one of Wes Anderson's most common contributors within his films (on a site named CMYBacon... and even as a vegetarian I know that's the best name ever). Love the colour palette used and the simple yet visually communicative vector illustrations. No matter how much I love hand-rendered work, I think that when vector illustrations and iconography are done well, as the example above, it really is the best kind of illustrative design- definitely going to incorporate this style into my own work- see my Design Practice blog for design developments over the next two weeks.

Design Production for Print//Ricky Linn Badge Icons.

http://rickylinn.tumblr.com/

Badge icons I saw a couple of days ago online by designer Ricky Linn. Really love these bold, visually communicative designs- great colour palette and love the detail and texture applied through the vector design- this is exactly the style I'm looking to achieve in my own designs and branding media for my Wes Anderson hypothetical film festival (for the 'Design Production for Print' project).