"Understanding Visual Communication and Textiles"

Yeah. We got homework.
SO.

1. Identify four disciplines within 2D design.
 (Ooh, bullet points, shiny)

• Character design (video gaming/films/cartoons)
• Storyboarding (animation)
• Website design
• Fabric design

2. Identify a graphics/illustration/textiles magazine and find an article that interests you.

Evacuation of Dunkirk

John Craske, Woolwork

unfinished on his death, 1943

published in Selvedge magazine

I picked a textiles magazine because usually I'm not that interested in textiles, but this time I thought I'd mix it up a little. I ended up finding a really interesting article on how textile work has helped people cope with harsh circumstances. It gave the example of a mother who had lost her son and created cloth-work for an entire four poster bed, stitched word from high class Victorian women who had been left in work houses and asylums, and John Craske, who dealt with a tumour through stitch work.

I really like these, I've worked at creating images through textiles in previous projects as I enjoy that more than pattern making and I find it can lead to really interesting effects. Also, the work shown here had emotional links to it too.

3. Research two of 6 given artists

Steven Sagmeister

Story

2012

"Identity / logo design for "Story", a store in the meatpacking district of NYC that changes themes every six weeks. Designing the identity around the holding device created when the word story is sliced in half, the brackets that are created  hold the name of the current theme within. When the store is completely redesigned a new sign is made within a giant 3d logo on the wall."

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Mathew Williamson

Spring/Summer 2012 blossom faze print

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For the two artists I tried to pick art style that I would usually avoid- typography and print. I enjoyed the mix of simplicity and mess in Sagmeister's text use- a trait i often admire due to my messy handwriting- and the balancing of colours and tones in Mathew Williamson's prints made them very nice to look at.

Stay tuned for part four!

Part four now here!!

4. Reflect on how you have been influenced by your intro to 2D design

(more bullet points, my lucky week!)

• I'm more aware of the involvement of illustration work other than what you find in children's books, such as textbooks or even character design. I'm also more conscious of trying to create compositions within my work.
• I've been quite inspired by Olivier Kugler's way of working, as I quite like recording places, and it was nice to consider the gentle contrast he uses. I also liked Mathew Williamson's work for the colour, and I really enjoyed the talk by Peter Barber (Urban Canvas)
• Out of the four disciplines, I found illustration the most interesting, as it's a career I've considered and I often enjoy the styles of illustration work.