The official poster for the second MA Graphics show.
Archive for December, 2009
The Synesthetic Experiment
Monday, December 21st, 2009Homage to Machines
Monday, December 21st, 2009Michael Landy has co-curated a show at Tate Liverpool, Joyous Machines which includes a film of his own well known work, ‘Break Down’ (2001) and work by Jean Tinguely. Tinguely is apparently a major influence on Landy, and he has produced a series of drawings that are based on photographs and other documentation of Tinguely’s ‘Homage to New york’ (1960), this piece was both a sculpture and an event. Tinguely conceived the idea of a sculpture that would destroy itself in a performance to take place outside the Museum of Modern Art in New York (still from film shown below).
Exhibition Poster Variations
Monday, December 21st, 2009There have been various versions of the poster for the next Camberwell MA Graphics exhibiton, I have uploaded them here to show how the have developed, this one is my version of a previous design by another student (show below). The others thought I was joking with the stretched rainbow type. It is not tasteful ‘good design’ I know, but then, it is a poster to attract students, and I thought this was a good opportunity to do something eye catching and trashy. Common sense prevailed.
Take the Middle Fork Down, Part 3
Sunday, December 20th, 2009This phase of the project was great for having some real messy fun, and feeling like a genuine sculptor. Although at times it was something more like cake decoration. This was a long day, about 11 hours of work. The process is known as ‘ceramic shell’. First step, painting a few coats of the stuff onto the wax.
Turned Wet Doom, Turns Odd Float
Sunday, December 20th, 2009When I was in the letterpress workshop setting the type for ‘Take the Middle Fork Down’ I toyed with the idea of making some complementary wood block Gil Sans to make the sides of the ‘type tower’ (as I was thinking of it), trying to find words that fitted the theme and the size of the block. Through going through various permutations I ended up with a series of possibilities:
Take the Middle Fork Down, Part 2
Sunday, December 20th, 2009The second version of this piece should end up being made in bronze, but as I write this now it is the December break and the mould is still not finished, the process itself has been worthwhile, and has meant that I’ve learnt a bit more about the best way to use wax with the metal type. Now I have a better understanding of the wax castng process as well, which I’m sure is going to be useful in some other projects.
Leonardo Sonnoli Typographic Designer
Saturday, December 19th, 2009The Italian designer Leonardo Sonnoli has some strong typographic work, which I am interested in particularly for the sculptural approaches, for example this exhibition poster for architect Lina Bo Bardi.
Specially Chosen Amazing Graphics
Friday, December 18th, 2009“While many posters are just words super-imposed on a sometimes carelessly chosen photo, each MetaPoster has been crafted with specially selected pictures laden with meaning.”
I stumbled upon metaposters.com just now, these posters can apparently change your life. They use ‘NeuroActive Technology’ and have tiny subliminal messages (all positive ones) printed as a border to the rather fantastic composite images. Seeing is believing.
Eggshell Clangwave Oscillator Graphic System Looking Quiet
Friday, December 11th, 2009Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which additional senses apply to other types of sensory perception. For example, in grapheme synesthesia, letters or numbers are perceived as inherently coloured. The word Synesthesia comes from the greek words for ’sensation’ and ‘together’. In this case the group that will be together is MA Graphics at Camberwell, and the sensation will be that provided by our second exhibition.
In order to name the show, a group of us got together in that hotbed of creativity, Funky Munky, and put a simple system into practice using a combination of chance and choice, to generate the title.
